FLEET RACING:

The reports of hurricane force winds for our last day of the season were greatly exaggerated. In fact, we ended with 12-14 in the first race, 10-12 in the second and 6-8 in the third and final race. Then back up to 12-14 for the sail back to the dock!

Our PRO for the day, Scott Harrison and his RC ran two W2's and our first for the season W1 1/2

5 boats made it to the starting line. Lee Morrison decided to end the season with a bang - or 3 bangs - by taking the gun in all three races.

Team 619: 

Matt Silvaggio, Don Vasta, Lee and David Kelly

Second place went to Team 733 Sheehan/Sparkman/Howe with 7 points.

It ended out to be such a beautiful day. Here's a shot, taken by Gillian Jayson, of a few Commodores (and a couple other guys) who just couldn't leave:

Noroton's last stand!

If you're up for it, we have a 5 minute video taken on the boat of a guest of the fleet, Michael Aingorn from Manhasset, on the last day. Just click on the link to view it:

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/14794625/Sonar%20sailing%20101412.m4v

ONE MORE FROM THE LIS REGATTA:

We've seen a lot of great shots of racing at the LIS Championships. The following picture was taken by a Nyack competitor after the regatta. Nice.

SEASON AWARDS:

Lee Morrison and his various teams had a great year winning the spring series, the summer series and the overall. 

Ed Sweeney came in second in the spring with Bob Monro in third.

Scott Harrison finished second in the summer series followed by Galloway/Linville/Steinborn in third.

Here's where all the bling went: bit.ly/RftBk5

AND...

That's a wrap!

SONAR LONG ISLAND SOUND CHAMPIONSHIPS:

Photo by Oliver Schulz

September 29-30, Noroton Yacht Club hosted the LIS Championships. Conditions were extremely challenging with very light breeze out of the north(ish) for most of the weekend.

With one shortened race and another abandoned, PRO Briggs Tobin did an outstanding job getting two races in on day one.

Back to the club for snacks, beer and the class Annual General Meeting where a number of topics were discussed including next year's World Championships which are being held in Rochester, NY on September 18-22. (mark your calendars!)

A delicious dinner, followed by rave reviews, was prepared by Kitty Brown. Plus our very own sommelier Scott Harrison made sure no one was left needy!

Day two started out the same way. In our first race, just keeping the boat moving was difficult. Race two was underway when, thankfully, the RC saw a breeze building out of the SW. They abandoned the race and reset the course as the breeze began to build to a respectable 8-10 kts.

YEAH!! Finally some sailboat racing!

Over the next couple of hours we got two more races in even with the general recalls, I flags, Z flag and even a black flag.

A total of 34 boats raced, making this regatta the biggest for the class in 2012.

In the end, the winner was Colin Gordon and team 506, TK, Bill Lynn and Peter Lynn.

Second place went to Team Fast Forward: Peter Galloway, Ched Proctor, Paul Steinborn and Jim Linville.

Third was Team 690: Larry Ehrhardt with Sandy Weil and Andy Giglia.

A great debrief, written by Colin Gordon, can be found HERE

Full results follow:

Click on the image to enlarge it.

The LIS Championships was a huge success. I heard many, very kind words about every aspect of the regatta. Without all the people who volunteered their time and expertise, it could not have happened.

Special thanks to:

Briggs Tobin and his entire RC
Peter Wilson
Scott Harrison
Howard Seymour
Jan and Chip Raymond
Those who offered housing: Jane Lyons, Cathy Hoyt, Paul Steinborn (I know there are others)
Jeff Eng and his staff

I'd also like to thank Kitty Brown. From Friday night chili to Sunday after race snacks (and everything in between), she did an amazing job.


FLEET RACING:

Sandy Eisenberg took some pictures from RC on 9/23. You can view them HERE. If you would like copies, please contact Sandy at: sandy.eisenberg51@gmail.com

We still have two weeks of fleet racing left. Hopefully you plan to sail. If not, please make whatever arrangements you need to prepare your boat for winter. If you plan to have Ed Morgan shrink wrap your boat, let him know. The sooner he can get started, the better for all involved.

The club closing ceremony is set for Sunday, October 21, 4:00pm.

IMPORTANT LINKS:

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

SCA Newsletter: http://sonarclass.blogspot.com/

SCA Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/sonarclass

SCA Twitter page: http://twitter.com/#!/sonarclass