Dist. I Championships Hull YC Aug 26 & 27
These three boats from Fleet 54 made the trip up to Hull YC last weekend for the District I Championships. The regatta was planned around Hull’s crazy 12 foot tide that allows for only a 4 hour window for hauling and launching. This weekend’s tides worked out perfectly and we were able to launch around noon on Saturday and pull out around 4 on Sunday. Hull YC really knows how to do things right. A whopping $10 entry fee got us lunch and plenty of drinks, plus HYC had a pig roast on Saturday night that was fun for everyone. Mark, Josh, Anna and I rented 2 rooms at the Nantasket Beach Inn for Saturday night. When we asked one of the locals at HYC how the inn was she said “it’s a place like you’d see on COPS.” Nice. The rooms were ok and it looked like they cleaned up all the blood and used needles right before we got there. The lock on the back door was a loop of wire bolted to the sash and hung over the doorknob. This sure wasn’t the Ritz.
Some of the highlights from the weekend included seeing #4 out racing for the 1st time in a long time. The Clancy brothers showed what a little $$$, the right speed shop, and going the right way can do for a vintage 1939/2006 boat by winning the event. A big dead pig (apple included) was expertly carved up and the $2 beers made for an fun night. One of the more interesting events happened after leaving the warm fuzzy nest of Hull and driving to Water Works in neighboring Quincy. Now I haven’t been to a bar with a mechanical bull in a long time and the line of drunken bachelorettes trying to ride the bull was great.
The racing was very competitive and our own Ross Weane seemed to be on fire with 2 bullets on the 1st day. The Clancy bros came out on Sunday and secured their win by getting 2 bullets in the last 2 races. Six races were held and Fleet 54 was 2,3 and 6 out of 11 boats that raced. We were back on the road by 5pm on Sunday (in the rain) and made it home safe and sound.
Race results can be found on the class website. Direct link here.
posted by Oakley at 8:37 AM
1 Comments:
Well the last race was the most fun or 511...we were finally in phase and started at the boat, the breeze had been going right all day and it seemed like the place to be. We started, tacked off and headed to the right, as we maintained our starboard advantage we found ourselves in 3rd around the weather mark with #4 and Anne ahead of us. We made some right moves and were able to be out in front enough that the three of us weren't feeling the pain of the breeze crapping out. The final beat was great with #4 trying to lure us into a tacking duel and managing to hold off Anne as we rounded the top mark. The breeze came in about 1/2 way down the final run and it was fun...511 was 2nd...after the problems with our rudder and 2 8ths, we were feeling good about that finish.
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