This was the Detroit Yacht Club Point to Point Race starting from the Grosse Pointe Yacht Club on Lake St.. Clair. We had 5 J120s participating. The wind started out of the south at about 7 knots. We had a nearly perfect start at the committee boat side at the gun. Night Moves was over early in front of us and had to restart. Jay Hawker and Ihnsanity were behind us so they started late. Hot Ticket was to the left but up at the gun.
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This race started at about 7 knots but picked up to 20 when the clouds moved in
In the first part of the leg a typical Lake St. Stupid event occurred. Although we were unable to point at the mark the boats behind us were able to point 10 to 20 degrees higher. We all flew code 0s in the last half of the leg from the lift and really got moving. Of course that meant we got squeezed out at the mark in 4th place. The next leg was a an upwind and could not find a passing lane.
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| Code 0! |
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| Rail meat |
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| Winner and champion...Night Moves |
The rest of the race was just trying to fight off Ihnsanity off into the river.
Finish: 4 out of 5 J120s
Crew members: Jim D., Nancy, Brian, Fred, Colleen, and Nathan
Here are the final results:
http://www.drya.org/race2011/Results/DYC%20Results%2005-28-11.pdf
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| Here is the track with Night Moves (lower course) |
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