WYC Wednesday Night Race - Nuts

This was a downwind start in about 8 knots of wind. The plan was to start at the left side of the line. We could of stayed on starboard. Then when I got the other 2 boats extended out on right side of the course, we could jibe on port to be first to the mark. Night Moves immediately got a hourglass in their spinnaker and we got ahead. What I should of done is immediately jibed but NM got on our wind and rolled us to the first mark. This got us around second and the next leg was to weather We stayed on the left where Hot Ticket went to the right and was first to round the next mark. The next leg was a near fetch and we still rounded in third. On the next downwind leg we went to the left and then right and jibed on a header. We rounded in 2nd and went down to DP7 just behind HT. We then got caught in small boat traffic when the wind died. We managed to drift past HT but NM managed to get on the right side of the river and passed both of us.

COURSE D - 7.2 nautical miles
Start to D (309o) leaving it to starboard
-then to B (081o) leaving it to starboard
-then to A (187o) leaving it to starboard
-then to D (296o) leaving it to port
-then to DP7 (212o) leaving it to starboard
-then to finish leaving DP5 to starboard.

Result: 2nd out of 3 J120s
Link: http://www.wyc.info/2007-regatta/WYC%202007%20Spring%20Race%206.pdf

Windsor Overnight Race - Ouch!

Carinthia did not race this night but Shooter and I took out Fast Traxx to watch the start and get maybe a few pictures. After the gun went off in the J120s I heard a bunch of yelling between Hot Ticket and Jayhawker and then a big bang. At first we thought someone had hit the committee boat but it turned out HT had taken out a back corner of Jayhawker with her bow. Needless to say both dropped out of the race. I understand Flyin' Irish quit when the wind died later at 2am.

WYC Wednesday Night Race

This was a fun race. The first leg was a windward leg. I tried to get on the left side of line but Merlin did a great job of keeping us on the outside. We luffed and started behind Merlin where we immediately tacked on starboard. I could see farther up the course the wind was going right. The mistake I made was to tack back on port and held it to the starboard layline. This caused us to round in 4th. The next leg was a reach so there was no room to pass. The following leg was a run. Although the starboard tack was favored we gibed to port. This allowed us to get to the next mark in a close third, going inside Night Moves. The last leg down the river was a run where it turned into a drag race, Ht managed to round DP5 ahead of us but because they had lost speed we managed to roll them finishing second.

Result: 2nd out of 5 J120s

Course:COURSE A - 6.8 nautical miles
Start to A (110o) leaving it to port
-then to B (007o) leaving it to port
-then to D (261o) leaving it to port
-then to CC (129o) leaving it to starboard
-then to DP7 (251o) leaving it to starboard
-then to finish leaving DP5 to starboard.

Mills Race - What could of been

This one I managed to recruit the world famous Chuck Bayer and the veteran Tony Lawrence. Leading up to the regatta the race committee decided to put it to us. Since we did not have dacron headsail they decided we did not deserve a roller furler credit. This took us down to a 45 from a 51 DRYA rating. This Mills was fast. We started on a run at 17:50 with up to 25 knots of wind. We put up our small spinnaker and managed to stay even with Large Marge and Crazy Horse. The sport boats in these conditions simply left us. When the wind moderated to 20 we did a nearly perfect spinnaker change to the .6oz large chute. When we rounded the buoy at Cedar Pointe we went to a head sail and later a code 0 when the wind moderated going north. At midnight we got headed and went to the ap1. When we rounded the top mark we then went the code 0 and left the sportboat behind us by at least a mile. For the next mark I called for the .6 and we to the .6 spinnaker. Unfortunately we had to launch it 3 times before we could get it up without a twist. The rest of the race we gibed back and forth as needed to the finish. We finished at 03:58, 35 minutes behind Marge and 30 behind Crazy Horse. When I plugged in the numbers we would missed 1st place in IRC by 62 seconds but in Lake Erie PHRF we were 6th. What a shame!

Results:
1 1 USA 139 Vanpire 32 Melges 32 /Reichel P Dan van Heeckeren 27 1/2:54:18 -00:33:49 08:30:28 1
2 2 51757 Stand Aside Thompson 8 /870 Bill Bollin 45 1/3:20:11 -00:56:21 08:33:49 2
3 3 691 Adrenalin Mumm 30 Sailing Team, MSU 45 1/3:34:57 -00:56:21 08:48:35 3
4 4 73273 Pterodactyl Evelyn /Evelyn Symonds, Mark 39 1/3:40:24 -00:48:50 09:01:33 4
5 5 117 Say Uncle Henderson /Henderson Lemonds, Kevin 39 1/3:41:51 -00:48:50 09:03:00 5
6 6 25497 Carinthia J/120 /J/120 Frank Kern 45 1/3:58:18 -00:56:21 09:11:56 6
7 7 USA39 Three Niner Mumm /30 Gonzalez, Dave 45 1/4:04:21 -00:56:21 09:17:59 7
8 11 USA 42744 Crazy Horse Frers /50 Bud & Andy Siudara 12 1/3:38:53 -00:15:01 09:33:51 8

Detroit Noods - It can only get better

On day one I had us start on the left side and slowly got lifted. The mistake was I should of tacked to consolidate our losses. Instead I took us to the left side and thus ending the race in 6th. Because of the lack of wind that day there were no more races.

On day 2 we took 5th in the 1st race, 4th in the 2nd race and 3rd in the last race. There were no races on Sunday.

Finally after sweat and tears Carinthia is ready to go

I put together a collection of pictures of the repair we made of the front bulkhead of Carinthia.This was a major repair that delayed us for the first race. We managed to make the WYC night race our shakedown cruise.The top had rotted out because it had not been sealed and the tabbing was not totally across the top. The extender line had pulled right out of the bulkhead because of rot. The bottom cavity had rotted out because TPI had put no water protection inside the cavity. In this case we decided to use 3/8" marine plywood for the front and sliced up some mahogany boards and epoxied them on for the cabin house side. Of course we made sure the bulkhead was sealed on all edges. We put in blind nuts to attach the back of the bow pulpit because the bulkhead is directly below the attachment point. We also put in an access port for the cavity for easy cleanout and inspection.

Pineapple Cup - Ya mon!

This is a race that I have wanted to do for a long time and this was the year I had the time to put it together. Its course starts at Fort Lauderdale, crosses the Florida Straits, arcs through the Bahamas, turns around the eastern coast of Cuba and finishes at Montego Bay, Jamaica. Since it is usually a 4 or 5 day 811 mile race we decided to sail with a small 7 person crew to keep the weight down from bodies, supplies, and gear. It was important that most of the crew be capable of doing all jobs including steering. It usually starts with a reach and ends with a run past Cuba.

We had a good start with the wind coming across our port stern. We had a fast night crossing the Florida Straights with the wind blowing out of 315 degrees at about 20 knots. We flew our .75 oz AP spinnaker from our 14:05 start until it just blew up just before sunrise. We had been generally happy with our progress since we knew that the only boat ahead of us was a Santa Cruz 52 with a 33 second faster PHRF rating than us. Around midnight we kept shorting out our navigation lights.  Fortunately it was diagnosed as a short in the bow lights and we snipped off the wires and put up the emergency bow light. We were leading Blue, a 1D48, most of the night along with a J133 from the IRC class. When we reached the northern tip of the island of Eleuthera in

the morning as the wind dropped to 5 knots out of the northwest directly behind us. The wind was so light the only spinnaker we could fly was the code 0 and took most of the day to sail 20 miles. It took nearly 16 hours to pass the island. It then filled in from 280 degrees and the wind speed went up to 25 to 30 knots. Frank got the boat up to 19.6 knots driving where Karl managed 19.9. It could have been faster but with the water spraying over the cabin top it was difficult to see the instruments. The seas were rough and we found every leak on the boat. Thank goodness for duct tape!

Once past the south point of Long Island, we passed to the west of North Rock, On Monday at 2 am we launched the 1.5 oz spinnaker in 26 knots and destroyed that when the bow sprit extender line snapped. We still averaged 10 to 12 knots per hour with the jib top in heavy air. It was pretty rough to the extent that all hands on deck were tethered on with safety straps at all time. We saw regularly wind speeds up to 33 knots. Since we expected a right wind shift we sailed on starboard until we were approximately 18 miles off shore.
At this point we unrolled the regatta flag since it was pointed out in the regatta premeeting that the Cuban military should leave us alone with it displayed. We then jibed over and paralleled the shore of Cuba.

We rounded the eastern tip of Cuba at about 11am with a jibe onto starboard. We then decided to toss up the code 0 and sailed with that successfully for some time, until the shackle blew on the sheet, resulting in a shredded code 0. The jib top went up again. We were sailing along in somewhat civil waves (at least compared to previous night) with wind speeds approximately 20 knots true at a heading of 265 degrees.

After Cuba we sailed directly for the finish line at Montego Bay. The winds were pretty much easterly and then went to the northeast at 18 to 22 knots true. We then launched the .6 oz, running chute after sunrise and headed directly to Jamaica in 18 knots of wind. We were down to our last spinnaker (.6 oz.) and we babied it the entire way. In many cases we tried not to surf on the waves since we would go so fast that the spinnaker would collapse into the spreaders and then the consequential pop when it filled again. We did have one major broach when I was in the bunk and salsa sauce went literally all over the cabin and specifically on Ken’s head. Most of the night we were going at 10 knots with a little bit of surfing we got as high as 16 knots. At about 80 miles out we knew we were not far behind on corrected time the Santa Cruz 52, Renegade. We needed to make us go faster. The only thing left was to jettison the food and excess water, and ice.  Since I had been wearing the same shoes in salt water for 4 days they were really starting to smell bad. I had talked the crew into not jettisoning them. By 13:44 pm on Tuesday our race was over.  Upon finishing we knew we had beat Renegade by 54 minutes corrected time. The boat we were worried about the 48 foot schooner, Munequita needed to arrive by 0:930 the following morning to beat us since we owed them a 17 hour handicap. Fortunately the wind moderated in the ocean and they did not arrive until 13:57.

Carinthia, with a quality Bayview crew won 1st Overall in the Pineapple Cup race to Montego Bay. We beat an impressive combined PHRF & IRC fleet including the new Sjambok, Titan, Blue Yankee and a host of others. Second overall was Cone of Silence which corrected out 28 minutes behind Carinthia.  More information can be found at www.montegobayrace.com. Trophies won include the Arawak Trophy for winning PHRF division, Pineapple Trophy for winning overall, and the Navigators Trophy won by Erik Ryan. Even more satisfying is Carinthia's and my picture and will go on the wall in the Montego Bay Yacht Club with some great sailors and boats that have won this race before such as Escapade,  Tenacious

(Ted Turner),  Kialoa, Stormy Petrol, and Zephyrus V. Even more amazing are the boats that sailed this regatta in the past and did not get this trophy such as Roy Disney's Pyewacket and Larry Elison's Sayanara.  Most of the larger boats used pro crews where we basically got high caliber Bayview racers.  What a ride....it does not get better than this!

Result: 1st in PHRF, 1st Overall
Link: http://www.montegobayrace.com/acrobat/2007%20SILVER%20PINEAPPLE%20OVERALL%20RESULTS.pdf
http://www.montegobayrace.com/acrobat/MOBAY%202007%20%20FINAL%20RESULTS%20BY%20CLASS.pdf

The crew includes (from left to right) Ken Flaska, Erik Ryan, Karl Kuspa, Frank Kern,  Bob Declerq, Colleen Flanagan. Missing from the photo is Jim Best.

One final note: Ted Neesley, a regular Carinthia crew man,  managed to land a ride on Munequita, a 48 foot schooner. Since they arrived last he did get the cook's award. This is certainly a more attractive photo than his mug shot. (see below)

Key West - Day 5

This day we just wanted to start on the left side of the line and go up the left side of the course. We started on port and when we came to the first boat we tacked to starboard. Loose Fish was to our left but had trouble getting over the pin. We went up with a full head of steam and managed to roll them. To keep in pressure we stayed on the left side of the course and managed to round 4th. We were a little slow putting up the spinnaker but still got to the low mark in 3rd rounding the right gate. Although the start was in 12 knots the wind started to decrease to about 9 pulling us back with the other boats.The rest of the race we kept on the left side of the course but kept loose fish at bay.

Result 7th place
Link: http://premiere-racing.com/07_KW_Results/kw07_div2_series.htm#PHRF-2

Key West - Day 4

Again 8 knots of air so so it was not J120 weather. I talked to Doug Schiebner on the phone about the rig tune because we were dead slow upwind yesterday. We took some major turns off of the shrouds and depowered the backstay with full on running backstay. This seemed to be pretty good. We still had problems upwind because I think we crossed too many time and got disturbed air from the classes in front of us. We had some other problems with putting the spinnaker up. I think we tacked too early at the upwind mark and got swallowed. In any case it was not a fun da

Key West - Day 2

Key West - Day 2
I dont know what they ate but 3 of the crew got food poisoning. Baker actually fainted in the bathroom last night and Don was so sick he was not able to go out with us this morning.

Another light air day. We got a decent start on the left side of the line. We managed to reach the upper mark in 5th and had a successful rounding. On the first downwind leg in light conditions the wind filled in from the left and of course we were on the right. We managed to get a few places back but it was ugly. We also finished with Perrigrine. We entered the two boat circle clear ahead and they screamed that they needed room at the mark. (see picture below) To avoid hitting them I gave them enough room to cross so we ended up tying. I took it to the protest room but got ruled against in arbitration. I decided it was better to not take it to the room because I would of had to find the witnesses who by this time had scattered.

I race 2 we just could not just get on the right side.

Result: race 1 8th
race 2: 11th

Link: http://www.premiere-racing.com/07_KW_Results/kw07_div2_series.htm#PHRF-2

Key West - Day 1

Today it was at most at 9 to 11 knots wind speed. In the first race we got in the second row on the right side of the starting line. We thought Loose Fish in front of us was over early but it was enough for them to gas us. So the first part of the first leg was getting clean air. With the terrible start we managed to rope in boats ahead of us 1 at a time by good boat speed, tactics and handling. We had some good mark roundings especially in the leeward gates. We managed to polish off Cash Flow on the final leg and tied with El Ocaso. Unfortunately with his aluminum spar we give him 3 seconds a mile.

In the second race we got right up to start with a good carved hole. We got crushed a little when a Ben 40.7 was over early to our right. But he eventually bailed and we obtained free air and again started out move up the fleet. We first nosed out El Ocaso at the upwind mark and then polished off Perrigrine on the downwind mark. By the bottom of the 2nd downwind leg we got ahead of Emocean. On the last upwind leg I think that we sailed the boat a little too full and Emocean managed to pass us again to finish ahead. Bounder had a great second race by placing 1st. It was their type of conditions for the Sydneys, Ben 40.7 and the Hadley. I did like our boat speed most of the time in both races so I am still optimistic.

1st race: 6th
2nd race: 5th


http://www.premiere-racing.com/07_KW_Results/kw07_div2_series.htm#PHRF-2

Key West 2007

We have a first. Ted managed to land in jail before his feet even touched the ground. He drove down from Miami when one of the locals followed him into the parking lot where he was staying:

Arrest Date: 01/13/2007 Time: 01:58 CAD #: Offense #: KWPD07OFF000228
Name: NEESLEY, THEODORE ALDEN DoB:11/10/1980 Age:26 Sex:M Race:W
Address:
219 MCMILLAN ROAD, GROSSE PT FARMS, MI 48236
Occupation:
SAIL DESIGNER
Arrest Location: 300 GRINNELL STREET, KEY WEST
Charges:
1 Misdemeanor Count(s) of 322.03.1

Key West Feeder Race sailed by crew of Night Moves

This was posted by Eric Peterson-- crew of Night Moves

Umm, some highlights:

Big swells as soon as we left the safety of the Ft. L harbor, ok no big deal.

Decent wind out of the NE meaning set up for a fast reach with?

Rig the .6, hmm wind building and getting nosier for the start.

Ok, rig the .75 and have it ready, the three and main are up and wer'e moving quite nicely in the prestart.

Hmm, wind is building how about derigging the .75 and change to the 1.5 with 30 seconds to go.

Oh, look one of the tri-mirans has capsized, did I mention big swells and building breeze.

Forget about them, our start is going off, hoist the kite!

Kite up and drawing, douse the #3, ummm, you know what leave it up, it's a nice stable staysail and man we're going fast.

Can't shake free from the other sprit boats, two 109's and a Farr 395.

Hello Miami, good bye Miami.

Goodbye to the other sprit boats as well, they are losing their kites left and right and ours is flying well with the #3.

Wind and waves are growing as it's getting darker, wind is squaring up as we bend around the Keys.

Henry, Jeff and myself are driving and rotating with ever increasing speed. Trimmers and grinders are doing likewise.

Take the #3 down, it's too far aft.

The wind lightens for a while, 5 minute rule becomes a series of about 15 ten minute rules on changing to the .75 AP. Everytime we get close it fills in again.

Ok, let's finally change it. We don't have a regular bowperson and we don't like the looks of the other spin halyard so we'll go bare. No big deal, we're going to do 8 knots with main only for the minute it takes anyway.

.75 is up and drawing nicely, we need to do some jibes to stay out of the Stream.

Override develops after one gybe, we're working on it and puff hits, boat rounds up, no ease and no more .75.

Retrieve .75, now that was a bit of work and , put the 1.5 back up, ok all is good again.

The wind builds, it's pretty steady in the mid 20's with gusts to 30. Huge waves, HUGE, it's been blowing out of the E / NE for a week prior to the race and blowing pretty good day and night. We could tell we were in the stream as the waves got even bigger. For some reason the temp guage on the B&G's never really changes much. I wouldn't trust it for telling you where the Stream is in retrospect.

Regularly doing 15's and 16's with the occassional 17's.

I think it was about 3AM while I was driving and we hit 18.7

About a half hour later when Jeff Pearson was driving we hit the race high of 19.5.

Luiz said they hit 26 knots on the TP52!

More gybes, more rotation of crew. Drivers are so tired we're seeing things. Oh, maybe not, those are Dolphins.

The bow gets buried up to the bow hatch about 5 times, the last time a fish was flapping on the deck just in front of the cockpit.

BOOM, the halyard (the heavier one) blows and the kite comes down and fills with water. Shrimp city! Nine crew and I mean NINE as hard as they can pull crew are retrieving the 1.5. Put er down below and pack her again and put her back up on the lighter primary halyard.

Gybe some more, surf some more. Hey, do another body count make sure we still have 10.

We blow one gybe and wrap the kite around the headstay. It was a nice tight wrap, the kind where you're thinking we're going to finish that way or have to cut the kite down. With three 240 pounders on the bow (Me, Jeff and Charlie Elmer) we get it out.

More gybes, more surfing, more fun.

BOOM, the tack blows out of the 1.5!

Whatever is left of Charlie, Jeff, Me and the rest of the crew we managed to get it behind the main (with some effort as it was pretty well filled behind the boat flying on sheet and halyard as we're still surfing down LARGE swells with main alone doing 10's and 11's and then get it down.

Hmmm, now what? Code? .6? umm, I'm recommending the #3, ok, get it on deck.

Try wing and wing, waves too big, course too unsteady to hold it. Ok, sail slow gybe angles with jib and main for the next three hours and get to the sea bouy to make the turn and fetch the finish. Having the #3 up was actually a welcome relief for Henry, Jeff and I in terms of driving. The three of us were pretty well spent. Driving most of the night was like holding an angry tiger by the tail and for most of the night there was nothing to steer by, no moon, no stars, no stern lights. In those waves, with that kind of pressure it became a real challenge to steer by the compass, electronic or otherwise and the three of us were spent.

We cross the line at 8:50 AM. Fitth place - we beat the other sprit boats (109's and Farr), the Symmetrical kite boats all beat us. From Miami on it was deep and since we didn't have a full 1.5 to run with and it was a bit much to short gybe the reefs in those conditions at night we and the other A-sail boats likely spend far too much time bucking the stream. Proof of this is in our average speed. 160 miles in 20 hours = 8 knots over the ground. Other then the last three to four hours with the 3 we NEVER saw less then 9 knots and I'd say we were AVERAGING 12.



Oh well, we got the boat there and didn't break anything major that can't be fixed in time for the week. Get a well, rinse sails, rinse boat, rinse bow, dry out, swap B sails for A sails, eat, replace halyard clean up call Karl and Frank. As the .75 was in the KW race week picture, Henry had Frank call the loft and pick up the NM .75 before her left. Ahh, all is done, begin 72 hour drunk before returning home Sunday.

Did I mention Hip Kitty? Ah, a story for the future.........

Respectfully submitted to our friends and dock mates on the crew of Carinthia.

More to follow,

Sailfish Club - Munroe Race Ft Lauderdale to Palm Beach

The forecast had been for the wind to start at east northeast going to southeast in the afternoon. It was a partly cloudy day in the low eighties with a heavy chop. This race was set to have the first start at 10 am with Carinthia to be th the e second start. We got our main up at 9:30 when we heard on the radio that committee boat was having problems with their anchor and there was going to be a delay. For some reason they started on time anyway and we did not hear that. The first group got off and we put up our headsail and nearly had a perfect start at the windward pin side. To our leeward side was Act One, a Swan 45. We managed to pace with her which we were encouraged about since she rates a PHRF -12 to our Florida 42(ouch). We sailed with our heavy #1 early to get away from shore to get the gulf stream. At the appropriate time we put up the 1.5 oz chute and actually started to pull up to the Swan. When the wind went further back we put op the .75 oz. It took a little longer than appropriate where Lynn Kotwicki blasted at Erik Ryan “why is it taking so damn long.” Erik replied, “ it is because I have not done bow in f******g ten years ” With the .75 we pulled up again on the Swan 45. As the wind went back further we changed to the .6 oz chute. With the wind now at 135 degrees apparent the other Swan 45, Barbara Ann, also pulled ahead. But with the finish after 40 miles, they were only 4 ½ minutes ahead. As we docked we heard the other boats on the radio calling in we knew we won PHRF class B. We only placed 6th overall but it was fantastic race. It was wonderful reception with the waitress bringing our rum drinks out to the boat and of course the seafood buffet was again one of the best in Florida. Of course my brother Bob Judge ate too much and spent half of the night going to the bathroom but he said it was worth it.

Result: 1st in class B and 6th overall
Link: http://www.sailfishclub.com , http://www.sailfishclub.com/Final2006Sco

re.pdf

Crew: Lynn Kotwicki, Nathan Caspers, Ted Neesley, Colleen Flanagan, Bob Judge, Charles Bayer, Bob Declercq, Ken Morrison, Erik Ryan, Karl Kuspa


Go ahead--- make my day!

Windsor Wednesday Race - You got fins to the left, fins to the right

This race was only one leg out and back to finish. Thunderstorms to the north and thunderstorms to the south. 5 minutes before the gun we were reading 60 degrees apparent on port but at the gun we were getting 40 degrees at 8 knots, too little for a code 0.  This seemed to be the day Jayhawker would seem to follow me around the start. I could not just shake them and therefore could not get up to the pin end of the line. Night Moves was to the far left and then Merlin. We started up even with them and managed to scoot up enough to round with NM to the outside and Merlin behind after they got gassed by Night Moves. Jayhawker just did not start with her nose out enough in order get traction on us to the right. Hot Ticket had managed to get ahead of us at mark A by reaching up from below. They rounded in 15 knots of air and immediately shrimped the spinnaker, stopping the boat. I dove inside just missing them and NM got to the windward side of us. Fortunately the spinnaker raise was nearly perfect so we managed to get our nose in front of them. At that point it was a drag race with our .75 to the river. I boats to the left and boats to the right and we were the only bait in town to paraphrase Jimmy Buffett. We managed to hold of NM through the river nearly going aground. When they went up on us we went with them so they would not roll us but stayed on the left side this time. With nearly perfect trimming by the crew we finished 35 seconds ahead. The lesson I learned last week was that the wind lasts a little longer on that side and it turned out to be the right move.

Result: 1st out of 6 J120s
Link: http://www.windsoryachtclub.com/regatta2006/WYC 2006 Fall Race 5.pdf

COURSE 5 - 4.6 nautical miles
Start to A (110o) leaving it to starboard
-then to DP7 (275o) leaving it to starboard
-then to DP5 leaving it to starboard
-then to finish line.

Detroit Yacht Club Sweepstakes Regatta - Yes it is St. Stupid

This was to be a 2 race windward leeward series. The first race was set in about 6 knots of air with the committee boat favored. I knew that there would be a crowd at that end so I decided to come in on port and find a slot and tack in the starboard boats. Unfortunately Ihnsanity snuck in on my port side with a little more speed. It was obvious we had to bailed and tacked. Because I believed that the wind would continue to shift right I continued to work us to the right side of the course when possible. I was very successful at that so the wind filled in and shifted to the left and left us in 5th place at the top mark. We did a near perfect race to the finish but we could just no catch up enough. Night Moves and Merlin had bad last downwind leg and we nearly caught them but still finished a boat and a half behind. We were supposed sail a second race but it was canceled due to the black storm clouds forming to the north and west. So we never had a chance to redeem ourselves in spite a near perfect crew performance. Just another typical day on Lake St. Stupid.



Result: 5th out of 5 J120s
Link: http://www.drya.org/race2006/Results/dycsweep.htm

Windsor Wednesday Race - Who me barge?

This race was only one leg out and back to finish. 5 minutes before the gun we were reading 60 degrees apparent on port but at the gun we were getting 50 degrees. I did a dipsy doodle on starboard and then turned port at 30 seconds before the start. Unfortunately Night Moves was to our left and came down fast. I though I could catch them barging but when I started making that point they retorted that if I could hit them then they were barging. As much as I tried they were just too far out in front. We followed them at the gun and put up the code 0. Farther down the leg as we got headed we went back to the genoa. After rounding A we put up the .6 oz and tried to roll NM. We barely made the mark and at DP7 I had to give room to 2 J105s on port. It was certainly a protestable offense for them but being a beer can race I did not throw the flag. In any case they messed up the jibe and we passed them anyway. Because I was still trying to over take NM I stayed too far right and we eventually hit a hole that Hot Ticket did not get. They beat us by 4 seconds. ONe lesson learned that if you look at the chart you can see that the wind will last longer on the left side of the river.

Result: 3rd out of 6 J120s
Link: http://www.windsoryachtclub.com/regatta2006/WYC%202006%20Fall%20Race%204.pdf

COURSE 5 - 4.6 nautical miles
Start to A (110o) leaving it to starboard
-then to DP7 (275o) leaving it to starboard
-then to DP5 leaving it to starboard
-then to finish line.