Sonar Fleet 1 News: July 2016

Monday, July 25, 2016

SONAR FLEET 1 NEWSLETTER

FLEET RACING:

Sunday July 24:

What looked like a questionable breeze turned into a nice day for the 11 boats that made it out to the race course. PRO Briggs Tobin and the RC ran three W2's, all in 5-8 knots starting from the south and moving to the SE.

Race 1: The first race was pin favored. Team 690 "Jager" won that and the race with John Bainton, Gregg Delany and Clifton Hill aboard. Second went to Team 619 with Lee Morrison, Kirsten Morrison, Mark Sullivan and K.C. Hart. Third was Team 733 with Kevin Sheehan, Palmer Sparkman and James Howe.

Race 2: Then the wind started to move left and it paid to be there.. In the 2^nd race, the course geometry was skewed by the second windward leg, making the end of the race a parade and difficult to advance. Team 772 with Scott Harrison, Adam Westermann, Ed Hogan and Connor Chapin finished first, followed by Team Jager in second and Team 500 with Commodore Bill Jayson, Randy Tankoos, Will Graves and Geoff Durno in third.

Race 3: With the wind settled in a SE position, the 3^rd race was square with more pressure left once again. Team 772 went left, and once again made it around the course the fastest while Team 605 with Bob Monro, Francesca Monro, Ian Monro and Janet Grapengeter came in second and Team 619 in third (about 1' in front of Jager).

Final results for the day:

1st - Team 772 with 6 points
2nd - Team Jager with 7 points
3rd - Team 619 with 10 points

Team 772: New dad Adam Westermann (looking a little tired), Scott Harrison, Connor Chapin and Ed Hogan

Full results here: http://www.fleet1.org/

**Next Sunday is our Rear Commodore's Race day. All Races will count towards the trophy.

A couple of shots from yesterday, courtesy of Mark Sullivan:

COOKOUT:

Yesterday was our second fleet cookout. A HUGE thank you to Karen Harrison who made it happen. We had a nice turn out on a beautiful evening...

YRALIS

Time is running out. If there is any interest in racing in this regatta, let Bruce McArthur know.

The YRALIS is holding it's annual championship regatta on August 6-7. With 6 boats, the Sonars can get their own start. This would be a nice way to show the class is lively.

With support, this could become our annual Long Island Sound Championship.

Racing is off Greenwich.

CREW AVAILABLE:

If you want to crew, Try going to the Want to Crew tab on the left column of the club site (http://norotonyc.org/).

Looking for crew? Try going to the Want to Crew tab on the left column of the club site (http://norotonyc.org/).

FOR SALE:

Looking to sell a full set of like new Doyle 2014 sails. Set includes AP jib, main sail and blue radial spinnaker. For more information please email: maingorn2004@yahoo.com.

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Sonar 655.

Hull is in excellent shape, and last year I had a lot of work done to improve the rigging - including a new outhaul, new halyards etc. Also a new tiller put on.

Trailer included, which is registered in CT. Galvanized. Model P-2900 from 2004.

Asking $19,750

James Antoszewski

jamesanto2@gmail.com

FLEET 1 CALENDAR:

***Rear Commodore's Race Day: July 31
Canadian Nationals: Lunenburg YC, Lunenburg Nova Scotia Aug. 10-13 (Chester Race Week)
Fleet Barbecue: August 14 after racing
Labor Day Series: Sun-Mon, Sep 4-5
Kirby Cup: Noroton YC, Sat-Sun, Sep 12-13 (no fleet racing)
Sonar North American Championship: September 30 - October 2, Manhasset Bay YC, Port Washington, NY

***All races on flag officer's race days will count towards the trophy

*****Last day of racing: TBD. It could be the Labor Day Weekend Series. It could be later. We'll know soon. Because of the possibility of a shortened season, we will only have one full season series this year with trophies given out to the top five finishers.

Monday, July 18, 2016

SONAR FLEET 1 NEWSLETTER

FLEET RACING:

Sunday July 17:

Summer has arrived. Today was a sunny, hot, light air day. Wind was out of the south (200º) at around 5-6 kts. With that, PRO Geoff Durno and his RC ran three Races, two D1's and a W1.

The first 2 races were pretty straight forward. Clean starts, low but consistent breeze. As we've come to expect, Team 506 with Scott MacLeod, TK, Peggy Hersam and Chris Daley had great boat speed and remained the boat to beat by taking the gun in both races.

In race one, despite missing Ian who was away at sleep away camp, Team 605 with Bob Monro, Francesca Monro, Kevin Marks, Tatiana Dunbar-Hill finished second. They were followed by Team 654 with Morgan Connor, Craig Jones, Jan Raymond and Joshua Raymond.

Race two saw similar results except it was Team 726 with Paul Steinborn Jr, Michael Aingorn and Elizabeth Steinborn who finished second, followed by Team 605.

Race three was another story all together. The wind was diminishing but the RC felt there was still a chance to get a third race in. Unfortunately, there was a general recall at the start, delaying the race by about 15 minutes.

By the next start, the breeze was getting really spotty, but the RC boat was still showing 5 kts and so went with a short D1... up and back.

Shortly after the start, they were seeing about 3 kts. The RC watched the racing closely and thought about an abandonment but all boats, not just the first, made the windward mark in under the time limit (30 minutes) and the first boat crossed the finished in just 39 minutes making the race official.

Still it was a grueling race. One competitor likened it to "45 minutes of waterboarding."

Ahh... Long Island Sound in the summer.

In the end, Team 690, Jager, with John Bainton, Gregg Delany, PD Duncan and Court Crane managed the conditions best and took the gun. Jager was followed by Team 726 in second and Team 633 with Howard Seymour, Kurt Altman and Bob Lawrence in third.

For the day...

1st - Team 726 with 8 points
2nd - Team 605 with 9
3rd - Team 506 with 10

Daily winners: Paul Steinborn, Elizabeth Steinborn and Michael Aingorn

As always, complete results can be found here: http://www.fleet1.org/

Some shots of the racing (click on the photos to enlarge them)...

Nice to see Ken Coventry out there!

POLL RESULT:

We had 19 responses to last weeks poll about changing the start time for fleet racing. As we probably should have expected, we ended with about a 50-50 split between staying where we are or moving to a later time (the "others" were 3 for later, one for staying). So for now, we guess we continue to enjoy each others company on the patio on days when the breeze needs to build.

COOKOUT:

Our next cookout is scheduled for this coming Sunday, July 24. We still need a volunteer to host it. Hopefully we don't have to cancel. Please contact Bruce McArthur if you want to step up. Otherwise, answer a call from Scott Harrison at your own risk.

YRALIS

The YRALIS is holding it's annual championship regatta on August 6-7. With 6 boats, the Sonars can get their own start. This would be a nice way to show the class is lively.

With support, this could become our annual Long Island Sound Championship.

Racing is off Greenwich. Please let Bruce McArthur know if this is something you'd be willing to do.

Looking to sell a full set of like new Doyle 2014 sails. Set includes AP jib, main sail and blue radial spinnaker. For more information please email: maingorn2004@yahoo.com.

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Sonar 655:

Hull is in excellent shape, and last year I had a lot of work done to improve the rigging - including a new outhaul, new halyards etc. Also a new tiller put on.

Trailer included, which is registered in CT. Galvanized. Model P-2900 from 2004.

Asking $19,750

James Antoszewski

jamesanto2@gmail.com

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FLEET 1 CALENDAR:

Fleet barbecue: July 24 after racing
***Rear Commodore's Race Day: July 31
Canadian Nationals: Lunenburg YC, Lunenburg Nova Scotia Aug. 10-13 (Chester Race Week)
Fleet Barbecue: August 14 after racing
Labor Day Series: Sun-Mon, Sep 4-5
Kirby Cup: Noroton YC, Sat-Sun, Sep 12-13 (no fleet racing)
Sonar North American Championship: September 30 - October 2, Manhasset Bay YC, Port Washington, NY

***All races on flag officer's race days will count towards the trophy

*****Last day of racing: TBD. It could be the Labor Day Weekend Series. It could be later. We'll know soon. Because of the possibility of a shortened season, we will only have one full season series this year with trophies given out to the top five finishers.

Monday, July 11, 2016

SONAR FLEET 1 NEWSLETTER

FLEET RACING:

Sunday July 11:

It turns out we have seven reasonably entellegent... intellegent... smart skippers in our fleet. After a game delay on shore, seven boats went out to race. PRO Britt Bishoff and team managed to get three races off.

First race was a D1 with the wind out of the SW at 5-10 mph. Starting was important.

Team 772 with Scott Harrison, Kelsey Harrison, Henry Millette and Jamie Burrell must have has a great start as they took the gun. 772 was followed by Team 619 with Lee Morrison, Mark Sullivan, Don Vasta and KC Hart. Third went to Team Jager with John Bainton, Gregg Delany and PD Duncan.

Then the wind shifted to the West, as forecast all morning, and the breeze picked up to 8-12 for the next two races.

Here's a look at the wind from Sheffield Island Light:

The second race was also a D1 with a pin end favor. With a pushing tide, some were called OCS.

In this race, Team 619 took the gun followed by Team 620 with Tom Ross, Kevin Marks, Quentin Leo and Fotis Boliakis in second and Team 690 in third.

The final race of the day was a W1, with the same pin favor and once again several where over early.

In this race, Team Jager took the gun with Team 619 in second and Team 620 in third.

It was great seeing Team 620 do so well. They've had great speed all year. Nice to see everything come together for them.

For the day...

1st - Team 619 with 5 points
2nd - Team Jager with 7 points
3rd - Team 620 with 11 points

All where thankful there was wind and enjoyed being on the water.

Full results can be found here: http://www.fleet1.org/

Photos: Mark Sullivan

POLL:

In what is becoming a fairly regular occurrence recently, we had another hour postponement on shore. So we thought it might be interesting to take an informal poll to see how the fleet feels about the possibility of changing our start time next year.

Tell us what you think...

If it were up to you, what time would you like to see racing take place next year.

YRALIS

The YRALIS is holding it's annual championship regatta on August 6-7. With 6 boats, the Sonars can get their own start. This would be a nice way to show the class is lively.

With support, this could become our annual Long Island Sound Championship.

Racing is off Greenwich. Please let Bruce McArthur know if this is something you'd be willing to do.

Sonar 655.

Hull is in excellent shape, and last year I had a lot of work done to improve the rigging - including a new outhaul, new halyards etc. Also a new tiller put on.

Trailer included, which is registered in CT. Galvanized. Model P-2900 from 2004.

Asking $19,750

James Antoszewski

jamesanto2@gmail.com

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Looking to sell a full set of like new Doyle 2014 sails. Set includes AP jib, main sail and blue radial spinnaker. For more information please email: maingorn2004@yahoo.com.

Tuesday, July 5, 2016

SONAR FLEET 1 NEWSLETTER

FLEET RACING:

We held our Fourth of July Series on Sunday and Monday this week.

Sunday July 3:

A beautiful day for racing with wind in the 10-12 range and puffs reaching 15. Fantastic.

14 Sonars made it out to the starting line. PRO Chris Zaleski (we need to get him racing on a Sonar) and the RC did a great job running three races.

Race one was a D2. Team Fast Forward, with Paul Steinborn Sr, Paul Jr., Dani Havi and Ronan Flynn lived up to their Fast Forward name by taking the gun. They were followed by Team 605 with Bob Monro, Francesca Monro, Ian Monro, Janet Grapengeter and Michael Rudnick. Third went to Team 506 with Scott MacLeod, TK and Kerry Klingler.

Race two was a D2. In this race Team 605 took the gun with 506 coming in second. However, in a change from the usual script, Team 375 with T.J. Danilek at the helm, joined by proud parents Greg and Beth Danilek, finished third.

Race three was a W 1 1/2. Team 506 took the gun in this race. Second went to team 654 with Morgan Connor, Lila Connor (age 6), Jan Raymond, Gavin Watson and Neil Meyer. Third was Team Horden with Bahar Gidwani, Tony Ramos, Siofra Potash and Yalcin Tarhan

So, for the three races, six different boats finished in the top three. Only two boats finished in the top three more than once (605 and 506) and only 506 accomplished this in all three races.

Monday July 4:

Another nice day starting with a SW breeze around 10 mph which diminished to 5 before coming back from the south at 10.

July 4 was the Commodore's Race day (also known by some as Independence Day). Our PRO was Commodore Peggy Hersam who ran two W2's.

The first race saw a fairly typical scenario with the usual suspects leading at the first leeward mark. While many decided to go right and stay out of the current, some others went left for what looked like more wind. The boats that went left made the correct decision as the southerly came in giving them a nice advantage.

In the end, winning the race was Team Fast Forward, this time with Paul Steinborn Sr., Ed Steinborn, Cooper Pellaton and Ronan Flynn. Fast forward was followed by Team 619 with Lee Morrison, Don Vasta, Mark Sullivan, Alex Morrison and friend Mimi. Third was team 633 with Bruce Kirby, Howard Seymour, Curt Altmann and Bobby Lawrence.

Race two, another W2, had an interesting beginning with the fleet starting on port tack. After that, it was all good for Team 619 as they took the gun. They were followed by 506 with Scott, TK and Chris Daley in second and Team 500 with Commodore Bill Jayson, Commodore Randy Tankoos, Geoff Marshall and Andrea Kostinecki in third.

For the day, winning the Commodore's Races was Team 619 with just 3 points.
Second was Team 500 (much to the chagrin or Commodore Hersam) with 7 points.
Third was Team 506 with 8.

Lee Morrison's Team 619 wins the Commodore's Race

"Wait a minute..."

"That's more like it!" Bill Jayson accepts Team 500's 2nd place award. He is also now accepting applications to join Team 500 as jib trimmer.

Which award is for the Commodore's Race?

For the series, the overall including a drop, looked like this:

1st - 506 with 8
2nd - 619 with 11
3rd - 605 with 15

Scott and TK with their Series (1st) and Commodore's Race (3rd) awards.

Lee Morrison accepts the award for Team 619

Accepting the award for Team 605: Ian Monro

As always, all scores have been posted on http://www.fleet1.org/

Next week club fleet racing resumes on Sunday.

FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS:

This coming Saturday is the 52nd annual Friends and Neighbors race put on by the cruising fleet. We'd love to see a Sonar fleet out there racing. As an incentive, Fleet 1 will pay the entry fee for any Fleet 1 member Sonar who races. Please contact Paul Steinborn if you are interested in participating.

YRALIS

The YRALIS is holding it's annual championship regatta on August 6-7. With 6 boats, the Sonars can get their own start. This would be a nice way to show the class is lively.

Racing is off Greenwich. Please let Bruce McArthur know if this is something you'd like to try.

GIRLS OPTI CLINIC

We have the Girls Opti clinic coming up in 5 days. As you recall, we end up having about 40 parents arrive at the club on Sunday morning to drop off their kids and then return around 5 pm for pickup.

To prevent parking issues on Sunday afternoon, please carpool from Hindley or Weed Beach to keep the number of cars to a minimum.

CREW AVAILABLE:

If you want to crew, Try going to the Want to Crew tab on the left column of the club site (http://norotonyc.org/).

Looking for crew? Try going to the Want to Crew tab on the left column of the club site (http://norotonyc.org/).

FOR SALE:

Sonar 655.

Hull is in excellent shape, and last year I had a lot of work done to improve the rigging - including a new outhaul, new halyards etc. Also a new tiller put on.

Trailer included, which is registered in CT. Galvanized. Model P-2900 from 2004.

Asking $19,750

James Antoszewski

jamesanto2@gmail.com

-----------------

Looking to sell a full set of like new Doyle 2014 sails. Set includes AP jib, main sail and blue radial spinnaker. For more information please email: maingorn2004@yahoo.com.