Tuesday Evening Series on 6/16/2020
6/16/2020 Tuesday Series:
In my five years and many different venues racing I have never had such a near perfect racing evening. SPIRE is exceeding our expectations and the weather was near perfect. Winds were consistent in both direction (NE) and speed (5-8). Courses would alternate between rounding mark 5 then the Offset mark to rounding mark 6 then mark 7 as the wind shifted slightly. Leeward mark was always mark 1, which made for an interesting windward finish. These were all long heats with tough competition, starts were all close as were many finishes. With these types of weather conditions getting all 12 heats in was easy. The wind at this pond is unobstructed in all directions, eliminating Stig and Rec Park fluky corners and dead spots. It is a true joy to sail this pond.
Note: a third dock section was installed yesterday by Bob Green and Doug Rieger. This section was added at the end of the existing two sections to create a “T”. The dock is 8 feet wide and with the addition of the “T” now extends 14 feet into the pond and has a 10’-foot launch/retrieval section. This allows for social distancing for launch and retrieval. For those skippers who are hesitant to come out because of the virus I encourage you to come see what the conditions are as we believe them to be very safe.
In my five years and many different venues racing I have never had such a near perfect racing evening. SPIRE is exceeding our expectations and the weather was near perfect. Winds were consistent in both direction (NE) and speed (5-8). Courses would alternate between rounding mark 5 then the Offset mark to rounding mark 6 then mark 7 as the wind shifted slightly. Leeward mark was always mark 1, which made for an interesting windward finish. These were all long heats with tough competition, starts were all close as were many finishes. With these types of weather conditions getting all 12 heats in was easy. The wind at this pond is unobstructed in all directions, eliminating Stig and Rec Park fluky corners and dead spots. It is a true joy to sail this pond.
Note: a third dock section was installed yesterday by Bob Green and Doug Rieger. This section was added at the end of the existing two sections to create a “T”. The dock is 8 feet wide and with the addition of the “T” now extends 14 feet into the pond and has a 10’-foot launch/retrieval section. This allows for social distancing for launch and retrieval. For those skippers who are hesitant to come out because of the virus I encourage you to come see what the conditions are as we believe them to be very safe.