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.