We thought it was going to be a drifter, but NO! It was a great day for sailing with a steady southerly breeze. A westerly started mixing in toward the end of the day.
The wind built over the day to the point it was quite sporty. Nevertheless, a great day to be sailing.
Below are the day’s results and cumulative results for Spring Series 1 through 5. The cumulative results are scored by averaging the best 50% +1 races you sailed. If you sailed fewer than that number, you’re marked with a #.
Beautiful spring day with a warm southerly breeze. John Van Voorhis and team gave us four Olympic course races that though reasonably long only took around 30 minutes due to the good breeze.
A windy day. See below. Breeze from the NW sometimes N. Farley & team gave us 4 races.
Crazy wind. Beautiful air. Sunny. Great to be on the water.
Let me know if you have issues with the scores or scoring. I’d like to get things sorted out early. Basically, I literally put in the finishes I get from the RC including the DNF’s and DNS’s they happen to notice and otherwise blank.
A beautiful spring day. The wind started westerly and eventually went south.
Below are the results. “Blank” means the race committee did not finish or score you. The series results are by average score and requires that you sail half the races that day.
It was a beautiful sunny day with temperatures in the 40s and winds in the 10 to 18 mph range. Unfortunately, the wind was from the west which limits the length of the windward leg. So the race committee created a new rectangle (parallelogram) course with windward, reach, downwind, and reach legs in the hope of giving the sailors some planning opportunities. The races were quite long by frostbite Laser standards but the race committee got in 4 twice around races and 1 once around. The winds were puffy enough that there were quite a few capsizes.
19 sailors came out including Dave and Randy from the Marsh Creek Club in central PA and the Jacob family of James, Alex, and Erin.
The RC was Nabeel Alsalam, Jim Klein, Dan Miller, and Jacob Donkersloot.
It’s around the corner. The daffodils are out. The cherry trees are ready to explode. Plan to sail your Laser! On Saturday after racing we’ll have a BBQ/picnic and trade stories and plans for the season which is well worth the $20 registration fee.
NOR, registration, who’s coming, sailing instructions and more.
That link, results from past years, and Tom’s email if you have questions.
Below are the preliminary (in case I’ve made mistakes) cumulative results for the 2017 Fall Series scored according to the NOR. Think of each day as a race with your standing at the end of the day as your finish in the race. If you did race committee that day, your score is the average of all the days you did sail. If you neither sailed nor did RC, your score is simply a blank. To qualify you need to have sailed or done race committee 4 days (50% of days your fleet sailed). Your score is the average of your best 4 days.
A big thanks to Tom Hutton for doing the Sundays scores.
2017 Fall Series – Albacores
2017 Fall Series – Buccaneers
2017 Fall Series – I20
2017 Fall Series – Lightnings
2017 Fall Series – Multi-Hull
Brrr… It was a chilly day. It did not get out of the 40s. AND the sun was not out. Still, there was a nice light breeze, and it was the last chance to sail until April, so we went sailing.
The tide was coming in and that light southerly breeze was very shifty but quite sailable. By the third race, the wind almost completely shut down and the RC mercifully shortened course at the 2nd windward mark.
Doing well was all about keeping the boat in the groove, not get too excited about tacking on every shift, and making smooth transitions at the marks On Shadowfax, I helmed the first race and Lisa-Marie Lane did the next two. She did just what I mentioned above and got two bullets! Great way to end the season.
A big thanks to Jeff Whitten, Bob Harford, Geoff Fuller, and Jim Lane for running the races. Thanks to Tom Hutton for doing the scores.
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