Tom Hutton stepped up to PRO the day.  He was assisted by Kate Selly.  Jim Greenly stepped up to run the mark boat and was assisted by Ed Ryan.

“Ah, it was a fun but exasperating day with many group meetings at the marks in slow wind. ” — a competitor

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Mike Scardaville was PRO with assistant PRO Dan Miller.  Lloyd Leonard and Natalie Rehberger ran the mark boat.   They gave us four races.

It looked very light to start, but a nice breeze from the southwest filled in.  It was patchy which gave the sailors something to think about.

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Dane Pedersen was the PRO and Dan Miller was the mark boat captain.   They ran five races.

Only Albacores came out — 8 at the skipper’s meeting and 5, at most, on the race course.

Was the weather horrible?  (I was not in town.)

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It was one of those days that rewarded individuals who went outside to enjoy it! Winds were steady in the low teens and we had glimpses of sunlight throughout racing. We were able to get in three to four races per fleet, and what was best was the Lightnings, I-20s, and Albacores – and one ILCA! – all showing up. In fact, the Albacore fleet grew throughout the day! We’ll do it again next weekend!

Kaitlyn

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Spring 1 started the morning with gusts to 40+   Driving to the marina I seriously doubted we’d launch any boats.   A couple of minutes before the skippers meeting the rain began.  We had five Albacores that wanted to try to race, so we opted for a 1 hr. On shore post postponement.

Winds moderated, still raining, but at 11 the committee left the dock, and about 12:15 the first of 3 races started.   As predicted the rain stopped about noon.  I knew I wanted to be in by 3, as the winds were forecast to crank up again.  But that was enough of a window to get in 3 races.   At the second competitors meeting we discussed the lower course and off the landing lights, however opted for our regular Hains Point venue.

As you can the part of the day  we actually sailed winds were 10 to 13 with some gusts hitting 20.  “Sporty” for an Albacore.   One boat did flip, PRSA rescue boat (Mike Scardsville (Albacore) and Justin Harler (I-20) were right there, but not needed,   Other assistant today on the RC was John Hart (Lightning)

Again, early in the morning I figured the first day of the PRSA season was going to be a disaster.  In the end it was a ½ decent day for racing sailboats.

We do it again next Sunday, hope to see all there.

– Bob Astrove

It was a glorious day.  It started off very blustery but settled down later.  The race committee of Jim Schuster, Barney Harris, and Laura Albert gave the racers 6 fun races.

Afterwards, a team of volunteers headed by Laura Windecker and Steen Byskov gave the racers and race committee a great cookout dinner.

Day 1