50: Another fantastic Laser Sunday with beautiful weather. The wind was out of the south west at zero to twenty knots with 20 degree shift. Current was running slightly upwind but mostly right to left. Starting was tricky with the current. I had a good day. Stayed consistent and probably won the day. I had to leave before the awards to get some work done, exams next week.

49: We had a beautiful day on the river today. The wind was only ok, about seven knots, but the weather was nice. There wasn’t too much current so we could get around the course with no problem. The best part was that we had 17 Lasers on the line. I managed to have all top three’s with some good comebacks and won the day.

48: No wind and no Laser racing in Essex today. We went out and sailed a little untill the wind compoletely dies and the current started taking us down river.

The Result of our Hobie 16 North Americans Appeal is at the link below.

http://www.ontariosailing.ca/media_lib/PDFs/Appeals_History/OS_Appeal200902Final.pdf

Snow and Satisfaction Regatta
Yale Corinthian Yacht Club
November 6-8

The regatta began on Friday in a strong northeasterly with puffs in the high teens. 4 races were sailed with the Zach Brown/emmet Smith combo putting in a dominant performance with only 10 points. Saturday morning greeted sailors with an 8-10 knot southerly that lasted until about 3:00 when racing was called for the day and the festivities began in earnest. Sunday's 9:30 report time was painful for many, especially when LIS showed its glassier side. The postponement was short-lived, however, as the southerly re-emerged and allowed for four races before completely shutting off around 2:30. The Race Committee's undue faith in the breeze unfortunately led to no remaining pressure for the crew race. Congratulations (and awkward handshakes) to Michael and Marla Menninger on their strong performance over three very different days.

Many thanks to all the competitors who make the Snow such a fun and memorable event. Thanks also to the many Yale sailors and alumni who made the event possible through their work both on and off the water.

1. Menninger/Menninger 9 10 11 1 9 6 1 2 9 3 1 4
9 19 30 31 40 46 47 49 58 61 62 66

2. Storck/Anderson 5 13 2 2 10 5 4 3 13 10 8 3
5 18 20 22 32 37 41 44 57 67 75 78

3. O'Reilly/Jackson 11 2 15 8 2 3 8 4 3 7 6 11
11 13 28 36 38 41 49 53 56 63 69 80

4. Brown/Smith 3 1 3 3 11 7 OCS 8 7 14 3 2
3 4 7 10 21 28 49 57 64 78 81 83

5. Farrar**/Kinsolving 7 4 5 16 1 14 16 10 2 4 2 7
7 11 16 32 33 47 63 73 75 79 81 88

6. McNay/Hession 4 6 1 5 5 10 OCS 1 18 5 11 6
4 10 11 16 21 31 52 53 71 76 87 93

7. Morris/Beck 10 8 14 17 3 2 2 13 5 9 4 17
10 18 32 49 52 54 56 69 74 83 87 104

8. Hughes/Martin 13 5 17 14 4 9 9 5 11 6 5 14
13 18 35 49 53 62 71 76 87 93 98 112

9. Ingham/Gardener 12 3 8 4 16 8 15 16 1 11 14 5
12 15 23 27 43 51 66 82 83 94 108 113

10. Ferrarone/Killion 1 11 13 15 17 1 5 9 8 8 15 15
1 12 25 40 57 58 63 72 80 88 103 118

11. Law/Gibbons-Neff 6 12 16 7 12 11 3 18 10 2 13 9
6 18 34 41 53 64 67 85 95 97 110 119

12. Eweing/Seibert 2 17 9 12 6 12 17 17 14 19 7 10
2 19 28 40 46 58 75 92 106 125 132 142

13. Carapiet/Fernandez, DNSDNSDNS10 8 18 12 12 4 13 9 1
Zimmerly, Foreman, Warner 21 42 63 73 81 99 111 123 127 140 149 150

14. Hogan/Fernandez DNSDNSDNSDNS7 4 6 6 6 17 10 12
21 42 63 84 91 95 101 107 113 130 140 152

15. Merrick/May 17 7 4 9 20 13 10 15 17 12 19 13
17 24 28 37 57 70 80 95 112 124 142 156

16. Combs/Dorfman 8 9 10 18 19 17 11 19 OCS1 18 8
8 17 27 45 64 81 92 111 132 133 151 159

17. Vrolyk/Elliman 15 18 12 6 15 15 7 14 19 20 12 16
Kurzrok/Warner 15 33 45 51 66 81 88 102 121 141 153 169
Struckett/Benedict

18. Rabin/Tombari 18 16 6 13 18 16 14 7 20 16 17 DNF
18 34 40 53 71 87 101 108 128 144 161 182

19. Enright/Emhiser 16 15 7 11 13 29 13 29 15 15 29 DNF
16 31 38 49 62 82 95 115 130 145 165 186

20. Macky/Macky 14 14 18 19 14 19 OCS11 12 18 16 18
Kurzrok/Schuyler 14 28 46 65 79 98 119 130 142 160 176 194

**Saturday record holder: 36 sec.

47: Snow and Satisfaction
Friday: We had nice breeze out of the North West and had four races.
Saturday: Wind was out of the South West. We had for more races and lots of general recalls.
Sunday: I think we had three races. Wind was light out of the South.
We didn’t sail very well. I’m a bit off the pace in a 420 these days.

44: We spent the day bucking the current in Essex. The day started with a nice 10 knot + North Westerly but was dying all day. In the first race I got out right and to the shore (out of the current) before anyone else and never looked back. I won the next race but it was more of a fight around the track. I went low on the second reach (triangle) and got past Matt and Dave.
In the following races I kept loosing boats on the last beat. I’d get around the windward mark first and be way ahead as soon as I got around because of the current. But when everyone got to the leeward mark we were barely making it upwind so there were big opportunities to pass on the last beat. Dave Price is racing with us this season and won a race today. Good to have another fast boat out there.

43: Laser Frosbiting in Essex started today. We were blown out last week.
The wind wa out of the NW at 10 to 15 with less than normal current. I had a good day winning a few races. I havn’t sailed a hiking boat since the Spring so my legs are a little sore. Fortunately the wind died a bit for the last few races.

Geoff gave a rules seminar at Rock Hall this year on rule 18.3 and posted it on Youtube. Check it out.

42: Sharkey’s Cup:
Saturday started off with light air out of the south but was building all day. We had four races and the last 2 and a half were in about 15+ knots. Finally we had some good double trapping and de-powering. 2o boats showed up with some great competition. We had two 3’s a first and a 7th for the day to stand in second behind Mark and Sandra counting three firsts and an OCS.
Sunday started off light and built a bit for some on and off double trapeezing. We had three races. Our first race we had a great start but went to the wrong side and had a terrible result. Race two we had a terrible start and messed up again. Finally in the third race we got a good start at the pin and managed to win the race.
Mark and Sandra won the regatta, and high points for the season. We finished second winning a tiebreaker with Geoff and Krista.

40: Roton Point
Saturday: Wind was out of the North and shifty/puffy. We had about 12 Hobie 16's in the fleet. There was also a F18, A cat, Hobie 21 and open start. We had not so good starts but worked our way through the fleet to win most of the races today. We had 5 races in all.
Sunday: No wind no racing. We won the event. Ken and G were second and Cliffy was third

39: An uneventful drifter. We drifted poorly.
results

37: Barnegat Breezer
We had three light air races over the weekend. So much for the hurricane.
Results

Michael Bagley should have some pictures on his blog

Some recent pictures.

35: Well we won the silver fleet. Woopdy freeking doo. I guess that's just the way things go some times.

32: The mast stayed up today. Race 1 was light and we got stuck behind a pack of boats before the satrt and were dead in the water. We had to tack out to the unfavored side. We had good runs and got to the left on the next beat passing boats. We finished 23rd. Not so hot.
The next race, was still light, we started at the pin but had another bad start. Fortunately we were able to foot left and tacked before the group getting a clear lane. We rounded in the top ten. On the run we passed some boats and rounded the gate first. We headed out left but some boats got their own puff and lifted inside of us. We were third at the windward mark and the course was shortened. So we got a third. Unfortunately the wind shut down for the day and that was it. Not enough to make the Glod fleet. We needed four races today after not finishing any races yesterday.

31: Day One Qualification Round
Rain all day and we didn't get out on the water until about 4:00. Race 1 we had a good start at the boat and were going well but to the wrong side. We rounded in the top ten. The run was good and we passed a few boats. We were forced to the wrong gate and went the wrong way on the beat again but were still around 10th. On the starboard layline we noticed the bridle shackle was coming apart so we quickly headed down wind but the mast dropped anyway. We got towed in and were done for the day. They ran 2 races so we are in a tough spot to make the Gold fleet.

We leave for Italy and the Hobie European Championship tomorrow. I just counted 118 Hobie 16's registered for the Open event.

http://www.hobieuropeans.com/

30: A difficult week for us. We got thrown out of another race Friday for room at a leeward mark. We finished 17th. I’ve sent an appeal in to the CYA on our first DSQ so it should be interesting to see how that goes. I’ve never appealed a decision before.
Mostly it was upwind speed that we were lacking this week.
We get to try it all again next week at the Europeans.
Lots of great pictures here.
Results here

29: Another bad day going slow up wind. We sailed the second race with one rudder up even though it wasn't quite windy enough for that and it went a little better. I'm thinking our rudders are not set up correctly. We checked them after sailing and took out some of the toe-in.