I'd like to give you a report on the Irene Race but unfortunately my dress was still at the cleaners and I had to miss the event. I long for those days when I had a whole wardrobe full of outfits for any occasion but unfortunately my cross-dressing days are mostly behind me now. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReJHZFge7n4 Also I broke a nail during Wednesday night's race and I'm just sick about it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jHpBkPcCl0
But seriously, last Saturday was the 31st Annual Irene Southworth Memorial Ladies Race at North Cape Yacht Club. This race dates from a time when women were much more the exception rather than the rule on racing sailboats and the race was started to help provide a venue wherein the women of North Cape could have an opportunity to race without an undue perceived pressure of competing against the men in the other races at the club. While I didn't personally know Irene, my understanding was that she was a real supporter of women's participation in racing and this race is a celebration of her memory. I suspect that at one time this annual event may have provided one of the few opportunities for the women of the club to "show their stuff" on the race course and this event regularly gathered a good number of boats with exclusively female crews. Over the course of years, as we all recognize and appreciate (at least I know I do) women have become a regular and valued part of our local racing crews and thus the concept of "women racing" doesn't provide the novelty and perhaps allure it once did. Over the years as participation began to wane, modifications were made to the rules of this event to encourage more boats to participate. Where once we had both Spinnaker and Jam classes and only women on board the boats, now all boats race Jib and Main. A Cruising Class was added to allow one male to be on board but not allowed to participate in the actual sailing during the race and then more recently a 50/50 Class where an entrant could have as many men as there were women on board, and the men could participate in the sailing with the restriction that only women were allowed to helm the boat during the race.
However even with the changes, this annual celebration is still a valued part of our summer sailing season here at North Cape and does provide us with the opportunity to see some boats out on the race course that otherwise are not present in any of our annual races. This year eleven boats participated in the event. Two in the JAM class of women only; three boats were in the Cruising Class that allows one male on board and six boats entered the 50/50 Class.
Race day dawned cloudy and unusually cool for what our August has been thus far. Joan O'Connell commented that it looked like we were having an Irene Snowflurries race this year. But the wind was present for a good day of sailing for our participants.
In JAM, Cindy Cherry's Full Ride took top marks with Judy Greiner's Red Cloud in second place.
In Cruising Class, first place went to Colleen Philips' Orange Burst, with Paula Nels' Hobby Sox in 2nd and Donna Eichbauer's Alibi in 3rd.
In the 50/50 Class, 6th place was Cindy Degolier's Lola, 5th went to Joan O'Connell's Tyrannous, 4th was taken by Robin Horvath's Erie Grog, the 3rd place flag was won by Barb Jordan's Liberty, 2nd place was gathered in by Michelle Porter's Jubilate Deo, and the winner of the largest class was Elizabeth Swisher's Jagen.
Following the race we were treated to a great meal prepared by the men of the club and then another appearance by Crucial 420, the reggae band that was such a hit at the Commodore Perry Race party.
Thanks to Kristen Kania for organizing this event and to one and all who participated in this annual tradition.
Kent Gardam
Friday, August 28, 2009
Notes and Results: Wednesday August 19th
This week's Wednesday night race seems like it was almost a week ago. Okay, it was almost a week ago and I'm behind. My crew tells me I'm a little behind all the time. Well, at least that's the way I choose to interpret what they are saying. "Behind", "ass", they mean the same thing don't they?
Anywho, before we get to Wednesday's race, this weekend was the Trans Erie Race from Grosse Ile to Erie Pennsylvania. North Cape wasn't as well represented as it has been in some years, but those who went showed their stuff. Bill Bollin's Badfish reveled in the conditions and led the way in a sportboat assault on the course with an overall win in a record setting run of 15 hours and 40 minutes for the 140 nautical miles, an average of 9 knots including a couple of hours of little wind! Check out this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2q5bF5HWLs4 from www.dieballsailing.com . Big time fun. That Melges 32 is not your typical 4KSB (if you know what I mean) or your father's Oldsmobile for that matter either. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDUrQS1C7dg . Results are attached.
Now back to our regularly scheduled feature. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sudrqrCxQQ Wednesday night's race was overcast but at least had more wind than last week. What is it about gray days that makes it seem like it's windier than it really is? It weas blowing about 11 to 12 but a number of boats were trying out their smaller jibs, even us, we went with a #2 although could have easily carried the #1. Course #2 took the spinnaker boats on a weather leg to East and then a chute run to North followed by a tight reach back to the finish at West. The Jammers beat to the Center Mark, turned left for a reach to the North and then back West. The first two legs were fairly uneventful. I think we went a little too far right with the leg slightly favored on the left side of the course. Figures, last week the right corner paid off. Our decision to go with the smaller shouldered reaching chute proving to be a decent choice for the fairly tight reach of the second leg. It seemed to be as fast with less drama than its bigger shouldered cousin http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isM22ba4lVw .
We turned the corner at North to find that most of the fleet had decided that jibs made sense for the last leg. There were a few chutes up in front of us including the big black number on Presto. It took us a little while to square our act away but once we were dialed in, it proved to be a fairly easy chute leg after all. A little before the finish we saw Fred Hibbert's Fearless going the opposite way (northerly) alongside the race course with the sails being lowered. Hmmm, strange. But no visible signs of disress from the crew that we noticed. Dick Frazier's Sweet Carmela who was just ahead of us (and flying a jib instead of a chute) opted to go back to see what if anything Fearless needed. When we reached the finish a quick look over my shoulder confirmed that both boats were still back there and not headed in so we dropped sails and motored back up the course to see what was up. By the time we got there, Carmela had Fearless in tow and Fearless wass playing "crack the whip" in the waves at the end of the towline. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1nsz3pK6i4 The Fearless crew was gathered in the cockpit and didn't look all that happy about the situation. Tiller in hand, no rudder in the water. So what's more useless than a rudder broken off at water level? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-u9u_B_4OQ Okay, so now what? We motored up alongside Carmela (being careful to avoid getting tagged by Fearless http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHebZgv2_ck ) . Carmela suggested we take a line from our bow to Fearless's stern to try to slow the oscillations. Okay, done, with little discernible effect. We eventually figured out that by us motoring slowly in reverse with Carmela powering forward we could keep just enough tension on Fearless's bow and stern lines that we could keep them moderately under control. The only downside to that manuver is that Fred's formerly twenty-six foot long boat is now stretched to about thirty-two. Oh well, he was thinking about trading up anyway. At least we succeeded in getting them back in the cut!
In PHRF A, the night's festivities went to Holy Toledo sneaking in nine seconds in front of Abracadabra with Fupastank in 3rd.
PHRF B Full TIlt took honors in front of Red Cloud with Rodger and Carolyn Dutton's White Star showing excellent speed in 3rd.
PHRF C saw Rob Fox's J22, Defender, take the measure of the J30s with Robert Crumley's Sophia in 2nd and Wildcat in 3rd.
JAM A saw the orange boats take it to the red boats this week. MEGA in 1st, Orange Crate in 2nd, and Breakawy edging out Tyrannous for 3rd.
JAM B had Aftermath2 first, Dick Hamilton's La Chiva 2nd, and Bill Comber's Beach Comber in 3rd.
Overalls went to MEGA in JAM and a popular wind by Defender in PHRF.
Believe it or not, there are only two more of our regular midweek series races left, this Wednesday the 26th followed by our Sunday potluck race on the 30th. The Sunday race starts at 1:00 PM.
After that the next three Wednesdays are the Captain Morgans Series. We race out to one mark of the race committee's choice and return to the west mark for a two legged race as darkness tries its best to intrude on our fun.
Where, oh where is my underwear, errr, I mean, has summer gone?
For those of you planning a little ahead, Labor Day weekend will bring a Full Moon Friday fun race, the Dedication Race on Saturday to Port Clinton, and then the Green Island Race on Sunday. Hope to see you for one or more of those events!
Kent
Anywho, before we get to Wednesday's race, this weekend was the Trans Erie Race from Grosse Ile to Erie Pennsylvania. North Cape wasn't as well represented as it has been in some years, but those who went showed their stuff. Bill Bollin's Badfish reveled in the conditions and led the way in a sportboat assault on the course with an overall win in a record setting run of 15 hours and 40 minutes for the 140 nautical miles, an average of 9 knots including a couple of hours of little wind! Check out this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2q5bF5HWLs4 from www.dieballsailing.com . Big time fun. That Melges 32 is not your typical 4KSB (if you know what I mean) or your father's Oldsmobile for that matter either. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDUrQS1C7dg . Results are attached.
Now back to our regularly scheduled feature. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sudrqrCxQQ Wednesday night's race was overcast but at least had more wind than last week. What is it about gray days that makes it seem like it's windier than it really is? It weas blowing about 11 to 12 but a number of boats were trying out their smaller jibs, even us, we went with a #2 although could have easily carried the #1. Course #2 took the spinnaker boats on a weather leg to East and then a chute run to North followed by a tight reach back to the finish at West. The Jammers beat to the Center Mark, turned left for a reach to the North and then back West. The first two legs were fairly uneventful. I think we went a little too far right with the leg slightly favored on the left side of the course. Figures, last week the right corner paid off. Our decision to go with the smaller shouldered reaching chute proving to be a decent choice for the fairly tight reach of the second leg. It seemed to be as fast with less drama than its bigger shouldered cousin http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isM22ba4lVw .
We turned the corner at North to find that most of the fleet had decided that jibs made sense for the last leg. There were a few chutes up in front of us including the big black number on Presto. It took us a little while to square our act away but once we were dialed in, it proved to be a fairly easy chute leg after all. A little before the finish we saw Fred Hibbert's Fearless going the opposite way (northerly) alongside the race course with the sails being lowered. Hmmm, strange. But no visible signs of disress from the crew that we noticed. Dick Frazier's Sweet Carmela who was just ahead of us (and flying a jib instead of a chute) opted to go back to see what if anything Fearless needed. When we reached the finish a quick look over my shoulder confirmed that both boats were still back there and not headed in so we dropped sails and motored back up the course to see what was up. By the time we got there, Carmela had Fearless in tow and Fearless wass playing "crack the whip" in the waves at the end of the towline. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1nsz3pK6i4 The Fearless crew was gathered in the cockpit and didn't look all that happy about the situation. Tiller in hand, no rudder in the water. So what's more useless than a rudder broken off at water level? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-u9u_B_4OQ Okay, so now what? We motored up alongside Carmela (being careful to avoid getting tagged by Fearless http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHebZgv2_ck ) . Carmela suggested we take a line from our bow to Fearless's stern to try to slow the oscillations. Okay, done, with little discernible effect. We eventually figured out that by us motoring slowly in reverse with Carmela powering forward we could keep just enough tension on Fearless's bow and stern lines that we could keep them moderately under control. The only downside to that manuver is that Fred's formerly twenty-six foot long boat is now stretched to about thirty-two. Oh well, he was thinking about trading up anyway. At least we succeeded in getting them back in the cut!
In PHRF A, the night's festivities went to Holy Toledo sneaking in nine seconds in front of Abracadabra with Fupastank in 3rd.
PHRF B Full TIlt took honors in front of Red Cloud with Rodger and Carolyn Dutton's White Star showing excellent speed in 3rd.
PHRF C saw Rob Fox's J22, Defender, take the measure of the J30s with Robert Crumley's Sophia in 2nd and Wildcat in 3rd.
JAM A saw the orange boats take it to the red boats this week. MEGA in 1st, Orange Crate in 2nd, and Breakawy edging out Tyrannous for 3rd.
JAM B had Aftermath2 first, Dick Hamilton's La Chiva 2nd, and Bill Comber's Beach Comber in 3rd.
Overalls went to MEGA in JAM and a popular wind by Defender in PHRF.
Believe it or not, there are only two more of our regular midweek series races left, this Wednesday the 26th followed by our Sunday potluck race on the 30th. The Sunday race starts at 1:00 PM.
After that the next three Wednesdays are the Captain Morgans Series. We race out to one mark of the race committee's choice and return to the west mark for a two legged race as darkness tries its best to intrude on our fun.
Where, oh where is my underwear, errr, I mean, has summer gone?
For those of you planning a little ahead, Labor Day weekend will bring a Full Moon Friday fun race, the Dedication Race on Saturday to Port Clinton, and then the Green Island Race on Sunday. Hope to see you for one or more of those events!
Kent
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Doublehanded Race: August 15, 2009
Okay, I've got some catching up to do. I owe you some race reports and I'm a week behind. So let's get started with last Saturday's Doublehanded Race.
Thirty teams of two were entered in North Cape's annual Doublehanded Race. This year the race was one weekend later than our traditional slot of the Saturday after the Bay Week regatta. We had moved to accommodate a request from Ford Yacht Club to avoid the same day as their regatta. We'll evaluate whether there is any real conflict for the future. But as it turned out this year the Saturday after Bay Week was rainy almost all day long and might not have been that great for the doublehanders. Saturday August 15th, however, dawned bright and warm if not just plain hot. A nice day? Well, yeah, if lack of wind was not a concern to you. Cris and Leanna Hastin and Helene Weber joined my on Foghorn for Race Committee duties. We, and 30 boats worth of racing partners, set up at the West Mark and looked for some wind to attempt the 15 miles for PHRF boats and 10.5 for the Jammers. It was light pretty much everywhere but we could see some wind just to our south and it appeared to be making its way in our direction. John Greiner drifted by the committee and lobbied for a two-hour delay because of the light wind because John really doesn't like light air (remember that for later!) But on the RC boat we felt that the 4 knots of wind we were seeing was enough to get things underway and the forecast didn't really promise a whole lot more later that would make a postponement a worthwhile gamble. So at 10:00 AM we had the sequence underway. Three classes of PHRF and three more of JAM got moving off the line, and, if not spritely, at least they were headed in the right direction toward the first mark of the course, the Harborlight. A five mile leg that started off the wind and eventually became a weather leg and seemed to go on forever for the racers. Back on the start line the wind was light but steady, generally four knots, sometimes five, occasionally six. Bet those out on the race course would have loved to have seen that much for most of the race! Club members stopped on by in powerboats to see what if anything was going on, wandered out on the racecourse and would report back on their return: not much happening out there on the lake. After a couple of hours or so boats were around the Harborlight and heading for their second marks, R10 on the channel for the spinnaker kids and the East Mark for the white sails fleet. Another long leg, at least in time if not distance, and then a turn for home and the finish at the West Mark. By this time the wind had gotten to a pretty solid 6 to 8 at the finish line. Out on the race course it was lighter but somewhat better than it had been earlier. A downwind leg and finally the agony was over after six plus hours for most of the fleet. No speed records were set on this day.
Maybe next year we should look at an option that provides us with an alternative course that uses some of the marks closer to the shore. It might mean a few more legs and resulting sail changes for the shorthanded crews but in conditions like we experienced it could mean a much quicker and more interesting race.
In JAM C, Todd Hartmann and Ken "Yoda" Kania Jr. took the measure of the class with Dan Sadoski and Melissa Schmitt of JRSC in Look Far in 2nd and Rich and Cindy Cherry bringing Full Ride home in 3rd.
JAM B went to Les and Ryan Lashaway in Mega over Jonathon and Tim Vosler in Aftermath2 in 2nd and Elizabeth and Tim Swisher borrowing Tyrannous to come home 3rd.
In JAM A, Bill Sommers and Gary Bernard brought Breakaway home in 1st only 11 seconds in front of Jim and Chris Davis's Orange Crate in 2nd and Rodger Dutton and Dale Roberts in 3rd in White Star.
PHRF C saw Jody Kjoller and Charlie Johnson 1st in Jody's Kirby 25 named Roschambo for the occasion. 2nd was Norm and Jim GLadieux's Saving Grace with 3rd going to Jeffrey Gordon and Max Frati in Presto.
PHRF B found John Greiner and grandson Brian Goldberg on board Red Cloud in 1st, Dick Frazier and Jamie Matuszak in Sweet Carmela in 2nd and Paul Hickman and Ben Mercer gaining 3rd place aboard Splash Dance while owner Laszlo Goda was busily occupied preparing his famous Hunky Turkey dinner for the racers after the event.
In PHRF A, Steve Attard and his daughter Kristen brought home Viva Las Vegas in 1st. Fritz Peterson and Jim Meehan's Heartbreaker approached the finish line overlapped with Mark and Lynne Melchior's Full Tilt. Both boats rated the same and were racing for position. With Heartbreaker on starboard to Full Tilt's port approach, Full Tilt was forced to give way and Heartbreaker finished 2nd to Full Tilt's 3rd.
Overalls went to Mega in JAM and to Red Cloud in PHRF. Remember how Greiner said he hated light air and couldn't be competitive in it? Uh huh, right John.
The Doublehanded Race also awards flags to the highest placing male/female crews. In PHRF the winners were Steve and Kristen Attard of Viva Las Vegas and our JAM winners were Jim and Chris Davis of Orange Crate.
Thanks everyone for coming out on a slow but challenging day and for sticking with the race. Hope to see you next year on a faster course!
Kent Gardam
Thirty teams of two were entered in North Cape's annual Doublehanded Race. This year the race was one weekend later than our traditional slot of the Saturday after the Bay Week regatta. We had moved to accommodate a request from Ford Yacht Club to avoid the same day as their regatta. We'll evaluate whether there is any real conflict for the future. But as it turned out this year the Saturday after Bay Week was rainy almost all day long and might not have been that great for the doublehanders. Saturday August 15th, however, dawned bright and warm if not just plain hot. A nice day? Well, yeah, if lack of wind was not a concern to you. Cris and Leanna Hastin and Helene Weber joined my on Foghorn for Race Committee duties. We, and 30 boats worth of racing partners, set up at the West Mark and looked for some wind to attempt the 15 miles for PHRF boats and 10.5 for the Jammers. It was light pretty much everywhere but we could see some wind just to our south and it appeared to be making its way in our direction. John Greiner drifted by the committee and lobbied for a two-hour delay because of the light wind because John really doesn't like light air (remember that for later!) But on the RC boat we felt that the 4 knots of wind we were seeing was enough to get things underway and the forecast didn't really promise a whole lot more later that would make a postponement a worthwhile gamble. So at 10:00 AM we had the sequence underway. Three classes of PHRF and three more of JAM got moving off the line, and, if not spritely, at least they were headed in the right direction toward the first mark of the course, the Harborlight. A five mile leg that started off the wind and eventually became a weather leg and seemed to go on forever for the racers. Back on the start line the wind was light but steady, generally four knots, sometimes five, occasionally six. Bet those out on the race course would have loved to have seen that much for most of the race! Club members stopped on by in powerboats to see what if anything was going on, wandered out on the racecourse and would report back on their return: not much happening out there on the lake. After a couple of hours or so boats were around the Harborlight and heading for their second marks, R10 on the channel for the spinnaker kids and the East Mark for the white sails fleet. Another long leg, at least in time if not distance, and then a turn for home and the finish at the West Mark. By this time the wind had gotten to a pretty solid 6 to 8 at the finish line. Out on the race course it was lighter but somewhat better than it had been earlier. A downwind leg and finally the agony was over after six plus hours for most of the fleet. No speed records were set on this day.
Maybe next year we should look at an option that provides us with an alternative course that uses some of the marks closer to the shore. It might mean a few more legs and resulting sail changes for the shorthanded crews but in conditions like we experienced it could mean a much quicker and more interesting race.
In JAM C, Todd Hartmann and Ken "Yoda" Kania Jr. took the measure of the class with Dan Sadoski and Melissa Schmitt of JRSC in Look Far in 2nd and Rich and Cindy Cherry bringing Full Ride home in 3rd.
JAM B went to Les and Ryan Lashaway in Mega over Jonathon and Tim Vosler in Aftermath2 in 2nd and Elizabeth and Tim Swisher borrowing Tyrannous to come home 3rd.
In JAM A, Bill Sommers and Gary Bernard brought Breakaway home in 1st only 11 seconds in front of Jim and Chris Davis's Orange Crate in 2nd and Rodger Dutton and Dale Roberts in 3rd in White Star.
PHRF C saw Jody Kjoller and Charlie Johnson 1st in Jody's Kirby 25 named Roschambo for the occasion. 2nd was Norm and Jim GLadieux's Saving Grace with 3rd going to Jeffrey Gordon and Max Frati in Presto.
PHRF B found John Greiner and grandson Brian Goldberg on board Red Cloud in 1st, Dick Frazier and Jamie Matuszak in Sweet Carmela in 2nd and Paul Hickman and Ben Mercer gaining 3rd place aboard Splash Dance while owner Laszlo Goda was busily occupied preparing his famous Hunky Turkey dinner for the racers after the event.
In PHRF A, Steve Attard and his daughter Kristen brought home Viva Las Vegas in 1st. Fritz Peterson and Jim Meehan's Heartbreaker approached the finish line overlapped with Mark and Lynne Melchior's Full Tilt. Both boats rated the same and were racing for position. With Heartbreaker on starboard to Full Tilt's port approach, Full Tilt was forced to give way and Heartbreaker finished 2nd to Full Tilt's 3rd.
Overalls went to Mega in JAM and to Red Cloud in PHRF. Remember how Greiner said he hated light air and couldn't be competitive in it? Uh huh, right John.
The Doublehanded Race also awards flags to the highest placing male/female crews. In PHRF the winners were Steve and Kristen Attard of Viva Las Vegas and our JAM winners were Jim and Chris Davis of Orange Crate.
Thanks everyone for coming out on a slow but challenging day and for sticking with the race. Hope to see you next year on a faster course!
Kent Gardam
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Notes and results: Wednesday August 12th
Well, I guess we were due. It took til the 15th midweek race of the season before we had our first really light air night. Not quite a drifter, but certainly not a quick race either. Thankfully, although it resembled it, this race didn't last as long as the four days of my Chicago Mackinac experience this year.
Forty-seven boats participated last night. I think that's a season high. Thanks everybody for supporting North Cape's Midweek Program!
Before the race the wind direction kept flaking around, easterly, southerly, southeasterly. Jonathon Vosler and his Aftermath2 crew picked a tough night to be race committee. We consulted and chose Course #2 (East and then North; Center and North for JAM, marks to Port). No that wasn't going to work, the wind moved southerly and there wouldn't be a weather leg. Okay, then how about Course #3 (North and then South; North and Center for JAM, Marks to Starboard). By the time Aftermath2 picked up anchor and reset on the other side of the West mark the wind moved back to the southeast. Okay, one more try: Course #4 (South and then North, South and Center for the JAM fleet, Marks to Port). Aftermath2 was up with the anchor and moving again. This time the wind decided to stay fairly steady from the southeast. Thanks for being a good sport, Jonathon. So once again we were off to the South Mark for the first leg of the course. That's been happening a lot this year. This time however, it was a loooong weather leg. Two miles to weather at 2 to 3 knots or so ain't happening quickly! Most of the spinnaker fleet pack converged at the South Mark and journeyed together to North.with the JAM boats eventually finding their way to the Center Mark and a welcome turn for the finish line.
It was well after dark before much of the fleet finished and well after most people had gone home before I got a chance to crank out some results which are attached to this email. Congratulations to all the winners and also to everyone who came out to enjoy a quiet evening!
In PHRF A, Abracadabra pretended that there was plenty of wind and cruised to 1st. Mojito rode their subtle lime green chute to 2nd and Fupastank edged out the rest of the fleet for 3rd.
In PHRF B, John Kosmalski's J80 took the honors with a convincing win over Full Tilt in 2nd and Wizard in 3rd.
In PHRF C, Laszlo and the boys romped home in 1st, with Presto using their black chute to advantage for 2nd and Defender in 3rd. Apparently that class has finally found a way to beat the J30s, just sail on nights with no wind!
JAM A found Breakaway breaking away from the orange boats for the win with Mega in 2nd and Orange Crate in 3rd.
JAM B went to La Chiva in 1st over Beach Comber3 in 2nd.
In the overalls, PHRF was 1st Abracadabra, 2nd Mojito, and 3rd went to the J80. JAM was taken by Breakaway with Mega and Orange Crate in 2nd and 3rd.
Hope to see you all this weekend at the Doublehanded Race!
Kent
Forty-seven boats participated last night. I think that's a season high. Thanks everybody for supporting North Cape's Midweek Program!
Before the race the wind direction kept flaking around, easterly, southerly, southeasterly. Jonathon Vosler and his Aftermath2 crew picked a tough night to be race committee. We consulted and chose Course #2 (East and then North; Center and North for JAM, marks to Port). No that wasn't going to work, the wind moved southerly and there wouldn't be a weather leg. Okay, then how about Course #3 (North and then South; North and Center for JAM, Marks to Starboard). By the time Aftermath2 picked up anchor and reset on the other side of the West mark the wind moved back to the southeast. Okay, one more try: Course #4 (South and then North, South and Center for the JAM fleet, Marks to Port). Aftermath2 was up with the anchor and moving again. This time the wind decided to stay fairly steady from the southeast. Thanks for being a good sport, Jonathon. So once again we were off to the South Mark for the first leg of the course. That's been happening a lot this year. This time however, it was a loooong weather leg. Two miles to weather at 2 to 3 knots or so ain't happening quickly! Most of the spinnaker fleet pack converged at the South Mark and journeyed together to North.with the JAM boats eventually finding their way to the Center Mark and a welcome turn for the finish line.
It was well after dark before much of the fleet finished and well after most people had gone home before I got a chance to crank out some results which are attached to this email. Congratulations to all the winners and also to everyone who came out to enjoy a quiet evening!
In PHRF A, Abracadabra pretended that there was plenty of wind and cruised to 1st. Mojito rode their subtle lime green chute to 2nd and Fupastank edged out the rest of the fleet for 3rd.
In PHRF B, John Kosmalski's J80 took the honors with a convincing win over Full Tilt in 2nd and Wizard in 3rd.
In PHRF C, Laszlo and the boys romped home in 1st, with Presto using their black chute to advantage for 2nd and Defender in 3rd. Apparently that class has finally found a way to beat the J30s, just sail on nights with no wind!
JAM A found Breakaway breaking away from the orange boats for the win with Mega in 2nd and Orange Crate in 3rd.
JAM B went to La Chiva in 1st over Beach Comber3 in 2nd.
In the overalls, PHRF was 1st Abracadabra, 2nd Mojito, and 3rd went to the J80. JAM was taken by Breakaway with Mega and Orange Crate in 2nd and 3rd.
Hope to see you all this weekend at the Doublehanded Race!
Kent
Coming Events: Ford Nite Race, NCYC Doublehanded, and MBC Ladies Race
And now, coming events:
Three racing opportunities this weekend:
1) NCYC's Doublehanded Race is this Saturday August 15th.
2) Info on the Ford Nite Race on Friday August 15th:
Ford Yacht Club Nite Race, Starts 20:00 hours (8:00 PM EDT) Friday evening, August 14, until ??
Don't miss this AYC counter race. Around the Detroit Light, East Channel Marker and Colchester Reef light. Sailing Instructions: http://www.fordyachtclub.com => Sailing Tab Application form at the top and bottom of the page: http://www.fordyachtclub.com/Sailing/RaceApplication09_7-7-2009.doc
3) The Monroe Boat Club Ladies Race is this Sunday.
Three racing opportunities this weekend:
1) NCYC's Doublehanded Race is this Saturday August 15th.
2) Info on the Ford Nite Race on Friday August 15th:
Ford Yacht Club Nite Race, Starts 20:00 hours (8:00 PM EDT) Friday evening, August 14, until ??
Don't miss this AYC counter race. Around the Detroit Light, East Channel Marker and Colchester Reef light. Sailing Instructions: http://www.fordyachtclub.com => Sailing Tab Application form at the top and bottom of the page: http://www.fordyachtclub.com/Sailing/RaceApplication09_7-7-2009.doc
3) The Monroe Boat Club Ladies Race is this Sunday.
I-LYA BayWeek and Toledo Deepwater results
The first of three separate posts today. This one has the results that I just received for the Toledo Deepwater Race and the Bay Week Regatta for both Handicap and One-Designs attached.
Congratulations to the following local boats on their results:
TOLEDO DEEPWATER
PHRF A
1st Lynx
2nd Abracadabra
3rd Wizard
PHRF B
1st Wildcat (by just two seconds!)
2nd Consigliere (so close!)
3rd Red Cloud
PHRF Overall
1st Wildcat (by those two seconds!)
2nd Consigliere
3rd Red Cloud
JAM A
1st Jagen
2nd Erie Grog
JAM B
1st Full Ride
2nd Cracker Jack
3rd Catch 22
JAM Overall
1st Full Ride
2nd Jagen
3rd Erie Grog
BAYWEEK HANDICAP
PHRF C
3rd Wizard
PHRF E
1st Red Cloud
JAM A
1st Orange Crate
3rd Jagen
JAM B
1st Discover
2nd Cracker Jack
Cruising Class
1st Shortwave
BAYWEEK ONE-DESIGN
Hobie Wave
1st Mike Fahle
3rd Ray Matuszak
Windsurfer
1st Rod Clevenger
Interlake
1st Bob Bradley
2nd Tom Marriott
3rd Ron Soka
BeachCats
3rd Mike Deye
Congratulations to the following local boats on their results:
TOLEDO DEEPWATER
PHRF A
1st Lynx
2nd Abracadabra
3rd Wizard
PHRF B
1st Wildcat (by just two seconds!)
2nd Consigliere (so close!)
3rd Red Cloud
PHRF Overall
1st Wildcat (by those two seconds!)
2nd Consigliere
3rd Red Cloud
JAM A
1st Jagen
2nd Erie Grog
JAM B
1st Full Ride
2nd Cracker Jack
3rd Catch 22
JAM Overall
1st Full Ride
2nd Jagen
3rd Erie Grog
BAYWEEK HANDICAP
PHRF C
3rd Wizard
PHRF E
1st Red Cloud
JAM A
1st Orange Crate
3rd Jagen
JAM B
1st Discover
2nd Cracker Jack
Cruising Class
1st Shortwave
BAYWEEK ONE-DESIGN
Hobie Wave
1st Mike Fahle
3rd Ray Matuszak
Windsurfer
1st Rod Clevenger
Interlake
1st Bob Bradley
2nd Tom Marriott
3rd Ron Soka
BeachCats
3rd Mike Deye
Friday, August 7, 2009
Time Machine rescues sailors on Lake Huron
Is this just an incredible coincidence or yet another example of a skipper and crew that are ultimately prepared for what can be encountered on the lakes? Judge for yourself the following story from Robert Gordenker's Time Machine blog:
http://tmsailing.blogspot.com/
Congratulations to Robert, his two unnamed crew members, and to their attention to detail. You make us proud at North Cape.
http://tmsailing.blogspot.com/
Congratulations to Robert, his two unnamed crew members, and to their attention to detail. You make us proud at North Cape.
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