Winter came on Friday night and we struggling to figure out what to wear when the temp is 55 and wind up to 10 or 12..
Alejandro Illera has taken a few day off for car racing and family activities, but we still had a good group (seven) on Saturday. Scots had seven out also. The Wayfarers were playing safety boat duty. MCs were about ten. Bianca Mesa sailed her radial and Rob Krentel had family stuff on Sunday. So we lost four of our seven sailors on Sunday. We may think again about separate series for Saturday and Sunday. I scored it that way a few years ago and the same people won both ways, so we haven’t done it since.
Scores:
Tom Rhodes 4-6-6-5-2-4 + 1-2-1-1 = 32
Sam Chapin 3-2-1-1-5-ns +2-1-nf-ns = 39
Rob Krentel 1-1-1-2-3-1 + 32 =41
Craig Yates 5-3-3-4-3-3 + 32 =53
Bianca Mesa 6-4-4-2-4-2 + 32 =54
Marc Solal 7-7-ns +3-3-2-2 = 56
Patrick Daniel 2-5-5-6-6-ns+32 =64
Now we have Tom Rhodes coming out on top. Great and a Thank You to Alejandro and Rob for missing and letting the rest of us in. Tom has been our Iron Man with the most days sailing this Summer and on Saturday he and Rob sailed with the “big boats” long second race after they got finished with our six races.
Sam thought he might have won the weekend, but you can’t chicken out on races and still have a victory. Yes, some of the big gusts in the third race Saturday sent him in. Chickened out both days.
Rob Krentel collected the most first places and complained he had trouble hearing the starters horn. The LESC race committee has extra power horns, and we have one now. We will see how it works.
Craig Yates collected the most third places and sailed over to start the long race with the “big boats”, but couldn’t sail the whole race as he had the high school sailing classes in the afternoon. Luke’s arm continues to improve and we hope to have him back with us soon.
Bianca Mesa sailed well with her radial. She had the most second places. When I checked her corrected times she came closer to all those ahead of her, but didn’t pass anyone. She was our first woman and first youth. Sorry I forgot to get that in the news release.
Marc Solal had a good time on Sunday. He and Tom were laughing about all the swimming and sailing on Sunday. Sunday was his sort of day and he was leading in the first race, until he turned over in one of the wicked header gusts that we were having.
Patrick Daniel sailed well on Saturday with a second place but he got almost wiped out on that really fast run in the 5 th race that convinced Sam and Patrick that we needed more windy day practice, but maybe on a warmer day.
Next Laser racing in 2 weeks.
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Monday, November 8, 2010
Monday, October 18, 2010
October 16 and 17, 2010 Lasers hang in there at Lake Eustis. We had six boats out both Starturday and Sunday with a total of 8 sailors and then 3 more practicing with Lasers after the races on Sunday. The MC fleet has dropped off with only six sailing on Saturday and four on Sunday. The Scot group has sort of taken over top spot with nine on Saturday and dropping off to 5 on Sunday. Several of the Scots are sailing single handed. Sort of to bad for building fleet from the group of crews. Not sure if those skippers just prefer sailing alone when the wind is light or if no one will crew for them twice. The Wayfarers had 6 boats out Saturday and four on Sunday. That is good for them.
Randy Rea came over to sail with the Lasers us on Saturday. He suffered from the light wind and should have been with us on Sunday. Here are combined finishes
Alejandro Illera 1-1-1-1+1-3-1-2-2-1 =10
Sam Chapin 3-3-3-4+3-1-2-3-3-5=30
Rob Krentel 28+2-2-3-1-1-2=39
Randy Rea 2-2-2-2+42 =50
Patrick Daniel 5-6-6-6+4-5-5-6-4-3 =50
Marc Solal 6-5-5-5+6-6-6-5-5-4= 54
Bianca Mesa 4-4-4-3+42 =57
Charlie Jensen 28+5-4-4-4-ns-ns =59
We didn’t use any of the Youth Foundation boats. Bianca was the only youth and the only woman sailing with us. Somehow we need to do better on both things.
Bianca sailed her radial rig and I calculated the corrected times for her and the boats ahead of her. She got close, but her finishes stayed the same. Fourth for the day. We have promised her the loan of a full rig anytime she wants.
The news on Alejandro is that we got to him a little Sunday when the wind was up a little. He got hit with a third in the second race and after five races he and Rob were tied for the day. Then we had a short reaching race in light wind—Alejandro on top.
Sam had a better day on Sunday with a 1 and 2.
Rob got a lot of important work done at home and in the neighborhood Saturday. We were glad to have him back setting marks and stuff on Sunday and keeping Alejandro entertained.
Randy Rea missed Sunday. I am sorry we didn’t see how he could handle our strange winds.
Patrick Daniel sailed both days with us and a good bit of the time was dueling with Marc. Marc, our heavy weight, beat him on the light day and then lost it with the better wind. Hard to figure these things. Patrick worked his way up to third in the last race.,
I asked Marc what Patrick was missing on Saturday and he thinks Patrick should pay more attention to sailing to the “pressure”– sail to the dark water.
Charlie Jensen was back with us on Sunday. Mary had another 39th Birthday party on Saturday and it was a big success. We should have another Birthday Party for Mary when we sail again in November. Charlie had a string of 4th places and then went over to the big course and sailed with the Wayfarers where he finished in the middle. That is an option that any of us have. Our RC should be able to check on the radio when they start there second race. That will give you a extra hour of racing on a long course.
Come and help and watch all the youth sailing the next two weekends.
Tom Rhodes should be back with us the first weekend in November and if we get the high school group with us we will be back up to ten boats starting which will help us with boat to boat tactics.
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Randy Rea came over to sail with the Lasers us on Saturday. He suffered from the light wind and should have been with us on Sunday. Here are combined finishes
Alejandro Illera 1-1-1-1+1-3-1-2-2-1 =10
Sam Chapin 3-3-3-4+3-1-2-3-3-5=30
Rob Krentel 28+2-2-3-1-1-2=39
Randy Rea 2-2-2-2+42 =50
Patrick Daniel 5-6-6-6+4-5-5-6-4-3 =50
Marc Solal 6-5-5-5+6-6-6-5-5-4= 54
Bianca Mesa 4-4-4-3+42 =57
Charlie Jensen 28+5-4-4-4-ns-ns =59
We didn’t use any of the Youth Foundation boats. Bianca was the only youth and the only woman sailing with us. Somehow we need to do better on both things.
Bianca sailed her radial rig and I calculated the corrected times for her and the boats ahead of her. She got close, but her finishes stayed the same. Fourth for the day. We have promised her the loan of a full rig anytime she wants.
The news on Alejandro is that we got to him a little Sunday when the wind was up a little. He got hit with a third in the second race and after five races he and Rob were tied for the day. Then we had a short reaching race in light wind—Alejandro on top.
Sam had a better day on Sunday with a 1 and 2.
Rob got a lot of important work done at home and in the neighborhood Saturday. We were glad to have him back setting marks and stuff on Sunday and keeping Alejandro entertained.
Randy Rea missed Sunday. I am sorry we didn’t see how he could handle our strange winds.
Patrick Daniel sailed both days with us and a good bit of the time was dueling with Marc. Marc, our heavy weight, beat him on the light day and then lost it with the better wind. Hard to figure these things. Patrick worked his way up to third in the last race.,
I asked Marc what Patrick was missing on Saturday and he thinks Patrick should pay more attention to sailing to the “pressure”– sail to the dark water.
Charlie Jensen was back with us on Sunday. Mary had another 39th Birthday party on Saturday and it was a big success. We should have another Birthday Party for Mary when we sail again in November. Charlie had a string of 4th places and then went over to the big course and sailed with the Wayfarers where he finished in the middle. That is an option that any of us have. Our RC should be able to check on the radio when they start there second race. That will give you a extra hour of racing on a long course.
Come and help and watch all the youth sailing the next two weekends.
Tom Rhodes should be back with us the first weekend in November and if we get the high school group with us we will be back up to ten boats starting which will help us with boat to boat tactics.
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Monday, October 11, 2010
Laser stuff for October 9 and 10, 2010.
We struggled with light wind and progressive left shift on Saturday. The wind shifted left after Rob set the marks and we had a light wind reach to windward mark and then a broad reach back to the leeward mark. We did it one more time hoping that the wind would shift back. Then Joan drove the RC boat up and changed the windward mark while Rob moved the leeward. Then the wind went more left the mess it up again but not as bad. Ended up with only three light air races.
Alejandro Illera 1-1-1 3
Rob Krentel 2-2-2 6
Sam Chapin 3-3-4 10
Marc Solal 5-6-3 14
Cameron Smith 4-4-6 14
Mike Caputo 7-5-5 17
Claire Epaillard 6-7-7 20
The big news is that Rob passed Alejandro on one of the runs. Well, then Alejandro still beat him to the finish. Maybe it helps to have your wife and daughter on the RC. Yes, Thank you Maribel and Genesis for helping out with RC while Marjorie was playing with the Master Gardeners.
Light wind and our big and heavy weather guy, Marc, was never last and even sailed into 3rd once. Second place in one of the races coming up.
Cameron Smith sailed with us before and handles the boat really well. He was tied with Marc, but Marc had that three, so he slips ahead for the day. Cameron is a good friend of Luke Yates and they have been sailing Lasers together. Luke broke his arm playing football and we are trying to get him into the band. It should be a safer sport.
Mike Caputo came and sailed Patrick Daniel's boat. Mike has sailed with us several years ago, and has an invitation to come and do it again. He claimed he had a good time and learned a lot. He made Claire happy in the first race and then sailed a little better.
Claire Epaillard sailed with us for the first time ahe has been sailing the Laser with the high school group, but not this crazy kind of race and day. She was the winner of our woman's trophy, but we didn't have one.
I really messed up on the race report that I sent to the newspaper. Cameron should have been listed as the first youth and Clarie as the first Woman and second youth.
Now, the part that you are waiting for..to find out how Sam got into second place. That was Sunday and the Lake looked flatter than we had ever seen it. Sam, Alejandro and Rob were the only ones that showed up. Marc was off on his trip to Africa and our Iron-man, Tom Rhodes, was nursing his cold or pneumonia.
Rob and Alejandro looked at each other and said "why not just sail next week when there will be more wind." So they went home to get some of the "home work" done so they would be free for next weekend. Sam excused the RC and sat around talking to what was left of the MC group until a little wind filled in and Dave Williams called for 12 o'clock start for the "big boats". So Sam went out with the Laser to race against Wayfarers but Williams started everyone in one start--- fine, but a 14 foot boat starting with 19 footers and 16 footers is not a very happy camper. A forty minute race and Dave Hepting in a Wayfarer and all the MCs and a couple of Scots beat the Laser. But Sam was the first Laser so when I added that to my 10 from Saturday and Alejandro got a 8 for a DNS on Sunday--- Sam is tied for first for the weekend, but Alejandro has more firsts and so Sam is second. It pays to be the score keeper.
We struggled with light wind and progressive left shift on Saturday. The wind shifted left after Rob set the marks and we had a light wind reach to windward mark and then a broad reach back to the leeward mark. We did it one more time hoping that the wind would shift back. Then Joan drove the RC boat up and changed the windward mark while Rob moved the leeward. Then the wind went more left the mess it up again but not as bad. Ended up with only three light air races.
Alejandro Illera 1-1-1 3
Rob Krentel 2-2-2 6
Sam Chapin 3-3-4 10
Marc Solal 5-6-3 14
Cameron Smith 4-4-6 14
Mike Caputo 7-5-5 17
Claire Epaillard 6-7-7 20
The big news is that Rob passed Alejandro on one of the runs. Well, then Alejandro still beat him to the finish. Maybe it helps to have your wife and daughter on the RC. Yes, Thank you Maribel and Genesis for helping out with RC while Marjorie was playing with the Master Gardeners.
Light wind and our big and heavy weather guy, Marc, was never last and even sailed into 3rd once. Second place in one of the races coming up.
Cameron Smith sailed with us before and handles the boat really well. He was tied with Marc, but Marc had that three, so he slips ahead for the day. Cameron is a good friend of Luke Yates and they have been sailing Lasers together. Luke broke his arm playing football and we are trying to get him into the band. It should be a safer sport.
Mike Caputo came and sailed Patrick Daniel's boat. Mike has sailed with us several years ago, and has an invitation to come and do it again. He claimed he had a good time and learned a lot. He made Claire happy in the first race and then sailed a little better.
Claire Epaillard sailed with us for the first time ahe has been sailing the Laser with the high school group, but not this crazy kind of race and day. She was the winner of our woman's trophy, but we didn't have one.
I really messed up on the race report that I sent to the newspaper. Cameron should have been listed as the first youth and Clarie as the first Woman and second youth.
Now, the part that you are waiting for..to find out how Sam got into second place. That was Sunday and the Lake looked flatter than we had ever seen it. Sam, Alejandro and Rob were the only ones that showed up. Marc was off on his trip to Africa and our Iron-man, Tom Rhodes, was nursing his cold or pneumonia.
Rob and Alejandro looked at each other and said "why not just sail next week when there will be more wind." So they went home to get some of the "home work" done so they would be free for next weekend. Sam excused the RC and sat around talking to what was left of the MC group until a little wind filled in and Dave Williams called for 12 o'clock start for the "big boats". So Sam went out with the Laser to race against Wayfarers but Williams started everyone in one start--- fine, but a 14 foot boat starting with 19 footers and 16 footers is not a very happy camper. A forty minute race and Dave Hepting in a Wayfarer and all the MCs and a couple of Scots beat the Laser. But Sam was the first Laser so when I added that to my 10 from Saturday and Alejandro got a 8 for a DNS on Sunday--- Sam is tied for first for the weekend, but Alejandro has more firsts and so Sam is second. It pays to be the score keeper.
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Laser racing for September 25 and 26, 2010.
Lots of ups and downs. Alejandro sailed away from all of us on Saturday and then Ron Baerwitz joined us on Saturday to win the first two races. Rob Krentel won the day by one point leaving Ron and Alejandro tied. The break would go to Ron with the two wins and Alejandro only had one.
The list...
Alejandro Illera2-1-1-1-1+4-2-1-2 =15
Rob Krentel 1-2-2-2-2+2-3-2-1 = 20
Bianca Mesa 4-5-3-3-2+28 ns =45
Sam Chapin 7-7-9-4-4+3-4-4-3 =45
Craig Yates 3-3-5-5-6+28 ns = 50
Ron Baerwitz ns 45 +1-1-3-4= 54
Jerry Beck 6-4-7-7-3+ 28 ns = 55
Tom Rhodes 8-9-4-8-9+5-6-6-6=57
Marc Solal 9-6-8-6-8+6-5-5-5=58
So in spite of taking a hit on Sunday, Alejandro comes out on top by 5 points. What a great Fleet Captain!
Rob had more seconds than anyone around with a bullet on each end of the scoring. Rob sets are marks and calls the races which helps everyone. Thanks Rob!
Bianca Mesa is not allowed to sail on Sunday so she can have her homework done and early for School on Monday, but she got a second place on Saturday (wait, that is supposed to be reserved for Rob) and she was our only woman and youth.
Sam got a 9 on Saturday. I was going around that weather mark – looked around and “gosh” there is no one behind me. But that is alright, I won one of those races on Sunday, except you guys kept going for a seocnd lap.
Coach Craig Yates is really sailing well. He sailed with Sam on Wednesday evening (you are all invited to come also) He got two 3s on Saturday. Moving up.
Ron Baerwitz has been invited to come and sail with us anytime. He is between houses and boats. Recent sale of his Scot to Dean Grimes and Joe Lobato. Interesting idea of co- ownership. We could do that with Laser. One race on Sunday and another on Saturday at half cost.
Jerry Beck is really sailing fast now. 4 and 3 on Saturday and always looking good. He is one of the fellows that can’t come all the time, but adds to the numbers and is working his way up.
Tom Rhodes topped Marc for the weekend, but really took it on the chin on the windy Sunday when Marc beat him three out of four races. We have a plan to overcome that windy handicap.
Marc Solal really climbed out of the cellar on Sunday. He is starting better and doing well up wind. He would have beat me in one of those races, except it was one of the two lappers and I was able to grind him down. He and Tom were one point apart after 9 races.
Catamaran regatta next weekend and then Club racing two weeks in a row. Try to help us keep the numbers up. The more boats on the line the more fun for everybody.
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Lots of ups and downs. Alejandro sailed away from all of us on Saturday and then Ron Baerwitz joined us on Saturday to win the first two races. Rob Krentel won the day by one point leaving Ron and Alejandro tied. The break would go to Ron with the two wins and Alejandro only had one.
The list...
Alejandro Illera2-1-1-1-1+4-2-1-2 =15
Rob Krentel 1-2-2-2-2+2-3-2-1 = 20
Bianca Mesa 4-5-3-3-2+28 ns =45
Sam Chapin 7-7-9-4-4+3-4-4-3 =45
Craig Yates 3-3-5-5-6+28 ns = 50
Ron Baerwitz ns 45 +1-1-3-4= 54
Jerry Beck 6-4-7-7-3+ 28 ns = 55
Tom Rhodes 8-9-4-8-9+5-6-6-6=57
Marc Solal 9-6-8-6-8+6-5-5-5=58
So in spite of taking a hit on Sunday, Alejandro comes out on top by 5 points. What a great Fleet Captain!
Rob had more seconds than anyone around with a bullet on each end of the scoring. Rob sets are marks and calls the races which helps everyone. Thanks Rob!
Bianca Mesa is not allowed to sail on Sunday so she can have her homework done and early for School on Monday, but she got a second place on Saturday (wait, that is supposed to be reserved for Rob) and she was our only woman and youth.
Sam got a 9 on Saturday. I was going around that weather mark – looked around and “gosh” there is no one behind me. But that is alright, I won one of those races on Sunday, except you guys kept going for a seocnd lap.
Coach Craig Yates is really sailing well. He sailed with Sam on Wednesday evening (you are all invited to come also) He got two 3s on Saturday. Moving up.
Ron Baerwitz has been invited to come and sail with us anytime. He is between houses and boats. Recent sale of his Scot to Dean Grimes and Joe Lobato. Interesting idea of co- ownership. We could do that with Laser. One race on Sunday and another on Saturday at half cost.
Jerry Beck is really sailing fast now. 4 and 3 on Saturday and always looking good. He is one of the fellows that can’t come all the time, but adds to the numbers and is working his way up.
Tom Rhodes topped Marc for the weekend, but really took it on the chin on the windy Sunday when Marc beat him three out of four races. We have a plan to overcome that windy handicap.
Marc Solal really climbed out of the cellar on Sunday. He is starting better and doing well up wind. He would have beat me in one of those races, except it was one of the two lappers and I was able to grind him down. He and Tom were one point apart after 9 races.
Catamaran regatta next weekend and then Club racing two weeks in a row. Try to help us keep the numbers up. The more boats on the line the more fun for everybody.
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Wednesday, September 8, 2010
The Laser fleet had a busy Labor Day weekend. Trophies for the Summer series went out to everyone except the three not present. Chris Nagy for third Youth, Ben Getchell for second Youth and Alejandro Illera for first. Alejandro was tied with Rob Krentel for the lead, but Alejandro got the nod because of more first places. The Summer Series of 52 races and 23 sailors is posted on the Bulletin board at the club.
Saturday we has five races with good wind at the beginning fading off to poor by noon. The “big boats” only got one race in.
On Saturday we were all ready to take Rob Krentel’s first place away from him as he was off with his family doing something else. We waited and waited, but no wind and the Official Labor Day series went to the Saturday winners. Well Rob and Bianca were not here to celebrate the win, but Luke Yates got his trophy and some prize and had his picture taken with the rest of the winners.
Then on Monday we did it again with eight boats and a light crazy wind. More Trophies and another win by Rob, but let me put down the scores before more comments.
Saturday September
Rob Krentel 1-2-3-1-1 = 8
Luke Yates 5-1-4-2-4 =15
Bianca Mesa 4-4-1-3-3 =15
Sam Chapin 3-3-2-6-6 =20
Jerry Beck 2-5-5-5-5= 22
Charlie Jensen 7-6-6-4-2= 25
Tom Rhodes 6-7-8-7-7 = 35
Marc Solal 8-8-10-nf-ns=44
420s Max and Claire Epaillard 9-7-8-8
Gabriel Mesa and Evan Anthony 10-9-9-9
Rob was kind enough to share his wins with Luke and Bianca. That is really nice to see the first place moving around the fleet. But look out, because Alejandro will be back soon.
Luke and Bianca were tied on score and Luke got the nod because he had a second place.
Jerry Beck got his second place in there at the start and then a string of 5s. I had trouble those last couple of races. When Jerry had 5s I had 6s.
Charlie Jensen was back with us and after practicing in the first few races got a second in the last race. Good work Charles.
Tom Rhodes is moving up in the fleet and bouncing around with Charlie and Marc.
Marc Solal lost his wind indicator and headed in. We lost him in the miserable weather on Monday, but he was smart enough not to come on Saturday. Good thinking Mac.
We were glad to have the 420 come and sail with us, but my the 420 sailor are getting smaller and smaller.. The Epaillard kids were leading at the finish and even beat a Laser in one race.
Gabriel Mesa his first time sailing in the 420 with Evan Anthony. Not bad. They were right with them.
SUNDAY = no wind =no races. You folks that didn’t come were smart, but missed a lot of “visiting”.
MONDAY September 6, 2010 The Laser Invitational. The only visitors were the Scot sailors Dave and Caroline Chapin. Well, they did sail a Scot on Saturday.
Rob Krentel 2-2-2 = 6
Craig Yates 1-3-4 = 8
Dave Chapin ns-1-1= 11
Tom Rhodes 4-6-3 = 13
Sam Chapin 3-5-5 = 13
Caroline Chapin ns-5-6 =20
Luke Yates Nf-4-ns = 22
Marc Solal 5-nf-ns = 23
Well we were sort of waiting for Dave and Caroline to get started, but then they were switching boats because of the resident spider in the “green machine”. Caroline is not sailing with spiders. So they missed the first start. That let Rob win with a full string of seconds on a day when everything seemed tops turvy.
Craig Yates, who coaches on Saturday, showed us how to get way ahead in the first race.. (I think it was the go left thing.) Anyway he was way ahead in the first race and was always up front in the others.
Dave Chapin did his usual “well sailed thing” often making up in boat speed for not getting the last shift. He even was able to get to the pin end in the start of the last race when the wind went really far left. The key here is not to be sailing far from the line in light air and keep looking for the shifts.
Tom Rhodes climbed the ladder a little more with a tie with Sam, which we broke in his favor. So now he is fourth in the field of eight.
But wait if you look at the scores carefully you see two 5s for the second race. That is when Caroline was sailing fast to the finish line just a little ahead of Sam. The sweet little girl trying to burn her grandfather. Nice old grandpa is leeward boat, but has a little room to windward so he heads up just before he thinks he is almost on the line so he can beat that little girl. Grandma calls it a tie, what ever that means. Now the hard part, is there is also a 6 scored for Tom. But if we have two 5s then the next score is 7. Sorry Tom, that drops you down to 5th for the day. Still climbing the Ladder.
Caroline managed to be the first Youth and the First Woman. Carrying off more trophies.
Luke Yates fell in a hole in the wind and didn’t bother to finish the first race. He was way ahead in the second and then the wind turned around and he ended up with 4 and skipped the last race.
Marc Solal does better when there is a little wind. Why do this sailing when it is so miserable? Marc is probably right, but we missed him after the sailing was over.
We had 8 boats Saturday and 8 boats Monday. Bianca Mesa, Charlie Jensen, and Jerry Beck had other business on Monday but Caroline Chapin, David Chapin and Craig Yates joined the sable five. In case you are interested– on Saturday, the MC fleet had eleven boats, Scots nine (really good for them) and Wayfarers two (they are usually up to 3 or four until the snow birds arrive.) We had 8 boats at any start with 12 sailors over the weekend with 8 races. So who has the most action. Well OK, we couldn’t do it with out the support of all the fleets and we are particularly happy to see the Scots doing well. They are the only true crewed class we have and a path for new sailing racers.
Next week Club Racing again and we start the first Fall Series. The wind will be better— a promise.
Saturday we has five races with good wind at the beginning fading off to poor by noon. The “big boats” only got one race in.
On Saturday we were all ready to take Rob Krentel’s first place away from him as he was off with his family doing something else. We waited and waited, but no wind and the Official Labor Day series went to the Saturday winners. Well Rob and Bianca were not here to celebrate the win, but Luke Yates got his trophy and some prize and had his picture taken with the rest of the winners.
Then on Monday we did it again with eight boats and a light crazy wind. More Trophies and another win by Rob, but let me put down the scores before more comments.
Saturday September
Rob Krentel 1-2-3-1-1 = 8
Luke Yates 5-1-4-2-4 =15
Bianca Mesa 4-4-1-3-3 =15
Sam Chapin 3-3-2-6-6 =20
Jerry Beck 2-5-5-5-5= 22
Charlie Jensen 7-6-6-4-2= 25
Tom Rhodes 6-7-8-7-7 = 35
Marc Solal 8-8-10-nf-ns=44
420s Max and Claire Epaillard 9-7-8-8
Gabriel Mesa and Evan Anthony 10-9-9-9
Rob was kind enough to share his wins with Luke and Bianca. That is really nice to see the first place moving around the fleet. But look out, because Alejandro will be back soon.
Luke and Bianca were tied on score and Luke got the nod because he had a second place.
Jerry Beck got his second place in there at the start and then a string of 5s. I had trouble those last couple of races. When Jerry had 5s I had 6s.
Charlie Jensen was back with us and after practicing in the first few races got a second in the last race. Good work Charles.
Tom Rhodes is moving up in the fleet and bouncing around with Charlie and Marc.
Marc Solal lost his wind indicator and headed in. We lost him in the miserable weather on Monday, but he was smart enough not to come on Saturday. Good thinking Mac.
We were glad to have the 420 come and sail with us, but my the 420 sailor are getting smaller and smaller.. The Epaillard kids were leading at the finish and even beat a Laser in one race.
Gabriel Mesa his first time sailing in the 420 with Evan Anthony. Not bad. They were right with them.
SUNDAY = no wind =no races. You folks that didn’t come were smart, but missed a lot of “visiting”.
MONDAY September 6, 2010 The Laser Invitational. The only visitors were the Scot sailors Dave and Caroline Chapin. Well, they did sail a Scot on Saturday.
Rob Krentel 2-2-2 = 6
Craig Yates 1-3-4 = 8
Dave Chapin ns-1-1= 11
Tom Rhodes 4-6-3 = 13
Sam Chapin 3-5-5 = 13
Caroline Chapin ns-5-6 =20
Luke Yates Nf-4-ns = 22
Marc Solal 5-nf-ns = 23
Well we were sort of waiting for Dave and Caroline to get started, but then they were switching boats because of the resident spider in the “green machine”. Caroline is not sailing with spiders. So they missed the first start. That let Rob win with a full string of seconds on a day when everything seemed tops turvy.
Craig Yates, who coaches on Saturday, showed us how to get way ahead in the first race.. (I think it was the go left thing.) Anyway he was way ahead in the first race and was always up front in the others.
Dave Chapin did his usual “well sailed thing” often making up in boat speed for not getting the last shift. He even was able to get to the pin end in the start of the last race when the wind went really far left. The key here is not to be sailing far from the line in light air and keep looking for the shifts.
Tom Rhodes climbed the ladder a little more with a tie with Sam, which we broke in his favor. So now he is fourth in the field of eight.
But wait if you look at the scores carefully you see two 5s for the second race. That is when Caroline was sailing fast to the finish line just a little ahead of Sam. The sweet little girl trying to burn her grandfather. Nice old grandpa is leeward boat, but has a little room to windward so he heads up just before he thinks he is almost on the line so he can beat that little girl. Grandma calls it a tie, what ever that means. Now the hard part, is there is also a 6 scored for Tom. But if we have two 5s then the next score is 7. Sorry Tom, that drops you down to 5th for the day. Still climbing the Ladder.
Caroline managed to be the first Youth and the First Woman. Carrying off more trophies.
Luke Yates fell in a hole in the wind and didn’t bother to finish the first race. He was way ahead in the second and then the wind turned around and he ended up with 4 and skipped the last race.
Marc Solal does better when there is a little wind. Why do this sailing when it is so miserable? Marc is probably right, but we missed him after the sailing was over.
We had 8 boats Saturday and 8 boats Monday. Bianca Mesa, Charlie Jensen, and Jerry Beck had other business on Monday but Caroline Chapin, David Chapin and Craig Yates joined the sable five. In case you are interested– on Saturday, the MC fleet had eleven boats, Scots nine (really good for them) and Wayfarers two (they are usually up to 3 or four until the snow birds arrive.) We had 8 boats at any start with 12 sailors over the weekend with 8 races. So who has the most action. Well OK, we couldn’t do it with out the support of all the fleets and we are particularly happy to see the Scots doing well. They are the only true crewed class we have and a path for new sailing racers.
Next week Club Racing again and we start the first Fall Series. The wind will be better— a promise.
Monday, August 23, 2010
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.
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.
Monday, August 9, 2010
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.
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.
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