Saturday Series on 9/14/2019
Race Results Saturday 9/14/19.
A very nice day for sailing- cool (70s), partly cloudy, w/ winds from the SW at about 6- 8 all day, however there were “holes” and shifts that required the skippers’ undivided attention to sail clean races. The shifting wind and direction made it difficult for RD Steve Winfield to set course, but he tried several to attempt to get windward legs.
In Gold Fleet- Rick Lawler sailed to an easy win on the strength of 7 first place finishes, backed up by a single 2, and two 3s for a 6 point win over Doug Rieger. In third was Mike Wyatt.
In Silver Fleet, Brad Ferrell and Tom Bluhm battled through the first six Heats, exchanging Firsts and Seconds almost equally, until Brad scored four Firsts and a Second in Heats 8 through 12. Notably, Bob Kalman won Heat 9, surfing across the line well ahead of the rest of Silver, and new sailor Karen Baker scored THREE third places, her best outing yet. Karen is making good headway and seems to have fun doing it.
Next week- WRMYC hold TWO regattas- the US1M Nationals, and the Region 4 Soling Regionals. No racing on Tuesday- all will be on deck for final venue preparations. We’ll be back Club Racing on Tuesday September 24.
A very nice day for sailing- cool (70s), partly cloudy, w/ winds from the SW at about 6- 8 all day, however there were “holes” and shifts that required the skippers’ undivided attention to sail clean races. The shifting wind and direction made it difficult for RD Steve Winfield to set course, but he tried several to attempt to get windward legs.
In Gold Fleet- Rick Lawler sailed to an easy win on the strength of 7 first place finishes, backed up by a single 2, and two 3s for a 6 point win over Doug Rieger. In third was Mike Wyatt.
In Silver Fleet, Brad Ferrell and Tom Bluhm battled through the first six Heats, exchanging Firsts and Seconds almost equally, until Brad scored four Firsts and a Second in Heats 8 through 12. Notably, Bob Kalman won Heat 9, surfing across the line well ahead of the rest of Silver, and new sailor Karen Baker scored THREE third places, her best outing yet. Karen is making good headway and seems to have fun doing it.
Next week- WRMYC hold TWO regattas- the US1M Nationals, and the Region 4 Soling Regionals. No racing on Tuesday- all will be on deck for final venue preparations. We’ll be back Club Racing on Tuesday September 24.