Friday, July 14
Friday was a great night for sailing. The wind was solid enough to have the crews trapping all night long but not so much that you could not enjoy a beer on the downwind leg. The Ida Lewis committee set us off on four short races. It was a pretty athletic night for the most part.
Josh and I decided pretty early on that the right was the way to go. Current was not much of an issue and there seemed to be more pressure out there. We set up above the boat layline for the start to find Will Wells, steering for Ross, lined up to leeward of us with not much of an escape for us. We luffed our sails, waited for the gun to go off and started behind them with a very quick tack to clear our air and get to the right. After a bit of separation we tacked back and found ourselves ahead of the fleet to round the windward mark first with Will and Ross in second. This is how the race ended with Jeff Adam in third and the Joneses in fourth. This would be the first race Oakley's boat has completed since he bought it. It is nice to have him out.
The second race looked to start just like the first, with Will and Ross to leeward and us above the boat layline. Jeff came in on port, though, and planted a tack right below the boys which slowed them, allowed us to roll them to windward and create a lane below the committee. Thanks Jeff. With such short courses, this is how the race finished up; us, Jeff, Will and Ross and the Joneses.
The third race was a bit tighter. We decided to try something other than barging and started somewhere around the middle of the line. It did not look like anyone was near the line at the gun when we looked back and saw Anna and Oakley hit the start on time, with speed and charging upwind. Not bad for the first night in the boat. The fleet was definitely getting closer together and it shook out to finish us, will and Ross, Anna and Oakley with Jeff in fourth.
We were over early in the fourth start. I think we need to bring the committee more beers. This race was a bit longer, windward, leeward, windward and a dog-leg to Ida Lewis. We spent the first two legs watching the other three racing closely. Things got closer at the leeward mark where people started to slow down playing with each other. We almost had room to get inside Jeff at the mark but decided to play it safe and go around. Everyone went right, for the most part and we went left to try and stay out of the beginning of an incoming tide and for more wind, which paid off. We rounded the windward mark in second, behind Will and Ross with Jeff behind us and the Joneses in fourth. The leg to the club is a reach so this is how we stayed.
This was one of the more competitive nights of sailing we have had this summer. It was good to see Will Wells, our local Quantum Sails rep, taking an interest and sailing with the fleet. It was very nice to have Josh back who had obviously come to sail as his tacks were fantastic and the general crew-work felt great. The best part of the night was sailing upwind, watching Anna and Oakley on starboard with Anna yelling "We're in first!" Hopefully we have more nights like this.
Here's another try at posting results. We are working on posting them on the Ida site with a link every week.
Mark Van Note
#631 - US Blues
#631 - Josh Hill: 1, 1, 1, 2 = 5pts
#608 - Ross Weene: 2, 3, 2, 1 = 8pts
#687 - Jeff Adam: 3, 2, 4, 3 = 12 pts
#511 - Anna & Oakley Jones: 4, 4, 3, 4 = 15pts
Josh and I decided pretty early on that the right was the way to go. Current was not much of an issue and there seemed to be more pressure out there. We set up above the boat layline for the start to find Will Wells, steering for Ross, lined up to leeward of us with not much of an escape for us. We luffed our sails, waited for the gun to go off and started behind them with a very quick tack to clear our air and get to the right. After a bit of separation we tacked back and found ourselves ahead of the fleet to round the windward mark first with Will and Ross in second. This is how the race ended with Jeff Adam in third and the Joneses in fourth. This would be the first race Oakley's boat has completed since he bought it. It is nice to have him out.
The second race looked to start just like the first, with Will and Ross to leeward and us above the boat layline. Jeff came in on port, though, and planted a tack right below the boys which slowed them, allowed us to roll them to windward and create a lane below the committee. Thanks Jeff. With such short courses, this is how the race finished up; us, Jeff, Will and Ross and the Joneses.
The third race was a bit tighter. We decided to try something other than barging and started somewhere around the middle of the line. It did not look like anyone was near the line at the gun when we looked back and saw Anna and Oakley hit the start on time, with speed and charging upwind. Not bad for the first night in the boat. The fleet was definitely getting closer together and it shook out to finish us, will and Ross, Anna and Oakley with Jeff in fourth.
We were over early in the fourth start. I think we need to bring the committee more beers. This race was a bit longer, windward, leeward, windward and a dog-leg to Ida Lewis. We spent the first two legs watching the other three racing closely. Things got closer at the leeward mark where people started to slow down playing with each other. We almost had room to get inside Jeff at the mark but decided to play it safe and go around. Everyone went right, for the most part and we went left to try and stay out of the beginning of an incoming tide and for more wind, which paid off. We rounded the windward mark in second, behind Will and Ross with Jeff behind us and the Joneses in fourth. The leg to the club is a reach so this is how we stayed.
This was one of the more competitive nights of sailing we have had this summer. It was good to see Will Wells, our local Quantum Sails rep, taking an interest and sailing with the fleet. It was very nice to have Josh back who had obviously come to sail as his tacks were fantastic and the general crew-work felt great. The best part of the night was sailing upwind, watching Anna and Oakley on starboard with Anna yelling "We're in first!" Hopefully we have more nights like this.
Here's another try at posting results. We are working on posting them on the Ida site with a link every week.
Mark Van Note
#631 - US Blues
#631 - Josh Hill: 1, 1, 1, 2 = 5pts
#608 - Ross Weene: 2, 3, 2, 1 = 8pts
#687 - Jeff Adam: 3, 2, 4, 3 = 12 pts
#511 - Anna & Oakley Jones: 4, 4, 3, 4 = 15pts
posted by Anonymous at 5:34 PM
1 Comments:
It was a great night of sailing for us on 511. Finally the boat is done enough to race. Anna did a great job for not really sailing in 3 years. Fun was had by all. This Friday will be a tough one having sailed all day on the F40 but we'll be there.
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