Light air regatta on 9/24

Waiting for wind

 The scores:

And the running totals of the three races completed...

A light-air practice session

     We worked on weather mark roundings, picking the lay-line, and choices/roundings at the leeward gate marks. Most of the time the wind was in the 5 kt range.

First regatta of the season

We participated in the first regatta of the season on Saturday September 10th at Norfolk Yacht and Country Club. Not only was it the first regatta of the season for the team, it was the first regatta for all of our sailors.

Here is the report form the race committee:

    Saturday, September 10:

     Today was partly sunny with a light breeze in the AM of 12 to 15 MPH from the east. The wind built from there and was consistent from the east. A total of 13 boats began the regatta, representing        seven (7) schools. A total of ten races were completed. The top three (3) finishers were: York #1; Norfolk Academy #2; and Bruton.

      I think we never had breeze over 12. There was enough breeze to cause boat handling problems. There were a number of capsizes during the day, including two by our teams, resulting in scores of DNF (Did Not Finish). The final placings are here:

Note we tied on points (102) with one of the Norfolk Academy boats, but lost the tiebreaker because their best finish was higher than our best finish (they had a 3rd in race 2 nad our best finish was an 8th.)  So, overall we finished 10th out of 13. The running totals are below:

Overall I was pleased. We learn a lot about racing. Highlights include race #7 where Hunter and Kelly rounded the weather mark in second place due to a good start and a well-sailed beat. Here is a snippet of a video of Hunter and Kelly wounding the weather mark. I'll try to get more pics and vids the next time out.