Tuesday Evening Series on 10/20/2020
Tuesday, October 20,2020 Report
The second to last Tuesday evening race for the club in 2020. And it seemed cold, with winds from the Northwest, but light-decent at about 7 MPH. Well, it IS October- did we really expect it to be warm? Weather was “brisk”, at 54 degrees, and cloudy. There was a 20 ft. wide band of light wind extending out from the western shore about 20 feet- then a narrow band of better air, followed by more light air toward the middle of the pond. Courses were N-S-N, windward-leeward-windward, with Mark 8 being the windward, followed by Mark 1 at the South end, then a finish. Since there were only two Silver Fleet sailors- Gold and Silver started together, so there were 6 boats on the line (until Larry Lamphier had to leave for a business meeting- and missed Heats 7- 12.)
In Gold Fleet- Rick Lawler was practically unbeatable- winning 10 of 12 Heats. Rick typically got the best Start, and was away- there was no way to beat him by following. Others looked for wind further out in the pond, and some tried closer to shore- none of those paths upwind worked. So we tried different approaches. That didn’t work.
In Silver Fleet, Brad Ferrell won 12 of 12 Heats- a clean sweep. He did this by getting 12 good Starts, and sailing fast- sometimes fast enough to challenge the Gold Fleet. Tuesday October 27 will be the final Tuesday race, 4:30 Start!!
The second to last Tuesday evening race for the club in 2020. And it seemed cold, with winds from the Northwest, but light-decent at about 7 MPH. Well, it IS October- did we really expect it to be warm? Weather was “brisk”, at 54 degrees, and cloudy. There was a 20 ft. wide band of light wind extending out from the western shore about 20 feet- then a narrow band of better air, followed by more light air toward the middle of the pond. Courses were N-S-N, windward-leeward-windward, with Mark 8 being the windward, followed by Mark 1 at the South end, then a finish. Since there were only two Silver Fleet sailors- Gold and Silver started together, so there were 6 boats on the line (until Larry Lamphier had to leave for a business meeting- and missed Heats 7- 12.)
In Gold Fleet- Rick Lawler was practically unbeatable- winning 10 of 12 Heats. Rick typically got the best Start, and was away- there was no way to beat him by following. Others looked for wind further out in the pond, and some tried closer to shore- none of those paths upwind worked. So we tried different approaches. That didn’t work.
In Silver Fleet, Brad Ferrell won 12 of 12 Heats- a clean sweep. He did this by getting 12 good Starts, and sailing fast- sometimes fast enough to challenge the Gold Fleet. Tuesday October 27 will be the final Tuesday race, 4:30 Start!!