Laser racing Saturday and Sunday, August 21 and 22, 2010, had nine sailors all together, but only four of us that sailed both days. We had great wind on Saturday as we welcomed Tom McNally and Bianca Mesa to the fleet. Tom lives in Orlando and is a long time laser sailor, but doing other things for the past five years. Bianca and her family have moved to this region from Miami and she was sailing a radial. Tom McNally dominated the racing on Saturday, but was over the line early at the pin end in the first race and didn’t hear the call back. That let Rob Krentel comes out ahead on Saturday. Then Rob and Tom Mc (We have two Toms now) didn’t come back on Sunday. Bianca is starting school Monday so she missed also. That put Sam up on top for the weekend list. Bianca sailed a radial and I corrected her times. She moved ahead of Sam in the fourth race and was unchanged in the others.

Sam Chapin 3-3-4-4-3+3-2-1-1 24
Rob Krentel 1-2-2-1-5+28 39
Patrick Daniel 4-6-5-5-4+1-3-5-6 39
Tom McNally Ns-1-1-2-1+28 41
Bianca Mesa 2-5-3-3-2+ 28 43
Dean Grimes 40+2-1-3-3 49
Marc Solal 5-7-6-6-ns+6-5-4-4 51
Jerry Beck 40+4-4-2-2 52
Tom Rhodes 6-4-7-7-6+5-6-6-5 52

We missed our regular Alejandro Illera who didn’t make either days. Maybe car racing – but Ok the regular racing starts in two weeks.

Patrick Daniel has been sailing up to the top of the fleet, but dropped back Saturday and then I thought he back up on Sunday with 1-3 but then had a couple of bad starts when the wind came up.

Dean Grimes currently owns ½ a Flying Scot but we are glad to have him come back and sail with us. He was second overall on Sunday without flying the spinnaker.

The wind came up for the last two races on Sunday and look at the two fourth places for Marc Solal. We know the French are the best sailors.

Jerry Beck got lose to come and sail and scored two second places. Keep coming Jerry.

Tom Rhodes is starting to work his way up the ladder. He was last a couple of times but moved up a notch a couple of times. A little more practice and then some work on the starts. Remember the four things to check at the start. !) Go head to wind to see which end of the line is favored. 2) Get a range on the line so you can see better where it is if you are in the middle. 3) Time the line so you have some idea about how long it will take to get to the other end. You will want that if you have a big wind shift and it also helps you judge how long it takes to get a few boat lengths. 4) Check for current if you at another locations. No current to speak of at LESC.

Our Labor Day races will be the usual time 10 to 12 with our regular RC. The Saturday pot luck and Sunday trophy stuff will conform to the general time schedule (after the MCs, FS and Wayfarers get done). Then Monday, if you are not sick of racing by then, is the “Laser invitational” with lunch (bring your own) trophies and stuff after.