| Week One 5/10/2001 |
The first thur night of the 2001 season. Beautiful evening,
seas 0-1 ft, winds light and variable up to 10 knots out of the SW.
Race Committee was Larry and Joel. A very well attended evening considering
the early season, about 10 or 11 boats. The Race Committee used the
newly adopted (RRS 26) starting sequence, for which it went off flawlessly,
albeit only for a single start. We had a decent start amongst a tangle
of boats in a period of no breeze, but as the breeze filled we started
to move ok. It filled from the right, which gave the boats to that
side an advantage. We were then parallel to a boat we're usually in
front of, when a shift to the left occurred giving him a clear advantage.
He rounded just ahead of us. We passed him back on the downwind leg,
but my choice to head current in hope of better wind on the following
upwind leg didn't pan out. He made the other choice and rounded the
second windward make quite a ways in front of us. We reeled him in
some on the last leeward leg, but didn't have the legs or room to
cover. Confusion among the crew was the order of the night, but that's
not an excuse, we had a good time anyway. Course was DSDSD shortened
to DSD(finish). Crew was Bertrand, Rich, Donny, Chris, Bill, Mark,
Mary Lou, Kyle, and Jeff
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| Week Two 5/17/2001 |
Great night, conditions started out light,
less than 5 knots of breeze out of the SW, but as the evening went
on the wind came up to 12-14, seas were 0-1 ft. There were a dozen
or so boats out started in the usual two classes. We had a great start
with us near the preferred end of the line as the start time approached,
the C&C40 was rolling us to windward which we nosed up a little and
pushed him over the line early, the dogs didnt do the right thing
though, and left us in their stink for much of the first leg. Tacking
away wasnt a great option with lesser breeze and some boats on starboard
to the right side, so we lived where we were. We slowly legged out
on the following boats which gave us room to tack to port on the approach
to the first mark for which we rounded behind the Mumm36, C&C40 and
NM41. Not a bad position. On the ensueing reaching legs we more or
less hung with the NM41, with a little pressure from boats behind
us keeping us concentrating on going fast. We finished in the forth
position behind the same three boats we rounded the first mark behind.
Course was DWSD(finish). Crew was Al,Rob,Bertrand,Mark,Bill,Rich and
Jeff. RC was Larry and company
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| Week Three 5/24/2001 |
Did Race Committee. Nice night other than
the threat of rain and thunder storms! It didnt rain much for the
whole evening though, so everyone stayed dry for the most part. It
was quite lumpy with a moderate breeze out of the ESE (lots of fetch
up Long Island Sound). We set the courses as WS2 (boats under 27')
and WS3 (boats 27 and over). Winds stayed up enough to allow all the
boats to finish by 8pm. Rich and Tom helped with committee, Thanks
guys.
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| Week Four 5/31/2001 |
Nice night, a lot of boats out this night.
Crew was Al, Mike, Don, Bill, Rich, Mark, Mary Lou, and Jeff. Course
was NEPEWS (a real reach-a-roo), conditions were NW 8-14. Started
out pretty breezy in the prestart, but almost as soon as we started,
it lightened up. We had a ok start, windward side of the line but
behind a number of boats, then on the first tack I missed my best
opportunity to get right where the air would have been clearer and
been closer or on the layline to the first mark. Each time I looked
back to see if I could get right another boat was going, eventually
had to go, ended up in a crummy position for the first mark rounding.
Probably eighth or ninth boat around there, then lost two more on
the next leg. What's a little unusual about this night was that only
one of the boats in front of me was rated slower, and that one is
a well sailed Tarten Ten which is not much slower than us. A grassy
bottom didnt help our cause this night either. We passed one of the
two boats which got us on the second leg a little later which I noticed
had a grassier bottom than mine, not much good for him. Then as we
approached the last mark right on the tail of the T10, he made the
mistake of going too far beyond the mark (looking to stay to windward
of me I guess), and I just spun on the mark, and powered thru his
lee (as he was tacking) for the pass. I think he was under then impression
I was obligated to follow him beyond the mark and tack nicely behind
him (as he's yelling at me "you're not supposed to be there"),
NOT! See Ya! Fun night, crew work was good and getting better, Thanks
again.
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| Week Five 6/7/2001 |
Yet again another awesome Thursday night.
Partly Cloudy, winds WSW/SW 8-10, seas less than 1 foot. Course was
DWNDWNES. There were at least twenty boats out there this night. We
sailed well and finished in good company, but would have been even
better if I'd gotten to cleaning the bottom (shame on me). We had
a good start, at the line (pin end) at the gun but not with good speed,
got there a little early so we stalled for a few seconds. The first
leg looked good going to the left, but the wind faded there relative
to nearer the island, so we rounded the first mark near the back of
the fast pack. Lots of legs and great crew work gave us the opportunity
to pass several boats which included another gift from the Tarten
Ten. That boat likes to tangle with boats attempting to pass him,
which this night allowed us to sail by both of them. We hung on the
transom of the C&C38 for the last four or five legs and made our move
on the final leg. finished right next to him, RC gave us both a single
gun (tie?), but I think he had us by a nose. Race Committee was Knot
Busy and crew, nice job folks. Crew was Scott, Bertrand, Al, Bill,
Mark, Rich, Mary Lou, Kyle, and Jeff.
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| Week Six 6/14/2001 |
Crew was Al, Scott, Bertrand, Donny, Bill,
Mark, Rich, Mary Lou, Kyle, Jeff Conditions were ESE wind at less
than 10 going light, seas less than one foot. Race Committee was Dennis
and crew. Course was WPDS(2) The 2 was added after we got the course,
so we thought we were finishing, when Dennis is signalling shortened
course from WPDS twice to WPDSWS. We were doing great until that point
where I lost concentration and went backwards, we then went further
backwards with a too early tack to round the last mark and allowed
another boat to catch up and sit on our wind after the rounding. What
made the night even more screwed up was without an understanding of
which side to round marks due to the RC boat being on the wrong side
of the pin there was major cluster flock at the mark roundings. Going
by the usual rule of same side as starting mark, port roundings made
for 270 degree turns, half the fleet did that and the other did it
the other way. We'll need to make sure the Thurs Night Race Instructions
clarify this for next season.
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| Week Seven 6/21/2001 |
Did race committee (Don, Chris and Jeff),.
rain threatened early, but it turned out to be a nice evening. The
N/M 42 and N/M 41 were both late for the start due to low water at
the dock, so when they did arrive we gave then a third start for which
they match raced. The Mid Season Escapade was afterward, great party.
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| Week Eight 6/28/2001 |
Off cruising
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| Week Nine 7/5/2001 |
Off cruising
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| Week Ten 7/12/2001 |
Crew was Rich, Al, Mark, Bill, Mary Lou,
Kyle, and Jeff. got to the starting area way late due to waiting for
one crew who was being held from making it to the dock by an abusive
officer, wouldnt even allow him to answer his phone when we called
to find out if he was making it down, that legal?? Ok race, nice night.
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| Week Eleven 7/19/2001 |
Woman at the Helm night. The woman's start
was scheduled to go first, with the usual two classes to follow. There
were 14 boats racing with woman helmsmen, good turn out. The start
was very confusing with many of the usually first starting boats not
aware they were now the second start. Then the start signals got afu,
but the RC carried the sequence to the start gun, then posted the
general recall which more than half the boats starting didnt see,
so the race sailed was deemed a nonrace (rescheduled for Aug 2nd).
We were late to the line for the (non)start, fouling one boat, and
being fouled by another, but Mary Lou did great once we got thru the
mess of the start area. We passed a few boats and finished mid to
later half of the fleet, fun night anyway. Crew was Mike, Bill, Al,
Don, Mark, Mary Lou, and Jeff, conditions were 10-12 waves 1ft.
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| Week Twelve 7/26/2001 |
Nice night, it was cloudy and rainy all
day, but started to clear as we left the dock, and was blue sky by
the end of the second leg. Light wind from the NE, smooth water. We
had a really lousy start (again), fouling one boat and got to the
line early anyway, so we spun and put ourselves at the back of the
pack. This put us near the back of the fleet by the first mark, on
the ensuing leeward leg we got rolling and passed at least eight boats!
We then crept up on the faster pack and finished somewhere about eigth
out of some twenty or so boats starting. crew was Don, Scott, Bill,
Al, Mary Lou, Kyle, and Jeff, course was NDNDNS shortened to NDNDS
(due to darkness), rc was Full Tilt and crew.
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| Week Thirteen 8/2/2001 |
Woman at the Helm night (July 19 replacement
race). For the race two weeks ago, the whole class sailed off without
recognizing that the starting sequence mess up was actually general
recalled. That result was there was no race, and we spent that evening
sailing around the buoys for no reason! It was fun anyway. The starting
sequence this night was set up so the woman piloted boats would start
last, hopefully avoiding any additional confusion. We had a fair start,
but behind the bulk of the faster boats in this class, so we were
playing catch up for the most part. The conditions were a little heavy
for the sail area we had up, so we spent more time on our ear instead
of going fast. Poor Mary Lou who doesn't have much experience in steering
in heavier conditions was struggling a bit. We ended up seventh out
of ten boats starting. Conditions were 14-16 gusting over 20 from
the south waves 1-2 ft. Crew was Scott, Rich, Bill, Al, Mark, Mary
Lou, Jeff. Race committee was Windward Ho (Straight Up) and company.
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| Week Fourteen 8/9/2001 |
We had a good start, one of the better ones
this season, however we weren't on the line at the gun, and had the
possibility of being pushed out. We were lucky we weren't. Being on
the right gave us the opportunity to tack for a clear lane and to
get to the flatter water nearer the island. The N/M 42 had tacked
to this side just before we did, herself having a worse start than
us, (they were pushed out and had to circle back to restart, a rare
occurrence for the near professional crew aboard). She very soon sailed
out from under us, pointing higher and soon stuck us in her bad air.
As that happened we tacked away and made our way to the first mark.
We got to that mark in pretty good position with only one boat in
front of us which should be behind, which we threatened on the down
wind leg, but couldn't quite overtake. The rest of the course kept
us in that position until the last mark rounding when the Cal 40 got
by us and with a well executed tactical approach and rounding. Oh
well, win some lose some with that boat, we rate similarly. The after
party was actually a surprise 40th for Rich, fun was had by all! Course
was DWNES, conditions were SW 14-16, wave at 1-2 ft. Crew was Cathy,
Dave, Linda, Bill, Al, Mark, Don, Scott, Mary Lou, Jeff. Race committee
was Cheap Trick and crew.
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| Week Fifteen 8/16/2001 |
This night was a good night for us, had
to be more than 30 boats out. The winds were a little more favorable
for us at 10-12 SW with waves about 1ft. We had a good start again,
though as soon as we crossed the line the C&C 40 who was just in front
of us got their 35# CQR knocked off their bow roller by the Mumm 36.
The anchor got to the bottom and stopped them dead...dead in front
of us! We scrambled around them but found ourselves in a bad lane,
we tacked when we could and got to better air. For the remainder of
the first leg we moved well, reaching the weather mark in good position,
though behind the Cal 40 again. The run to the next mark we got steam
rolling, passed the Cal 40, and caught up to the NY 40 and new C&C
110. The next leg was a reach which we held off a charge by the Cal
40, and stretched out on him on the remaining two legs. The last downwind
leg got us by the NY 40. Our offwind speed helps up hang with some
good company. Course was DWNDS. Crew was Mat, Sue, Don, Mark, Bill,
Rich, Mary Lou, Kyle, Jeff
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| Week Sixteen 8/23/2001 |
Women at the Helm II. Rained like a SOB.
Three boats sailed this night, all WAH entries (we werent one of them)
for which these three were the three placers for the series.
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| Week Seventeen 8/30/2001 |
Did race committee for a boat which signed
up early season but blew me off. Didnt finish him. End of the season
party was after racing which was cool.
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| Week Eighteen 9/6/2001 |
Ok night, sailed fair, had a good time.
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| Week Nineteen 9/13/2001 |
National tradgety relief night. In somber
form, twelve or so boats continued the weekly tradition in an effort
to return some form of normalcy to our lives. May God Bless all those
who were affected.
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| Week Twenty 9/20/2001 |
Another ok night, had a good time yet again.
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| Week Twentyone 9/27/2001 |
Harvest moon race and raft up (Dock party).
Decent night, sailed ok, had a good time afterwards.
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| October 3rd, 10th |
Unofficial races. We did committee, starting
the fleet, pulled the hook, and sailed the course. Actually passed
several boats both nights. We then stopped at the line, took station
and finished all those behind. Interesting way to race.
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