A second race day filled with challenging and exciting
conditions! Bravo Ty Affair (helmed by
Danielle Kuper, crewed by Lisa Shivers and coached by Ron Mihills) for a TRIPLE CROWN WIN.
With winds ranging from 14-20 knots and
gusting to as much as 27, the fleet raced in the creek just off the Club
dock. Thanks to the Junior Sailing fleet
for leaving their marks in place making it much easier on the Race Committee
and Mark Boat team. The mooring balls
and oyster sticks added some spice to the quirky race course (thanks to
difficulties setting the anchor!). The
fleet sailed windward-leeward courses initially once around and then twice
around for the 2nd and 3rd races.
All races were exciting but the 3rd race was
particularly exciting as the three boats merged at the first windward mark,
separated on the 2nd windward leg and then it became a photo finish
as Venturi
(helmed by Sarah Stanton, crewed by Rolly Butts and coached by Chuck
Carmichael) held on to 2nd place by inches as Lobster Girl (helmed by
Johanna Carrington, crewed by Alison Jayne and coached by Tom Watkins) charged across
the finish line.
If it weren’t for the coaches, chances are none of the teams
would have been out there sailing in these conditions. So a big thanks to Chuck Carmichael, Ron Mihills and Tom Watkins for their excellent
coaching. A hearty thanks to Commodore
Pete Clay, Ginny Clay and Tom Armstrong for their super job managing the
marks. And thanks to Lance Franke for being PRO
and to Diane Cook-Tench for her “desk job” (aka flag duty par excellence).
Well done ladies!!!!!!
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