Notes and Results: Sunday Midweek June 14, 2009

With apologies to Tevye and Fiddler on the Roof:

A midweek race on Sunday afternoon...Sounds crazy, no? But here in our little club of North Cape, you might say every one of us is a sailor on a Sunday afternoon. Trying to scratch out a little bite to windward without breaking his neck. It isn't easy. You may ask, why do we continue to do it if it's so dangerous? Well we do it because North Cape is our home. And how do we keep our balance? That I can tell you in one word! Tradition!

Tradition...Tradition...Tradition...Tradition...Tradition

Because of our traditions, we've kept our balance for many, many years. Here at North Cape, we have traditions for everything. How to sleep. How to eat. How to work. How to wear clothes. For instance, we always keep our heads covered with a beat up sailing cap, and always wear a teeshirt from a long ago race. This shows our constant devotion to sailing.

You may ask, how did this tradition get started? I'll tell you. I don't know. But it's a tradition. And because of our traditions, every one of us knows who he is and what the Commodore expects him to do.

So, yesterday at North Cape we messed with tradition. A Sunday afternoon midweek race? Whoever heard of such a thing? What were you thinking when you let this guy be in charge of yachting activities and what can we do to put an end to such silliness?

Well, in spite of a forecast tending toward light and vairiable, twenty-some boats were willing to give it a try and were rewarded with a beautiful afternoon on the water with flat water and winds of 8 to 10 out of the east. It was a gorgeous day for a race. There is obviously good competition within our fleets with boats and crews sensing the need for good starts and fast sailing. For the second race in a row we had a spate of "On Course Starts" On Wednesday there were five boats over early in the PHRF A fleet. On Sunday once again a boat was over early in PHRF A and the influence had spread to PHRF B with two more boats over. The racers are having to be on their toes to get good starts and the race committees are having to be on top of the situation to identify the boats over and call them back.

On Foghorn we had two new racers out with us, Davey's brother and sister came along for the ride and it looked like they were having fun. Red Cloud seemed to have a bigger crew than normal and if I'm not mistaken I even saw John Greiner riding the rail on the weather leg! The race was great with good close competition The results of Sunday's race are attached. I will have the Spring Series results available soon.

And then Sunday was complemented by a picnic potluck picnic after the race. Dogs, brats, burgers, and steaks all found their way to the grill and the buffet table was loaded with contributions of salads, pasta, beans, fruit and desserts. If you left hungry you only have yourself to blame.

Thanks to all who gave it a chance and we hope to see you and a bunch more boats out on the two remaining Sundays this summer, July 12th and August 30th.

Also atached are the results of Friday Night's Moonlight JAM Fun Race. A dozen boats made it out for a pretty evening under the moon and stars. Thanks everyone for participating!

This Wednesday, June 17th, will be the first of the Summer Series races. Come on out and join the fun!

Kent Gardam