Today was quite gusty and plenty of wind out of the north west. Without a committee boat we did a ‘no wake’ buoy to ‘no wake’ buoy race from the entrance of the northern ‘no wake’ (between buoy 3-4) to the bridge buoys and back. One of use was seriously outmatched on the down wind sail to the bride watching the other two boats and their spinnakers cruise away (I was the one outmatched :). )
We finally got our racing season started with 3, 2 buoy races. There were 4 boats today and the wind was between 0 and 15 knots and in every direction. So, a typical day at Brookville 🙂
The results are posted below.
Today BLSA met for our first social event, and sock burning as is the tradition for the club. We had a decent turnout. Dan and Sara brought hot dogs, and others brought sides and snacks. Weather was brisk, but sunny making it a pleasant day to kick off the year.
BLSA welcomed the Flying Dutchman this weekend for a two day event including a social at Hanna Creek Saturday after the races. The weekend provided decent wind and a good time at the cookout after on Saturday. Below are the results for the races which are not part of the official BLSA results but are still races!
Today we had some pretty interesting wind. Forecast was for a solid 7kts with 16kt gusts, however we started at 1pm to maybe 5kts with varying winds most of the way down to the bridge.
Rounding the causeway buoy to port proved quite the challenge with the south easterly winds. Once around wind mostly provided a broad reach to the finish.
We had four boats participating in two short races as the front moved in on Sunday. There was moderate wind and some rain at the very end. Walter Frank (longtime member) and Dan CaJacob provided committee duty. Congratulations to Bill Settle and crew for taking first place in both races. I think we all had a great time!
Decent wind allowed two races to happen today. No committee boat required since it was a pursuit race. The course started from just outside the no wake zone just north of Hanna, and the South marker was the first Kent’s Harbor no wake buoy.
Thanks to all who participated in yesterday’s first Fall series races. The wind was light for the first race but built up to 10-12 knots by the third. Yes, we were able to get 3 races in. So we have one in the bank in case we have light wind race days later in the series. I think I speak for all when I say that we had a great time. Special thanks to the crewing guest appearances, including Steve Tacy, Steve Milby, John Doerner, and Guy Hemmer!
Also many thanks to Patty and Bill Beglin for their excellent performance as Race Committee! Participating boats included Patty Anne (Dan and Heidi Loughran with visiting relatives as crew), Lady Di (Pat Burke with his brother in law as crew and mentored by a very experienced racer, Guy Hemmer), Red (Bill Settle with Steve Tacy as crew), and Isabel (Dan CaJacob with Steve Milby and John Doerner as crew). Results will be posted soon. Sorry for the inconvenience to anyone for the last minute race day change. Fair winds!
Today it looked like we would have 7 boats trying to finish out the seaon with a bank. Forecast was looking decent for wind. As Sunday came around the forecast had some chances of storms and only 4 showed up. During race one someone noticed a nasty line of storms heading across the region and it was decided to just have one more race for the day. Everyone made it home without any incident even though the weather, yet again cut the day short.
Today there was plenty of wind but only 2 boats could make it and race. With just two boats we kept it simple and scored finish position, pretty hard to compete with the J70 on flat water and lots of wind
