Laser weekend- September-10-11, 2011
Light winds but good on Saturday with 12 boats sailing and four races. Eight boats on Sunday with a real struggle for wind and three races. The “big boats” didn’t get any races in, dying wind on Saturday and never tried on Sunday.
Alejandro Illera 1-1-1-2+1-1-1 8
Sam Chapin 5-3-3-3+6-3-2 25
Tom Rhodes 6-5-7-4+4-4-6 36
Luke Yates 4-4-4-1+27 40
Marc Solal 9-8-2-5+5-7-7 40
Dave Mains 10-9-6-7+8-6-5= 51
Chris Nagy 2-2-10-nf+27 54
Claire Epaillard 7-10-9-6+27 58
Rob Krentel 52+2-2-3 59
Cameron Smith 8-6-5-nf+27 59
Patrick Daniel 52+3-5-4 64
Bailey Carter 11-7-8-nf+27 66
Jerry Beck 3-nf-ns-ns+27 69
Vince Renzoni 52+7-8-8= 75
Michael Gapuz 12-nf-ns-ns+27 78
Fifteen sailors so this is a long story. Michael loves sailing a Laser and Jerry Beck spend an hour or so sailing with him Saturday.
Vince is bouncing between boats. He sailed his MC on Saturday, but they didn’t get a race finished.
Jerry Beck has turned into one of our instructors. Keep coming Jerry.
Bailey Carter is an old friend. Keep coming and hopefully we will get you a better boat.
Patrick is working his way up to the top of the fleet.
Cameron Smith, another old friend, we expect will be sailing with us at least on Saturday.
Rob Just missed Saturday sailing and took a 52 in his score for missing those four races.
Claire is our first woman and the third youth. I hope we get her name in the newspaper again.
Chris sailed in three races and had two seconds. That is really very good. His mother was on the RC. Do you suppose?
Dave Mains is sailing a little better all the time, but this light wind stuff is hard to do.
Mark Solal—look at that second place and a COUPLE OF 5s from our heavy air specialist.
Luke is back sailing with us. Look out, up at the top. The youth are coming.
Tom has climbed into third spot with no really bad finishes.
Rob was gone for a day so Sam was able to get up into second place for the weekend.
Alejandro did it again. Almost a clean sweep of bullets, but Luke took the last race Saturday.
Monday, September 12, 2011
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
LABOR DAY WEEKEND, 2011
Labor Day weekend. 2011. Lots to report. Saturday and Sunday 11 Laser sailors in 11 races. Add the Monday racing now we have 14 sailors in 19 races. So let’s start with the regular scoring.
Alejandro Illera 2-1-1-1-2-1+2-1-3-3-2 =19
Rob Krentel 1-3-2-3-1-2+3-4-1-2-3 =25
Sam Chapin 5-ns-7-2-4-4+4-6-4-4-5 =53
Dave Chapin 48+1-3-2-1-1 =56
Jerry Beck 7-4-4-5-5-5+6-7-5-5-6 =59
Ron Baerwitz 3-2-3-7-3-3+50 =71
Patrick Daniel 48+5-2-6-6-4 =72
Charlie Jensen 4-5-6-4-ns-ns+ns-5-8-7-8 =74
Dave Mains 6-6-5-6-ns-ns+9-10-10-8-10=86
Vince Renzoni 48+7-8-9-9-7 =88
Marc Solal 48+8-9-7-10-9 =91
Marc missed Saturday helping with his son’s school project and then on Sunday he was beating a lot of people. He was our big hero on Monday. Read below.
Vince had a weekend of sailing. Friday night with Sam and Jim Rotella down at the park before the fireworks. It was a great night. Then MC on Saturday and Laser on Sunday and Monday.
Dave Mains did great. His first racing in 43 years and only about the third time sailing a Laser. Saturday was a lot of wind that sent him in early, but back Sunday and more comfortable with a little less wind. He will be sailing with us and Barby, his wife, helped with RC both Saturday and Sunday.
Charlie Jensen skipped a couple of races on Saturday to go sail with the MCs. He would have less trouble with the Wayfarers. We have that deal with them, that if you want to sail a longer race, go at noon and join in the Wayfarers second or third race.
Patrick had a second in the Sunday racing and finished fourth behind the top three fast folks on that day and then he almost won the big prize on Monday.
Ron sailed one of the old boats on Saturday and was always there with Alejandro and Rob at the head of the pack. We are glad to have him come anytime.
Jerry Beck sailed both days and was always there in the 4 and 5 spot. He wants a little North U kind of thing after the racing and I think we will add that on Saturday after racing. It would be nice to include the other classes, but with their three races schedule it is too much to ask. They will have to do their own.
Dave and Caroline Chapin won all three Scot races on Saturday and then Caroline abandoned her father and sent him to the laser group where he was able to win three races also. Almost the big winner of the weekend.
Sam was able to hang on to third place because he sailed both days. Showing up is half the battle. He and Vince sailed Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday. No wonder on Monday he was wondering, “Why am I getting up early to go sail?”
Well, Rob was close, but not able to catch Alejandro. He was a ton of points above everyone else.
Alejandro our big winner again. Good tacks, sailing flat, sailing fast and not too often on the wrong wind shift.
Joan Bryant our RC. Don’t forget her and Barby Mains both Saturday and Sunday. Thank you both.
Now the excitement of Monday. First of all.. This was the Laser Invitational race so the “big boat “guys could come and race one of the little ones. We had no takers. I don’t think we did last year either. Vince Renzoni did sail with us. But he doesn’t really count as he has been sailing with us this summer.
The wind prediction was 10 to 20 and when we arrived a few white caps are forming. Craig Yates has come. Patrick Daniel is there. We talk it over and decide it is Radial rig day. Youth, Claire Epaillard and Evan Anthony have come and are smart enough to rig 4.7s. We put Vince in a 4.7. Marc Solal comes and decides on a full rig. That is great—we will have a little comparison. One Full, three Radial and three 4.7. Robin is helping Joan with RC and they will be taking times. Rob is not coming, so Craig put the marks out. A really short course right in front of the club.
Craig Yates 4-2-1-1-3-3-2-1=18
Patrick Daniel 1-1-5-4-2-2-3-3=21
Marc Solal 2-4-3-3-4-4-nf-1 =29
Claire Epaillard 5-3-4-2-7-5-1-4=31
Sam Chapin 3-5-2-ns-1-1-nf-ns=36
Evan Anthony 6-6-6-5-6-7-4-6=46
Vince Renzoni 7-7-7-ns-5-6-5-5=50
Vince was figuring it out toward the end of the morning.
Evan was hanging in there with the old soft yellow boat. Slow in the waves.
Sam was happy to be in the radial rig.
Claire received the first Woman trophy. She corrected to first place in the seventh race and to third in the second race. She wanted the First youth trophy also, but we hand that one to Evan and “Old Yellow”.
Marc won the last race. Hurrah for the full rig.
Patrick won the first two races and then let Craig get away from him. No, mostly it was just sailing the wind and the waves and short course.
Craig came out of retirement to show us how to do it. He has all the sailing lessons and is the
Soccer coach. We are lucky to have him.
Lots of white caps, chop and fast planning. Maybe next year we will do it again.
Alejandro Illera 2-1-1-1-2-1+2-1-3-3-2 =19
Rob Krentel 1-3-2-3-1-2+3-4-1-2-3 =25
Sam Chapin 5-ns-7-2-4-4+4-6-4-4-5 =53
Dave Chapin 48+1-3-2-1-1 =56
Jerry Beck 7-4-4-5-5-5+6-7-5-5-6 =59
Ron Baerwitz 3-2-3-7-3-3+50 =71
Patrick Daniel 48+5-2-6-6-4 =72
Charlie Jensen 4-5-6-4-ns-ns+ns-5-8-7-8 =74
Dave Mains 6-6-5-6-ns-ns+9-10-10-8-10=86
Vince Renzoni 48+7-8-9-9-7 =88
Marc Solal 48+8-9-7-10-9 =91
Marc missed Saturday helping with his son’s school project and then on Sunday he was beating a lot of people. He was our big hero on Monday. Read below.
Vince had a weekend of sailing. Friday night with Sam and Jim Rotella down at the park before the fireworks. It was a great night. Then MC on Saturday and Laser on Sunday and Monday.
Dave Mains did great. His first racing in 43 years and only about the third time sailing a Laser. Saturday was a lot of wind that sent him in early, but back Sunday and more comfortable with a little less wind. He will be sailing with us and Barby, his wife, helped with RC both Saturday and Sunday.
Charlie Jensen skipped a couple of races on Saturday to go sail with the MCs. He would have less trouble with the Wayfarers. We have that deal with them, that if you want to sail a longer race, go at noon and join in the Wayfarers second or third race.
Patrick had a second in the Sunday racing and finished fourth behind the top three fast folks on that day and then he almost won the big prize on Monday.
Ron sailed one of the old boats on Saturday and was always there with Alejandro and Rob at the head of the pack. We are glad to have him come anytime.
Jerry Beck sailed both days and was always there in the 4 and 5 spot. He wants a little North U kind of thing after the racing and I think we will add that on Saturday after racing. It would be nice to include the other classes, but with their three races schedule it is too much to ask. They will have to do their own.
Dave and Caroline Chapin won all three Scot races on Saturday and then Caroline abandoned her father and sent him to the laser group where he was able to win three races also. Almost the big winner of the weekend.
Sam was able to hang on to third place because he sailed both days. Showing up is half the battle. He and Vince sailed Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday. No wonder on Monday he was wondering, “Why am I getting up early to go sail?”
Well, Rob was close, but not able to catch Alejandro. He was a ton of points above everyone else.
Alejandro our big winner again. Good tacks, sailing flat, sailing fast and not too often on the wrong wind shift.
Joan Bryant our RC. Don’t forget her and Barby Mains both Saturday and Sunday. Thank you both.
Now the excitement of Monday. First of all.. This was the Laser Invitational race so the “big boat “guys could come and race one of the little ones. We had no takers. I don’t think we did last year either. Vince Renzoni did sail with us. But he doesn’t really count as he has been sailing with us this summer.
The wind prediction was 10 to 20 and when we arrived a few white caps are forming. Craig Yates has come. Patrick Daniel is there. We talk it over and decide it is Radial rig day. Youth, Claire Epaillard and Evan Anthony have come and are smart enough to rig 4.7s. We put Vince in a 4.7. Marc Solal comes and decides on a full rig. That is great—we will have a little comparison. One Full, three Radial and three 4.7. Robin is helping Joan with RC and they will be taking times. Rob is not coming, so Craig put the marks out. A really short course right in front of the club.
Craig Yates 4-2-1-1-3-3-2-1=18
Patrick Daniel 1-1-5-4-2-2-3-3=21
Marc Solal 2-4-3-3-4-4-nf-1 =29
Claire Epaillard 5-3-4-2-7-5-1-4=31
Sam Chapin 3-5-2-ns-1-1-nf-ns=36
Evan Anthony 6-6-6-5-6-7-4-6=46
Vince Renzoni 7-7-7-ns-5-6-5-5=50
Vince was figuring it out toward the end of the morning.
Evan was hanging in there with the old soft yellow boat. Slow in the waves.
Sam was happy to be in the radial rig.
Claire received the first Woman trophy. She corrected to first place in the seventh race and to third in the second race. She wanted the First youth trophy also, but we hand that one to Evan and “Old Yellow”.
Marc won the last race. Hurrah for the full rig.
Patrick won the first two races and then let Craig get away from him. No, mostly it was just sailing the wind and the waves and short course.
Craig came out of retirement to show us how to do it. He has all the sailing lessons and is the
Soccer coach. We are lucky to have him.
Lots of white caps, chop and fast planning. Maybe next year we will do it again.
Monday, August 22, 2011
AUGUST 30 AND 21, 2011
The prediction was for light winds this past weekend, but it was better. We managed five races on Saturday and six on Sunday. Sam report ten to the newspaper, but you can’t always trust old guys to be able to count well. Eight sailors each day and nine altogether. Jerry Beck came on Saturday and Caroline Chapin on Sunday.
Alejandro Illera 2-2-2-2-2+1-1-4-2-1-2 =21
Rob Krentel 1-3-3-3-4+3-2-3-3-3-3 =31
Dave Chapin ns-1-1-1-1+ns-ns-1-1-2-1=32
Sam Chapin 4-4-4-8-3+2-3-2-4-5-4 =43
Patrick Daniel 3-5-5-6-7+4-4-5-6-4-8 =57
Tom Rhodes 6-7-6-5-8+5-5-6-5-7-6 = 66
Jerry Beck 5-6-7-4-5+ 54 =81
Marc Solal 7-8-8-7-6+6-ns-ns-ns-ns-5=84
Caroline Chapin 45+ns-ns-7-7-6-7=86
That is the end of our summer, but these races are not going to count for anything. I finished up our summer two weeks ago so we could have our own trophy presentations. In two weeks the Labor Day series and after that the Kennan starts.
Now back to sailors. We were glad to get Caroline away from the horse thing. She was a little overpowered in the gusts with the full rig, but rusty from most of the summer off. She should be able to manage the gusts we had—sheet out to keep boat flat and some super vang to keep the mast bent.
Marc Solal had an interesting weekend. Finished up Saturday beating two in the last race and on Sunday, he had a little cruise and then came back with a fifth in the last race--- that one was almost a fourth as he led Sam around the leeward mark and was almost laying the finish, but Sam managed to sneak in ahead.
Jerry Beck is one of our middle fleet people. On Saturday just one point behind Patrick for the day. It is really great to have him sailing with us so that three or four of us are all coming together at the marks and at the finish line.
Tom Rhodes is doing better downwind and moved up with a bunch of 5’s on Sunday. Good going, Tom.
Patrick Daniel continues to charge up to the top of the heap. He had a 3 on Saturday and some 4’s on Sunday.
Sam had better starts particularly on Sunday. That helps a lot. Then he noticed that we had big left shifts up near the windward mark and that helped him. If you don’t know which way to go in the northern hemisphere, it should be toward the right. The gradient wind should come from that direction and it did a lot later in the afternoon. But don’t count on that stuff at Lake Eustis.
Dave Chapin came a little late on both days and racked up a lot of bullets. Starts and sailing fast to the shifts I think is what does it for him.
Rob Krentel and Alejandro continue being linked together. Rob was on top last race weekend and he won the first race on Saturday but then Alejandro topped him the rest of the day. On Sunday Rob just didn’t have enough wind to grind him down.
Alejandro Illera is always sailing flat and fast. He usually plays the wind shifts correctly. Watch him if you want to sail better.
Joan Bryant continues to run our race committee. Rob’s mother helped on Saturday and visited with everyone. Robin was back on Sunday and brought Joan because the little Yellow Car went to Orlando to get fixed. It will be coming back all OK on Tuesday.
The trophy presentation was a big success. Past Commodore Gene Day made it over to the club and had a good visit. The cake and ice cream is almost gone and I expect the rest of it will disappear this coming Saturday when the Youth are sailing.
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Alejandro Illera 2-2-2-2-2+1-1-4-2-1-2 =21
Rob Krentel 1-3-3-3-4+3-2-3-3-3-3 =31
Dave Chapin ns-1-1-1-1+ns-ns-1-1-2-1=32
Sam Chapin 4-4-4-8-3+2-3-2-4-5-4 =43
Patrick Daniel 3-5-5-6-7+4-4-5-6-4-8 =57
Tom Rhodes 6-7-6-5-8+5-5-6-5-7-6 = 66
Jerry Beck 5-6-7-4-5+ 54 =81
Marc Solal 7-8-8-7-6+6-ns-ns-ns-ns-5=84
Caroline Chapin 45+ns-ns-7-7-6-7=86
That is the end of our summer, but these races are not going to count for anything. I finished up our summer two weeks ago so we could have our own trophy presentations. In two weeks the Labor Day series and after that the Kennan starts.
Now back to sailors. We were glad to get Caroline away from the horse thing. She was a little overpowered in the gusts with the full rig, but rusty from most of the summer off. She should be able to manage the gusts we had—sheet out to keep boat flat and some super vang to keep the mast bent.
Marc Solal had an interesting weekend. Finished up Saturday beating two in the last race and on Sunday, he had a little cruise and then came back with a fifth in the last race--- that one was almost a fourth as he led Sam around the leeward mark and was almost laying the finish, but Sam managed to sneak in ahead.
Jerry Beck is one of our middle fleet people. On Saturday just one point behind Patrick for the day. It is really great to have him sailing with us so that three or four of us are all coming together at the marks and at the finish line.
Tom Rhodes is doing better downwind and moved up with a bunch of 5’s on Sunday. Good going, Tom.
Patrick Daniel continues to charge up to the top of the heap. He had a 3 on Saturday and some 4’s on Sunday.
Sam had better starts particularly on Sunday. That helps a lot. Then he noticed that we had big left shifts up near the windward mark and that helped him. If you don’t know which way to go in the northern hemisphere, it should be toward the right. The gradient wind should come from that direction and it did a lot later in the afternoon. But don’t count on that stuff at Lake Eustis.
Dave Chapin came a little late on both days and racked up a lot of bullets. Starts and sailing fast to the shifts I think is what does it for him.
Rob Krentel and Alejandro continue being linked together. Rob was on top last race weekend and he won the first race on Saturday but then Alejandro topped him the rest of the day. On Sunday Rob just didn’t have enough wind to grind him down.
Alejandro Illera is always sailing flat and fast. He usually plays the wind shifts correctly. Watch him if you want to sail better.
Joan Bryant continues to run our race committee. Rob’s mother helped on Saturday and visited with everyone. Robin was back on Sunday and brought Joan because the little Yellow Car went to Orlando to get fixed. It will be coming back all OK on Tuesday.
The trophy presentation was a big success. Past Commodore Gene Day made it over to the club and had a good visit. The cake and ice cream is almost gone and I expect the rest of it will disappear this coming Saturday when the Youth are sailing.
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Monday, August 8, 2011
SUMMER RACING AUGUST 6 AND 7, 2011
August 6 and 7, 2011 We had four races on Saturday in patchy winds and then four on Saturday in brisk winds with occasional gust bringing in some white caps. Twelve sailors over the two days with twelve on Sunday. That was probably our record Sunday.
Rob Krentel 2-4-2-2+2-1-2-3 = 18
Alejandro Illera 1-2-4-3+3-3-3-2 = 21
Dave Chapin ns-1-1-1+1-4-1-4 =24
Sam Chapin 6-3-3-5+5-5-5-5= 37
Jerry Beck 7-5-5-4+6-8-8-8= 51
Patrick Daniel 5-8-9-6+7-6-6-6= 53
Tom McNally 44+4-2-4-1= 55
Tom Rhodes 3-6-7-7+9-7-nf-7 = 59
Vince Renzoni 4-7-8-9+8-9-9-10= 64
Marc Solal ns-9-6-8+10-nf-10-nf=80
Dean Grimes 44+ ns-10-7-9 = 83
Jon Chapin ns-10-10-10+11-11-ns-ns=89
Jon Chapin is Dave Chapin’s son that goes to U of Alabama. He has sailed Lasers some but not in races, so we are glad to have him out with us. On Sunday he missed two races when the old outhaul on his boom let go, but he and Dave sailed through storms and multiple capsizes in the afternoon. He will be a lot tougher next time out.
Dean Grimes was one of the Flying Scot sailors that comes to visit with us on Sundays and brings Nancy Petty to help with RC. Nancy has some health issues that will be addressed more this week and we wish her a good outcome.
Marc Solal continues one of our good connections to the international scene. He and Claire Ephraim being our French citizens. Marc struggles with the leaky boat, has some good starts, and then gets hammered in the later stages of the races. We just have to encourage him to keep coming. Work forward in the boat and heel more down wind.
Vince Renzoni is on loan from the MC scows. We are glad to have him. Sally R. is a sailor and we will try to get her in a Laser.
Tom Rhodes has made his move up the ladder, but the wind up on Sunday gave him a little more experience in more wind. It makes it a little different game.
Tom McNally, the other on loan from the Flying Scot fleet and one of the two extra sailors that come on Sunday. He is really a Laser sailor before the Scot. He had a first in the last race on Sunday and was third overall in the Sunday scoring, but down to 7 for the weekend. He drove away Sunday with a Laser on top of his car and towing a Scot.
Patrick Daniel had moved up pushing Sam out of third place in our group of regulars, but he slipped a little. He had the string of 6’s on Sunday and just missing out to Jerry Beck on Jerry’s light air races Saturday.
Jerry Beck was with us both days. That moved him ahead of Patrick. He had a 4th in the last race on Saturday. He looked fast when he sailed by me.
Sam is happy to be in fourth for the weekend.
Dave Chapin got distracted on Sunday and interrupted his string of bullets. I think he will live through it.
Alejandro Illera had his helpers on the Committee boat on Saturday and was able to win that day, but the bunch on Sunday didn’t let him win any of the races.
Rob Krentel was overjoyed with a win for the weekend with Alejandro, Dave, and Tom McNally present. He only won one race but had 5 seconds in 8 races.
What sort of problems did we have? Brisk winds and some dnfs. If it was death rolls, then remember not to have the sail way out by the lee. If you start to roll steer toward the sail and the rudder should dig in the water and help you straighten up.
In that sort of chop on Sunday, be sure to keep the “bow down” so you power through the chop. If the waves are bigger then it is steering up the upside and down the down side. When we were in the gusts, there was enough wind and chop to stop you in irons, so have the boat moving and tack quickly in a flat spot or on top of a wave. Try to keep the boat flat.
Keep checking the wind and the line before the start. We had some changes in the last minute or so.
Anything else that we should address?
Rob Krentel 2-4-2-2+2-1-2-3 = 18
Alejandro Illera 1-2-4-3+3-3-3-2 = 21
Dave Chapin ns-1-1-1+1-4-1-4 =24
Sam Chapin 6-3-3-5+5-5-5-5= 37
Jerry Beck 7-5-5-4+6-8-8-8= 51
Patrick Daniel 5-8-9-6+7-6-6-6= 53
Tom McNally 44+4-2-4-1= 55
Tom Rhodes 3-6-7-7+9-7-nf-7 = 59
Vince Renzoni 4-7-8-9+8-9-9-10= 64
Marc Solal ns-9-6-8+10-nf-10-nf=80
Dean Grimes 44+ ns-10-7-9 = 83
Jon Chapin ns-10-10-10+11-11-ns-ns=89
Jon Chapin is Dave Chapin’s son that goes to U of Alabama. He has sailed Lasers some but not in races, so we are glad to have him out with us. On Sunday he missed two races when the old outhaul on his boom let go, but he and Dave sailed through storms and multiple capsizes in the afternoon. He will be a lot tougher next time out.
Dean Grimes was one of the Flying Scot sailors that comes to visit with us on Sundays and brings Nancy Petty to help with RC. Nancy has some health issues that will be addressed more this week and we wish her a good outcome.
Marc Solal continues one of our good connections to the international scene. He and Claire Ephraim being our French citizens. Marc struggles with the leaky boat, has some good starts, and then gets hammered in the later stages of the races. We just have to encourage him to keep coming. Work forward in the boat and heel more down wind.
Vince Renzoni is on loan from the MC scows. We are glad to have him. Sally R. is a sailor and we will try to get her in a Laser.
Tom Rhodes has made his move up the ladder, but the wind up on Sunday gave him a little more experience in more wind. It makes it a little different game.
Tom McNally, the other on loan from the Flying Scot fleet and one of the two extra sailors that come on Sunday. He is really a Laser sailor before the Scot. He had a first in the last race on Sunday and was third overall in the Sunday scoring, but down to 7 for the weekend. He drove away Sunday with a Laser on top of his car and towing a Scot.
Patrick Daniel had moved up pushing Sam out of third place in our group of regulars, but he slipped a little. He had the string of 6’s on Sunday and just missing out to Jerry Beck on Jerry’s light air races Saturday.
Jerry Beck was with us both days. That moved him ahead of Patrick. He had a 4th in the last race on Saturday. He looked fast when he sailed by me.
Sam is happy to be in fourth for the weekend.
Dave Chapin got distracted on Sunday and interrupted his string of bullets. I think he will live through it.
Alejandro Illera had his helpers on the Committee boat on Saturday and was able to win that day, but the bunch on Sunday didn’t let him win any of the races.
Rob Krentel was overjoyed with a win for the weekend with Alejandro, Dave, and Tom McNally present. He only won one race but had 5 seconds in 8 races.
What sort of problems did we have? Brisk winds and some dnfs. If it was death rolls, then remember not to have the sail way out by the lee. If you start to roll steer toward the sail and the rudder should dig in the water and help you straighten up.
In that sort of chop on Sunday, be sure to keep the “bow down” so you power through the chop. If the waves are bigger then it is steering up the upside and down the down side. When we were in the gusts, there was enough wind and chop to stop you in irons, so have the boat moving and tack quickly in a flat spot or on top of a wave. Try to keep the boat flat.
Keep checking the wind and the line before the start. We had some changes in the last minute or so.
Anything else that we should address?
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
July 23 and 24, 2011
AAAA July 23 and 24, 2011 were good days for the Laser group. Light winds predicated. Saturday was light but not as bad as predicted. We got three races in. Sunday wind was a lot better, but still with holes. We had 16 sailors and 7 races so we have a long note today.
David Chapin 2-1-1+8-1-1-1 = 15
Alejandro Illera 1-2-4+2-3-4-2= 18
Rob Krentel 4-3-2+4-2-3-3= 21
Patrick Daniel 6-6-3+6-8-5-4=38
Sam Chapin 8-7-5+5-4-2-dq= 43
Tom Rhodes 11-9-10+3-5-6-5= 49
Vince Renzoni 10-11-11+7-6-9-6= 60
Ben Getchell 3-4-6+ ns 48 = 61
Charlie Jensen ns39+1-7-7-ns= 66
Ray Laguna 5-8-7+ns 48= 68
Jerry Beck 7-5-9+ns48 = 69
Steve Chapin ns 39+ns-ns-8-7=78
Jim McIntyre ns-10-8+ns 48 = 79
Marc Solal 9-12-nf+ ns48 = 82
Brett Chapin ns39+ns-ns-10-nf=85
Trevor Chapin ns39+ns-ns-11-ns=86
Starting at the bottom—Brett and Trevor Chapin are grandchildren from California that only get to sail a little every other year. We are glad to see them out with us.
We are working on the leaks in Marc Solal boat. That is the boat made in Brazil that was brought here from Puerto Rica by Cesar Toro, who used it to beat up on us pretty badly a few years ago. Now it is the hands of the Frenchman. That is our international boat and hopefully sailing with us regularly again.
Jim McIntyre sailed with us a few times before. Too bad he didn’t sail Sunday, which was a much more forgiving day.
Steve Chapin was our heavy weight on Sunday sailing Chutzpah and doing very well going up wind and then not so well down wind.
Jerry Beck sailed on Saturday in the light wind. He had a 5th and was in the middle of the fleet. Not bad Jerry.
Ray Laguna sailed maybe for the first time since he got his heart fixed. Good work Ray. We are glad to have you sailing again and especially with us. He had 5th also and just a point ahead of Jerry.
Charlie Jensen is our other “just had my heart fixed” and look at that first place in the first race on Sunday. Wow. With Dave and Alejandro sailing with us not many of those bullets are available.
Ben Getchell is back from vacation and pushing the top of the list. He told me he was coming back on Sunday, but didn’t. Late night Saturday. He was our only youth and we hope to be getting them back regularly.
Vince Renzoni is climbing up there. Notice that he was out sailing while Rob was setting up the course, working on his boat handling and getting used to the wind shifts and conditions. It helped him a lot. You can do that too, if you are looking to improve your score.
Tom Rhodes is climbing up the group. Notice the 3rd in the first race on Sunday. That is right up there with the big dogs.
Sam really liked the wind on Sunday and managed that 2nd place. Wow.
Patrick Daniel had moved into the third and fourth place. Welcome Patrick.
Rob Krentel continues his competition with Alejandro. Just one or two points apart each day. Rob is one his way to Halifax this coming weekend so he can get a little faster.
Alejandro Illera is back for most of the summer to challenge us all. He comes down to the club in the “Bat mobile”. Don’t miss that.
David Chapin soaked up an 8 on Sunday because he was delayed getting Trevor Chapin rigged. He tells us that our “behinders” need to push up better to the start and not get left behind.
Will do separate e-mail about other observation of the weekend. Don’t miss it!
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David Chapin 2-1-1+8-1-1-1 = 15
Alejandro Illera 1-2-4+2-3-4-2= 18
Rob Krentel 4-3-2+4-2-3-3= 21
Patrick Daniel 6-6-3+6-8-5-4=38
Sam Chapin 8-7-5+5-4-2-dq= 43
Tom Rhodes 11-9-10+3-5-6-5= 49
Vince Renzoni 10-11-11+7-6-9-6= 60
Ben Getchell 3-4-6+ ns 48 = 61
Charlie Jensen ns39+1-7-7-ns= 66
Ray Laguna 5-8-7+ns 48= 68
Jerry Beck 7-5-9+ns48 = 69
Steve Chapin ns 39+ns-ns-8-7=78
Jim McIntyre ns-10-8+ns 48 = 79
Marc Solal 9-12-nf+ ns48 = 82
Brett Chapin ns39+ns-ns-10-nf=85
Trevor Chapin ns39+ns-ns-11-ns=86
Starting at the bottom—Brett and Trevor Chapin are grandchildren from California that only get to sail a little every other year. We are glad to see them out with us.
We are working on the leaks in Marc Solal boat. That is the boat made in Brazil that was brought here from Puerto Rica by Cesar Toro, who used it to beat up on us pretty badly a few years ago. Now it is the hands of the Frenchman. That is our international boat and hopefully sailing with us regularly again.
Jim McIntyre sailed with us a few times before. Too bad he didn’t sail Sunday, which was a much more forgiving day.
Steve Chapin was our heavy weight on Sunday sailing Chutzpah and doing very well going up wind and then not so well down wind.
Jerry Beck sailed on Saturday in the light wind. He had a 5th and was in the middle of the fleet. Not bad Jerry.
Ray Laguna sailed maybe for the first time since he got his heart fixed. Good work Ray. We are glad to have you sailing again and especially with us. He had 5th also and just a point ahead of Jerry.
Charlie Jensen is our other “just had my heart fixed” and look at that first place in the first race on Sunday. Wow. With Dave and Alejandro sailing with us not many of those bullets are available.
Ben Getchell is back from vacation and pushing the top of the list. He told me he was coming back on Sunday, but didn’t. Late night Saturday. He was our only youth and we hope to be getting them back regularly.
Vince Renzoni is climbing up there. Notice that he was out sailing while Rob was setting up the course, working on his boat handling and getting used to the wind shifts and conditions. It helped him a lot. You can do that too, if you are looking to improve your score.
Tom Rhodes is climbing up the group. Notice the 3rd in the first race on Sunday. That is right up there with the big dogs.
Sam really liked the wind on Sunday and managed that 2nd place. Wow.
Patrick Daniel had moved into the third and fourth place. Welcome Patrick.
Rob Krentel continues his competition with Alejandro. Just one or two points apart each day. Rob is one his way to Halifax this coming weekend so he can get a little faster.
Alejandro Illera is back for most of the summer to challenge us all. He comes down to the club in the “Bat mobile”. Don’t miss that.
David Chapin soaked up an 8 on Sunday because he was delayed getting Trevor Chapin rigged. He tells us that our “behinders” need to push up better to the start and not get left behind.
Will do separate e-mail about other observation of the weekend. Don’t miss it!
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Monday, June 27, 2011
RACES JUNE 25 AND 26, 2011
Laser weekend. June 25 and 26, 2011.
We had 12 boats out on Saturday and 8 on Sunday. Really good show, but not our record. Once we had 14. But then we had the MC scows come and sail with us.
Four races on Saturday and Five on Sunday when the wind really picked up about 11 AM.
So here are the scores.. A lot to cover today.
David Chapin 1-1-2-1+1-1-1-4-1 = 13
Rob Krentel 2-3-4-5-+2-2-3-1-3= 26
Sam Chapin 8-5-6-3+6-3-2-2-4 =39
Patrick Daniel 6-6-8-6+3-5-4-3-2 =43
Randy Rea 3-2-1-2+ns-45 =53
Tom Rhodes7-10-10-8+4-4-5-6-5 =55
Caroline Chapin 4-4-3-ns13+5-6-7-7-8=57
Jennifer Jones ns13-7-5-4+ns9-7-6-8-7=66
Marc Solal 9-9-12-ns13+7-8-8-5-6 =77
Charlie Jensen ns13-8-7-9+ns45 =82
Vincent Renzoni 5-12-11-10+45 =83
Dean Grimes ns13-11-9-7+45 =85
I will start with Dean who is down at the bottom of the list because he was late for the first race and then didn’t sail on Sunday. He takes a big hit for that. Dean sailed with us for several years before he and Joe Lobato began sailing the Scot. We will try to get Joe to join us also. Then Nancy Petty will be able to help us with the RC again later this summer.
Vincent Renzoni is really a MC sailor and he is just getting his experience spread around a little. He was right in the middle of things in the first races and then was losing lots at the mark roundings. Just needs a little more time in the boat. Maybe a look at some of the books or DVDs on Laser sailing.
Charlie Jensen is back, but down on the list having missed the first race Saturday and all the Sunday races. He stayed out after the racing and did the downtown docks. While he was doing that Dean was sailing off the other way to visit some of his customers. So we had two boats that stayed out sailing after the races.
Marc Solal is back from France and we are so glad to see him. He is one of our regulars. He is getting better starts and usually doing better as the wind picked up like Sunday.
Jennifer Jones, another MC sailors, but also Laser sailor and Sailing Instructor. So glad to see her again. She sailed the Kelley boat on Saturday. That boat has the old rigs and she was dancing around on the deck changing out haul and vang and really making it go. She got a better boat on Sunday, but was sailing a full rig and she and Caroline got sort of blown out when the wind came up Sunday.—including the turn over just at the start that tangle both Caroline and Jennifer and the ungracious fellows all went sailing off without them.
Caroline Chapin came sailing with us again. Our only near youth—she is pretty much out of that “youth” category. Really outstanding sailing on Saturday and then too much wind on Sunday with the full rig—but needs to learn the vang sheeting. Even if you are sailing the radial, you need to sail flat and fast. Thanks David for bringing the kid—well maybe she came in her own car and brought part of the RC on Sunday.
Tom Rhodes, another of our RC helpers, he brought Carol who helped on Saturday. Tom has climbed up the ladder. Several fourth places and bouncing back and forth with Patrick. We are glad he is not moving to Illinois.
Randy Rea, our instructor from Crystal River and longtime Laser sailor. Randy comes over every now and then and sometimes brings friends that we are always happy to see. Randy makes things more interesting for David and beat him in one of the races on Saturday. He takes a big hit in the scores because he only sailed on Saturday.
Patrick Daniel is moving into the top bracket. He didn’t win any races this week end, but did finish second in the last race and joined that small number of people that had seconds.
Sam was happy to have a couple of seconds on Sunday. He was vang sheeting part of the time and if the wind and built a little more, he would have been looking for his radial sail.
Rob Krentel had his workout over the weekend. Without Alejandro he has had pretty easy pickings with our fleet, but with Randy and David sailing he only managed one bullet--- a lot better than any of the rest of us.
David Chapin was able to come over and bring his high school daughter, beef up the list of competitors, and maybe draw Randy over to sail with us. We hope they can come a lot this summer while school activities are over. If you wonder how he won so many races, it has something to do with time spent in this game.
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We had 12 boats out on Saturday and 8 on Sunday. Really good show, but not our record. Once we had 14. But then we had the MC scows come and sail with us.
Four races on Saturday and Five on Sunday when the wind really picked up about 11 AM.
So here are the scores.. A lot to cover today.
David Chapin 1-1-2-1+1-1-1-4-1 = 13
Rob Krentel 2-3-4-5-+2-2-3-1-3= 26
Sam Chapin 8-5-6-3+6-3-2-2-4 =39
Patrick Daniel 6-6-8-6+3-5-4-3-2 =43
Randy Rea 3-2-1-2+ns-45 =53
Tom Rhodes7-10-10-8+4-4-5-6-5 =55
Caroline Chapin 4-4-3-ns13+5-6-7-7-8=57
Jennifer Jones ns13-7-5-4+ns9-7-6-8-7=66
Marc Solal 9-9-12-ns13+7-8-8-5-6 =77
Charlie Jensen ns13-8-7-9+ns45 =82
Vincent Renzoni 5-12-11-10+45 =83
Dean Grimes ns13-11-9-7+45 =85
I will start with Dean who is down at the bottom of the list because he was late for the first race and then didn’t sail on Sunday. He takes a big hit for that. Dean sailed with us for several years before he and Joe Lobato began sailing the Scot. We will try to get Joe to join us also. Then Nancy Petty will be able to help us with the RC again later this summer.
Vincent Renzoni is really a MC sailor and he is just getting his experience spread around a little. He was right in the middle of things in the first races and then was losing lots at the mark roundings. Just needs a little more time in the boat. Maybe a look at some of the books or DVDs on Laser sailing.
Charlie Jensen is back, but down on the list having missed the first race Saturday and all the Sunday races. He stayed out after the racing and did the downtown docks. While he was doing that Dean was sailing off the other way to visit some of his customers. So we had two boats that stayed out sailing after the races.
Marc Solal is back from France and we are so glad to see him. He is one of our regulars. He is getting better starts and usually doing better as the wind picked up like Sunday.
Jennifer Jones, another MC sailors, but also Laser sailor and Sailing Instructor. So glad to see her again. She sailed the Kelley boat on Saturday. That boat has the old rigs and she was dancing around on the deck changing out haul and vang and really making it go. She got a better boat on Sunday, but was sailing a full rig and she and Caroline got sort of blown out when the wind came up Sunday.—including the turn over just at the start that tangle both Caroline and Jennifer and the ungracious fellows all went sailing off without them.
Caroline Chapin came sailing with us again. Our only near youth—she is pretty much out of that “youth” category. Really outstanding sailing on Saturday and then too much wind on Sunday with the full rig—but needs to learn the vang sheeting. Even if you are sailing the radial, you need to sail flat and fast. Thanks David for bringing the kid—well maybe she came in her own car and brought part of the RC on Sunday.
Tom Rhodes, another of our RC helpers, he brought Carol who helped on Saturday. Tom has climbed up the ladder. Several fourth places and bouncing back and forth with Patrick. We are glad he is not moving to Illinois.
Randy Rea, our instructor from Crystal River and longtime Laser sailor. Randy comes over every now and then and sometimes brings friends that we are always happy to see. Randy makes things more interesting for David and beat him in one of the races on Saturday. He takes a big hit in the scores because he only sailed on Saturday.
Patrick Daniel is moving into the top bracket. He didn’t win any races this week end, but did finish second in the last race and joined that small number of people that had seconds.
Sam was happy to have a couple of seconds on Sunday. He was vang sheeting part of the time and if the wind and built a little more, he would have been looking for his radial sail.
Rob Krentel had his workout over the weekend. Without Alejandro he has had pretty easy pickings with our fleet, but with Randy and David sailing he only managed one bullet--- a lot better than any of the rest of us.
David Chapin was able to come over and bring his high school daughter, beef up the list of competitors, and maybe draw Randy over to sail with us. We hope they can come a lot this summer while school activities are over. If you wonder how he won so many races, it has something to do with time spent in this game.
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Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Races April 30 and May 1, 2011
Laser races April 30 and May 1, 2011 Saturday+Sunday= tolal
Rob Krentel 1-2-4 +1-1-1-3-1-1-2 = 17
Patrick Daniel 3-6-8+2-2-2-1-2-3-1 = 30
Marc Solal 7-3-5+3-3-3-4-3-4-4 = 39
Randy Rea 2-1-1+35 =39
Jerry Beck 4-5-2+35 = 46
Baily Carter 5-4-6+35 = 50
Leah Harper 6-7-ns+35 = 59
Sam Chapin 33+ns-ns-ns-2-4-2-3 = 59
Bianca Mesa ns-ns-3+35 = 60
Chris Nagy ns-ns-7+35 = 64
Rob Krentel 1-2-4 +1-1-1-3-1-1-2 = 17
Patrick Daniel 3-6-8+2-2-2-1-2-3-1 = 30
Marc Solal 7-3-5+3-3-3-4-3-4-4 = 39
Randy Rea 2-1-1+35 =39
Jerry Beck 4-5-2+35 = 46
Baily Carter 5-4-6+35 = 50
Leah Harper 6-7-ns+35 = 59
Sam Chapin 33+ns-ns-ns-2-4-2-3 = 59
Bianca Mesa ns-ns-3+35 = 60
Chris Nagy ns-ns-7+35 = 64
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