| Week One 5/20/1999 |
The first Thursday night of the 99 season
was a typical spring day with winds in the (true) 18-23 knot range
out of the NNW. A fast night with good winds and flat water. There
were about 12 boats out there all for a single start with course NDSNSNS.
Larry Welch ran the RC boat for the night. We flew our new main and
the blade. Considering the new main and difficulties in getting a
reef in, a late start, no jib up for the first 5 minutes of the race,
and being the first sail of the season, we did ok. Caught and
passed a number of boats, and ended up about sixth or seventh over
the line. Crew was Jeff, Mary Lou, Mark, Monique, Donny, and Cliff
(what happened to you other guys, Chris, Wally, and Bill?!). |
| Week Two 5/27/1999 |
Awesome night, perfect mid-spring evening,
conditions were flat water and winds NW 15 gusting to 20 on our way
out, dropping to 8-12 for most of the race. Course was NENE.
No race committee for 30min or so until Bruce and Joel saved the night.
Late start, but at least it was a start! We had another (expletive
deleted) start, too close to the pin (can) approaching the gun and
definitely didn't want to run it over, but once we got out from under
the stbd tackers and moving we did ok. Passed a number of boats, and
finished (around 5th I think) just behind all the faster boats and
in front of those rated slower. Crew was Jeff, Mary Lou, Walt, Bill,
Mark, Monique, Chelsea, Pete, and Linda. Thanks everyone for another
fun night! |
| Week Three 6/3/1999 |
Another awesome night, NW wind around 10-12,
flat water. There were about 15-20
boats out for the night. Better start this week, we were in the front
row at the gun, albeit below a number of boats. We quickly tacked
to port crossing behind the rest of the front row and in front of
the rest of the fleet. This got us to the windward mark just behind
the two big C&C's, one of which we got by on the next upwind leg,
which is where we finished. Fourth boat over the line behind three
sub 100 rated boats, doing ok for the early season! Still with another
hour of sunlight we decided to stay out for a while longer where the
wind then piped up to 20+. Feathering a bit I got my light #1 into
a spreader and tore it again, damn, had to be a negative somewhere
on the night. Crew was Jeff, Bill, Walt, Donny, Chris, and Mike. Course
was NSNWS. Race committee was Joel, Bruce and company, thanks again
guys. |
| Week Four 6/10/1999 |
If I could do starts we'd be more competitive.
Excuses for this week: 1. The snap shackle holding the roller headsail
up opened with about 3min to the start. Dropped the sail into the
water! Finally got the #2 Halyard on the sail and it up shortly before
the gun. 2. We should have used the #1 and not be lazy in changing
off the roller #2. 3. My foredeck guy wanted to try cockpit, learning
curve! We crossed the start about 2nd to last, but we did make our
way thru the fleet to about eighth out of some 18 boats in the 27+
class. Winds were SE 8-12, Seas 1-2ft, and Course was WS3. Crew was
Jeff, Mary Lou, Mark, Monique, Chelsea, Donny, Chris, Regina, Walt,
and Mike, race committee was Tumble Home and company. |
| Week Five 6/17/1999 |
Didn't Race. |
| Week Six 6/24/1999 |
We won the race to the Boat Works party!
(didn't quite finish the race on the water). Crummy start, sailed
ugly, went slow. Party after was good. Course was DWNEN, conditions
were 15+ early settling to 10 out of the SW, 1-2 ft seas. Crew was
Jeff, Mary Lou, Donny, Tracy, Walt, Terry, Mark, Monique, Chelsea,
Cliff and Mike C. |
| Week Seven 7/1/1999 |
Didn't Race |
| Week Eight 7/8/1999 |
Nice night, winds 10-15 out of the NW,
seas less than 1 foot. Another bad start. I missed the first gun and
was out of time from there out. Once we worked thru all the traffic
on the first leg into clear air at the windward mark, we passed a
number of boats, and was catching the fast pack. Not enough
course to get them though, finished about seventh. Course was NDS2,
crew was Jeff, Mary Lou, Chris, Wally, Don, Tracy, Mark, Mike C.
Race Committee was Kari and company. |
| Week Nine 7/15/1999 |
Another breezy night, this is the third
week in a row! Winds were a steady SW 14-16 with waves 1-2 feet. We
flew the #1 expecting the winds to lay down some, didn't happen, we
were pretty seriously overpowered the whole night. We had a good start
(finally!), down the line from the preferred end a little, which kept
us in clear air for the first leg. At the windward mark we got tangled
between two boats which left us in confused water and air causing
steerage problems for us on the approach and rounding. This resulted
in two very near collisions as we were ping ponging between them half
out of control. Once settled down after the mark, we took off on the
run at between 7 and 8+ knots catching up to the faster boats who
got by us on the upwind leg, though we didn't get by anyone else,
finished about 7th or 8th out of 18 or so boats in our class. Crew
was Jeff, Mary Lou, Donny, Chris, Mike C, and Larry. Course was DWNDS.
Race committee was the Moon Racer crew, nice course Dennis! |
| Week Ten
7/22/1999 |
Overcast night with scattered sprinkles,
doesn't stop the diehards though. Winds were relatively light,
SW at 6-8kts, seas 0-1 foot. Other than the HTM guys, most of the
crew showed up! We had an ok start, mid pack, made it through most
of those who started in front of us by the first mark, and two more
on the next leg. We finished fifth, behind the Evelyn 32's and the
C&C40. Course was DWNDS, race committee was Knot Busy. Crew was
Jeff, Mary Lou, Donny, Mark, Monique, Chelsea, Mike G, and Mike C. |
| Week Eleven 7/29/1999 |
Awesome night overall! The start and the
first ten minutes of the race looked like a cluster f___. A
whisper of breeze and 30 boats tangled in a circle no more than 100
yrds in diameter. We tacked to port right after crossing the
line to clear the boats in front of us, then back to starboard for
clear air. We drifted by a number of boats, moving pretty well for
almost no wind (clean bottom, good sails), and reached some new breeze
before many others. Once the wind came back up we smoked (S
8-10 no waves), made the first mark 3rd in our class behind the NM42
and one Evelyn 32. We ended the race in that position, finishing in
front of a J105, two other Evelyn 32's, the C&C40, and many more!
Course was DNDNS shortened to DND. Race committee was Joel and
crew (you guys finish all that beer?!). Crew was Jeff, Mary Lou, Donny,
Walt, Chris, Mark, Mike G. and Mike C. you guys are the bomb! |
| Week Twelve 8/5/1999 |
First contact! and I don't mean with the
greys! Sorry Pat, from my point of view I'd given you enough room
at that mark, unnecessary entanglements for a Thursday night, won't
happen again.... water cannons next time! No damage a little
brute force can't fix. To all of those boats who crossed the
start (way) early........ We were early and we were in the second
row! We bailed on top of the committee boat, and 360'ed for a relatively
good (real) start. Once moving we passed all the slower early starters,
and finished in our usual position, behind the C&C 40 and the
Evelyns, dirty bottom and slow cruising genoa and all. Conditions
were SW 8-10, 1-2 foot seas. Crew was Jeff, Walt, Chris, Mike G, Mike
C. and Carol. Course was DWNES. Race committee was Larry and
company. |
| Week Thirteen 8/12/1999 |
Light breeze, right winds for the boat.
We started in the front line, near the favored end, and moved out
from there. Only the NM42 and the C&C40 got past us on the first
leg and no one else for the remainder of the race (other than the
viper flying his chute, but thats not allowed on thursdays).
We did spar with one of the evelyns for most of the race, but because
there were more off wind legs, we were able to keep in front of him.
4-6kts SW, seas less than one foot. Course was DWSES, race committee
was Sirius and crew Crew was Jeff, Mary Lou, Donny, Mark, Monique,
Chelsea, and Frank |
| Week Fourteen 8/19/1999 |
Ok race, moderate breeze (which less favors
us). Plowed thru the start in a crowd of boats, and made some
legs from there. Ended up at the back of the fast pack, somewhere
about 7th. Wind was 12-14kts SW, seas 1-2 feet. Course was DWSES.
Crew was Jeff, Mary Lou, Mike G, Chris, Regina, Leslie, Mark, Monique,
Chelsea, Bill and Maureen Race committee was Konrad and Doug with
a representative from Milford Photo who took over 200 photos of this
weeks race. Some of the photos will be at MYC for next weeks after
event, the rest will be on display at Milford Photo. |
| Week Fifteen 8/26/1999 |
Single start, so there were many boats
at the line for the gun, though less than a normal Thursday due to
the marginal weather. We were on the less favored side of the
line, but with clear air and moving ok. The breeze was moderate
early, but faded after the first half hour. Kevin and company
pinned us right which kept us (and them) from the current favored
left. All those boats on that side were well ahead after the
first mark. Finished mid to back of the fleet. Crew was
Jeff, Walt, Christian, Bill, and Chris. The wind was ESE 6-10,
seas less than 1 foot. The course was PSWS. |
| Week Sixteen 9/2/1999 |
Beautiful weather, albeit light.
A lot of boats out there for this one! We started on the nonfavored
side of the line again, but to windward of most everyone. Once we
cleared the slop, we moved pretty well to the first mark, then once
around that we took several boats we don't usually pass, even the
NM42 was in sight! Around the leeward mark one of the boats
we passed downwind pulled a major foul, doing a Dale Earnhart, bumping
one boat out of the way and hitting the N4 mark sliding past a clump
of small boats we were sailing around. He then rolled on into
clear air for the (shortened) finish. Another no rules Thursday!
We finished somewhere around 6th in our class behind the usual boats.
The Port Milford Season End party followed where a good time was had
by all. The course was WNSWS shortened to WNS. The Crew
was Jeff, Mary Lou, Bill, Maureen Pete, Rob J, Frank, and Robert.
The Winds were ESE 4-6 with seas 1 foot or less. Race
committee was Larry and crew. |
| Week Seventeen 9/9/1999 |
Ok evening, mostly overcast, but still
warm and no rain. We had a good start, fair upwind leg. Once we cleared
traffic on the reaches to W and S we were able to spread out on the
fleet behind. We finished about 5th out of some 12-15 boats. Course
was DWSES, Race committee was Full Tilt and crew, Crew was Jeff Mary
Lou, Mark, Mike G, Fran, and David |
| Week Eighteen 9/16/1999 |
The hurricane that wasn't! Floyd's max
winds seen were in the low 40kt range |
| Week Nineteen 9/23/1999 |
Race was more difficult with only three
people. But we fared ok. Pleasant night, except for the wave action,
so the Race + Raft Up Party turned into a Race and Dock party. Conditions
were much tamer in the harbor. 5 boats' crews were on hand. Great
night! Course was PDES, crew was Jeff, Mary Lou, Mike G. winds were
SW 15-18 knots, seas 2-3 feet race committee was Circus Maximus and
crew. |