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Frozen Folk get Help From New England Sunfish Friends

Edgewood's "frozen" sailors have friends -

That's the conclusion we reached as we stood in a pile of borrowed Sunfish sails, lines and daggerboards.

Edgewood's winter sailors, the "Frozen Few" needed to keep racing their Sunfish - not so easy, when the sails, the boards, the rudders and all the lines got burned up.

So when the call from Frozen Skippers went out, the reply was quick and generous: "borrowed rigs" from friends our folks have collected a dozen borrowed rigs (sails, masts, booms, and sheets) 20 daggerboards, a dozen rudders, loan of a chase boat for running the races, invitation to change clothes and store gear inside from Port Edgewood, absolutely startling support on re-building from Laser Performance Rhode Island (in Bristol), great help from Intensity Sails (in Cranston), tolerance for the Frozen Folk bumping through the carpentry and re-shuffling that the EYC Steward and crews are up to, and -- and this is to be emphasized -- good wishes and "what can I do for the Club?" from the many folks who know, and who are affectionate toward, Edgewood Yacht Club. Check the website for a list of friends and a summary of what's arrived.

Thank you "grace" committee!

from the Frozen Few

Frostbite racing results for 2/13/2011

Wind couldn't quite make up its mind for direction, but seven FrozenSkippers were on the water for the 1100 start. Kyle, in spite of losing the entire mainsheet Harken block, bested Fauss by one point to get the top score for the day, in a mixed chop and moderate temperature.

This leaves season front-runners Fauss and DavidW scoring only two points difference for the 2010-2011 champonship, with Fauss and Kyle eleven points apart on the Spring Series. With two more days left to settle the Spring Series and the Season scores, racing continues Sunday Feb20.

Frozen Thanks to friends and sailors from around the area who have made rigs, boards and helms available to the Edgewood Few: without you, it would not be....

		1	2	3	4	5
	Skipper \ Course						Score
1	Kyle	1	1	1	2	4	9
2	Fauss	2	2	4	1	1	10
3	David W.	3	3	3	3	5	17
4	Jeff	5	5	2	4	2	18
5	Dave Saunders	4	4	5	5	3	21
6	Bill S.	DCS 8	7	6	6	6	33
7	Gene	6	6	7	DNF 8	DCS 8	35

Frostbite racing results for 2/6/2011

The Frozen Few ran four races in strong winds, which were forecast to fade but actually grew in strength. By mutual consent the first race was not scored because some of the skippers were still preparing to come out. The scores for the second and third races are posted below.

The race committee had to leave the line during the fourth race to assist one of the boats, and so the scores for the last race are not recorded. If the skippers can provide a consistent account of the results of the last race, then we will post them.

		1	2
	Skipper \ Course			Score
1	Fauss	1	1	2
2	Ray W.	2	2	4
3	David W.	3	3	6
4	Bill S.	5	4	9
5	Jeff	4	DNC 9	13
6	Gene	6	DNF 7	13
7	Catherine	DNC 9	DNF 7	16
8	Bill G.	DNC 9	DNC 9	18

Frostbite racing results for 1/30/2011

The spring series is revving up for the Frozen Few, with nine skippers participating in Sunfish racing out of Edgewood with gear borrowed from fellow sailors throughout the region. Today, the Race Committee safety boat served double duty, also clearing away a thin sheet of ice from around the docks, to get it out of range of the launching area for the fleet.

		1	2	3	4
	Skipper \ Course					Score
1	Fauss	2	3	1	1	7
2	Dave Saunders	4	1	3	2	10
3	David W.	5	1	2	DNF 10	18
4	Catherine	3	7	5	3	18
5	Ray W.	1	4	4	DNF 10	19
6	Bill S.	7	5	DNF 9	DNF 10	31
7	Rob H.	8	6	DNF 9	DNF 10	33
8	Gene	6	8	DNF 9	DNF 10	33
9	Bill G.	DNC 10	DNC 10	DNC 10	4	34