The Frozen Few

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2023-2024

No frostbite racing on 12/23

Race results for 12/16/12

Now that's more like it...

Where Did the Wind Go? (12/2/12)

Winter "Frostbite" Racing

Edgewood Sailing School and Edgewood Yacht Club support a vibrant fleet of over a dozen frostbite sailors who sail Sunfish on Sundays from October through April, including Columbus Day and New Year's Day regattas, and the annual "Up From The Ashes" regatta which commemorates recovery from club-house fire of 2011. Edgewood Sailing School can help you get safely started with this challenging and rewarding winter sport. The Frozen Few also welcome spectators to cheer on racers.

The Frozen Few return to the water on Sunday, November 5.

Registration, racing fees, and waivers are online this year. When you complete your registration, you will immediately have a chance to pay your racing fee by credit card. Electronic waivers will go out by email a few days before racing. You must complete this waiver before racing.

Note that a separate winter boat storage contract is required to keep your Sunfish at the yacht club. The Sunfish winter storage fee is $200 for EYC members or $250 for non-members. Please fill out this form and mail it to the club with your payment.

Note that in keeping with the NOR (and despite what Stuart may have said in person) there is NO frostbite racing on 12/23. The final race of the fall series will be on 12/30. Hope to see you all there!

Wind: ESE 7-15 knots
Air temp: 38°F
Wind chill: 28°F
Water temp: 44°F

		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Skipper \ Course							Score
1	Jeff	1	1	2	1	1	1	7
2	Catherine	2	2	1	2	2	2	11
3	Wayne	3	3	3	3	4	4	20
4	Doug	DNC 5	DNC 5	4	4	3	3	24

We had excellent racing conditions today with strong but not overpowering winds and relatively smooth water. Boats were getting up onto a plane on the beam reaches. The race committee tried to make things challenging by putting the gybe mark between the north and south docks, but all the skippers managed that challenge gracefully.

Wind: NNE 7-15 knots
Air temp: 51°F
Wind chill: 51°F
Water temp: 46°F

		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Skipper \ Course							Score
1	Ray W.	2	3	1	1	1	1	9
2	Jeff	1	2	2	2	2	2	11
3	Catherine	3	1	3	3	3	3	16
4	Dave L.	4	4	5	5	4	4	26
5	Wayne	5	5	4	4	5	5	28

Skipper \ Course

After strong gusty winds the previous week, the milder wind this week seemed like a welcome relief...until we got out on the water and realized that there was almost no way to determine which direction the wind was coming from. The race committee set up the course for a southwest wind, but then ended up running the course backwards for the first race because the wind seemed to be coming from the north. Except then it changed (or did it?), and the second race was run as if the wind was from the southwest again.