Racing

Racing fleets

At last, a perfect day

The Frozen Few finally caught a break and got a beautiful, sunny day with moderate winds. John Howell of the Warwick Beacon came out to write about the fleet and take some pictures. You can read his article on the Beacon website.

		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Skipper \ Course							Score
1	Jeff	1	4	2	3	1	1	12
2	Curt	2	1	1	1	3	DNF 15	23
3	Catherine	5	2	3	9	8	3	30
4	Jim F.	3	7	9	5	4	2	30
5	Chris L.	6	5	9	2	2	9	33
6	Dave L.	8	3	4	6	11	5	37
7	Wayne	10	6	5	4	6	7	38
8	Dave Saunders	4	9	7	11	5	4	40
9	Gene	7	12	6	12	7	8	52
10	Rich G.	9	10	11	7	12	6	55
11	George S.	10	11	10	8	9	10	58
12	Bill G.	DNC 15	8	8	10	10	13	64
13	Gus	11	13	13	14	13	12	76
14	Dave Solon	12	DNF 15	12	13	14	11	77

The wind strikes back

After several weeks of light air, the wind decided to pick up today and took several boats with it. Despite the base wind being within our guidelines, the gusts dismasted two boats in the second race, and one bent an upper boom when it turtled. Many boats capsized, and the race committee called off racing after the second race because the safety boat couldn't keep up.

Despite the problems, everyone seemed to come off the water in good spirits and happy to have gotten in some exciting sailing.

		1	2
	Skipper \ Course			Score
1	Curt	2	1	3
2	Jeff	1	2	3
3	Jim F.	3	5	8
4	George S.	5	4	9
5	Dave L.	8	6	14
6	Wayne	12	3	15
7	Catherine	4	DNF 13	17
8	Gene	10	7	17
9	Mackenzie	7	DNF 13	20
10	Dave Saunders	6	DNC 15	21
11	Gus	9	DNF 13	22
12	Rich G.	11	DNF 13	24
13	Bill G.	DNC 15	DNF 13	28
14	Dave Solon	DNF 14	DNC 15	29

Another slow day at the races

Another day of light air challenged the racers and forced the race committee to move the course out into more open water. Big wind shifts added an element of luck.

		1	2	3	4	5
	Skipper \ Course						Score
1	Curt	1	1	1	1	5	9
2	Jeff	7	2	2	4	1	16
3	Henry S.	4	3	4	3	3	17
4	Jim F.	3	6	3	7	9	28
5	Mackenzie	2	5	5	9	13	34
6	Dave Saunders	6	11	9	2	6	34
7	Rob J.	12	7	7	6	4	36
8	Chris L.	5	12	6	5	12	40
9	Gene	14	8	11	8	7	48
10	Catherine	9	4	14	11	11	49
11	Dave L.	11	9	7	13	14	54
12	George S.	10	13	13	12	8	56
13	Wayne	8	16	10	14	10	58
14	Bill G.	DNC 17	14	16	10	2	59
15	Rich G.	13	10	15	16	16	70
16	Dave Solon	15	15	12	15	15	72

Patience Required

There was almost no wind for the start of today's racing. The first race took over an hour, but we eventually got a light south wind are were able to complete four races.

		1	2	3	4
	Skipper \ Course					Score
1	Jim F.	3	2	1	4	10
2	Dave Saunders	2	1	3	5	11
3	George S.	6	6	8	2	22
4	Dave L.	5	4	7	6	22
5	Jeff	1	5	4	DNC 14	24
6	Gene	8	3	6	7	24
7	Catherine	10	8	9	1	28
8	Rob J.	7	7	2	DNC 14	30
9	Bill G.	11	10	11	3	35
10	Curt	4	RAF 14	5	DNC 14	37
11	Dave Solon	12	11	12	6	41
12	Rich G.	9	9	10	DNC 14	42
13	Gus	13	12	13	8	46