Laser report for the weekend– August 7 and 8, 2010 – four races on Saturday and three on Sunday. See if you can figure out the scores from this next paragraph.
Alejandro Illera 1-1-1-3+1-1-1 = 9
Rob Krentel 2-4-3-1+2-4-2 =18
Patrick Daniel 3-2-2-2+3-7-nf =26
Sam Chapin 4-3-4-5+6-6-3 =31
Tom Rhodes 6-5-6-4+4-3-6 =34
Marc Solal 5-7-5-ns+7-2-4 =38
Dean Grimes Ns+5-5-5 =51
Ray Laguna Ns-6-ns-ns+ns = 54
Alejandro showed that he could sail in the big winds of Saturday and the light to no wind of Sunday. He stole the first race on Saturday from Rob, but then in the 2nd and third races he was just way ahead.
A really bad start in the fourth race Saturday got him the third.
Rob had a big lead in the third race on Sunday and then in all the wind changes on the first beat Alejandro managed to get by him. Rob is still our #2 guy by a long shot.
Patrick Daniel has stepped up now. He won second place on just the Saturday scoring, one point ahead of Rob, but on the second Sunday race he had a good position, went left on the final beat to finish. The pressure can in from the right and left him sitting out there trying to get back to the finish while the rest of us sailed up to the line. Then in the last no wind race, he just went to shore. I kept thinking that was a smart move as this was not fun until the big wind came in the finish and everyone was planing into shore.
Tom Rhodes has all the parts to a good boat now, and found a third place in the races on Sunday. His best finishes.
Marc Solal our heavy weather guy — look at that second place on light wind Sunday... Good things happen on strange days.
Dean Grimes came to sail with us on Sunday. He brought Nancy to help with the RC and tied with Sam for fifth place on Sunday. Dean is one of the two that just sailed one day.
Ray Laguna came a little late on Saturday and missed the first race. When we could see the storms coming was smart enough to get back to shore. When the wind is really up and when it is really light, sailing the Laser changes a lot. We had them both conditions over the weekend. Sunday Ray went to his pistol shooting exercises, and this next week it will be the boat buying extravaganza.
Caroline and Dave Chapin went to the Treasure Coast series at Palm Beach Sailing Club. We don’t have a complete report on that yet, except that they got two races in before the storm canceled things, Caroline was the second Radial and they had big time current.
A group went to Halifax River on Saturday. Maybe we will get a more complete report on that.
Next Laser sail Wednesday evening at 6 PM and then the weekend racing in two weeks. The MC scows will be racing in two weeks also.
Monday, August 9, 2010
Monday, July 26, 2010
We had thirteen racing with us over the weekend– July 24 and 25, 2010. Six races on Saturday and struggled to get the three in Sunday. Finishes here with corrected times for Chris Nagy who sailed the 4.7 on Saturday.
Sam Chapin 2-3-2-3-3-3+4-1-7= 28
Patrick Daniel 6-2-3-2-1-7+3-5-2= 31
Randy Rea 1-1-1-1-2-1+33 = 40
Ray Laguna 3-8-4-4-6-6+2-6-3= 42
Jerry Beck 7-4-5-7-8-2+6-3-4= 45
Luke Yates 4-6-6-5-7-4+33 = 65
Marc Solal 5-5-8-6-4-5+33 = 66
Rob Krentel 66+1-2-1= 70
Tom Rhodes 10-10-9-10-9-8+5-4-5= 70
Chris Nagy 8-7-7-8-10-10+33 = 83
Jim McIntyre 9-7-ns-9-5-9+ 33 = 86
Trevor Chapin 66+ns-7-6 = 87
David Chapin 66+nf-ns-ns= 90
What a strange scoring? Alejandro was off racing cars?? We will have to find out about that. Dave Chapin and Caroline went sown to Jensen Beach to the Treasure coast Regatta. Big wind and long courses for 6 races. Everybody stiff and sore. Caroline stayed in bed Sunday. Dave was late for first race and then turned his boat over to Trevor Chapin, who sailed the last two races and bet his grandfather in the last race– my, my.
Better sailing on Saturday and people taking a day off, turned the weekend over to Sam, just a couple of points ahead of Patrick Daniel.
Patrick was the only one to beat Randy Rea on Saturday. We don’t have to worry any more if he will be able to be happy sailing a Laser.
Randy Rea came on Saturday and we always are glad to have him come and nicely timed with Rob, Alejandro and David out of town on Saturday, it gave us something to shoot at. Of course if they would all come at once, it would soup up the front of the fleet.
Ray Laguna came back again– actually he has sold his Flying Scot, so maybe we have him all to ourselves till he makes a deal to get another Scot. I thought Ray won that first race on Sunday. That was going to be nice, with us all sharing the bullets, but Rob nipped him at the line, so it was just a second place. Still nice sailing Ray.
Jerry Beck had a second place in the last race on Saturday and a 3 on Sunday. He was always sailing fast when I saw him on the course. We have to work a little to get over the three bad races on Saturday and one tank on Sunday. Jerry and I are working out the hydration on race days. You have to start drinking water at least an hour before going out.
Luke Yates came back from Laser sailing with Cameron Smith in Clermont and 420 sailing in LESC. Luke had a full rig and sailed it to a couple of fourth places, and then missed Sunday.
Marc Solal sailing better than ever. Marc is maybe our most regular member, but Sunday he went on a cruise to the the strange countries in the Caribbean, like Key West etc. Smart move–Sunday was really painful.
Rob Krentel was down here in 8th place with a 1-2-1. Probably we should so something about our scoring system? But he stole that first place from Ray in the first race Sunday, so we will just leave him down here in 8th.
Tom Rhodes is gradually putting his new boat together and tied with Rob. Not bad. We had to put Rob ahead because he had a couple of bullets. Tom when you get the bullets, we will put you ahead.
Chris Nagy sailed to 4.7 on Saturday. When we did the times, he moved up a couple of places in the first four races, but as the wind died he stayed in 10 for the last two. Sorry about the wind Chris. We probably should have you try the radial unless we have several people sailing 4.7s.
Jim McIntyre sailed the Kelly boat without the new systems. Probably OK for someone just sailing Laser for the first time. He did and good job –only turned over once. He got a 5 in one race on Saturday. (Beat Ray L. In that race!)
I already told you about Trevor and Dave Chapin.
Above under Marc, I had said it was painful Sunday. Hot and light shifty wind, but good practice changing gears and sailing to pressure. The lighter the wind, sit further forward in the boat and heal to leeward to reduce wetted surface. A little vang so you can sail with boom out past the transom to keep the boat moving. Good practice for the old guy to try and fold up and do all that.
Mary Anne Ward, who is always talking about coming Laser sailing, missed it again. She came after all the sailing was done and wind was gone. She brought Bill Ward (husband ), Great grandmother Erban with her walker, a bunch of tall good looking sons, daughters, daughter in laws and the grandchildren who were fighting to see who gets to go out in the sailboat first. So she sailed an MC scow up and down the pressure steaks into the afternoon with small groups of fascinated people.
Now those people that worry about “saving sailing” relax, because Marry Anne is bringing her family.
Sam Chapin 2-3-2-3-3-3+4-1-7= 28
Patrick Daniel 6-2-3-2-1-7+3-5-2= 31
Randy Rea 1-1-1-1-2-1+33 = 40
Ray Laguna 3-8-4-4-6-6+2-6-3= 42
Jerry Beck 7-4-5-7-8-2+6-3-4= 45
Luke Yates 4-6-6-5-7-4+33 = 65
Marc Solal 5-5-8-6-4-5+33 = 66
Rob Krentel 66+1-2-1= 70
Tom Rhodes 10-10-9-10-9-8+5-4-5= 70
Chris Nagy 8-7-7-8-10-10+33 = 83
Jim McIntyre 9-7-ns-9-5-9+ 33 = 86
Trevor Chapin 66+ns-7-6 = 87
David Chapin 66+nf-ns-ns= 90
What a strange scoring? Alejandro was off racing cars?? We will have to find out about that. Dave Chapin and Caroline went sown to Jensen Beach to the Treasure coast Regatta. Big wind and long courses for 6 races. Everybody stiff and sore. Caroline stayed in bed Sunday. Dave was late for first race and then turned his boat over to Trevor Chapin, who sailed the last two races and bet his grandfather in the last race– my, my.
Better sailing on Saturday and people taking a day off, turned the weekend over to Sam, just a couple of points ahead of Patrick Daniel.
Patrick was the only one to beat Randy Rea on Saturday. We don’t have to worry any more if he will be able to be happy sailing a Laser.
Randy Rea came on Saturday and we always are glad to have him come and nicely timed with Rob, Alejandro and David out of town on Saturday, it gave us something to shoot at. Of course if they would all come at once, it would soup up the front of the fleet.
Ray Laguna came back again– actually he has sold his Flying Scot, so maybe we have him all to ourselves till he makes a deal to get another Scot. I thought Ray won that first race on Sunday. That was going to be nice, with us all sharing the bullets, but Rob nipped him at the line, so it was just a second place. Still nice sailing Ray.
Jerry Beck had a second place in the last race on Saturday and a 3 on Sunday. He was always sailing fast when I saw him on the course. We have to work a little to get over the three bad races on Saturday and one tank on Sunday. Jerry and I are working out the hydration on race days. You have to start drinking water at least an hour before going out.
Luke Yates came back from Laser sailing with Cameron Smith in Clermont and 420 sailing in LESC. Luke had a full rig and sailed it to a couple of fourth places, and then missed Sunday.
Marc Solal sailing better than ever. Marc is maybe our most regular member, but Sunday he went on a cruise to the the strange countries in the Caribbean, like Key West etc. Smart move–Sunday was really painful.
Rob Krentel was down here in 8th place with a 1-2-1. Probably we should so something about our scoring system? But he stole that first place from Ray in the first race Sunday, so we will just leave him down here in 8th.
Tom Rhodes is gradually putting his new boat together and tied with Rob. Not bad. We had to put Rob ahead because he had a couple of bullets. Tom when you get the bullets, we will put you ahead.
Chris Nagy sailed to 4.7 on Saturday. When we did the times, he moved up a couple of places in the first four races, but as the wind died he stayed in 10 for the last two. Sorry about the wind Chris. We probably should have you try the radial unless we have several people sailing 4.7s.
Jim McIntyre sailed the Kelly boat without the new systems. Probably OK for someone just sailing Laser for the first time. He did and good job –only turned over once. He got a 5 in one race on Saturday. (Beat Ray L. In that race!)
I already told you about Trevor and Dave Chapin.
Above under Marc, I had said it was painful Sunday. Hot and light shifty wind, but good practice changing gears and sailing to pressure. The lighter the wind, sit further forward in the boat and heal to leeward to reduce wetted surface. A little vang so you can sail with boom out past the transom to keep the boat moving. Good practice for the old guy to try and fold up and do all that.
Mary Anne Ward, who is always talking about coming Laser sailing, missed it again. She came after all the sailing was done and wind was gone. She brought Bill Ward (husband ), Great grandmother Erban with her walker, a bunch of tall good looking sons, daughters, daughter in laws and the grandchildren who were fighting to see who gets to go out in the sailboat first. So she sailed an MC scow up and down the pressure steaks into the afternoon with small groups of fascinated people.
Now those people that worry about “saving sailing” relax, because Marry Anne is bringing her family.
Monday, July 12, 2010
LASER RACES – JULY 10 AND 11, 2010
Alejandro Illera 1-2-3-3-2+1-1-2-2-3 20
Dave Chapin 2-1-2-1-1+ns-ns1-1-2 31
Jerry Beck 6-9-7-7-6+2-4-5-3-1 50
Sam Chapin 3-5-6-4-5+4-2-ns 59
Rob Krentel 4-3-1-2-3+ns 63
Marc Solal 7-7-8-8-9+6-6-7-7-6 71
Charlie Jensen Ns-ns-4-6-8+ns-7-6-4-7 72
Caroline Chapin 8-6-9-9-4+ns-ns-4-8-5 73
Ray Laguna 5-4-5-5-7+ ns 76
Dean Grimes Ns+3-3-nf-9-9 78
Tom Rhodes 9-8-10-10-10+5-5-8-5-nf 79
Jennifer Jones Ns+ns-ns-3-6-9 88
What a great weekend we had! Saturday a great west wind with a few holes early and then strengthening during the morning. On Saturday it was cloudy with better wind and after two races, thunder and lightning. We called the races, but in a half hour it had blown over. The wind settled down again. So back to racing. Caroline even talked her grandmother (the PRO) into a two lap races sometime after 12 o’clock. Previously, never heard of.
The scores above are corrected for times, as Caroline sailed her radial rig in the Sunday races. She picked up two places in the third race and one place in the two lap race.
The score sheet is riddled with ns and nf’s. Dave and Caroline came late on Sunday. Sam didn’t go out after the thunder storm on Sunday. Rob had family business on Sunday. Ray Laguna went shooting on Sunday. Charlie is laying tile at home early in morning when it is cool. Dean Grimes had traveler break in the third race Sunday. Sam should have replaced it before. Jennifer Jones has her hands full with the job at the YMCA. She also got in the only capsize .Sunday. Caroline was the only capsize on Saturday.
Now a quick look up the list with Jennifer first. She is at the bottom of the list, but only because she sailed in the fewest races. Note the third place in third race Sunday and she was sailing a full rig.
Tom Rhodes has his own boat now. A string of 10s on Saturday, but now is beating people on Sunday. The nf was a clew hook that came undone. We will tighten that up for him.
Dean Grimes had two thirds on Sunday. Not bad. Chasing the leaders.
Ray Laguna sailed with us on Saturday and perhaps was the most consistent with 4 and 5s. Just above the middle of the fleet and he has not been a regular Laser sailor.
Caroline Chapin had two fourth’s. Not bad for a gal that doesn’t want any advice. She would have had another 4th if she hadn’t been trying to show off the upside down hiking for her grandmother at the finish line. Capsized just before crossing and went from 4 to 9.
Charlie Jensen is getting the tiling done and had a couple of fourth places.
Marc Solal continues to improve. Better finishes with more wind on Sunday, but look out Marc because Tom is sailing faster.
Rob we missed you on Sunday. It was your sort of wind and we need to keep Alejandro boxed in. Rob is one of the four that shared bullets for the weekend.
Jerry Beck has finished polishing his boat and now has come to race it A 1-2-3-4 and 5 on Sunday. Way to go Jerry!
Dave Chapin continues to get most of the bullets, but had regular duels with Alejandro. Dave and Caroline were late coming on Sunday. Dave won the Saturday racing and the racing after the T-storm on Sunay.
Alejandro Illera continues at the top of the page and he is getting better. So are the rest of us. The group is coming together better at the start and at the first mark. The runs and mark rounding are improving with less stragglers at the end of the races.
Close sailing in the middle of the fleet on Sunday’s first two races– Jerry 2-4, Sam 4-2 and Dean 3-3.
We appreciate the loan from the Flying Scot fleet of Ray Laguna and Dean Grimes. Thank you folks.
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Alejandro Illera 1-2-3-3-2+1-1-2-2-3 20
Dave Chapin 2-1-2-1-1+ns-ns1-1-2 31
Jerry Beck 6-9-7-7-6+2-4-5-3-1 50
Sam Chapin 3-5-6-4-5+4-2-ns 59
Rob Krentel 4-3-1-2-3+ns 63
Marc Solal 7-7-8-8-9+6-6-7-7-6 71
Charlie Jensen Ns-ns-4-6-8+ns-7-6-4-7 72
Caroline Chapin 8-6-9-9-4+ns-ns-4-8-5 73
Ray Laguna 5-4-5-5-7+ ns 76
Dean Grimes Ns+3-3-nf-9-9 78
Tom Rhodes 9-8-10-10-10+5-5-8-5-nf 79
Jennifer Jones Ns+ns-ns-3-6-9 88
What a great weekend we had! Saturday a great west wind with a few holes early and then strengthening during the morning. On Saturday it was cloudy with better wind and after two races, thunder and lightning. We called the races, but in a half hour it had blown over. The wind settled down again. So back to racing. Caroline even talked her grandmother (the PRO) into a two lap races sometime after 12 o’clock. Previously, never heard of.
The scores above are corrected for times, as Caroline sailed her radial rig in the Sunday races. She picked up two places in the third race and one place in the two lap race.
The score sheet is riddled with ns and nf’s. Dave and Caroline came late on Sunday. Sam didn’t go out after the thunder storm on Sunday. Rob had family business on Sunday. Ray Laguna went shooting on Sunday. Charlie is laying tile at home early in morning when it is cool. Dean Grimes had traveler break in the third race Sunday. Sam should have replaced it before. Jennifer Jones has her hands full with the job at the YMCA. She also got in the only capsize .Sunday. Caroline was the only capsize on Saturday.
Now a quick look up the list with Jennifer first. She is at the bottom of the list, but only because she sailed in the fewest races. Note the third place in third race Sunday and she was sailing a full rig.
Tom Rhodes has his own boat now. A string of 10s on Saturday, but now is beating people on Sunday. The nf was a clew hook that came undone. We will tighten that up for him.
Dean Grimes had two thirds on Sunday. Not bad. Chasing the leaders.
Ray Laguna sailed with us on Saturday and perhaps was the most consistent with 4 and 5s. Just above the middle of the fleet and he has not been a regular Laser sailor.
Caroline Chapin had two fourth’s. Not bad for a gal that doesn’t want any advice. She would have had another 4th if she hadn’t been trying to show off the upside down hiking for her grandmother at the finish line. Capsized just before crossing and went from 4 to 9.
Charlie Jensen is getting the tiling done and had a couple of fourth places.
Marc Solal continues to improve. Better finishes with more wind on Sunday, but look out Marc because Tom is sailing faster.
Rob we missed you on Sunday. It was your sort of wind and we need to keep Alejandro boxed in. Rob is one of the four that shared bullets for the weekend.
Jerry Beck has finished polishing his boat and now has come to race it A 1-2-3-4 and 5 on Sunday. Way to go Jerry!
Dave Chapin continues to get most of the bullets, but had regular duels with Alejandro. Dave and Caroline were late coming on Sunday. Dave won the Saturday racing and the racing after the T-storm on Sunay.
Alejandro Illera continues at the top of the page and he is getting better. So are the rest of us. The group is coming together better at the start and at the first mark. The runs and mark rounding are improving with less stragglers at the end of the races.
Close sailing in the middle of the fleet on Sunday’s first two races– Jerry 2-4, Sam 4-2 and Dean 3-3.
We appreciate the loan from the Flying Scot fleet of Ray Laguna and Dean Grimes. Thank you folks.
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Monday, June 14, 2010
What a great weekend we had racing! Ten sailors out, including Randy Rea from Crystal River and he was able to bring Eric Jr. along with him. Dave Chapin was present and we hope to see him more this Summer. Alejandro was one point ahead of Rob on Saturday and Rob got him by one point on Sunday so our two regular top guys were tied. Rob gets the nod because he had one bullet. Two days of racing an no bullets for Alejandro, but no bad races. We sailed in close to the club and that made it possible for Richard Kinnie to take some great pictures of the racing.
Dave Chapin ns-1-1-2-1+3-1-1-1-1=22
Rob Krentel 4-4-4-3-4+1-2-3-3-2=30
Alejandro Illera 3-5-3-4-3+2-3-2-2-3=30
Randy Rea 1-2-2-1-2+50 =58
Patrick Daniel 5-8-9-8-6+5-4-4-5-5=59
Marc Solal 7-10-6-5-7+4-5-6-6-4=60
Tom Rhodes 8-9-10-10-10+6-6-5-4-6=74
Jerry Beck 6-3-8-6-5+50 =78
Craig Yates 2-7-5-7-8+ 50 =79
Eric Jr. 9-6-7-9-9+50 =90
Eric Jr has sailed with us before. Randy has brought both Eric Sr and Eric Jr in the past. Eric’s best race was a 6 and he was never last. He was in that good mix in the back end of the fleet. And a bunch of photo finishes.
Craig Yates took the Kelly boat that doesn’t have any of the new controls and took a second in the first race. Way to go chief sailing instructor.
Jerry Beck was one of the first ones out on Saturday and the heat really got to him, but don’t feel too sorry for him. Look at that three in the seocnd race. Not may of us that beat both Rob and Alejandro in the same race.
Tom Rhodes has been sailing Chutzpah, who is leaking again. We almost have Orion Taylor’s old boat lined up for him. He sailed Sam’s boat on Sunday and we think did a little better. He is a windy day sailor and this weekend was a tricky one.
Marc Solal continues to improve. He is showing up in the top group more and more. He was just one point behind Patrick for the weekend.
Patrick Daniel was back with us from his big boat sailing. We are pleased to see him back. He is suffering from the light wind and the holes with no wind..
Randy Rea won the Saturday series and takes a big hit of 50 points for not coming on Sunday. We love Randy anyway–he has taught us so much about Laser sailing.
Poor Alejandro Illera without any first place finishes. Our Fleet Captain or board representative or something. It was that last race on Sunday that Rob beat him and to tie the weekend, so those two start the Summer tied.
Rob Krentel sailing with his old striped sail and picking out the zones of pressure better than most of the others. So we had a great mix at the top and the bottom.
The RC was glad to see Dave Chapin back sailing with us. Hope he can continue to show up and bring Caroline C along with him. If you other folks worry about all the first places, you have to pay your dues in this business (sport) and a lot of it is time in the boat.
Thanks to Maribel Illera who offered to be on RC for Saturday, but couldn’t make it. We appreciate the attempt. It fitted in well, because Sam was in no shape to go sailing. And then we appreciate Joan Bryant’s regular service. Especially when she doesn’t come, we really miss her. And then Marjorie– well that is just the “Head Nurse” thing. She likes giving the orders to everyone.
Treasure coast thing next Saturday at Melbourne and Sailstice at LESC Saturday and Sunday. Laser racing again the following weekend. It never seems to stop.
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Dave Chapin ns-1-1-2-1+3-1-1-1-1=22
Rob Krentel 4-4-4-3-4+1-2-3-3-2=30
Alejandro Illera 3-5-3-4-3+2-3-2-2-3=30
Randy Rea 1-2-2-1-2+50 =58
Patrick Daniel 5-8-9-8-6+5-4-4-5-5=59
Marc Solal 7-10-6-5-7+4-5-6-6-4=60
Tom Rhodes 8-9-10-10-10+6-6-5-4-6=74
Jerry Beck 6-3-8-6-5+50 =78
Craig Yates 2-7-5-7-8+ 50 =79
Eric Jr. 9-6-7-9-9+50 =90
Eric Jr has sailed with us before. Randy has brought both Eric Sr and Eric Jr in the past. Eric’s best race was a 6 and he was never last. He was in that good mix in the back end of the fleet. And a bunch of photo finishes.
Craig Yates took the Kelly boat that doesn’t have any of the new controls and took a second in the first race. Way to go chief sailing instructor.
Jerry Beck was one of the first ones out on Saturday and the heat really got to him, but don’t feel too sorry for him. Look at that three in the seocnd race. Not may of us that beat both Rob and Alejandro in the same race.
Tom Rhodes has been sailing Chutzpah, who is leaking again. We almost have Orion Taylor’s old boat lined up for him. He sailed Sam’s boat on Sunday and we think did a little better. He is a windy day sailor and this weekend was a tricky one.
Marc Solal continues to improve. He is showing up in the top group more and more. He was just one point behind Patrick for the weekend.
Patrick Daniel was back with us from his big boat sailing. We are pleased to see him back. He is suffering from the light wind and the holes with no wind..
Randy Rea won the Saturday series and takes a big hit of 50 points for not coming on Sunday. We love Randy anyway–he has taught us so much about Laser sailing.
Poor Alejandro Illera without any first place finishes. Our Fleet Captain or board representative or something. It was that last race on Sunday that Rob beat him and to tie the weekend, so those two start the Summer tied.
Rob Krentel sailing with his old striped sail and picking out the zones of pressure better than most of the others. So we had a great mix at the top and the bottom.
The RC was glad to see Dave Chapin back sailing with us. Hope he can continue to show up and bring Caroline C along with him. If you other folks worry about all the first places, you have to pay your dues in this business (sport) and a lot of it is time in the boat.
Thanks to Maribel Illera who offered to be on RC for Saturday, but couldn’t make it. We appreciate the attempt. It fitted in well, because Sam was in no shape to go sailing. And then we appreciate Joan Bryant’s regular service. Especially when she doesn’t come, we really miss her. And then Marjorie– well that is just the “Head Nurse” thing. She likes giving the orders to everyone.
Treasure coast thing next Saturday at Melbourne and Sailstice at LESC Saturday and Sunday. Laser racing again the following weekend. It never seems to stop.
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Wednesday, June 2, 2010
MEMORIAL DAY RACES 2010
Monday, May 31, 2010 was a good day for the Lake Eustis Laser Fleet. We had 14 boats out on the course. We had 14 once before, but that was our record number. Our regular RC. Rob set the marks. Scott Tellima was the observation boat. 5 of our regular adults, 4 youth with full rigs, 2 Flying Scot guest and 2 MC scow guests, and the fourteenth was Kevin Ratigan. Kevin sails with us occasionally and Andy Fox encourage to come over Monday and sail with us. Actually Ray Laguna and Andy Fox of the Flying Scot folks have had a lot of time in Lasers. Ray was given the soft yellow boat that he gave to the YF. That is (Laguna I) but we just call it the yellow boat. He bought another Laser that Martin bought for the YF, that is Laguna II. Then he bought the 190,000 red striped boat, sailed it a little and sold that to Aaron Arnold.. I don’t know how many Lasers Andy has had, but he sailed Lasers for a number of years.
Scores:
Alejandro Illera 3-3-2-4-3-3 18
Andy Fox 1-2-nf-1-2-1 19
Ben Getchell 6-4-1-2-4-4 21
Kevin Ratigan 4-1-6-3-8-5 27
Rob Krentel 8-6-3-5-5-2 29
Jerry Beck 10-5-5-7-1-6 34
Ray Laguna 2-11-4-8-12-nf 53
Luke Yates 11-10-9-6-10-8 54
Seth Bahr 12-7-13-11-6-7 56
John Houck 7-9-8-10-7-ns 56
Cameron Smith 9-13-11-9-9-9 60
Robert Newlin 5-12-7-nf-ns-ns 69
Tom Rhodes 14-14-12-12-11-10 73
Sam Chapin 13-8-10-ns-ns-ns 76
Tom Rhodes has been one of our regulars and we are planning to get him a better boat this week, so expect him to be climbing up the ladder.
Robert Newlin came up from Puerto Rico about the same time Marjorie and I joined the club. He had been sailing J24, I think, down there. He did Scots here for a year or two and is charging to the front of the MC scows now. He had my old red boat. He had to the “set it and sail it” controls. Did a 5th in the first race and then things began coming apart on the old boat. We are glad to know what needs fixing, so thank you, Robert.
Cameron Smith has been one of our regular youth sailors and bouncing around with different rigs. Today he hung in there with the full rig. It looks like he had that 9th place cornered.
John Houck just wanted to try a Laser, when no one was watching, and here we are reporting it. He had the Kelly boat of the YF with the old “set and sail” controls. He was right in the middle of the fleet and did well. Usually we give people just trying out the boat one of the 4.7 sails first so they can get used to moving from side to side, without too much swimming. Full rig and he did fine. Next time we will find him a boat with controls he can set and fine tune.
Seth Bahr was tied with John on points, but moved ahead of Mr. MC with that 6th place. Seth is another that may have suffered a little with the full rig because of being lighter on a windy day. If they have the controls, vang sheeting is good practice because no mater which sail you use some of the time you will be overpowered and can use the practice.
Luke Yates with his own Laser and now the M17 youth skipper– another of the light guys working hard. He was our second place Youth. Sorry we didn’t have separate youth trophies.
Ray Laguna was sailing the red strip boat. Ray had a 2 in the first race and a 4 in the third. That was a good as Alejandro could do. Ray is the current Flying Scot champ. He was sailing MCs when Sam was. He is off with the Catalina 22 group when ever they have a big show and a few years ago was mixing it up with the Melges 24.
Jerry Beck is our favorite boat polisher, and then we caught him out practicing on Sunday with a win in the team racing. Now look out— he got his first first place. On a day when Alejandro didn’t win a race.
Rob Krentel was distracted by the water skiing. He had a 3 and a 2, but got hit with a 8 and 6. If you didn’t like the course, it is Rob’s fault.
Kevin Ratigan often comes over and dusts us off with his radial rig, but he did the full rig today. He got one of the bullets, but got caught in traffic a couple of time. On the short course stuff you need the start and clear some of the traffic on that first beat.
Ben Getchell has been on the racing motor boat construction thing and we are glad to see him back. He got one of the other first places and had a 2 to go with it. He was bit by that 6 in the first race.
Andy Fox got three firsts , two seconds and a DNF.. Fortunately Sam gave him a boat that the rachet block would pullout of, otherwise he would have won our gorgeous first place trophy. He says he hasn’t sailed a Laser for a lot of years, but that it still feels the same.
Alejandro for the first time in ages didn’t win a race. Averaged 3rd place to win, one point ahead of Andy. The first three boats were three points apart. Considering it was a borrowed boat that came apart on Andy (actually it was the hiking strap that tore out from under the rachet block) we could have given him redress. Well, no, we don’t give him any. After all Alejandro is our guy.
Andy did use the extra piece of line that I have tied into the back of the hiking strap to tie the front of it back in. Thank you, Randy Rea.
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Scores:
Alejandro Illera 3-3-2-4-3-3 18
Andy Fox 1-2-nf-1-2-1 19
Ben Getchell 6-4-1-2-4-4 21
Kevin Ratigan 4-1-6-3-8-5 27
Rob Krentel 8-6-3-5-5-2 29
Jerry Beck 10-5-5-7-1-6 34
Ray Laguna 2-11-4-8-12-nf 53
Luke Yates 11-10-9-6-10-8 54
Seth Bahr 12-7-13-11-6-7 56
John Houck 7-9-8-10-7-ns 56
Cameron Smith 9-13-11-9-9-9 60
Robert Newlin 5-12-7-nf-ns-ns 69
Tom Rhodes 14-14-12-12-11-10 73
Sam Chapin 13-8-10-ns-ns-ns 76
Tom Rhodes has been one of our regulars and we are planning to get him a better boat this week, so expect him to be climbing up the ladder.
Robert Newlin came up from Puerto Rico about the same time Marjorie and I joined the club. He had been sailing J24, I think, down there. He did Scots here for a year or two and is charging to the front of the MC scows now. He had my old red boat. He had to the “set it and sail it” controls. Did a 5th in the first race and then things began coming apart on the old boat. We are glad to know what needs fixing, so thank you, Robert.
Cameron Smith has been one of our regular youth sailors and bouncing around with different rigs. Today he hung in there with the full rig. It looks like he had that 9th place cornered.
John Houck just wanted to try a Laser, when no one was watching, and here we are reporting it. He had the Kelly boat of the YF with the old “set and sail” controls. He was right in the middle of the fleet and did well. Usually we give people just trying out the boat one of the 4.7 sails first so they can get used to moving from side to side, without too much swimming. Full rig and he did fine. Next time we will find him a boat with controls he can set and fine tune.
Seth Bahr was tied with John on points, but moved ahead of Mr. MC with that 6th place. Seth is another that may have suffered a little with the full rig because of being lighter on a windy day. If they have the controls, vang sheeting is good practice because no mater which sail you use some of the time you will be overpowered and can use the practice.
Luke Yates with his own Laser and now the M17 youth skipper– another of the light guys working hard. He was our second place Youth. Sorry we didn’t have separate youth trophies.
Ray Laguna was sailing the red strip boat. Ray had a 2 in the first race and a 4 in the third. That was a good as Alejandro could do. Ray is the current Flying Scot champ. He was sailing MCs when Sam was. He is off with the Catalina 22 group when ever they have a big show and a few years ago was mixing it up with the Melges 24.
Jerry Beck is our favorite boat polisher, and then we caught him out practicing on Sunday with a win in the team racing. Now look out— he got his first first place. On a day when Alejandro didn’t win a race.
Rob Krentel was distracted by the water skiing. He had a 3 and a 2, but got hit with a 8 and 6. If you didn’t like the course, it is Rob’s fault.
Kevin Ratigan often comes over and dusts us off with his radial rig, but he did the full rig today. He got one of the bullets, but got caught in traffic a couple of time. On the short course stuff you need the start and clear some of the traffic on that first beat.
Ben Getchell has been on the racing motor boat construction thing and we are glad to see him back. He got one of the other first places and had a 2 to go with it. He was bit by that 6 in the first race.
Andy Fox got three firsts , two seconds and a DNF.. Fortunately Sam gave him a boat that the rachet block would pullout of, otherwise he would have won our gorgeous first place trophy. He says he hasn’t sailed a Laser for a lot of years, but that it still feels the same.
Alejandro for the first time in ages didn’t win a race. Averaged 3rd place to win, one point ahead of Andy. The first three boats were three points apart. Considering it was a borrowed boat that came apart on Andy (actually it was the hiking strap that tore out from under the rachet block) we could have given him redress. Well, no, we don’t give him any. After all Alejandro is our guy.
Andy did use the extra piece of line that I have tied into the back of the hiking strap to tie the front of it back in. Thank you, Randy Rea.
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Monday, May 17, 2010
May 15 and 16, 2010.. Lasers had six boat out on Saturday for five races and seven boat out of Sunday for five races with a total of 9 sailors.
Rob Krentel 1-1-1-1-1+ 2-2-2-2-2=15
Sam Chapin 2-2-2-3-2+4-3-3-3-4= 28
Tom Rhodes 3-4-4-4-3+5-5-5-5-6=44
Marc Solal 5-5-5-5-ns+3-6-6-6-3=51
Alejandro Illera 50+1-1-1-1-1=55
Cameron Smith 4-3-3-6-ns+50 =73
Jack Delaney 50+6-4-4-4-5=73
Luke Yates Ns-ns-ns-2-ns+50 =80
Alan Edelberg 50+50 =100
Alan Eldelberg, the fancy tiller guy, has not sailed with us for a while and then the wind was up on Sunday and that combination sent him home early. Thanks to Scott Tillema and another MC guy that came out in motor boat and helped him get his act together.
Jack Delaney, our Cleveland snow bird friend, sailed with us again and was changing places regularly with Marc and Tom. He may be back Memorial weekend, but is about ready to head back North.
Cameron Smith was our first youth, sailed the full rig on Saturday and did a great job. When he gets the super vang stuff down better, he will be a real terror to us older folks.
Luke Yates came out at 11 o’clock on Saturday with the radial rig. Our super race committee took time and he corrected out to second place 0.05 minutes ( that is about 2 seconds) ahead of Sam. Good work Luke.
Marc Solal got a bailer put in his boat on Saturday afternoon. The bailer has been changed just a little– it is harder to put in now. Marc is one of our most regular coming sailors and often is the last one at the finish. So be sure to tell him how much he means to rest of us, and what a good fellow he is. OUR FAVORITE SAILOR. Now he really is sailing better, with a third place twice on Sunday and in the mix at the windward mark.
Rob Krentel won all the races on Saturday by starting better, better upwind, better mark rounding, and better down winds. He is our regular mark setter. If you don’t like the course, tell him about it.
When Alejandro Illera came back on Sunday , he and Rob did the twins thing again. Always right together. Rob had him beat a couple of times, but let him slip by at the last minute.
It was a great weekend to finish off the official 2009-2010 season. Trophies and stuff on Memorial Day weekend in two weeks.
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Rob Krentel 1-1-1-1-1+ 2-2-2-2-2=15
Sam Chapin 2-2-2-3-2+4-3-3-3-4= 28
Tom Rhodes 3-4-4-4-3+5-5-5-5-6=44
Marc Solal 5-5-5-5-ns+3-6-6-6-3=51
Alejandro Illera 50+1-1-1-1-1=55
Cameron Smith 4-3-3-6-ns+50 =73
Jack Delaney 50+6-4-4-4-5=73
Luke Yates Ns-ns-ns-2-ns+50 =80
Alan Edelberg 50+50 =100
Alan Eldelberg, the fancy tiller guy, has not sailed with us for a while and then the wind was up on Sunday and that combination sent him home early. Thanks to Scott Tillema and another MC guy that came out in motor boat and helped him get his act together.
Jack Delaney, our Cleveland snow bird friend, sailed with us again and was changing places regularly with Marc and Tom. He may be back Memorial weekend, but is about ready to head back North.
Cameron Smith was our first youth, sailed the full rig on Saturday and did a great job. When he gets the super vang stuff down better, he will be a real terror to us older folks.
Luke Yates came out at 11 o’clock on Saturday with the radial rig. Our super race committee took time and he corrected out to second place 0.05 minutes ( that is about 2 seconds) ahead of Sam. Good work Luke.
Marc Solal got a bailer put in his boat on Saturday afternoon. The bailer has been changed just a little– it is harder to put in now. Marc is one of our most regular coming sailors and often is the last one at the finish. So be sure to tell him how much he means to rest of us, and what a good fellow he is. OUR FAVORITE SAILOR. Now he really is sailing better, with a third place twice on Sunday and in the mix at the windward mark.
Rob Krentel won all the races on Saturday by starting better, better upwind, better mark rounding, and better down winds. He is our regular mark setter. If you don’t like the course, tell him about it.
When Alejandro Illera came back on Sunday , he and Rob did the twins thing again. Always right together. Rob had him beat a couple of times, but let him slip by at the last minute.
It was a great weekend to finish off the official 2009-2010 season. Trophies and stuff on Memorial Day weekend in two weeks.
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Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Laser sailing the first of May. Eight races on Saturday and seen races on Sunday.
Finishes below have been corrected for “time”.
Alejandro Illera 1-1-1-1-2-1-1-2+2–1-1-1-1-1-1 18
Rob Krentel ns-2-3-2-1-2-2-1+1-2-2-2-2-2-3 33
Marc Solal 2-ns-ns-3-5-3-3-3+4-4-3-4-4-4-4 58
Sam Chapin 3-3-2-4-3-ns-ns-ns+3-3-5-3-3-3-2 61
Cameron Smith 4-ns-ns- ns-4-4-3-4+ns 93
Jack Delaney ns+6-6-4-5-5-5-5 100
Charlie Jensen ns+5-5-6-ns-ns-ns-ns 111
Cameron Smith and Sam both worked out in 4.7 rigs. Alejandro cleaned up as usual, but Rob was always right with him and always managed to win some of the races.
Cameron sailed on Saturday and started out with the Radial rig which was the right choice, but came in after the first race and changed to 4.7 making it back out for the last four races. On corrected time he jumped from 5 to 4 in race 5, stayed 4 in R6, jumped to 3 in R7, and held onto 4 in R8. We will try to get Cameron to share a little of how it feels to shift from radial to 4.7.
Jack Delaney, lawyer from Cleveland, Ohio, that winters in Edgewater came and sailed with us on Sunday. He visited us last year and sailed this year at Mt Dora Regatta. Jack likes our club, sailing the full rig and is really good at righting the boat. We hope he hangs out in Florida a little longer this year.
Charles Jensen, the very first LESC Laser sailor, came to sail with us again Sunday. He and Mary have a bigger boat, grandchildren and all those interruptions. We hope we can see him more this Summer. He broke something and missed the last four races.
Now we are down to our four regulars. Marc, Sam, Rob and Alejandro. Marc had a second place in Saturdays’s first race. Then he missed a couple of races Saturday to fix some rigging problems. He scored out third on Saturday and for the week end. Good work Marc. We hope to get you name in the sports section of the paper.
Sam chickened out on you folks. On Saturday with the full rig after the first hour he was just tired and figured it was time to go home. On Sunday he was putting up the full rig and looked up the lake and saw all the white caps forming– and went looking for the 4.7 rig. I think that was my first time sailing the 4.7 in races. Of course the boom is much lower and really low with super vang, so I left the vang off going up wind to make it a little easier getting under the boom. The tacking angle seems to be much greater in that kind of wind and I tacked too early several times closing on the windward mark. I tried to sail my own race, planning to just be close at the finish and hope that the time correction would let me in from of some. Actually I was beating people boat for boat, probably because we just need more practice when the wind is up like that. Down wind is when the smaller sail made it tough to keep up. Maybe the hardest thing for me was to power up the sail and not be stalled out, when I hit some of the soft spots.
With the time correction Sam jumped to 3rd in the first two races, stayed at 5 in the first triangle and finished in third in the rest of the races except in the last race he corrected to second.
Rob Krentel continues to push Alejandro and the two are together usually all the way around the course. Rob had set up the Arlen Bensen Triangular course and we sailed it twice.
Alejandro Illera continues to dominate even in the higher winds. He is super vanging, keeping the boat flat in spite of giving height and weight to Rob. Keep it going you two, and we will try to get Ben Getchell and Dave Chapin back to sail with you this Summer.
Don’t forget one more weekend racing in this last series before the Memorial Day Series. We will try to continue racing every other weekend during the Summer so stay tuned.
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Finishes below have been corrected for “time”.
Alejandro Illera 1-1-1-1-2-1-1-2+2–1-1-1-1-1-1 18
Rob Krentel ns-2-3-2-1-2-2-1+1-2-2-2-2-2-3 33
Marc Solal 2-ns-ns-3-5-3-3-3+4-4-3-4-4-4-4 58
Sam Chapin 3-3-2-4-3-ns-ns-ns+3-3-5-3-3-3-2 61
Cameron Smith 4-ns-ns- ns-4-4-3-4+ns 93
Jack Delaney ns+6-6-4-5-5-5-5 100
Charlie Jensen ns+5-5-6-ns-ns-ns-ns 111
Cameron Smith and Sam both worked out in 4.7 rigs. Alejandro cleaned up as usual, but Rob was always right with him and always managed to win some of the races.
Cameron sailed on Saturday and started out with the Radial rig which was the right choice, but came in after the first race and changed to 4.7 making it back out for the last four races. On corrected time he jumped from 5 to 4 in race 5, stayed 4 in R6, jumped to 3 in R7, and held onto 4 in R8. We will try to get Cameron to share a little of how it feels to shift from radial to 4.7.
Jack Delaney, lawyer from Cleveland, Ohio, that winters in Edgewater came and sailed with us on Sunday. He visited us last year and sailed this year at Mt Dora Regatta. Jack likes our club, sailing the full rig and is really good at righting the boat. We hope he hangs out in Florida a little longer this year.
Charles Jensen, the very first LESC Laser sailor, came to sail with us again Sunday. He and Mary have a bigger boat, grandchildren and all those interruptions. We hope we can see him more this Summer. He broke something and missed the last four races.
Now we are down to our four regulars. Marc, Sam, Rob and Alejandro. Marc had a second place in Saturdays’s first race. Then he missed a couple of races Saturday to fix some rigging problems. He scored out third on Saturday and for the week end. Good work Marc. We hope to get you name in the sports section of the paper.
Sam chickened out on you folks. On Saturday with the full rig after the first hour he was just tired and figured it was time to go home. On Sunday he was putting up the full rig and looked up the lake and saw all the white caps forming– and went looking for the 4.7 rig. I think that was my first time sailing the 4.7 in races. Of course the boom is much lower and really low with super vang, so I left the vang off going up wind to make it a little easier getting under the boom. The tacking angle seems to be much greater in that kind of wind and I tacked too early several times closing on the windward mark. I tried to sail my own race, planning to just be close at the finish and hope that the time correction would let me in from of some. Actually I was beating people boat for boat, probably because we just need more practice when the wind is up like that. Down wind is when the smaller sail made it tough to keep up. Maybe the hardest thing for me was to power up the sail and not be stalled out, when I hit some of the soft spots.
With the time correction Sam jumped to 3rd in the first two races, stayed at 5 in the first triangle and finished in third in the rest of the races except in the last race he corrected to second.
Rob Krentel continues to push Alejandro and the two are together usually all the way around the course. Rob had set up the Arlen Bensen Triangular course and we sailed it twice.
Alejandro Illera continues to dominate even in the higher winds. He is super vanging, keeping the boat flat in spite of giving height and weight to Rob. Keep it going you two, and we will try to get Ben Getchell and Dave Chapin back to sail with you this Summer.
Don’t forget one more weekend racing in this last series before the Memorial Day Series. We will try to continue racing every other weekend during the Summer so stay tuned.
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