December 3 and 4, 2011 Laser races at LESC, altogether nine sailors over the two days. Five races Saturday and seven on Sunday. Winds were brisk with a lot of crazy gusts. Temperature in the 70’s.

David Chapin 1-1-1-1-1+1-1-1-1-1-1 =11

Rob Krentel 2-2-2-3-2+3-2-2-2-2-2 =24

Jerry Beck 4-6-4-5-3+5-3-3-4-3-5 =44

Coach Chris 3-3-5-2-ns+ns =57

Sam Chapin 5-5-3-7-nf+4-nf-ns-5-5-4 =58

Charlie Jensen ns+2-4-4-3-4-3 =65

Bailey Verkaik 6-7-7-6-ns+ns =70

Luke Yates ns-4-nf-ns-s-ns+ns =72

Craig Yates (420) 7-8-6-5-ns+ns =70

Craig Yates brought out one of the youth students as crew on a 420 and sailed with us. He corrected on time with Bailey, who was sailing a radial rig. He sailed very well and he and Bailey were switching off positions when time was allowed. They came close to the Laser full rigs on corrected time, but not quite beat any.

Luke Yates was late getting out to the course and missed the first race had a great second race right behind Coach Chris, but then too much wind for the full rig.

Bailey Verkaik did a great job with the radial sail in the higher wind. With time corrected he almost picked off some full rigs. He was our first placing youth.

Charlie Jensen showed us he had not forgotten how to sail a laser. He was third place on Sunday and had a second place in the first race. He didn’t sail on Saturday and so is down in 6th for the weekend.

Sam Chapin. Well, the old guy has more trouble when the wind is up. Not enough space here to tell you all about the troubles, but he went in Sunday because he was not comfortable with that much wind and while he was on shore trying to figure out how long it would take him to change to a radial rig—he looked out and it seem that the wind had let up some—so he just went back out. It turned out to be a good day.

Coach Chris had his last day working for the Youth Foundation and they had a party for him at noon. We were glad to have him sailing with us on Saturday. The youth class is over at noon so they had to go in before the last race to have the boats put away before noon. He learned a little about lake sailing and we saw him really heel the boat to weather going down wind. He was third on Saturday and dropped down one for the weekend.

Jerry Beck really had a great time in the bigger wind. On Saturday he sailed extra after the races. Jerry, we love having you come.

Rob Krentel cornered all the seconds except for one on Saturday so Coach Chris won’t feel too bad and one on Sunday to encourage Charlie Jensen. Great work Rob.

David Chapin didn’t let anybody get ahead—well, a couple of times for a short distance. Experience is important and more so when the wind is up. When it is light, some wind shifts and pressure changes scrabble the finishes particularly in short one lap races. Thank you David for showing us how to do it.