I am pleased to be able to report two new championships earned by members representing North Cape Yacht Club:
1. Gary Hall's and Bruce Geffen's catamaran Nice Pair has repeated its 2008 Great Lakes Multihull Boat of the Year championship once again in 2009. The Pair has built on its 1st in the Chicago Mackinac Race, and 2nd in the Chicago to Port Huron Super Mackniac, and 1st in the Port Huron Mackinac Race by now taking the overall championship for the lakes. Congratulations Gary, Bruce and everyone else involved in this effort!
2. Anna Tunnicliffe has (temporarily at least) changed disciplines and taken on Match Racing. After a nonstop year of Laser Radial sailing she has given crewed boats a try. In just her second match racing event ever, this past weekend against a fleet of eleven other boats crewed by members of the male persuasion, Anna and her crew of three other women have won the 2009 Detroit Cup at Bayview Yacht Club in Ultimate 20s. Congratulations Anna and crew!
Upcoming racing events:
1. This Saturday September 12th: North Cape hosts it final weekend race at the club for the year. The Mid-Channel Race is for PHRF and JAM. See the attached NORs, SIs and entry form.
2. This weekend, Grosse Ile Yacht Club is having its Blue Nose Regatta on Saturday and Sunday. Info is attached.
3. Next weekend, Jolly Roger Sailing Club is holding its Fall Series Regatta for PHRF, JAM and One-Deisgn classes. Info is attached.
4. Next weekend Ford Yacht Club is having its International Fall Classic. A Saturday race from Ford to Leamington and a Sunday Race back. Info is attached.
FUTURE EVENTS:Port Clinton Yacht Club's Snowflurries Regatta on October 3rd and 4th
NCYC's George O'Connell Memorial Fall Bay Regatta on October 10 and 11th
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Notes and results: September 2nd
Shamelessly swiped from another site, the 16 reasons Sailing is better than sex:
1. You don't have to hide your Sailing magazines. 2. It's perfectly acceptable to pay a professional to Sail with you once in a while. 3. The Ten Commandments don't say anything about Sailing. 4. If your partner takes pictures or videotapes of you Sailing your beachcat, you don't have to worry about them showing up on the Internet if you become famous. 5. Your Sailing partner doesn't get upset about people you sailed with long ago. 6. It's perfectly respectable to Sail with a total stranger. 7. When you see a really good Sailor, you don't have feel guilty about imagining the two of you Sailing together. 8. If your regular Sailing partner isn't available, he/she won't object if you Sail with someone else. 9. Nobody will ever tell you that you will go blind if you Sail by yourself. 10. When dealing with a Sailing pro, you never have to wonder if they are really an undercover cop. 11. You can have a Sailing calendar on your wall at the office, tell Sailing jokes, and invite coworkers to Sail with you without getting sued for harassment. 12. There are no Sailing-transmitted diseases. 13. If you want to watch Sailing on television, you don't have to subscribe to the Playboy channel. 14. Nobody expects you to Sail with the same partner for the rest of your life. 15. Nobody expects you to give up Sailing if your partner loses interest in it. 16. Your Sailing partner will never say, "Not again? We just Sailed last week! Is Sailing all you ever think about?"
I'll get a report and results on last Sunday's final midweek Fall Series race out to you soon but I realized that the results got corrupted when I reran them last night. So, I'll have to stop by the club and fix the results before I can send them out.
Last night was the first race of the three-race Captain Morgan's Series. A beautiful evening just approaching a full moon but with fairly light easterly winds that had been dieing off in the late afternoon. John and Judy Greiner are serving their traditional role of Race Committee for the entire three-week series (thanks tons, Greiners!) and decided to limit the race to out to the Center Mark and back. As it turned out, a very good choice. The course set up as a good (if slow) beat from West to Center, a 1.4 mile leg, and then a run back to the finish for only 2.8 miles total but enough given the conditions. We have inverted the starts for the Morgans Series so JAM B (9 boats) then A (7 boats) preceeds PHRF C (8 boats), B (8 boats) and finally A (9boats). A very nice turnout, but then what would you expect when we are finally getting down to the serious prospect of racing for real prizes: RUM! The inverted starting order makes for lots of good passing opportunities on the race course, both upwind and down and gives you the opportunity to see some of the fleet you might not otherwise get to sail close to during the balance of the season.
The beat was pretty square and had slightly lumpy leftover chop from the earlier wind of the day so figuring out your best boatspeed to weather was king. The downwind leg provided opportunities to research what angles your boat would go quickest in light apparent wind. The Jammers turned at the Center mark and mostly went wing-and-wing straight to the finish. The spinnaker boats exhibited lots of options: some straight down, some reaching off to the left, other parts of the fleet reaching away to the right side of the course. Eventually everybody found their way back together at the finish line with plenty of overlaps to keep the race committee busy guessing who would be ahead of whom. Jim and Chris Davis's Orange Crate led the parade getting the first gun of the evening by a few seconds over Andrew Regan's Rocket Science
In JAM B, from 9th to 1st, it was Seahawk, Full Ride, Caprice, Fiasco, Aftermath2, Autumn Wind, BeachComber3, Super Zena and Jamaican Me Crazy, Chris Kretz's Catalina 22 that took the measure of the class.
IN JAM A, 7th to 1st were the Hunter 460 (sorry, I need to find out who you guys are), Baci, Double O Seven, Breakaway, Mega, Rocket Science and Orange Crate.
PHRF C saw 8th to 1st as La Chiva, Flak Bait, Sophia, Saving Grace, Orange Barrel, Defender, Wildcat and Laszlo Goda's Splash Dance taking the win.
In PHRF B, 8th to 1st was Group Therapy, Wicked, Foghorn, Liberty, Consigliere, Baby Clown, Send in the Clowns, and Wizard bringing out the guns to climb to the top of the podium.
IN PHRF A, 9th to 1st were Three Niner (showing some radical angles downwind, especially on port jibe), Holy Toledo, Legs-A-Shakin, Jubilate Deo, Fupastank, Natural High, Time Machine, Abracadabra and Bad Fish.
Thanks all for coming out on a great evening. See you the next two Wednesdays.
Don't forget this weekend's events:
FRIDAY Full Moon JAM Race at 7:00 PM. Pizza and salad afterwards available at the club.
SATURDAY: Dedication Day Race to Port Clinton 9:00 AM Start time. Registration Friday night or before 8:00 AM Saturday.
SUNDAY: PCYC's Green Island Race. Registration info available on-line at http://www.portclintonyachtclub.com/SailingInfo.htm
Have a great weekend!
1. You don't have to hide your Sailing magazines. 2. It's perfectly acceptable to pay a professional to Sail with you once in a while. 3. The Ten Commandments don't say anything about Sailing. 4. If your partner takes pictures or videotapes of you Sailing your beachcat, you don't have to worry about them showing up on the Internet if you become famous. 5. Your Sailing partner doesn't get upset about people you sailed with long ago. 6. It's perfectly respectable to Sail with a total stranger. 7. When you see a really good Sailor, you don't have feel guilty about imagining the two of you Sailing together. 8. If your regular Sailing partner isn't available, he/she won't object if you Sail with someone else. 9. Nobody will ever tell you that you will go blind if you Sail by yourself. 10. When dealing with a Sailing pro, you never have to wonder if they are really an undercover cop. 11. You can have a Sailing calendar on your wall at the office, tell Sailing jokes, and invite coworkers to Sail with you without getting sued for harassment. 12. There are no Sailing-transmitted diseases. 13. If you want to watch Sailing on television, you don't have to subscribe to the Playboy channel. 14. Nobody expects you to Sail with the same partner for the rest of your life. 15. Nobody expects you to give up Sailing if your partner loses interest in it. 16. Your Sailing partner will never say, "Not again? We just Sailed last week! Is Sailing all you ever think about?"
I'll get a report and results on last Sunday's final midweek Fall Series race out to you soon but I realized that the results got corrupted when I reran them last night. So, I'll have to stop by the club and fix the results before I can send them out.
Last night was the first race of the three-race Captain Morgan's Series. A beautiful evening just approaching a full moon but with fairly light easterly winds that had been dieing off in the late afternoon. John and Judy Greiner are serving their traditional role of Race Committee for the entire three-week series (thanks tons, Greiners!) and decided to limit the race to out to the Center Mark and back. As it turned out, a very good choice. The course set up as a good (if slow) beat from West to Center, a 1.4 mile leg, and then a run back to the finish for only 2.8 miles total but enough given the conditions. We have inverted the starts for the Morgans Series so JAM B (9 boats) then A (7 boats) preceeds PHRF C (8 boats), B (8 boats) and finally A (9boats). A very nice turnout, but then what would you expect when we are finally getting down to the serious prospect of racing for real prizes: RUM! The inverted starting order makes for lots of good passing opportunities on the race course, both upwind and down and gives you the opportunity to see some of the fleet you might not otherwise get to sail close to during the balance of the season.
The beat was pretty square and had slightly lumpy leftover chop from the earlier wind of the day so figuring out your best boatspeed to weather was king. The downwind leg provided opportunities to research what angles your boat would go quickest in light apparent wind. The Jammers turned at the Center mark and mostly went wing-and-wing straight to the finish. The spinnaker boats exhibited lots of options: some straight down, some reaching off to the left, other parts of the fleet reaching away to the right side of the course. Eventually everybody found their way back together at the finish line with plenty of overlaps to keep the race committee busy guessing who would be ahead of whom. Jim and Chris Davis's Orange Crate led the parade getting the first gun of the evening by a few seconds over Andrew Regan's Rocket Science
In JAM B, from 9th to 1st, it was Seahawk, Full Ride, Caprice, Fiasco, Aftermath2, Autumn Wind, BeachComber3, Super Zena and Jamaican Me Crazy, Chris Kretz's Catalina 22 that took the measure of the class.
IN JAM A, 7th to 1st were the Hunter 460 (sorry, I need to find out who you guys are), Baci, Double O Seven, Breakaway, Mega, Rocket Science and Orange Crate.
PHRF C saw 8th to 1st as La Chiva, Flak Bait, Sophia, Saving Grace, Orange Barrel, Defender, Wildcat and Laszlo Goda's Splash Dance taking the win.
In PHRF B, 8th to 1st was Group Therapy, Wicked, Foghorn, Liberty, Consigliere, Baby Clown, Send in the Clowns, and Wizard bringing out the guns to climb to the top of the podium.
IN PHRF A, 9th to 1st were Three Niner (showing some radical angles downwind, especially on port jibe), Holy Toledo, Legs-A-Shakin, Jubilate Deo, Fupastank, Natural High, Time Machine, Abracadabra and Bad Fish.
Thanks all for coming out on a great evening. See you the next two Wednesdays.
Don't forget this weekend's events:
FRIDAY Full Moon JAM Race at 7:00 PM. Pizza and salad afterwards available at the club.
SATURDAY: Dedication Day Race to Port Clinton 9:00 AM Start time. Registration Friday night or before 8:00 AM Saturday.
SUNDAY: PCYC's Green Island Race. Registration info available on-line at http://www.portclintonyachtclub.com/SailingInfo.htm
Have a great weekend!
Notes and results: Sunday August 30th
Well, Labor Day weekend is upon us: the traditional end of the Summer season and the beginning of Fall on the water. We surrendered our summer hopes at home and gave up on our above ground pool last weekend, the water temperature was never going to recover with our 50 degree nights. But what better reminder of Fall on the Great Lakes than the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. For those of you who don't have time for Gordon Lightfoot's epic version of the storytelling, here is a slightly shorter version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfHJ_G5V0M0&feature=PlayList&p=AB001B8CD5C604C5&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=21
I wasn't able to make last Sunday's midweek race due to a family birthday celebration and the desire to remain in the will. You know how that goes. But Sunday was the sixth race of the Fall Series and the final Sunday Potluck Race in our slightly expanded version of Wednesday Night Racing this season. For those of you who have chosen to not pay attention, let me beat you over the head with it one last time. In addition to the normal five Wednesday nights of each of the Spring, Summer and Fall series we opted to add a Sunday afternoon version to each series. Eacxh of the Sundays was followed by a potluck for the racers. I think the concept was pretty well received by the participants and was a worthwhile addition to our calendar. There is some thought that perhaps next year consideration be given to tweaking it into a separate series of once-per-month-Sunday-afternoon races. It's an idea worth exploring. Stay tuned.
With 24 boats participating, it was another good turnout.
In JAM B, La Chiva was 3rd, Beach Comber3 was 2nd and Mike Bellg's Fiasco took 1str place.
In JAM A, in a six boat class, Tyrannous was 3rd, Breakaway was 2nd and 1st place went to Orange Crate.
In PHRF C, Splash Dance was the 2nd place S2 meat in a J30 sandwich between Sophia in 3rd and Wildcat in 1st.
In PHRF B, with eight boats on the line, Baby Clown took 3rd behind a close battle between 2nd place Full Tilt and 1st place Wizard.
And in PHRF A, with 007 performing race committee duties (thanks Rick and crew!) it was Jubilate Deo in 2nd with Abracadabra in 1st place.
Overalls went to Orange Crate in JAM and Wizard in PHRF.
Thanks to all who were willing to give a new idea a try and helped make the Sunday races a success this year, both the race committees and you racers too.
Two more weeks of Wednesday Night Morgans Races. Don't miss them. It was great to see a couple of different boats out on the water for those races. Don't forget the first start is at 6:45 PM.
And though I know you don't need to be reminded of coming events, I get my hand slapped by the powers that be whenever I don't fulfill all my Yachting Activities Chair obligations of sharing information: so, tonight (Friday September 4th) is a Full Moon JAM Race on the actual Full Moon night this month, it promises to be a good one. Tomorrow, (Saturday September 5th) is the Dedication Race to Port Clinton (9:00 AM start, register tonight at the club or tomorrow before 8:00 AM) and Sunday (September 6th) is the Green Island Race. Monday you can cut your grass or join me in the walk across the Mackinac Bridge.
Have fun this weekend.
I wasn't able to make last Sunday's midweek race due to a family birthday celebration and the desire to remain in the will. You know how that goes. But Sunday was the sixth race of the Fall Series and the final Sunday Potluck Race in our slightly expanded version of Wednesday Night Racing this season. For those of you who have chosen to not pay attention, let me beat you over the head with it one last time. In addition to the normal five Wednesday nights of each of the Spring, Summer and Fall series we opted to add a Sunday afternoon version to each series. Eacxh of the Sundays was followed by a potluck for the racers. I think the concept was pretty well received by the participants and was a worthwhile addition to our calendar. There is some thought that perhaps next year consideration be given to tweaking it into a separate series of once-per-month-Sunday-afternoon races. It's an idea worth exploring. Stay tuned.
With 24 boats participating, it was another good turnout.
In JAM B, La Chiva was 3rd, Beach Comber3 was 2nd and Mike Bellg's Fiasco took 1str place.
In JAM A, in a six boat class, Tyrannous was 3rd, Breakaway was 2nd and 1st place went to Orange Crate.
In PHRF C, Splash Dance was the 2nd place S2 meat in a J30 sandwich between Sophia in 3rd and Wildcat in 1st.
In PHRF B, with eight boats on the line, Baby Clown took 3rd behind a close battle between 2nd place Full Tilt and 1st place Wizard.
And in PHRF A, with 007 performing race committee duties (thanks Rick and crew!) it was Jubilate Deo in 2nd with Abracadabra in 1st place.
Overalls went to Orange Crate in JAM and Wizard in PHRF.
Thanks to all who were willing to give a new idea a try and helped make the Sunday races a success this year, both the race committees and you racers too.
Two more weeks of Wednesday Night Morgans Races. Don't miss them. It was great to see a couple of different boats out on the water for those races. Don't forget the first start is at 6:45 PM.
And though I know you don't need to be reminded of coming events, I get my hand slapped by the powers that be whenever I don't fulfill all my Yachting Activities Chair obligations of sharing information: so, tonight (Friday September 4th) is a Full Moon JAM Race on the actual Full Moon night this month, it promises to be a good one. Tomorrow, (Saturday September 5th) is the Dedication Race to Port Clinton (9:00 AM start, register tonight at the club or tomorrow before 8:00 AM) and Sunday (September 6th) is the Green Island Race. Monday you can cut your grass or join me in the walk across the Mackinac Bridge.
Have fun this weekend.
Friday, September 4, 2009
Notes and Results: Wednesday August 26th
I just realized that I had failed to post this entry to the blog. Here it is for those who may have had sleepless nights worrying about its absence:
Oh ye of little faith! It is time to come to meet your maker! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05cyyVnZVSQ Wednesday afternoon you probably looked out the window at the office or glanced up from reading Mary Worth in one of America's formerly great newspapers in your easy chair and saw buckets of rain coming down and thought to yourself: "Self, it's raining today, I'm not going sailing" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6gBz9Hv3Mk Well, I'm here to tell you: you screwed up! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U09fj0iPT4M
Okay, it poured on the way to the boat, it rained as I got out of the car, it was coming down while I was getting the boat ready, it was drizzling as I dug my cell phone out of my foul weather gear to hear my crew (who were sitting at the bar in the club) try to beg for clemency and be let off for good behavior (as if!) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-meudnw2KlA .
But those of us who were good and faithful true believers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRuXPsfaGNA were rewarded once again with a nice night of sailing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LANwIgpha7k
By the time we got out to the west mark, Skip Dieball and Team I-Ball were in place for race committee aboard Lola and a few boats were milling about. The weather was starting to look promising. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YvUSZ-Jajs Greiner and us were the only two PHRF B boats out so far and he instantly started lobbying to not put up our mains and just head back in! Soon enough though we were joined by Full Tilt, Clowns, Group Therapy and Baby Clown and PHRF B at least was going to happen this night. Overall twenty-three boats were out for the last regular Wednesday night of the season, only about half of the regular fleet. As for the rest of you, well perhaps a visit to this site is in order: http://www.manolith.com/2009/08/04/how-did-you-lose-your-man-card/
We had a northeasterly wind and so we were off on a weather leg start toward the North Mark. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6BCf_b8GfE
A nice square weather leg with a big lift just at the end for the boats coming in on starboard, a tight reach for the spinnaker boats to the East Mark (we set our A sail but most boats stayed with their jibs) and then a good downwind leg to the finish back at West. We even got done before it got dark! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOLSgB2Zuc0 Isn't it supposed to stay light til like midnight in the summer?
In JAM B, Aftermath2 led the way over BeachComber3, La Chiva, Fiasco and Autumn Wind.
JAM A saw all three participants on the podium with Rocket Science taking the gold over Mega and Tyrannous.
PHRF C was also a three boat class with Defender, the J22 showing its heals to its two big J30 sisters, Wildcat and Sophia.
PHRF B found Full Tilt getting the best of Send in the Clowns, Red Cloud, Group Therapy, Baby Clown and Foghorn.
In PHRF A, Fupastank, Abracadabra, Natural High, Legs-A-Shakin and Jubilate Deo captured the placings.
Overall winners were Rocket Science in JAM and Full Tilt in PHRF.
This Sunday is the final Sunday Midweek Series Race followed by a potluck. The race starts at 1:00 PM.. Be there and bring some food to share for the meal after. The grills will be available for you to cook out if you wish.
Next Wednesday starts the Morgan Series. Why is the rum gone? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JImcvtJzIK8 Never fear, we're racing for rum! Be there or we'll withhold your ration! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YMb9bBnrIA Three races, September 2, 9 and 16. We start at the West mark and sail out to one mark of the race committee's choosing, North, Center, East or South, and then return directly to the West mark for the finish. Red Cloud will be race committee for all three races. Start times is revised: the first start is fifteen minutes earlier than usual: 6:45. Start Order is also revised, slow boats start first: JAM B, then JAM A, then PHRF C, then PHRF B, and finally PHRF A.
Labor Day weekend gives you three opportunities. A Friday Night Full Moon Race. Saturday is the Dedication Day Race to Port Clinton. And Sunday is the Green Island Race at PCYC.
See you on the water!
Kent
Oh ye of little faith! It is time to come to meet your maker! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05cyyVnZVSQ Wednesday afternoon you probably looked out the window at the office or glanced up from reading Mary Worth in one of America's formerly great newspapers in your easy chair and saw buckets of rain coming down and thought to yourself: "Self, it's raining today, I'm not going sailing" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6gBz9Hv3Mk Well, I'm here to tell you: you screwed up! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U09fj0iPT4M
Okay, it poured on the way to the boat, it rained as I got out of the car, it was coming down while I was getting the boat ready, it was drizzling as I dug my cell phone out of my foul weather gear to hear my crew (who were sitting at the bar in the club) try to beg for clemency and be let off for good behavior (as if!) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-meudnw2KlA .
But those of us who were good and faithful true believers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRuXPsfaGNA were rewarded once again with a nice night of sailing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LANwIgpha7k
By the time we got out to the west mark, Skip Dieball and Team I-Ball were in place for race committee aboard Lola and a few boats were milling about. The weather was starting to look promising. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YvUSZ-Jajs Greiner and us were the only two PHRF B boats out so far and he instantly started lobbying to not put up our mains and just head back in! Soon enough though we were joined by Full Tilt, Clowns, Group Therapy and Baby Clown and PHRF B at least was going to happen this night. Overall twenty-three boats were out for the last regular Wednesday night of the season, only about half of the regular fleet. As for the rest of you, well perhaps a visit to this site is in order: http://www.manolith.com/2009/08/04/how-did-you-lose-your-man-card/
We had a northeasterly wind and so we were off on a weather leg start toward the North Mark. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6BCf_b8GfE
A nice square weather leg with a big lift just at the end for the boats coming in on starboard, a tight reach for the spinnaker boats to the East Mark (we set our A sail but most boats stayed with their jibs) and then a good downwind leg to the finish back at West. We even got done before it got dark! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOLSgB2Zuc0 Isn't it supposed to stay light til like midnight in the summer?
In JAM B, Aftermath2 led the way over BeachComber3, La Chiva, Fiasco and Autumn Wind.
JAM A saw all three participants on the podium with Rocket Science taking the gold over Mega and Tyrannous.
PHRF C was also a three boat class with Defender, the J22 showing its heals to its two big J30 sisters, Wildcat and Sophia.
PHRF B found Full Tilt getting the best of Send in the Clowns, Red Cloud, Group Therapy, Baby Clown and Foghorn.
In PHRF A, Fupastank, Abracadabra, Natural High, Legs-A-Shakin and Jubilate Deo captured the placings.
Overall winners were Rocket Science in JAM and Full Tilt in PHRF.
This Sunday is the final Sunday Midweek Series Race followed by a potluck. The race starts at 1:00 PM.. Be there and bring some food to share for the meal after. The grills will be available for you to cook out if you wish.
Next Wednesday starts the Morgan Series. Why is the rum gone? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JImcvtJzIK8 Never fear, we're racing for rum! Be there or we'll withhold your ration! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YMb9bBnrIA Three races, September 2, 9 and 16. We start at the West mark and sail out to one mark of the race committee's choosing, North, Center, East or South, and then return directly to the West mark for the finish. Red Cloud will be race committee for all three races. Start times is revised: the first start is fifteen minutes earlier than usual: 6:45. Start Order is also revised, slow boats start first: JAM B, then JAM A, then PHRF C, then PHRF B, and finally PHRF A.
Labor Day weekend gives you three opportunities. A Friday Night Full Moon Race. Saturday is the Dedication Day Race to Port Clinton. And Sunday is the Green Island Race at PCYC.
See you on the water!
Kent
16 Reasons: Notes and Results from Wednesday September 2nd
Shamelessly swiped from another site, the 16 reasons Sailing is better than sex:
1. You don't have to hide your Sailing magazines. 2. It's perfectly acceptable to pay a professional to Sail with you once in a while. 3. The Ten Commandments don't say anything about Sailing. 4. If your partner takes pictures or videotapes of you Sailing your beachcat, you don't have to worry about them showing up on the Internet if you become famous. 5. Your Sailing partner doesn't get upset about people you sailed with long ago. 6. It's perfectly respectable to Sail with a total stranger. 7. When you see a really good Sailor, you don't have feel guilty about imagining the two of you Sailing together. 8. If your regular Sailing partner isn't available, he/she won't object if you Sail with someone else. 9. Nobody will ever tell you that you will go blind if you Sail by yourself. 10. When dealing with a Sailing pro, you never have to wonder if they are really an undercover cop. 11. You can have a Sailing calendar on your wall at the office, tell Sailing jokes, and invite coworkers to Sail with you without getting sued for harassment. 12. There are no Sailing-transmitted diseases. 13. If you want to watch Sailing on television, you don't have to subscribe to the Playboy channel. 14. Nobody expects you to Sail with the same partner for the rest of your life. 15. Nobody expects you to give up Sailing if your partner loses interest in it. 16. Your Sailing partner will never say, "Not again? We just Sailed last week! Is Sailing all you ever think about?"
I'll get a report and results on last Sunday's final midweek Fall Series race out to you soon but I realized that the results got corrupted when I reran them last night. So, I'll have to stop by the club and fix the results before I can send them out.
Last night was the first race of the three-race Captain Morgan's Series. A beautiful evening just approaching a full moon but with fairly light easterly winds that had been dieing off in the late afternoon. John and Judy Greiner are serving their traditional role of Race Committee for the entire three-week series (thanks tons, Greiners!) and decided to limit the race to out to the Center Mark and back. As it turned out, a very good choice. The course set up as a good (if slow) beat from West to Center, a 1.4 mile leg, and then a run back to the finish for only 2.8 miles total but enough given the conditions. We have inverted the starts for the Morgans Series so JAM B (9 boats) then A (7 boats) preceeds PHRF C (8 boats), B (8 boats) and finally A (9boats). A very nice turnout, but then what would you expect when we are finally getting down to the serious prospect of racing for real prizes: RUM! The inverted starting order makes for lots of good passing opportunities on the race course, both upwind and down and gives you the opportunity to see some of the fleet you might not otherwise get to sail close to during the balance of the season.
The beat was pretty square and had slightly lumpy leftover chop from the earlier wind of the day so figuring out your best boatspeed to weather was king. The downwind leg provided opportunities to research what angles your boat would go quickest in light apparent wind. The Jammers turned at the Center mark and mostly went wing-and-wing straight to the finish. The spinnaker boats exhibited lots of options: some straight down, some reaching off to the left, other parts of the fleet reaching away to the right side of the course. Eventually everybody found their way back together at the finish line with plenty of overlaps to keep the race committee busy guessing who would be ahead of whom. Jim and Chris Davis's Orange Crate led the parade getting the first gun of the evening by a few seconds over Andrew Regan's Rocket Science
In JAM B, from 9th to 1st, it was Seahawk, Full Ride, Caprice, Fiasco, Aftermath2, Autumn Wind, BeachComber3, Super Zena and Jamaican Me Crazy, Chris Kretz's Catalina 22 that took the measure of the class.
IN JAM A, 7th to 1st were the Hunter 460 (sorry, I need to find out who you guys are), Baci, Double O Seven, Breakaway, Mega, Rocket Science and Orange Crate.
PHRF C saw 8th to 1st as La Chiva, Flak Bait, Sophia, Saving Grace, Orange Barrel, Defender, Wildcat and Laszlo Goda's Splash Dance taking the win.
In PHRF B, 8th to 1st was Group Therapy, Wicked, Foghorn, Liberty, Consigliere, Baby Clown, Send in the Clowns, and Wizard bringing out the guns to climb to the top of the podium.
IN PHRF A, 9th to 1st were Three Niner (showing some radical angles downwind, especially on port jibe), Holy Toledo, Legs-A-Shakin, Jubilate Deo, Fupastank, Natural High, Time Machine, Abracadabra and Bad Fish.
Thanks all for coming out on a great evening. See you the next two Wednesdays.
Don't forget this weekend's events:
FRIDAY Full Moon JAM Race at 7:00 PM. Pizza and salad afterwards available at the club.
SATURDAY: Dedication Day Race to Port Clinton 9:00 AM Start time. Registration Friday night or before 8:00 AM Saturday.
SUNDAY: PCYC's Green Island Race. Registration info available on-line at http://www.portclintonyachtclub.com/SailingInfo.htm
Have a great weekend!
1. You don't have to hide your Sailing magazines. 2. It's perfectly acceptable to pay a professional to Sail with you once in a while. 3. The Ten Commandments don't say anything about Sailing. 4. If your partner takes pictures or videotapes of you Sailing your beachcat, you don't have to worry about them showing up on the Internet if you become famous. 5. Your Sailing partner doesn't get upset about people you sailed with long ago. 6. It's perfectly respectable to Sail with a total stranger. 7. When you see a really good Sailor, you don't have feel guilty about imagining the two of you Sailing together. 8. If your regular Sailing partner isn't available, he/she won't object if you Sail with someone else. 9. Nobody will ever tell you that you will go blind if you Sail by yourself. 10. When dealing with a Sailing pro, you never have to wonder if they are really an undercover cop. 11. You can have a Sailing calendar on your wall at the office, tell Sailing jokes, and invite coworkers to Sail with you without getting sued for harassment. 12. There are no Sailing-transmitted diseases. 13. If you want to watch Sailing on television, you don't have to subscribe to the Playboy channel. 14. Nobody expects you to Sail with the same partner for the rest of your life. 15. Nobody expects you to give up Sailing if your partner loses interest in it. 16. Your Sailing partner will never say, "Not again? We just Sailed last week! Is Sailing all you ever think about?"
I'll get a report and results on last Sunday's final midweek Fall Series race out to you soon but I realized that the results got corrupted when I reran them last night. So, I'll have to stop by the club and fix the results before I can send them out.
Last night was the first race of the three-race Captain Morgan's Series. A beautiful evening just approaching a full moon but with fairly light easterly winds that had been dieing off in the late afternoon. John and Judy Greiner are serving their traditional role of Race Committee for the entire three-week series (thanks tons, Greiners!) and decided to limit the race to out to the Center Mark and back. As it turned out, a very good choice. The course set up as a good (if slow) beat from West to Center, a 1.4 mile leg, and then a run back to the finish for only 2.8 miles total but enough given the conditions. We have inverted the starts for the Morgans Series so JAM B (9 boats) then A (7 boats) preceeds PHRF C (8 boats), B (8 boats) and finally A (9boats). A very nice turnout, but then what would you expect when we are finally getting down to the serious prospect of racing for real prizes: RUM! The inverted starting order makes for lots of good passing opportunities on the race course, both upwind and down and gives you the opportunity to see some of the fleet you might not otherwise get to sail close to during the balance of the season.
The beat was pretty square and had slightly lumpy leftover chop from the earlier wind of the day so figuring out your best boatspeed to weather was king. The downwind leg provided opportunities to research what angles your boat would go quickest in light apparent wind. The Jammers turned at the Center mark and mostly went wing-and-wing straight to the finish. The spinnaker boats exhibited lots of options: some straight down, some reaching off to the left, other parts of the fleet reaching away to the right side of the course. Eventually everybody found their way back together at the finish line with plenty of overlaps to keep the race committee busy guessing who would be ahead of whom. Jim and Chris Davis's Orange Crate led the parade getting the first gun of the evening by a few seconds over Andrew Regan's Rocket Science
In JAM B, from 9th to 1st, it was Seahawk, Full Ride, Caprice, Fiasco, Aftermath2, Autumn Wind, BeachComber3, Super Zena and Jamaican Me Crazy, Chris Kretz's Catalina 22 that took the measure of the class.
IN JAM A, 7th to 1st were the Hunter 460 (sorry, I need to find out who you guys are), Baci, Double O Seven, Breakaway, Mega, Rocket Science and Orange Crate.
PHRF C saw 8th to 1st as La Chiva, Flak Bait, Sophia, Saving Grace, Orange Barrel, Defender, Wildcat and Laszlo Goda's Splash Dance taking the win.
In PHRF B, 8th to 1st was Group Therapy, Wicked, Foghorn, Liberty, Consigliere, Baby Clown, Send in the Clowns, and Wizard bringing out the guns to climb to the top of the podium.
IN PHRF A, 9th to 1st were Three Niner (showing some radical angles downwind, especially on port jibe), Holy Toledo, Legs-A-Shakin, Jubilate Deo, Fupastank, Natural High, Time Machine, Abracadabra and Bad Fish.
Thanks all for coming out on a great evening. See you the next two Wednesdays.
Don't forget this weekend's events:
FRIDAY Full Moon JAM Race at 7:00 PM. Pizza and salad afterwards available at the club.
SATURDAY: Dedication Day Race to Port Clinton 9:00 AM Start time. Registration Friday night or before 8:00 AM Saturday.
SUNDAY: PCYC's Green Island Race. Registration info available on-line at http://www.portclintonyachtclub.com/SailingInfo.htm
Have a great weekend!
News and Notes: Sunday August 30th Midweek Race
Well, Labor Day weekend is upon us: the traditional end of the Summer season and the beginning of Fall on the water. We surrendered our summer hopes at home and gave up on our above ground pool last weekend, the water temperature was never going to recover with our 50 degree nights. But what better reminder of Fall on the Great Lakes than the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. For those of you who don't have time for Gordon Lightfoot's epic version of the storytelling, here is a slightly shorter version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfHJ_G5V0M0&feature=PlayList&p=AB001B8CD5C604C5&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=21
I wasn't able to make last Sunday's midweek race due to a family birthday celebration and the desire to remain in the will. You know how that goes. But Sunday was the sixth race of the Fall Series and the final Sunday Potluck Race in our slightly expanded version of Wednesday Night Racing this season. For those of you who have chosen to not pay attention, let me beat you over the head with it one last time. In addition to the normal five Wednesday nights of each of the Spring, Summer and Fall series we opted to add a Sunday afternoon version to each series. Eacxh of the Sundays was followed by a potluck for the racers. I think the concept was pretty well received by the participants and was a worthwhile addition to our calendar. There is some thought that perhaps next year consideration be given to tweaking it into a separate series of once-per-month-Sunday-afternoon races. It's an idea worth exploring. Stay tuned.
With 24 boats participating, it was another good turnout.
In JAM B, La Chiva was 3rd, Beach Comber3 was 2nd and Mike Bellg's Fiasco took 1str place.
In JAM A, in a six boat class, Tyrannous was 3rd, Breakaway was 2nd and 1st place went to Orange Crate.
In PHRF C, Splash Dance was the 2nd place S2 meat in a J30 sandwich between Sophia in 3rd and Wildcat in 1st.
In PHRF B, with eight boats on the line, Baby Clown took 3rd behind a close battle between 2nd place Full Tilt and 1st place Wizard.
And in PHRF A, with 007 performing race committee duties (thanks Rick and crew!) it was Jubilate Deo in 2nd with Abracadabra in 1st place.
Overalls went to Orange Crate in JAM and Wizard in PHRF.
Thanks to all who were willing to give a new idea a try and helped make the Sunday races a success this year, both the race committees and you racers too.
Two more weeks of Wednesday Night Morgans Races. Don't miss them. It was great to see a couple of different boats out on the water for those races. Don't forget the first start is at 6:45 PM.
And though I know you don't need to be reminded of coming events, I get my hand slapped by the powers that be whenever I don't fulfill all my Yachting Activities Chair obligations of sharing information: so, tonight (Friday September 4th) is a Full Moon JAM Race on the actual Full Moon night this month, it promises to be a good one. Tomorrow, (Saturday September 5th) is the Dedication Race to Port Clinton (9:00 AM start, register tonight at the club or tomorrow before 8:00 AM) and Sunday (September 6th) is the Green Island Race. Monday you can cut your grass or join me in the walk across the Mackinac Bridge.
Have fun this weekend.
I wasn't able to make last Sunday's midweek race due to a family birthday celebration and the desire to remain in the will. You know how that goes. But Sunday was the sixth race of the Fall Series and the final Sunday Potluck Race in our slightly expanded version of Wednesday Night Racing this season. For those of you who have chosen to not pay attention, let me beat you over the head with it one last time. In addition to the normal five Wednesday nights of each of the Spring, Summer and Fall series we opted to add a Sunday afternoon version to each series. Eacxh of the Sundays was followed by a potluck for the racers. I think the concept was pretty well received by the participants and was a worthwhile addition to our calendar. There is some thought that perhaps next year consideration be given to tweaking it into a separate series of once-per-month-Sunday-afternoon races. It's an idea worth exploring. Stay tuned.
With 24 boats participating, it was another good turnout.
In JAM B, La Chiva was 3rd, Beach Comber3 was 2nd and Mike Bellg's Fiasco took 1str place.
In JAM A, in a six boat class, Tyrannous was 3rd, Breakaway was 2nd and 1st place went to Orange Crate.
In PHRF C, Splash Dance was the 2nd place S2 meat in a J30 sandwich between Sophia in 3rd and Wildcat in 1st.
In PHRF B, with eight boats on the line, Baby Clown took 3rd behind a close battle between 2nd place Full Tilt and 1st place Wizard.
And in PHRF A, with 007 performing race committee duties (thanks Rick and crew!) it was Jubilate Deo in 2nd with Abracadabra in 1st place.
Overalls went to Orange Crate in JAM and Wizard in PHRF.
Thanks to all who were willing to give a new idea a try and helped make the Sunday races a success this year, both the race committees and you racers too.
Two more weeks of Wednesday Night Morgans Races. Don't miss them. It was great to see a couple of different boats out on the water for those races. Don't forget the first start is at 6:45 PM.
And though I know you don't need to be reminded of coming events, I get my hand slapped by the powers that be whenever I don't fulfill all my Yachting Activities Chair obligations of sharing information: so, tonight (Friday September 4th) is a Full Moon JAM Race on the actual Full Moon night this month, it promises to be a good one. Tomorrow, (Saturday September 5th) is the Dedication Race to Port Clinton (9:00 AM start, register tonight at the club or tomorrow before 8:00 AM) and Sunday (September 6th) is the Green Island Race. Monday you can cut your grass or join me in the walk across the Mackinac Bridge.
Have fun this weekend.
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