Lasers December 12 and 13. First let me dispose of Jennifer. The first woman and what a great job she did with the first three races. She was sailing the full rig and the Kelley boat (no fancy rigging help) and it was not a light wind day. Not bad first race, a third and ahead of Patrick, Sam, and Bill. But the second race, while Alejandro and Rob went over to the left looking for wind she went to the strip of dark water way off to the right. She got into it first and rode if up to the mark and downwind couldn’t be caught. The only first place we could get away from Rob and Alejandro.
Then she went back to club and got an MC , just missed the time limit for the first race start. (I think that you have to start within four minutes of the starting "gun" to be counted in the race. That keeps you out of the next start in a 5 minute sequence thing.) But she got in the second race. Was able to have a lot of fun with a turn over and boats pushing each other. Ended up just behind Commodore June Howells – good thing because June was looking for a first place call. So she got it. First Commodore and First Woman.
So as far as I know, that is first time we have had people sail with both fleets. Now you could really do it if you would give up some Laser races, have someone put the Laser away for you and have the MC ready. That would require a Team. Sort of a negative for single handed boats.
Of course we had a few years ago, the Opti advanced folks sailing with us and then at 1 PM they had the Opti class and got a lot of sailing in on Saturday. Now we have the advanced Opti in the AM. .
Back to the ordinary.. Summary of the weekend. 8 sailors and 12 races. Wind up with holes and shifts.
Alejandro Illera 1-1-1-3-1-2+2-3-1-1-1-2 19
Rob Krentel 3-3-2-1-2-1+1-2-2-2-2-1 22
Patrick Daniel 4-2-3-2-5-3+4-5-4-4-5-4 45
Marc Solal 5-4-5-4-4-5+6-6-7-5-nf-ns 64
Bill Jackson 6-6-6-6-6-6+7-7-3-6-4-5 67
Sam Chapin 42+5-4-6-4-3-3 67
Jerry Beck 2-5-4-6-3-4+48 72
Jennifer Jones 42+3-1-5-ns-ns-ns 75
Let me start at the top with Alejandro. Sailing fast most of the time. Flat, hiking hard. Look around at who is flattest going up wind, and then who is rolled over to windward most going downwind. On Sunday in the gusts going up wind, he had the super vang on, eases the sail out a little, stays flat and accelerate. You have to practice that a little. You need to know it may happen, so you have the super vang on. You see the gust coming and are ready for it.
Rob is right there behind or ahead of Alejandro. He has most of the second places cornered. On Sunday they were tied on points, but Rob was already down 3 from Saturday. Maybe better transitions going down wind because that is when Alejandro picks up anyone ahead of him.
Patrick really has his best day Saturday with two second places. That is really good for us because it gives us another that could win any race.
Marc Solal sailed better. Had some good races. Better than the scores look . Sam got past he and Patrick, when they were hooked up going downwind. When you get two boat next to each other going down wind, you can only go as fast as the slowest. One gets a little head and the guy behind takes his wind. That is why you see Alejandro and Rob going back and forth dodging each other or going for the inside.
Jerry Beck had a good day Saturday. And he had won those races the week before. Started off with a second place between Alejandro and Rob. But he got his Xmas decorations up on Sunday and took a hit on the scores for the weekend. In the series we just count 60% so the two firsts will be there with the second.
Bill Jackson was a wonder– a third and fourth on Sunday. Catching on quick, but he will be on his way back to Mississippi. You can see his art on billjackson.net, Bil Jackson, Mississippi Artist.
We did the trophies at noon on Sunday.
We voted to do the "fun sail" on New Years Day with the "big boats". No one knows what the fun sail is — any way it won’t count in the next series.
Jennifer wants to know what we are doing this coming weekend.
More about that stuff and the FULL MOON SAIL on December 31.
Some people will be sailing Tuesday afternoon 3 to 5.
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Monday, December 7, 2009
December 5-6, 2009
It was a really great weekend for the Laser group.
First let me dispose of the 420 story.. Craig Yates brought an Opti student out (the only one of his class that came) as crew on the 420. Our solid RC took times and Craig and crew corrected out to 1-4-6-3-1-6 finishes. They won two races and finished one point ahead of Luke Yates. (Luke had turned over and took a big hit in the first race.) Craig is happy to beat the kid, as he doesn’t do that much.
Now with that family affair taken care of and while we are happy to do Portsmouth for anyone that wants to come and sail with us, we don’t need to count them in the Laser group... especially if they are doing a lot of first places.
Next let me put down just the Sunday scores
Alejandro Illera 1-2-1-4-4 = 12
Sam Chapin 3-1-3-3-2 = 12
Jerry Beck 2-4-.5-1-1 =13
Rob Krentel 4-3-3-2-3 = 14
Marc Solal 5-4-5-5-5 = 24
Note that we had four boats with in 2 points after 5 races. And regular racing is paying off for Jerry beck with is two wins.
Now let me put together the Saturday and Sunday races. Note that Marc Solal got a second place after leading until just the finish. So all our regulars are moving up.
Alejandro takes a big hit for missing Saturday.
Rob sailed into some big holes, but was always close. He won Saturday and if I had left Craig in the scoring he and Sam would be tied for the weekend.
Sam Chapin 2-3-1-2-2-1+3-1-3-3-2 = 23
Rob Krentel 1-2-2-1-1-3+4-3-2-2-3 =24
Jerry Beck Ns-5-5-3-5-4+2-4-5-1-1=41
Alejandro Illera 36+1-2-1-4-4=48
Marc Solal Ns-4-4-5-5-2+5-5-4-5-5=49
Luke Yates Ns-1-3-4-3-5+30 =52
Luke yates did a terrific job sailing the full rig in a lot of wind. Won the second race.
Seth Bahr has been sailing with us during the week and we expect the whole High School bunch will be back soon doing 420s and Lasers.
Jim Rotella got an hour in sailing the Laser on Sunday afternoon – he is getting ready to join us.
Tom Doyle is back with his MX ray. Maybe we can get him racing it with us.
First let me dispose of the 420 story.. Craig Yates brought an Opti student out (the only one of his class that came) as crew on the 420. Our solid RC took times and Craig and crew corrected out to 1-4-6-3-1-6 finishes. They won two races and finished one point ahead of Luke Yates. (Luke had turned over and took a big hit in the first race.) Craig is happy to beat the kid, as he doesn’t do that much.
Now with that family affair taken care of and while we are happy to do Portsmouth for anyone that wants to come and sail with us, we don’t need to count them in the Laser group... especially if they are doing a lot of first places.
Next let me put down just the Sunday scores
Alejandro Illera 1-2-1-4-4 = 12
Sam Chapin 3-1-3-3-2 = 12
Jerry Beck 2-4-.5-1-1 =13
Rob Krentel 4-3-3-2-3 = 14
Marc Solal 5-4-5-5-5 = 24
Note that we had four boats with in 2 points after 5 races. And regular racing is paying off for Jerry beck with is two wins.
Now let me put together the Saturday and Sunday races. Note that Marc Solal got a second place after leading until just the finish. So all our regulars are moving up.
Alejandro takes a big hit for missing Saturday.
Rob sailed into some big holes, but was always close. He won Saturday and if I had left Craig in the scoring he and Sam would be tied for the weekend.
Sam Chapin 2-3-1-2-2-1+3-1-3-3-2 = 23
Rob Krentel 1-2-2-1-1-3+4-3-2-2-3 =24
Jerry Beck Ns-5-5-3-5-4+2-4-5-1-1=41
Alejandro Illera 36+1-2-1-4-4=48
Marc Solal Ns-4-4-5-5-2+5-5-4-5-5=49
Luke Yates Ns-1-3-4-3-5+30 =52
Luke yates did a terrific job sailing the full rig in a lot of wind. Won the second race.
Seth Bahr has been sailing with us during the week and we expect the whole High School bunch will be back soon doing 420s and Lasers.
Jim Rotella got an hour in sailing the Laser on Sunday afternoon – he is getting ready to join us.
Tom Doyle is back with his MX ray. Maybe we can get him racing it with us.
Monday, November 23, 2009
The Lasers had a great weekend with nine boats on Saturday and eight on Sunday. Before I try to get all the scores down let me remind you to check the Laser Bulletin board because I spent a lot of time getting the map of the world up. There are push pin for many of the Laser racing fleets around the world.. I didn’t get all the ones in Europe, because there is not enough room on the map for them. Note all the fleets in Africa. The little countries just south of Irak. Pakistan has a fleet as well as India. Do they have a regatta with Pakistan and India sailing against each other? Guam and Tahiti. The 2004 list is posted in the corners so you can look up your favorite country. Probably always a Laser sailing 24/7 around the world. Winter in Canada, where it all started, and it is Summer in Australia and New Zealand.
Our races on Saturday were postponed till 10:30 so Don Browning and June Howells could present awards to Senator Carey Baker and Alan Hayes for their help in saving us money on the water run off problem.
Week end scores:
Alejandro Illera 4-1- 2-1 + 1-2-2-1-1-1 16
Rob Krentel 2-2-1-2 + 2-1-1-2-2-2 17
Sam Chapin 1-3-3-4+ 3-sn-etc 59
Patrick Daniel 3-6-4-3+ 7-3-sn -etc 62
Seth Behr 6-5-6-6+ 4-6-3-ns-etc 63
Dean Grimes Ns-etc +ns-5-4-3-3-3 67
Jerry Beck 7-4-5-5+ 5-7-ns-etc 69
Marc Solal 8-7-8-7+6-4-ns-etc 74
Leah Ladley 5-8-7-ns+ns-etc 84
Chris DePriest 9-9-9-8+ ns-etc 89
Let me start with Chris DePriest the model boat sailor that has moved into Lasers with the help of Kim Kelley, one of our favorite helpers. Chris will be moving up closer to the starting line and if we can get the starting line a little closer to square to the wind, he will be starting with us. Good work Chris and we saw Max and Robin at the club on Saturday, but didn’t have a chance to visit.
Another Chris, Chris Laffin from Canada, is spending the Winter in Mt. Dora. He will be sailing Lasers with us. He has a Contender up in the frozen country. The Contender as I remember, came out about the same time the Laser did and was faster in the Tea Cup races, but it has a big rig and a trapeze for a singlehander. That makes it a pretty hard boat to sail–sooo look out for Chris 2.
Leah is down at the bottom of the list, but that is just because she didn’t sail with us Sunday. She knocked off two places on corrected time on Saturday. Keep the radials coming.
Marc Solal was just getting to those guys on Sunday when his hiking strap stitching came out. He had fourth and it was his weather. Too bad Marc, but with the winter we have a little more wind. Your day will come again.
Jerry Beck did well and he has been training with Alejandro so he will be climbing the ladder. I think he was having trouble with the big header gusts that tend to drop you in the water from the full hiked out position. Keep looking for those gusts. They tend to be the gusts that are moving in from windward and ahead, so be ready to bear off a little as they come in.
Dean Grimes was back with us. Missed the first race Sunday, but hung in for all the others and then went out to check on his Flying Scot friends after the Laser races. Good job getting around Dean. He has been crewing on Scots plus. He plans to continue the Scots and work us in also.
Seth Behr had the full rig up and really doing a great job with it. He knocking at the door of higher spots in the fleet and handled the wind with full rig on Sunday. I spoke with Mama Behr on Sunday and Seth has an older brother that we might be adding to the group.
Patrick Daniel had a bunch of third places on Saturday and Sunday. The death roll on Sunday with mast in the mud did him in. We are reminded that it is not a bad idea to knot the sheet on a windy day so that the boom can’t go out more than 80 degrees to the boat. Put on a little vang so boom is maybe perpendicular to the mast. Then if the boat start to roll to windward turn toward the sail with the rudder. The rudder is in the water and will try to turn the boat upright and give you half a chance to move across the boat and save a swim. Watch Alejandro going downwind, but it takes a lot of swimming to know just where the edge is.
Sam is sorry he is too damn old to enjoy all the wind– and besides Alejandro and Rob both got by me in that first race. I lead all the way except at the finish. How about a trophy for that guy that gets to the leeward mark first.
Rob won the series on Saturday and when he should have beat up on the little guy with the wind up, Alejandro outfoxed him. Notice that after 10 races of the week end they were one point apart. The next people were 40 points behind.
Sailing Tuesday and Wednesday 3 to 5 PM...
Our races on Saturday were postponed till 10:30 so Don Browning and June Howells could present awards to Senator Carey Baker and Alan Hayes for their help in saving us money on the water run off problem.
Week end scores:
Alejandro Illera 4-1- 2-1 + 1-2-2-1-1-1 16
Rob Krentel 2-2-1-2 + 2-1-1-2-2-2 17
Sam Chapin 1-3-3-4+ 3-sn-etc 59
Patrick Daniel 3-6-4-3+ 7-3-sn -etc 62
Seth Behr 6-5-6-6+ 4-6-3-ns-etc 63
Dean Grimes Ns-etc +ns-5-4-3-3-3 67
Jerry Beck 7-4-5-5+ 5-7-ns-etc 69
Marc Solal 8-7-8-7+6-4-ns-etc 74
Leah Ladley 5-8-7-ns+ns-etc 84
Chris DePriest 9-9-9-8+ ns-etc 89
Let me start with Chris DePriest the model boat sailor that has moved into Lasers with the help of Kim Kelley, one of our favorite helpers. Chris will be moving up closer to the starting line and if we can get the starting line a little closer to square to the wind, he will be starting with us. Good work Chris and we saw Max and Robin at the club on Saturday, but didn’t have a chance to visit.
Another Chris, Chris Laffin from Canada, is spending the Winter in Mt. Dora. He will be sailing Lasers with us. He has a Contender up in the frozen country. The Contender as I remember, came out about the same time the Laser did and was faster in the Tea Cup races, but it has a big rig and a trapeze for a singlehander. That makes it a pretty hard boat to sail–sooo look out for Chris 2.
Leah is down at the bottom of the list, but that is just because she didn’t sail with us Sunday. She knocked off two places on corrected time on Saturday. Keep the radials coming.
Marc Solal was just getting to those guys on Sunday when his hiking strap stitching came out. He had fourth and it was his weather. Too bad Marc, but with the winter we have a little more wind. Your day will come again.
Jerry Beck did well and he has been training with Alejandro so he will be climbing the ladder. I think he was having trouble with the big header gusts that tend to drop you in the water from the full hiked out position. Keep looking for those gusts. They tend to be the gusts that are moving in from windward and ahead, so be ready to bear off a little as they come in.
Dean Grimes was back with us. Missed the first race Sunday, but hung in for all the others and then went out to check on his Flying Scot friends after the Laser races. Good job getting around Dean. He has been crewing on Scots plus. He plans to continue the Scots and work us in also.
Seth Behr had the full rig up and really doing a great job with it. He knocking at the door of higher spots in the fleet and handled the wind with full rig on Sunday. I spoke with Mama Behr on Sunday and Seth has an older brother that we might be adding to the group.
Patrick Daniel had a bunch of third places on Saturday and Sunday. The death roll on Sunday with mast in the mud did him in. We are reminded that it is not a bad idea to knot the sheet on a windy day so that the boom can’t go out more than 80 degrees to the boat. Put on a little vang so boom is maybe perpendicular to the mast. Then if the boat start to roll to windward turn toward the sail with the rudder. The rudder is in the water and will try to turn the boat upright and give you half a chance to move across the boat and save a swim. Watch Alejandro going downwind, but it takes a lot of swimming to know just where the edge is.
Sam is sorry he is too damn old to enjoy all the wind– and besides Alejandro and Rob both got by me in that first race. I lead all the way except at the finish. How about a trophy for that guy that gets to the leeward mark first.
Rob won the series on Saturday and when he should have beat up on the little guy with the wind up, Alejandro outfoxed him. Notice that after 10 races of the week end they were one point apart. The next people were 40 points behind.
Sailing Tuesday and Wednesday 3 to 5 PM...
Friday, October 16, 2009
PORTSMOUTH AND LASERS
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Portsmouth and Laser weekend. October 10-11, 2009 Portsmouth folks, Ron Stevenot sailing the Omega solo (his regular crew went camping) and his auxiliary crew, Peggy, is holding out for a bigger boat, and Jeffery Hayden sailing a Sunfish only sailed on Saturday.
I threw them in with the Lasers with the corrected time thing and Ron came from 11th to second place in the first race and Jeffery jumped from 8 to 5th. After that they only jumped one or two places in the next three races. So after the four races were put together Ron was 8th and Jeffery 9th.
So we will just call Ron first Portsmouth sailing the Omega and Jeffery second sailing the Sunfish. Good work both of you. As noted above, Peggy Stevenot is pulling for a big boat– like a Flying Scot.
After the races Jeffery switched off with his dad into the Laser. He enjoyed sailing that boat with
the full rig. Smart fellow Jeffery.
Now let us see if you can figure out the Laser scoring sheet for the weekend?
Alejandro Illera 1-3-1-3+1-2-1-1 = 13
Rob Krentel 2-5-2-2+2-1-2-2 = 18
Sam Chapin 5-1-3-5+4-3-4-3 = 28
Marc Solal 9-8-8-8+3-4-3-4 = 47
Luke Yates 3-2-4-1+ 40 =50
Charles Jensen 4-4-6-7+ 40 = 61
Patrick Daniel 7-6-7-4+ 40 = 64
Steve Hayden 6-7-5-6+ 40 = 64
Cameron Smith 10-9-10-10+40 = 79
Let’s start at the top this week. Alejandro won both days. He was never out of the hunt. Always fast downwind. Watch what he is doing and let us get more people going that fast. – flat and bow down going up wind – downwind , by the lee big time, sit way forward and strong windward heel (away from the sail). Remember to save the death roll, steer toward the boom.
Rob was Alejandro’s challenge all weekend. He was always way out there with him and the only one to beat him regularly.
Marc Solal is one of our faithful four that sailed on Sunday. He had a slow day on Saturday, but Sunday he was ahead of Sam a lot of the time. He and Sam were swapping 3rd and 4th while the other two were out in front going for first. The 3rd and 4th guys ended up tied. Sam had the last third and put himself ahead. There has to be some advantage of being the score keeper.
Luke Yates. We were all glad he had something else to do on Sunday. On Saturday he was always with us at the windward mark and smart and fast going downwind.. That is the way he won the last race on Saturday. Luke, just send your dad. next time.
Charlie Jensen came along on Saturday and brought the birthday girl to fill in on RC. Not Sunday, they had family duties, but we are glad to have them anytime they can make it. I still remember the regatta when on a down wind finish, I was trying to blanket Glenda and just cross the finissh line ahead, so I could win. Glenda was sailing off to the side to avoid my blanket and neither of us saw Charlie cross the finish line for the win, while we were chasing each other. Glenda beat me, too.
Patrick Daniel was back with us just like he said he would be. Maybe we should let him win one so he would come more often, but he got a fourth in the last race Saturday. Probably just warming up in the first three.
Steve Hayden had brought Jeffery out with the Sunfish two weeks ago and Steve had sailed a Laser and given Alejandro a run for his money. So this Saturday I thought I gave him a better sail, and not the tired old one with the big patches. Well, I don’t know what happened, but maybe I will start using that old patched sail myself.
Jeffery is sailing with the Lake Monroe Sailing Association Sunfish group. You can see his finishes on centralfloridasailing.blogspot.com . Jeffery’s grand father Fisk Hayden had Andy Forest out sailing a Lightning on Saturday. Fisk is a member here, keeps a Lightning here, and crews some times for Forest on his Precision 21 at Lake Monroe. You can check on their race results on the same blogspot along with our members Aggie and Carlton Brown sailing their SJ 21.
Cameron Smith was the last on the Laser list. Cameron is small and just getting started and did a great job with the full rig and on Saturday we did have some strong winds. Well, look out folks, Luke is small and maybe just getting stated.. That makes two of them and then there is Ben.
AND MANY Thanks to Mary Jensen for stepping in to help with the RC when we needed it. Of course thanks to Joan Bryant who hangs in with us all the time.
Oh yes, and thank you Marjorie Chapin for coming back on Sunday.
We missed all the fun at Ferran Park with the Folk Festival – and the big Saturday afternoon storm. Will try again to show the boat off, when they have the next big event at the park.
NOW THERE WILL BE NO MORE SAILING UNTIL TOMORROW EVENING (Wednesday)
AND THEN THURSDAY EVENING.. What about the free week end coming up– who wants a picnic?
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Portsmouth and Laser weekend. October 10-11, 2009 Portsmouth folks, Ron Stevenot sailing the Omega solo (his regular crew went camping) and his auxiliary crew, Peggy, is holding out for a bigger boat, and Jeffery Hayden sailing a Sunfish only sailed on Saturday.
I threw them in with the Lasers with the corrected time thing and Ron came from 11th to second place in the first race and Jeffery jumped from 8 to 5th. After that they only jumped one or two places in the next three races. So after the four races were put together Ron was 8th and Jeffery 9th.
So we will just call Ron first Portsmouth sailing the Omega and Jeffery second sailing the Sunfish. Good work both of you. As noted above, Peggy Stevenot is pulling for a big boat– like a Flying Scot.
After the races Jeffery switched off with his dad into the Laser. He enjoyed sailing that boat with
the full rig. Smart fellow Jeffery.
Now let us see if you can figure out the Laser scoring sheet for the weekend?
Alejandro Illera 1-3-1-3+1-2-1-1 = 13
Rob Krentel 2-5-2-2+2-1-2-2 = 18
Sam Chapin 5-1-3-5+4-3-4-3 = 28
Marc Solal 9-8-8-8+3-4-3-4 = 47
Luke Yates 3-2-4-1+ 40 =50
Charles Jensen 4-4-6-7+ 40 = 61
Patrick Daniel 7-6-7-4+ 40 = 64
Steve Hayden 6-7-5-6+ 40 = 64
Cameron Smith 10-9-10-10+40 = 79
Let’s start at the top this week. Alejandro won both days. He was never out of the hunt. Always fast downwind. Watch what he is doing and let us get more people going that fast. – flat and bow down going up wind – downwind , by the lee big time, sit way forward and strong windward heel (away from the sail). Remember to save the death roll, steer toward the boom.
Rob was Alejandro’s challenge all weekend. He was always way out there with him and the only one to beat him regularly.
Marc Solal is one of our faithful four that sailed on Sunday. He had a slow day on Saturday, but Sunday he was ahead of Sam a lot of the time. He and Sam were swapping 3rd and 4th while the other two were out in front going for first. The 3rd and 4th guys ended up tied. Sam had the last third and put himself ahead. There has to be some advantage of being the score keeper.
Luke Yates. We were all glad he had something else to do on Sunday. On Saturday he was always with us at the windward mark and smart and fast going downwind.. That is the way he won the last race on Saturday. Luke, just send your dad. next time.
Charlie Jensen came along on Saturday and brought the birthday girl to fill in on RC. Not Sunday, they had family duties, but we are glad to have them anytime they can make it. I still remember the regatta when on a down wind finish, I was trying to blanket Glenda and just cross the finissh line ahead, so I could win. Glenda was sailing off to the side to avoid my blanket and neither of us saw Charlie cross the finish line for the win, while we were chasing each other. Glenda beat me, too.
Patrick Daniel was back with us just like he said he would be. Maybe we should let him win one so he would come more often, but he got a fourth in the last race Saturday. Probably just warming up in the first three.
Steve Hayden had brought Jeffery out with the Sunfish two weeks ago and Steve had sailed a Laser and given Alejandro a run for his money. So this Saturday I thought I gave him a better sail, and not the tired old one with the big patches. Well, I don’t know what happened, but maybe I will start using that old patched sail myself.
Jeffery is sailing with the Lake Monroe Sailing Association Sunfish group. You can see his finishes on centralfloridasailing.blogspot.com . Jeffery’s grand father Fisk Hayden had Andy Forest out sailing a Lightning on Saturday. Fisk is a member here, keeps a Lightning here, and crews some times for Forest on his Precision 21 at Lake Monroe. You can check on their race results on the same blogspot along with our members Aggie and Carlton Brown sailing their SJ 21.
Cameron Smith was the last on the Laser list. Cameron is small and just getting started and did a great job with the full rig and on Saturday we did have some strong winds. Well, look out folks, Luke is small and maybe just getting stated.. That makes two of them and then there is Ben.
AND MANY Thanks to Mary Jensen for stepping in to help with the RC when we needed it. Of course thanks to Joan Bryant who hangs in with us all the time.
Oh yes, and thank you Marjorie Chapin for coming back on Sunday.
We missed all the fun at Ferran Park with the Folk Festival – and the big Saturday afternoon storm. Will try again to show the boat off, when they have the next big event at the park.
NOW THERE WILL BE NO MORE SAILING UNTIL TOMORROW EVENING (Wednesday)
AND THEN THURSDAY EVENING.. What about the free week end coming up– who wants a picnic?
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Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Crazy weekend. September 26-27, 2009
It was another crazy week end! You folks that missed Saturday– maybe you were smart, but we got in three races in the time frame of 11 to 12. Then Sunday we got our races in before the big blow, rain, thunder and stuff..
We missed the high school sailors that said they were coming on Sunday– but haven’t heard boo from them about the sailing at Davis Island either.
I will try to get all the races down here
Alejandro Illera 1-1-1+ 1-1-1-3-2-1 =12
Rob Krentel 2-4-3+ 3-3-3-2-3-2=26
Steve Hayden nc 24 + 2-2-2-1-1-3=35
Marc Solal nc 24 + 4-4-4-4-4-4=53
Sam chapin 3-3-2+ nc 48 =57
Luke Yates 4-2-5+ nc 48 =62
Max Barten 5-5-4+ nc 48 =64
Then we had Ron Stevenot and grand daughter in Omega on both days. On Saturday he finished 6-6-6 and corrected out to 5-2-5. Note he corrected into second place in the second race. Then on Sunday he corrected into 5-4-4-4-4-5. I didn’t stick those corrected times into the Laser scores above because we are two separate operations as well as one. If we mixed everyone together then he would be 4th out of nine boats for the weekend..
Ron has been invited to head up a group of Portsmouth -(Jim Orth and Charles Manico and Carlton Brown take note.) But I think he is going to try a Wayfarer and a Scot at the present time.
Jeffery Hayden was our 8th competitor in his new shinny Sunfish. His dad, Steve Hayden, was going to sail along and help him in his first race, but Dad got caught up in the battle with Alejandro. Jeffery did fine without him and worked himself up to a fourth on corrected time in the last race. So I think he did better without much help. Sailing in more wind than he is used to. Steve, if you can find Derrick Fries’s book on Sunfish sailing, he has a lot of information on position of the goose neck in different winds. That would be for when Jeffery gets a little more confidence and sits out a little more – the old sail the boat flat stuff..
Max Barten was back with us and had grown a foot, carried his skate board so he won’t have to walk long distances. He picked off Luke in that lst race Saturday– but sure picked a miserable day to start sailing with us again. Max and Luke were our Free Style winners from last years contest. We need to do that again.
Luke Yates can do it. See that second place in the second race. He has been getting all the "Puffer" practice.
Mark Solal is back from Italy where he has been telling them how to fix their mini electronics. Notice he has moved into fourth place.
Steve Hayden is our Lightning sailor and his dad come over with his motor boat to check on us but was a little late to see the action. We hope they all come back again, often.
Rob Krentel was always right with Alejandro or right ahead of him. You look at the scores and you might not think so, but he is the one that has been pushing the little aggressor.. They both are busy changing sails and tweaking the boats.
Alejandro Illera has been making money on working the downwind stuff. We will get Ben Getchell back sailing with him and see if that slows him up. In the mean time the rest of us can do what he does– heel more, transitions more, sail hotter angles downwind. Since the Kurt Taulbee clinic, he has been sailing lower and faster going upwind too.
Now don’t forget Wednesday evening.
Don’t forget the catamaran regatta this weekend. A good chance for the Lasers to sail out and cheer our entry, A cat Richard Kinnie, when he sails around the windward mark.. Look out at the other end of the course, because they will be continually finishing and starting various classes. It is a really slick operation, if you have not seen it.
Laser racing again in two weeks.
We missed the high school sailors that said they were coming on Sunday– but haven’t heard boo from them about the sailing at Davis Island either.
I will try to get all the races down here
Alejandro Illera 1-1-1+ 1-1-1-3-2-1 =12
Rob Krentel 2-4-3+ 3-3-3-2-3-2=26
Steve Hayden nc 24 + 2-2-2-1-1-3=35
Marc Solal nc 24 + 4-4-4-4-4-4=53
Sam chapin 3-3-2+ nc 48 =57
Luke Yates 4-2-5+ nc 48 =62
Max Barten 5-5-4+ nc 48 =64
Then we had Ron Stevenot and grand daughter in Omega on both days. On Saturday he finished 6-6-6 and corrected out to 5-2-5. Note he corrected into second place in the second race. Then on Sunday he corrected into 5-4-4-4-4-5. I didn’t stick those corrected times into the Laser scores above because we are two separate operations as well as one. If we mixed everyone together then he would be 4th out of nine boats for the weekend..
Ron has been invited to head up a group of Portsmouth -(Jim Orth and Charles Manico and Carlton Brown take note.) But I think he is going to try a Wayfarer and a Scot at the present time.
Jeffery Hayden was our 8th competitor in his new shinny Sunfish. His dad, Steve Hayden, was going to sail along and help him in his first race, but Dad got caught up in the battle with Alejandro. Jeffery did fine without him and worked himself up to a fourth on corrected time in the last race. So I think he did better without much help. Sailing in more wind than he is used to. Steve, if you can find Derrick Fries’s book on Sunfish sailing, he has a lot of information on position of the goose neck in different winds. That would be for when Jeffery gets a little more confidence and sits out a little more – the old sail the boat flat stuff..
Max Barten was back with us and had grown a foot, carried his skate board so he won’t have to walk long distances. He picked off Luke in that lst race Saturday– but sure picked a miserable day to start sailing with us again. Max and Luke were our Free Style winners from last years contest. We need to do that again.
Luke Yates can do it. See that second place in the second race. He has been getting all the "Puffer" practice.
Mark Solal is back from Italy where he has been telling them how to fix their mini electronics. Notice he has moved into fourth place.
Steve Hayden is our Lightning sailor and his dad come over with his motor boat to check on us but was a little late to see the action. We hope they all come back again, often.
Rob Krentel was always right with Alejandro or right ahead of him. You look at the scores and you might not think so, but he is the one that has been pushing the little aggressor.. They both are busy changing sails and tweaking the boats.
Alejandro Illera has been making money on working the downwind stuff. We will get Ben Getchell back sailing with him and see if that slows him up. In the mean time the rest of us can do what he does– heel more, transitions more, sail hotter angles downwind. Since the Kurt Taulbee clinic, he has been sailing lower and faster going upwind too.
Now don’t forget Wednesday evening.
Don’t forget the catamaran regatta this weekend. A good chance for the Lasers to sail out and cheer our entry, A cat Richard Kinnie, when he sails around the windward mark.. Look out at the other end of the course, because they will be continually finishing and starting various classes. It is a really slick operation, if you have not seen it.
Laser racing again in two weeks.
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
It was a great Laser sailing weekend. Light wind Saturday, but we got 5 races in and Rob was able to corner Ben. Sunday had great wind, just short of white caps and from the west with cop in our area of sailing. Then the wind came up some more with rain and then faded off and left the bumpy water to deal with.
Patrick Daniel was back with us. Cameron Smith joined in for the first time on Sunday. Luke Yates gave up his spot on the Laser to Cameron and loaded a 420 with Opti kids that came on the wrong time or place or something. It is hard to keep up with the Opti switches of day, time and place.
The weekend results:
Rob Krentel 1-1-2-3-1+2-2-1-1-3-2-1 = 20
Alejandro Illera 2-4-5-4-5+1-1-2-2-1-1-2= 30
Sam Chapin 6-5-3-1-3+3-3-3-3-2-3-4 = 39
Patrick Daniel 5-3-4-5-4+4-4-4-4-4-5-3 = 49
Marc Solal 7-9-6-6-6+5-5-5-5-5-4-5= 68
Ben Getchell 3-2-1-2-2+ nc (70) = 80
The Browns (San Juan) 4-6-9-7-7+nc(70)= 103
Cameron Smith 8-8-7-8-ns+ nc (70)= 110
Luke Yates (420) nf-7-8-9-ns+ nc (70)=112
The finishes are by corrected times and results in a little juggling - like the Browns jumped up to 4th in that first race Saturday.
Rob won Saturday by enough of a margin that Alejandro’s wins on Sunday didn’t jump him ahead as we head down the first series of fall races.
Alejandro, our light weight, won the windier day with the full rig. Aren’t you big guys ashamed of yourselves? Did you notice that he was not pointing up with the rest of us, but sailing fast to the next shift and increasing the separation. Was that some stuff from the Curt Taulbee clinic? If you don’t know about separation, ask at a North U Wednesday night session.
We had Ben held to one first place on Saturday and second overall, but then he missed the Sunday races and that drops him to 6th for the weekend.
Sam managed to win the 4th race on Saturday sailing the his old red boat. He was able to steal the pin end of the line on a left shift and crossed the fleet. It was nice to be out in front where you can tack on all the shifts. It helps to have Ben covering and holding back Alejandro so the run is not so hectic. Thanks Ben.
Patrick Daniel is back from the big boat sailing. He says he will be sailing with us most of the winter. He had a third on both Saturday and Sunday and will be able to challenge the top.
Marc Solal is picking off some people and has moved out of the "always last" position. We are giving him a lot of hugs and advice. So look out we will be looking for someone else to be last.
Well, Cameron Smith was the last, but that was just the first time sailing with us and he did a great job and with the full sail.
Carlton and Aggie Brown sailed the San Juan 21 with us and ended up sixth. Not bad for first time out and crazy wind on Saturday. They will continue to show up on Wednesday and during the week.
Luke Yates filled in as sailing instructor with the two or three crew members. They had come to sail Optis. Luke gave them a lot of Sailor Talk they would not have had in the little boats– so good work Luke.
Comments on the sailing conditions at on howtosailthelaser.bogspot.com.
It was a tough weekend for the other fleets. Maybe the no sailing last weekend put them off, but the MC only had 9 out on Saturday. We had 9 in our races (counting the 420 and the San Juan, not really fair) but then on Sunday they had 10 and we only had 5.
The Mcs had good racing both days. The Scots suffered a lot with only Ray Laguna sailing Saturday. Did you notice that was really Laser sailing with Ray at the helm and Glenda Libby the spinnaker girl. Then on Sunday George Golder and Chris Erichsen sailed both races and swapped first and second. Ray was off pistol shooting or something else.
Wayfarers suffered on both days with Jim L and Mike M sailing in the first race Saturday and then coming in during the second race due to the light wind. On Sunday they had three boats out, but when the rain and increased wind came in, Jim and Mike came in an left Mike Tighe out to sail both races by himself. Jim and Mike M both have had enough experience that when that little rain storm came in, they figure it was time to get in before things got worse. The experienced mind at work. Too bad, because it turned out to be a nice day.
Comments on Fleet Building take up several days last week on howtosailthelaser.blogspot.com
Next racing in two weeks. We are still doing Wednesday evenings, Pizza and North U. Will try to have marks out and practice race for those that want it . Sun is going down about ten minutes earlier every night as the days get shorter.
Patrick Daniel was back with us. Cameron Smith joined in for the first time on Sunday. Luke Yates gave up his spot on the Laser to Cameron and loaded a 420 with Opti kids that came on the wrong time or place or something. It is hard to keep up with the Opti switches of day, time and place.
The weekend results:
Rob Krentel 1-1-2-3-1+2-2-1-1-3-2-1 = 20
Alejandro Illera 2-4-5-4-5+1-1-2-2-1-1-2= 30
Sam Chapin 6-5-3-1-3+3-3-3-3-2-3-4 = 39
Patrick Daniel 5-3-4-5-4+4-4-4-4-4-5-3 = 49
Marc Solal 7-9-6-6-6+5-5-5-5-5-4-5= 68
Ben Getchell 3-2-1-2-2+ nc (70) = 80
The Browns (San Juan) 4-6-9-7-7+nc(70)= 103
Cameron Smith 8-8-7-8-ns+ nc (70)= 110
Luke Yates (420) nf-7-8-9-ns+ nc (70)=112
The finishes are by corrected times and results in a little juggling - like the Browns jumped up to 4th in that first race Saturday.
Rob won Saturday by enough of a margin that Alejandro’s wins on Sunday didn’t jump him ahead as we head down the first series of fall races.
Alejandro, our light weight, won the windier day with the full rig. Aren’t you big guys ashamed of yourselves? Did you notice that he was not pointing up with the rest of us, but sailing fast to the next shift and increasing the separation. Was that some stuff from the Curt Taulbee clinic? If you don’t know about separation, ask at a North U Wednesday night session.
We had Ben held to one first place on Saturday and second overall, but then he missed the Sunday races and that drops him to 6th for the weekend.
Sam managed to win the 4th race on Saturday sailing the his old red boat. He was able to steal the pin end of the line on a left shift and crossed the fleet. It was nice to be out in front where you can tack on all the shifts. It helps to have Ben covering and holding back Alejandro so the run is not so hectic. Thanks Ben.
Patrick Daniel is back from the big boat sailing. He says he will be sailing with us most of the winter. He had a third on both Saturday and Sunday and will be able to challenge the top.
Marc Solal is picking off some people and has moved out of the "always last" position. We are giving him a lot of hugs and advice. So look out we will be looking for someone else to be last.
Well, Cameron Smith was the last, but that was just the first time sailing with us and he did a great job and with the full sail.
Carlton and Aggie Brown sailed the San Juan 21 with us and ended up sixth. Not bad for first time out and crazy wind on Saturday. They will continue to show up on Wednesday and during the week.
Luke Yates filled in as sailing instructor with the two or three crew members. They had come to sail Optis. Luke gave them a lot of Sailor Talk they would not have had in the little boats– so good work Luke.
Comments on the sailing conditions at on howtosailthelaser.bogspot.com.
It was a tough weekend for the other fleets. Maybe the no sailing last weekend put them off, but the MC only had 9 out on Saturday. We had 9 in our races (counting the 420 and the San Juan, not really fair) but then on Sunday they had 10 and we only had 5.
The Mcs had good racing both days. The Scots suffered a lot with only Ray Laguna sailing Saturday. Did you notice that was really Laser sailing with Ray at the helm and Glenda Libby the spinnaker girl. Then on Sunday George Golder and Chris Erichsen sailed both races and swapped first and second. Ray was off pistol shooting or something else.
Wayfarers suffered on both days with Jim L and Mike M sailing in the first race Saturday and then coming in during the second race due to the light wind. On Sunday they had three boats out, but when the rain and increased wind came in, Jim and Mike came in an left Mike Tighe out to sail both races by himself. Jim and Mike M both have had enough experience that when that little rain storm came in, they figure it was time to get in before things got worse. The experienced mind at work. Too bad, because it turned out to be a nice day.
Comments on Fleet Building take up several days last week on howtosailthelaser.blogspot.com
Next racing in two weeks. We are still doing Wednesday evenings, Pizza and North U. Will try to have marks out and practice race for those that want it . Sun is going down about ten minutes earlier every night as the days get shorter.
Thursday, September 10, 2009
MEMORIAL DAY REGATTA
This is out of place. It shoud have been in just ahead of the Wednesday night thing.
Labor Day Regatta report. September 5 and 6, 2009. Lasers were the only ones that got races in because of the light wind. Two races Saturday and Four on Sunday. The other classes did not have any races and just went home after Sunday. They didn’t have any trophy stuff, so we will do something later when the trophy maker catches up with his other work.
Ben Getchell 1-1+1-1-1-1 6 First place. First Youth. First High school sailor.
Alejandro Illera 2-2+2-3-2-4 15 Second Place. First adult.
Rob Krentel 3-3+3-2-3-2 16 Third Place First heavy weight.
Sam Chapin 4-4+4-4-5-5 26 Fourth Place First Golden Oldie
Marc Solal 5-5+6-5-6-6 33 Fifth Place First Frenchman
Seth Behr ns-ns+5-6-4-3 34 Sixth Place First to improve in almost every race.
Craig Yates ns-ns+ns-7-4-ns 43 Seventh Place First in the hearts of the others.
First let me start with Craig Kiwi Yates, high school coach, boat repair artist, etc. We are so happy to see him come and be the seventh boat. He sailed the Kelly boat without all the fancy stuff to adjust. He did a fourth in the third race on Sunday just ahead of Sam and then went home so Sam couldn’t get even. He dropped to the bottom of the list because he missed four of six races. He also made all the motor boat waves on Saturday driving around in the coach boat.
Did you notice that we had two fourth places in third race on Sunday. That is the way the RC reported it and we don’t argue with the RC.
Seth Behr, high school sailor, got out with us on Sunday and marched right up the ladder with a third place in the fourth race. Good work Seth. Seth found the old red Laser (first at LESC-- 35 years ago.) of Ford Matthews in a neighbor’s back yard. He was smart not to buy it, but Sam did get it and trying to get it in shape to sail a little. A lot of work and some expense to get an old soft boat, but historic piece. Vera, ask Jane if she remembers him.
Marc Solal, our big guy, was up in the pack going up wind and losing going down wind or he would have had a good race someplace. The wind will increase Marc. Keep coming.
Rob Krentel beat Alejandro out on Sunday but lost on the two races on Saturday. The duel continues.
Alejandro Illera picked off Rob by one point after six races. Not much of a margin, but then Alejandro has a great patch on the side of his boat and not that big hole.
Ben Getchell put together his light weight, light winds, great tacking, aggressive sailing, good
change of gears, and lots of good luck to sail away with the week end.
Let me make a special note. I was told by observers from shore that Ben’s roll tacks were illegal.— well yes if you read rule 42 in the rule book ,you might think so, but— they match the roll tacks that are in Steve Cockerel’s instructional DVD. Steve was the World Laser Master Champion a few year ago when they had the races in South Korea. His throw away race was a second place with 90 or so boats in the races.
Cabarete in the Dominican Republic teaches similar roll tacks and is training ground for many Olympic Laser sailors. Ari Bashire of Cabarete recently placed well in the Worlds Laser Master Championship in Halifax, Nova Scotia and he was not flagged for any 42 rules. The web site publishes all the Protests and Rule 42 calls.
Interesting to look at that. All the rule 42 stuff was for rocking or pumping, not tacking or gybing.
Paul Goodison who won the Olympic gold medal in China and the recent World Laser Championship in Halifax rolls that way and I can show you pictures of him doing it in his instructional book.
The ads for the Cabarete DVD showed roll gybe with boat coming out of gybe with a lot os speed. The Laser blog "Proper Course" called them on it and referred it to the Laser judging committee that reviewed it an said that it was legal because the roll was induced to make the boat turn and it was not the sailors fault that the boat went faster.
In the Athens Olympic DVD that we had at LESC and which has been borrowed and not returned
you could see, if it was to be returned, the gold medal winner Robert Scheidt sailing down wind doing transitions ( broad reach to by the lee and back again) going around waves that he was catching up to and passing. Each turn had a good heel and straighten to make the boat turn and the judge boat following him just follows along.
My conclusion is that currently the Lasers can be radically heeled to induce turning and it is disregarded that it makes the boat go faster.
Another factor that may have come up this weekend is multiple roll tacks without substantial change in wind direction. I was out both days and especially on Sunday the wind was all over the place. I don’t think I have ever seen so many funny big and little shifts and up and downs.
General advice for light wind is to roll tack and rock (repeated rock is forbidden) and then sit quiet and forward and to leeward quietly so not to disturb the wind flow across the sail. The old guy can not roll tack and then get forward and to leeward without wobbling the boat all over the place and then it is time to roll tack again, but he is sitting up on the centerboard behind the mast. Forget it – Ben did a great job of doing all that stuff.
We will just have to get EVEN when the wind comes up a little or a lot.
Now I should tell you about our left handed starting line, the strange mysterious opposing down drafts, the down wind start— but that later.
Informal racing (all boats welcome now that you folks are sailing again) this WEDNESDAY 5 to 7 with second part of "Morning Light" at 7 to 8.
Up coming Portsmouth fleet racing news.
Labor Day Regatta report. September 5 and 6, 2009. Lasers were the only ones that got races in because of the light wind. Two races Saturday and Four on Sunday. The other classes did not have any races and just went home after Sunday. They didn’t have any trophy stuff, so we will do something later when the trophy maker catches up with his other work.
Ben Getchell 1-1+1-1-1-1 6 First place. First Youth. First High school sailor.
Alejandro Illera 2-2+2-3-2-4 15 Second Place. First adult.
Rob Krentel 3-3+3-2-3-2 16 Third Place First heavy weight.
Sam Chapin 4-4+4-4-5-5 26 Fourth Place First Golden Oldie
Marc Solal 5-5+6-5-6-6 33 Fifth Place First Frenchman
Seth Behr ns-ns+5-6-4-3 34 Sixth Place First to improve in almost every race.
Craig Yates ns-ns+ns-7-4-ns 43 Seventh Place First in the hearts of the others.
First let me start with Craig Kiwi Yates, high school coach, boat repair artist, etc. We are so happy to see him come and be the seventh boat. He sailed the Kelly boat without all the fancy stuff to adjust. He did a fourth in the third race on Sunday just ahead of Sam and then went home so Sam couldn’t get even. He dropped to the bottom of the list because he missed four of six races. He also made all the motor boat waves on Saturday driving around in the coach boat.
Did you notice that we had two fourth places in third race on Sunday. That is the way the RC reported it and we don’t argue with the RC.
Seth Behr, high school sailor, got out with us on Sunday and marched right up the ladder with a third place in the fourth race. Good work Seth. Seth found the old red Laser (first at LESC-- 35 years ago.) of Ford Matthews in a neighbor’s back yard. He was smart not to buy it, but Sam did get it and trying to get it in shape to sail a little. A lot of work and some expense to get an old soft boat, but historic piece. Vera, ask Jane if she remembers him.
Marc Solal, our big guy, was up in the pack going up wind and losing going down wind or he would have had a good race someplace. The wind will increase Marc. Keep coming.
Rob Krentel beat Alejandro out on Sunday but lost on the two races on Saturday. The duel continues.
Alejandro Illera picked off Rob by one point after six races. Not much of a margin, but then Alejandro has a great patch on the side of his boat and not that big hole.
Ben Getchell put together his light weight, light winds, great tacking, aggressive sailing, good
change of gears, and lots of good luck to sail away with the week end.
Let me make a special note. I was told by observers from shore that Ben’s roll tacks were illegal.— well yes if you read rule 42 in the rule book ,you might think so, but— they match the roll tacks that are in Steve Cockerel’s instructional DVD. Steve was the World Laser Master Champion a few year ago when they had the races in South Korea. His throw away race was a second place with 90 or so boats in the races.
Cabarete in the Dominican Republic teaches similar roll tacks and is training ground for many Olympic Laser sailors. Ari Bashire of Cabarete recently placed well in the Worlds Laser Master Championship in Halifax, Nova Scotia and he was not flagged for any 42 rules. The web site publishes all the Protests and Rule 42 calls.
Interesting to look at that. All the rule 42 stuff was for rocking or pumping, not tacking or gybing.
Paul Goodison who won the Olympic gold medal in China and the recent World Laser Championship in Halifax rolls that way and I can show you pictures of him doing it in his instructional book.
The ads for the Cabarete DVD showed roll gybe with boat coming out of gybe with a lot os speed. The Laser blog "Proper Course" called them on it and referred it to the Laser judging committee that reviewed it an said that it was legal because the roll was induced to make the boat turn and it was not the sailors fault that the boat went faster.
In the Athens Olympic DVD that we had at LESC and which has been borrowed and not returned
you could see, if it was to be returned, the gold medal winner Robert Scheidt sailing down wind doing transitions ( broad reach to by the lee and back again) going around waves that he was catching up to and passing. Each turn had a good heel and straighten to make the boat turn and the judge boat following him just follows along.
My conclusion is that currently the Lasers can be radically heeled to induce turning and it is disregarded that it makes the boat go faster.
Another factor that may have come up this weekend is multiple roll tacks without substantial change in wind direction. I was out both days and especially on Sunday the wind was all over the place. I don’t think I have ever seen so many funny big and little shifts and up and downs.
General advice for light wind is to roll tack and rock (repeated rock is forbidden) and then sit quiet and forward and to leeward quietly so not to disturb the wind flow across the sail. The old guy can not roll tack and then get forward and to leeward without wobbling the boat all over the place and then it is time to roll tack again, but he is sitting up on the centerboard behind the mast. Forget it – Ben did a great job of doing all that stuff.
We will just have to get EVEN when the wind comes up a little or a lot.
Now I should tell you about our left handed starting line, the strange mysterious opposing down drafts, the down wind start— but that later.
Informal racing (all boats welcome now that you folks are sailing again) this WEDNESDAY 5 to 7 with second part of "Morning Light" at 7 to 8.
Up coming Portsmouth fleet racing news.
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