A beautiful day with light winds from the SSW. Brian Joseph ran the races.
(With the 15 boats that raced today and the 19 that raced last week, we have had 25 boats come out. )
A beautiful day with light winds from the SSW. Brian Joseph ran the races.
(With the 15 boats that raced today and the 19 that raced last week, we have had 25 boats come out. )
It was a great start to the season with temperatures in the high 40s and a SW breeze that started off frisky but got lighter and lighter. The tide was going out and a current shear was visible near the channel. Tyler and Eva ran RC.
Laura Windecker won the day with Farley Will and Tom Hutton tying for 2nd and 3rd.
(races 1-5)
Third place observations from Tom Hutton:
The last day of the fall series. Frank Gallagher and his team ran the races, getting off four in what I believe were light winds.
Below are the results for the day, the fall series, and the year long championship series.
The Day: Lightning_FS8
The Fall Series: Lightning_FS
The Year-Long Championship Series: 2021_Championship_Series_Cum_FS8
Frank Gallagher and team ran the races and, I hear (I wasn’t there), got them off without delay. How was the wind?
Pictures from Lindsay Bach
(Races 62 to 65 of the Spring and Fall Series)
To PRO Bob Astrove’s surprise the wind started off from the SW and he set up the course that way. But after the I20s were off and just as the Lightnings were to start the wind shifted to the west.
Tom got a good start at the boat closing off Ed Lane but John came in just behind and he and Janine sailed high and fast to get to the windward mark on a single tack. By that time, the wind had gone even further right and John simply gybed and headed on a reach back to the leeward mark. Meanwhile, on Shadowfax we tried to raise the chute and gybe. It wasn’t pretty. We fell way behind.
The RC reset the course for race 2 and raised the T2 flag — two triangles. The reaching legs were quite tight and so flying the chute was not a given. Frank raised it and passed us on one leg but then foolishly tried to carry it on the next and lost. Otherwise, we did our best to remember how to make the Lightning go fast on a jib reach — we don’t do it very often.
As always it is great fun being out on the water and doing the best one can with the wind and the waves.
Only one more before the boats need to be stored away for the winter.
Cumulative championship results:
To PRO Bob Astrove’s surprise the wind started off from the SW and he set up the course that way. But after the I20s were off and as the Lightnings were to start the wind shifted to the west and it was a beat/reach for them to the windward mark and the chutes could not be carried downwind.
The RC reset the course for races 2 and raised the T2 flag — two triangles. The wind picked and everyone had enough after three races.
Thank you, Bob, for stepping in to fill the empty PRO slot.
A beautiful fall day for sailing.
We had 8 boats racing a great turnout. Bobby was back in the saddle with Potomac Red after a required hiatus after surgery. Beppe, age 14, was helming Shadowfax. Despite an OCS he did great. Kevin’s son was helming 14566. An Aero sailor was helping Jeff Witten on Mighty Moose.
Only two more Sunday to go. Then the long-dark winter sets in. Carpe Diem.
Cumulative Results:
2021_Championship_Series_Cum_FS6
(October 24, races 67-70 of the championship series, 14592 and 14318 sailed with two.)
A beautiful fall day to sail. The wind started off with a lot of east in it which the Pro Bob Bear and his team set up for Race 1. By the time of Race 2, it had veered to the SSW and the RC readjusted the course. By the end of the day, we were getting big shots from the SW and the wind was up. Fun.
Results:
(October 24, Race 55 to 58 of the Spring and Fall Series)