Monday, September 12, 2011

FLEET RACING:

Labor Day Series:

Unlike our July 4 series, we were able to actually race Labor Day weekend. Our two PRO's, Howard Seymour (Sunday) and Steve Shepstone (Monday), ran a combined five races in a good mix of light and medium breeze.

Lee Morrison won the series with a dominating 7 points. His crew included Jim Gleason and Susan both days, Josh Gleason (Sunday) and Doug Bora (Monday). Pictured are Susan, Lee and Doug.



Second went to Ed Sweeney who ended with 16 points...

Second? Maybe I'll just do RC next week!

Third was Peter Galloway and Jim Linville with 20.


Sunday September 11...

What a beautiful day. One of the best for racing so far. With a nice easterly at around 11-13 kts, Ed Sweeney, our PRO ran two W2's and a D1. As a last minute replacement, Ed did a great job keeping us on the race course with very little down time between races.

Racing was really close this time (Lee couldn't make it...See Labor Day results). At the end of the day, our winner was a tweaked Team 500 with (l to R) Randy Tankoos, Grant Tankoos, Gillian Jayson and Commodore Jayson. 

How come they only win when Gillian is on board?


Right there, coming in second by losing a tie-breaker to Team 500, was Peter Galloway (both finished with 7 points). Third was Scott Harrison with 8 points and fourth was a throw back Team 360 skippered by Craig Sinclair, with 9.

Did I mention it was close?

SONAR WORLDS:

The Sonar World Championships took place on August 24-27, hosted by the Royal Northern & Clyde Yacht Club in Rhu, Scotland. Conditions were very challenging with 180ยบ shifts in several races.

I'm happy to report Noroton's own Steve Shepstone brought the trophy home and is now the Sonar world champion!

Another Noroton boat performed extremely well. Bruce Kirby and crew finished fifth in the European Championships. Unfortunately, Bruce wasn't able to race in the Worlds, he broke his arm in a fall, but his crew raced with replacement skipper Scott Mcleod and finished third!

Great job guys.

Full results can be found here: http://www.uksonar.info/textdoc.aspx?pg=33&m=8

KIRBY CUP:

There will be no fleet racing this coming weekend, Sep. 17-18 because Noroton will be hosting the Kirby Cup team race over these two days.

The six teams competing this year are: Noroton, Eastern, New York, Seawanhaka Corinthian, Vineyard Haven and Texas Corinthian.

All clubs are very competitive so it should be an exciting weekend of racing.

IRENE:

Dave Sinclair took a couple of pictures in the aftermath if Irene wich I thought I would share with you. We wouldn't want to forget what a great job Jeff and his guys did cleaning up...




ATLANTIC COAST CHAMPIONSHIPS:

Noroton is hosting the 2011 Atlantic Coast Championships on October 1-2. We all know how sailing can be on Long Island Sound this time of year so we are looking forward to two terrific days of racing to end the season.

Online registration is now available by going into the Member's Only section of the Sonar class website: http://www.sonar.org/. Included in the registration fee is a chili dinner for those who launch on Friday evening. Continental breakfast on Saturday and Sunday, snacks and beer after racing and a great dinner prepared by Kitty Brown Saturday night.

UPCOMING SCHEDULE:

As mentioned, there is no fleet racing this coming weekend. Our last fleet race will be held on Sunday, September 25th.
October 1-2, Sonar Atlantic Coast Championships.
Sunday October 16, Noroton YC closing ceremony and awards night. Time TBD.


IMPORTANT LINKS:

Fleet 1 results: http://www.fleet1.org/
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