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