Sonar Fleet 1
Noroton YC
Fleet Racing:
Last Sunday turn into a great day of racing, despite the dire forecast. We ended out with winds in the low teens, a far cry from the predicted squalls with 50 mph gusts!
Thanks to PRO Luke Raymond and his very capable race committee, we were able to get three races in and get back to the dock before the rain came!We started the first race with thirteen boats on-the-line, including guest Paul Callahan. By the time racing was over, our winner for the day was Zach Shapiro (pictured above). Of course, there's no way Zach could have done this alone. For crew, he had Robert Shapiro, Mackenzie Milne and Justin Marks.
The top three finishers for the day were:
Zach Shapiro
Alex Meleney
Rick Doerr
Long Island Sound Championships:
The LIS Championships are approaching fast. Just one week away! Registrations are going nicely. As of today, we have 22 confirmed registrations plus 2 more commitments with their registrations in the mail. This year our competitors are coming from as far away as San Francisco with Russ Silvestri, representing St. Francis YC registering two boats.
It's not too late to get in on the fun. You can register online by going to http://www.sonar.org or you can download an entry form at http://www.norotonyc.org by going to Regatta Info and Results.
We're doing something a little different today. Here is a new rapid response call for match racing that has some good perspective on when a boat is sailing to the mark and when it is at the mark. While these calls are only authoritative for match racing, a protest committee can use them for perspective:
June Noroton and Fleet 1 events:
Sunday, June 13 - Club racing
Sat-Sun, June 12-13 - Oyster Bay Challenge team race
Sat-Sun, June 19-20 - Sonar LIS Championships
Saturday, June 26 - Summer Solstice Party begins 6:30p
Sunday, June 27 - Club racing
Peter Wilson's Rules Corner:
We're doing something a little different today. Here is a new rapid response call for match racing that has some good perspective on when a boat is sailing to the mark and when it is at the mark. While these calls are only authoritative for match racing, a protest committee can use them for perspective:
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June Noroton and Fleet 1 events:
Sunday, June 13 - Club racing
Sat-Sun, June 12-13 - Oyster Bay Challenge team race
Sat-Sun, June 19-20 - Sonar LIS Championships
Saturday, June 26 - Summer Solstice Party begins 6:30p
Sunday, June 27 - Club racing
