Because this e-mail goes out to lot of non-laser sailors and we don’t want to set up any my boat -your boat kind of competition, I am not going to go into detail about the laser guys (our gals have been doing other things) or( more correctly our gals have been doing RC right through the cold and wind and stuff). The lasers have stepped up again and done more sailing this weekend with four boats out Saturday and Sunday for total of five races. The MCs did get four boats out for the one race on Sunday. Scots 3 boats. Wayfarers 3 boats with two finishing.
Then Saturday at the board meeting, Alejandro Illera committed the Laser fleet to help the Wayfarers out with the Safety boat detail – in spite of the fact that the Lasers expect to flip more often, they are also expected to self rescue, and that we have been in radio contact with the “big boat” RC from 11 to 12 and could abandon our racing and help out with a big disaster. From 12 to 1 the Laser committee boat is gassed up (we always try to have 3/4 tank of gas for the weekend so if we are needed to help we can run for several hours) and at the beach while the Laser folks are having lunch and watching the other races. Two or three years ago we did go out and help with rescues when there was an afternoon disaster.
Anyway we will be glad to help out with the safety thing and will probably doing a little more of “join in with the second race with the Wayfarers”. (Now that we are “safety buddies” with the Wayfarer folks.)
We really do like all the MC, Scot, and Wayfarer sailors no matter how misguided they are in the choice of boats and I will not to be sending this sort of stuff in the e-mails.
THE FIVE RACES OVER SATURDAY AND SUNDAY:
Alejandro Illera 1-1+1-1-1 = 5
Marc Solal 2-2+4-3-2 = 13
Rob Krentel nf-ns+2-2-3 = 15
Tom Rhodes 3-3+3-4-4= 17
First I have to apologize to Marc Solal for not doing the total weekend scoring before I sent the article in to the newspaper. Marc was in second place for the weekend!!!! I had Rob K. down for second, but that was only for the Saturday thing. Marc was the real second place with three seconds in five races.!!! I am so happy!!! The guy that has been plugging along and coming every week and usually the last guy, but moving closer. Practice makes perfect. And Marc gets better and better. He also understand how the split wing on the BMW Oracle works and why the big gap between the segments makes it more powerful.
Alejandro Illera with all the good warm cloths from Rooster Sailing nailed all the first places over the weekend. Warm and comfortable does help. And Maribel helped with the RC Saturday, our really cold day and had cookies for everyone. What an RC! Hey, MC guys, when did Joan Williams bring you cookies.
Rob Krentel has gloves and boots now so he will be grabbing some of those bullets from Alejandro again.
Tom Rhodes, our new Laser sailor from Michigan sailed past Alejandro in the first race Sunday and had Marjorie and Joan on the RC boat cheering for him, but Alejandro and Rob both snuck by him before the finish. Tom will sail in the George Washington thing next week and it looks like a good turn out for the Lasers. The Scots will be the big fleet then and Andy Fox will be back in a Scot.
Presentation of the trophies for the Hartge Series is postponed due to the cold weather and GWB action until March. Another set of exciting trophies are all prepared, but will be held in secret until then. We have been in regular communication with Jane Hartge and expect her to help with the whole deal.
Marjorie wanted be to thank Jane Houch for the Super delicious coffee cake that John brought on Sunday for Valentine Day and to warm the hearts of cold sailors and RC’s and PRO’s. Ray L wants to get some every week.
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Monday, February 15, 2010
Monday, February 1, 2010
JANUARY 30 AND 31, 2010
January 30 and 31, 2010. The last days of the Hartge Series. The great weather mysteries.
First the Summary:
Dave Chapin 1-1-1-1-1+ns-3-2-1 = 18
Alejandro Illera 2-2-2-4-2+1-2-3-2 = 20
Rob Krentel 3-3-3-2-3+2-1-1-3 = 21
Marc Solal ns-5-5-5-5+3-6-ns-ns = 50
Sam Chapin nf-4-4-3-4+ns = 50
Seth Behr ns+ 4-4-4-4 = 51
Tom Rhodes ns-6-6-6-6+5-5-5-5 = 51
Some of us think that you guys that didn’t come were smart– then some others had a good time. The wind promised for Saturday didn’t come. Just the rain at noon. Scots and MCs were paddling back after the races. Sunday was colder and the promised more temperate winds never came. Just the winder ones. Big boat races cancelled before they got started, but not before Jim Lingeman turned his Wayfarer over.
Tom Rhodes that sailed with us for the first time and is down from Michigan thought it was great to be out of the cold in warm sunny Florida. So warm and cold are relative terms, we need to be reminded occasionaly. Tom is working for Northrop Grumman in Maitland. He is athletic and enjoyed the windy conditions.
Seth Behr is back with us and a sign that the rest of the high school group may not be far behind. He was smart enough to sail the radial on Sunday. I checked his times in all the races and he didn’t catch anyone on time, but did well hanging in there with wind and cold. He has all the good stuff to wear and really looked good.
Sam Chapin bailed out on Sunday. When as he approached the starting area a sustained gust came in and put him on a fast plane with white caps forming all about him. He made one pass by the Committee boat and headed back to shore. There will be a lot of pleasant fun days out sailing and the exciting day better for the younger.
Marc Solal back is better. He is sailing better. See that 3 on Sunday. He is climbing up there. One Saturday race he had Sam put away, but misjudged the leeward mark and let him get the finish. All steps forward. It does take some time.
Rob Krentel, our mark setter, set up a triangle course both days so we could use it when the wind was up. On Saturday as the wind faded, so we just has windward leeward courses. On Sunday we had triangle windward leeward courses. Eat your heart out Arlen. (Arlen always wanted triangles.) Rob managed to finish Sunday one point ahead of Alejandro. +++ good work, Rob.
Alejandro Illera was two points ahead of Rob on Saturday, so for the weekend he was still ahead.
Both Rob and Alejandro got to Dave Chapin on Sunday – Dave arrived late, missed the first race and took two more before he won the last race. He brought to the club Caroline’s “green machine” Laser with the professional looking mast step repair– so maybe Caroline will be back to kick start our women’s program. Dave’s five first places on Saturday puts him ahead for the weekend.
Next club races start a new series. And it will be regattas or club races every weekend for a while.
Tom Rhodes may need to see some of the CDs so when you other folks come back sailing with us bring back the Advanced Laser Sailing, the two copies of Rick Whites Sailing, and the Boat Whisperer stuff.
First the Summary:
Dave Chapin 1-1-1-1-1+ns-3-2-1 = 18
Alejandro Illera 2-2-2-4-2+1-2-3-2 = 20
Rob Krentel 3-3-3-2-3+2-1-1-3 = 21
Marc Solal ns-5-5-5-5+3-6-ns-ns = 50
Sam Chapin nf-4-4-3-4+ns = 50
Seth Behr ns+ 4-4-4-4 = 51
Tom Rhodes ns-6-6-6-6+5-5-5-5 = 51
Some of us think that you guys that didn’t come were smart– then some others had a good time. The wind promised for Saturday didn’t come. Just the rain at noon. Scots and MCs were paddling back after the races. Sunday was colder and the promised more temperate winds never came. Just the winder ones. Big boat races cancelled before they got started, but not before Jim Lingeman turned his Wayfarer over.
Tom Rhodes that sailed with us for the first time and is down from Michigan thought it was great to be out of the cold in warm sunny Florida. So warm and cold are relative terms, we need to be reminded occasionaly. Tom is working for Northrop Grumman in Maitland. He is athletic and enjoyed the windy conditions.
Seth Behr is back with us and a sign that the rest of the high school group may not be far behind. He was smart enough to sail the radial on Sunday. I checked his times in all the races and he didn’t catch anyone on time, but did well hanging in there with wind and cold. He has all the good stuff to wear and really looked good.
Sam Chapin bailed out on Sunday. When as he approached the starting area a sustained gust came in and put him on a fast plane with white caps forming all about him. He made one pass by the Committee boat and headed back to shore. There will be a lot of pleasant fun days out sailing and the exciting day better for the younger.
Marc Solal back is better. He is sailing better. See that 3 on Sunday. He is climbing up there. One Saturday race he had Sam put away, but misjudged the leeward mark and let him get the finish. All steps forward. It does take some time.
Rob Krentel, our mark setter, set up a triangle course both days so we could use it when the wind was up. On Saturday as the wind faded, so we just has windward leeward courses. On Sunday we had triangle windward leeward courses. Eat your heart out Arlen. (Arlen always wanted triangles.) Rob managed to finish Sunday one point ahead of Alejandro. +++ good work, Rob.
Alejandro Illera was two points ahead of Rob on Saturday, so for the weekend he was still ahead.
Both Rob and Alejandro got to Dave Chapin on Sunday – Dave arrived late, missed the first race and took two more before he won the last race. He brought to the club Caroline’s “green machine” Laser with the professional looking mast step repair– so maybe Caroline will be back to kick start our women’s program. Dave’s five first places on Saturday puts him ahead for the weekend.
Next club races start a new series. And it will be regattas or club races every weekend for a while.
Tom Rhodes may need to see some of the CDs so when you other folks come back sailing with us bring back the Advanced Laser Sailing, the two copies of Rick Whites Sailing, and the Boat Whisperer stuff.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
January 2 and 3, 2010
We are out of order here so for the two weeks after this, check below.
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The January first Fun Sail was cold rained out and just turned into a Eat Out at the pot luck..
Then Saturday, January 2, our Committee boat stopped after Sam had three of the marks out. Bob Getchell towed him in while Sam threw out the fourth mark at maybe the right place. We had some Rabbit start Races and then joined the Wayfarer group in the long races.
We had six boats out with Alejandro Illera 1-1-1
Ben Getchell 2-2-2
Craig Yates 3-3-3
Jerry Beck 4-4-4
Marc Solal 4-4-4
Luke Yates 4-4-4
Actually Jerry, Marc, and Luke didn’t sail the long races, but it was cold and they showed up and I gave them all 4th. That might get changed later if I catch too much flack.
We have a new gas line, fuel bulb and tightening of the gas line attachment and all seems to be working well agin.
Sunday, January 3, 2010 found Joan Bryant and Marjorie Chapin out on our course again in one of the coldest days in ten years. What a RC! The big boat PROs were wrapped in blankets.
Rob put out the marks and we waited a couple of minutes for Jerry and then got off six races.
Rob Krentel 1-1-3-1-2-4 12
Alejandro Illera 2-4-1-2-1-2 12
Sam Chapin 3-2-2-4-3-1 15
Jerry Beck 4-3-4-3-4-3 21
We seemed to be always tight together at all the marks. Note that Rob and Alejandro were tied on points with Rob getting the nod for three bullets. Sam won the last race from being last around the leeward mark, but had his own wind into the finish.
A good look and you would think that Jerry was always last... look again, he beat everyone else in at least one race. Way to go Jerry!!
Then Rob and Sam came in at noon because it was cold cold. Alejandro and Jerry went over and had an hour race with the Flying Scots. Alejandro beat three Scots and Jerry got one. They were happy happy. Now they want to do that every month and we can talk about that a little.
Marc Solal who has never been cold before, was on Saturday– probably because he had been sick last week and so he took Sunday off to recover fully.
Luke is really happy with the new boat– which he calls his boat. Maybe it is. Looks good. Nice and stiff and I expect he will be a lot of trouble for the old folks.
Craig Yates was the other long course sailor on Saturday and soon we expect to see Sasha sailing with us. Soccer players always turn out to be great sailors. Did I forget anyone– Oh, yes Ben Getchell had Alejandro tied up in that last long race on Saturday. He lead Alejandro all the way around the course twice, up wind and down wind and then in the last bit he let Alejandro sail low and fast and get some “separation” going into a header. Alejandro was ahead at the finish. Now Ben knows to sail low and fast if he needs to the not let the separation happen if you are sailing a lift..If that is all a mystery to you, the reader, go to Lasers Climb the Ladder, November 19, on howtosailthelaser@blogspot.com-- read all about it.
Next racing is in two weeks and that is the end of this December - January Series. I will send you standing in a few days, but try and make it. It will have to warmer then.
When it warms up a little we will get our other Laser sailors going again.
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The January first Fun Sail was cold rained out and just turned into a Eat Out at the pot luck..
Then Saturday, January 2, our Committee boat stopped after Sam had three of the marks out. Bob Getchell towed him in while Sam threw out the fourth mark at maybe the right place. We had some Rabbit start Races and then joined the Wayfarer group in the long races.
We had six boats out with Alejandro Illera 1-1-1
Ben Getchell 2-2-2
Craig Yates 3-3-3
Jerry Beck 4-4-4
Marc Solal 4-4-4
Luke Yates 4-4-4
Actually Jerry, Marc, and Luke didn’t sail the long races, but it was cold and they showed up and I gave them all 4th. That might get changed later if I catch too much flack.
We have a new gas line, fuel bulb and tightening of the gas line attachment and all seems to be working well agin.
Sunday, January 3, 2010 found Joan Bryant and Marjorie Chapin out on our course again in one of the coldest days in ten years. What a RC! The big boat PROs were wrapped in blankets.
Rob put out the marks and we waited a couple of minutes for Jerry and then got off six races.
Rob Krentel 1-1-3-1-2-4 12
Alejandro Illera 2-4-1-2-1-2 12
Sam Chapin 3-2-2-4-3-1 15
Jerry Beck 4-3-4-3-4-3 21
We seemed to be always tight together at all the marks. Note that Rob and Alejandro were tied on points with Rob getting the nod for three bullets. Sam won the last race from being last around the leeward mark, but had his own wind into the finish.
A good look and you would think that Jerry was always last... look again, he beat everyone else in at least one race. Way to go Jerry!!
Then Rob and Sam came in at noon because it was cold cold. Alejandro and Jerry went over and had an hour race with the Flying Scots. Alejandro beat three Scots and Jerry got one. They were happy happy. Now they want to do that every month and we can talk about that a little.
Marc Solal who has never been cold before, was on Saturday– probably because he had been sick last week and so he took Sunday off to recover fully.
Luke is really happy with the new boat– which he calls his boat. Maybe it is. Looks good. Nice and stiff and I expect he will be a lot of trouble for the old folks.
Craig Yates was the other long course sailor on Saturday and soon we expect to see Sasha sailing with us. Soccer players always turn out to be great sailors. Did I forget anyone– Oh, yes Ben Getchell had Alejandro tied up in that last long race on Saturday. He lead Alejandro all the way around the course twice, up wind and down wind and then in the last bit he let Alejandro sail low and fast and get some “separation” going into a header. Alejandro was ahead at the finish. Now Ben knows to sail low and fast if he needs to the not let the separation happen if you are sailing a lift..If that is all a mystery to you, the reader, go to Lasers Climb the Ladder, November 19, on howtosailthelaser@blogspot.com-- read all about it.
Next racing is in two weeks and that is the end of this December - January Series. I will send you standing in a few days, but try and make it. It will have to warmer then.
When it warms up a little we will get our other Laser sailors going again.
Monday, January 18, 2010
Saturday and Sunday January 16-17, 2010
The Laser group turned a couple of corners this weekend. The Board of Directors of LESC gave the go ahead to Rob Krentel for the District 13 (Florida) Laser Championship here at Lake Eustis next December. Our advanced group of Laser sailors went for the second race of the long course folks at about noon. The higher winds didn’t discourage them any as they did it both Saturday and Sunday. That makes about 3 hours of racing sailing for them
All together we had 9 sailors over the weekend with Randy Rea, our old friend from Crystal River, and Kevin Ratigan, our radial rig friend from Orlando, visiting on Saturday.
But a look at the scores first..
Dave Chapin ns-1-2-1-1-3+1-2-1-1=22
Alejandro Illera 2-2-3-3-4-1+3-3-3-2= 26
Rob Krentel 3-3-4-4-2-2+2-1-2-4=27
Jerry Beck ns-5-6-6-5-ns+6-6-4-3=50
Luke Yates 32+4-4-6-6=52
Sam Chapin 4-6-5-5-6-4+5-5-5-nf= 53
Randy Rea 1-4-1-2-3-ocs+ 54 =75
Marc Solal ns-ns-7-ns-7-nf+7-7-7-5=76
Kevin Ratigan ns-ns-ns-ns-ns-5+54 =104
The score keeper will make a separate session for “long races”. Saturday= Dave Chapin, Randy Rea, Alejandro Illera, Kevin Ratigan(no time for his radial), Rob Krentel.
Sunday= Dave Chapin, Rob Krentel, Alejandro Illera, Marc Solal
So let us stat with number 9.. Kevin Ratigan with the radial rig. Our RC took time on the last race on Saturday which was the first he got into. His corrected time didn’t move him up on that race but on the long race he was just behind Alejandro. If we had done times he would have moved up there. OK, Kevin, you were the first Radial anyway.
Marc Solal, our international representative, repaired his broken hiking strap from Saturday and on Sunday sailing the short races was so much fun that he did the long race too. Good work Marc.
Randy Rea is down here in 7 because he takes big hits for not sailing on Sunday and he was over early on the last race Saturday. I changed the scores for that last race– we love Randy because he came over and taught us how to sail Lasers several years ago– but it is the Competitors job to start properly. The RC will try to tell you if you are over, but they can’t sail the boat for you. Dave loves having Randy because then he really has someone to spar with.
It is with mixed emotions that I find Sam down in 6th. I have score sheets from a few year ago when I was ahead of most of you–including David (but that was many many years ago and only when the wind was up). I hope it is because many of you are sailing better.
Luke Yates has his own boat and was sailing 4th places with the full rig. Wow. The youth are coming.
Jerry Beck beat Rob in the last and higher wind race on Sunday. That was the race that Sam decided there was too much wind and excitement for an old man and headed in.
Rob Krentel is in third place but only by one point. He would have beaten Alejandro if he had not turned over in that last race Sunday. In the long race on Saturday he got fourth, but told me he would do better next time. Sunday he did, with a second behind David in the long race.
Alejandro Illera continues his charge in front. He is always sailing flat and fast. He really works the downwinds. Being light helps downwind, but it hurts going upwind in a blow, so don’t complain.
Dave Chapin had some competition for a change but he was able to pile up enough first places to make up for the first race he missed on Saturday. Now if he lets his father fix the leaking rip in his cockpit floor, maybe he won’t be so slow..
Many thanks again to our regular RC Joan Bryant and Marjorie Chapin. Oh, and then on Sunday we had extra help from Jack Kern (Our Texas MC sailor) until he realized the MCs were really going to sail. And then thanks too, to the Fisherman in the passing by motorboat that brought him to shore.
All together we had 9 sailors over the weekend with Randy Rea, our old friend from Crystal River, and Kevin Ratigan, our radial rig friend from Orlando, visiting on Saturday.
But a look at the scores first..
Dave Chapin ns-1-2-1-1-3+1-2-1-1=22
Alejandro Illera 2-2-3-3-4-1+3-3-3-2= 26
Rob Krentel 3-3-4-4-2-2+2-1-2-4=27
Jerry Beck ns-5-6-6-5-ns+6-6-4-3=50
Luke Yates 32+4-4-6-6=52
Sam Chapin 4-6-5-5-6-4+5-5-5-nf= 53
Randy Rea 1-4-1-2-3-ocs+ 54 =75
Marc Solal ns-ns-7-ns-7-nf+7-7-7-5=76
Kevin Ratigan ns-ns-ns-ns-ns-5+54 =104
The score keeper will make a separate session for “long races”. Saturday= Dave Chapin, Randy Rea, Alejandro Illera, Kevin Ratigan(no time for his radial), Rob Krentel.
Sunday= Dave Chapin, Rob Krentel, Alejandro Illera, Marc Solal
So let us stat with number 9.. Kevin Ratigan with the radial rig. Our RC took time on the last race on Saturday which was the first he got into. His corrected time didn’t move him up on that race but on the long race he was just behind Alejandro. If we had done times he would have moved up there. OK, Kevin, you were the first Radial anyway.
Marc Solal, our international representative, repaired his broken hiking strap from Saturday and on Sunday sailing the short races was so much fun that he did the long race too. Good work Marc.
Randy Rea is down here in 7 because he takes big hits for not sailing on Sunday and he was over early on the last race Saturday. I changed the scores for that last race– we love Randy because he came over and taught us how to sail Lasers several years ago– but it is the Competitors job to start properly. The RC will try to tell you if you are over, but they can’t sail the boat for you. Dave loves having Randy because then he really has someone to spar with.
It is with mixed emotions that I find Sam down in 6th. I have score sheets from a few year ago when I was ahead of most of you–including David (but that was many many years ago and only when the wind was up). I hope it is because many of you are sailing better.
Luke Yates has his own boat and was sailing 4th places with the full rig. Wow. The youth are coming.
Jerry Beck beat Rob in the last and higher wind race on Sunday. That was the race that Sam decided there was too much wind and excitement for an old man and headed in.
Rob Krentel is in third place but only by one point. He would have beaten Alejandro if he had not turned over in that last race Sunday. In the long race on Saturday he got fourth, but told me he would do better next time. Sunday he did, with a second behind David in the long race.
Alejandro Illera continues his charge in front. He is always sailing flat and fast. He really works the downwinds. Being light helps downwind, but it hurts going upwind in a blow, so don’t complain.
Dave Chapin had some competition for a change but he was able to pile up enough first places to make up for the first race he missed on Saturday. Now if he lets his father fix the leaking rip in his cockpit floor, maybe he won’t be so slow..
Many thanks again to our regular RC Joan Bryant and Marjorie Chapin. Oh, and then on Sunday we had extra help from Jack Kern (Our Texas MC sailor) until he realized the MCs were really going to sail. And then thanks too, to the Fisherman in the passing by motorboat that brought him to shore.
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
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.
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.
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...
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