Category: Racing

10 skippers were keen to race on this hot August Saturday, but we had to wait for the wind, which finally showed up at 2. It was mostly light, and a very unpredictable, but that’s Falcon Lake. We set a sausage course, and headed out to race. Of course, by the time we got out there, the wind veered more and more off the course, so Sharlene moved the windward mark once from her Laser, and we worked with what the wind gave us.

We ran five races in a typical mixed bag of breezes, mostly from west of north-west.

RACE 1
Skipper	Time	UK Corr time	UK position
Feavers	11.37	683	1
Penny	13.59	695	2
B Woods	14.27	757	3
Phil	12.56	761	4
Roger	17.01	892	5
Ian	17.26	1025	6

RACE 2
Feavers	10.14	602	1
Penny	12.59	645	2
Roger	12.20	646	3
Jean	12.03	656	4
B Woods	13.13	693	5
Cindy	14.60	746	6
Phil	13.06	771	7
Ian	14.24	847	8

RACE 3
Penny	12.42	631	1
Roger	12.38	662	2
Cindy	13.31	672	3
Feavers	11.26	673	4
B Woods	13.11	691	5
Phil	12.14	720	6

Apologies to Jean; we missed his finish time!

RACE 4
Feavers	11.01	648	1
Penny	13.30	671	2
Roger	13.26	704	3
B Woods	13.50	725	4
Jean	13.35	740	5
Phil	13.18	782	6
Cindy	16.55	841	7

RACE 5
Roger	11.44	615	1
Penny	13.03	649	2
Jean	12.05	658	3
B Woods	12.58	679	4
Feavers	11.43	689	5
Phil	12.01	707	6
Cindy	15.05	750	7

A spotty easterly to south-easterly to south wind that built in fits and starts. Finding the wind was key to success.

RACE 1
Skipper	Time	UK Corr time	UK position
Dave L	17.35	960	1
Feavers	17.21	1021	2
Jean	19.34	1025	3
Phil	17.53	1052	4
Sharlene	20.18	1064	5
Penny	21.47	1083	6
Wendy	24.09	1266	7

RACE 2
Penny	19.18	959	1
Sharlene	18.26	966	2
Phil	17.05	1005	3
Dave L	18.48	1026	4
Wendy	19.46	1036	5
Jean	19.52	1041	6
Feavers	17.52	1051	7

RACE 3
Sharlene	10.40	559	1
Feavers	9.46	575	2
Dave L	10.50	591	3
Penny	12.01	597	4
Cindy	12.16	610	5
Wendy	11.42	613	6
Jean	11.48	618	7
Phil	11.04	651	8

RACE 4
Feavers	14.06	829	1
Sharlene	16.59	890	2
Penny	18.32	921	3
Cindy	19.31	970	4
Wendy	18.47	984	5
Dave L	18.18	999	6
Jean	18.36	1094	7
Phil	18.59	1117	8

RACE 5
Dave L	15.12	830	1
Sharlene	16.26	861	2
Feavers	16.20	961	3
Jean	19.41	1031	4
Cindy	21.00	1044	5
Wendy	20.50	1092	6
Phil	19.39	1156	7

Southish breeze in typical Falcon style.

RACE 1
Sharlene	17.27	914	1
Roger	18.13	955	2
Dave L	17.53	976	3
Feavers	17.20	1020	4
Cindy	20.46	1032	5
B Kelly	18.02	1061	6
Wendy	20.44	1086	7

RACE 2
Sharlene	7.51	411	1
B Kelly	8.08	478	2
Feavers	8.22	492	4
Dave L	8.48	480	3
Roger	9.31	499	5
Cindy	12.29	621	6
Wendy	12.02	631	7

RACE 3
Sharlene	10.18	540	1
Roger	10.38	557	2
Dave L	10.22	566	3
Feavers	9.47	575	4
B Kelly	10.40	627	5
Wendy	12.54	676	6
Cindy	14.19	712	7

RACE 4
Sharlene	10.17	539	1
Feavers	9.18	547	2
Dave L	10.44	586	3
Roger	11.38	610	4
Wendy	12.47	670	5
Cindy	14.36	726	6

RACE 5
Skipper	Time	UK Corr time	UK position
Dave L	11.24	622	1
Sharlene	12.04	632	2
Roger	12.24	650	3
Feavers	11.44	690	4
Cindy	15.03	748	5
Wendy	15.08	793	6

A gentle breeze greeted the three keelboats that made it out to the start line.

Phil joined the race in his scow, but unfortunately we don’t have a handicap system that covers both the scow and the keelboats, so Phil enjoyed a practice race!

Skipper	Time	Corr. Time	Points
Al	42.40	25.22	1
Marcello	51.10	30.70	2
Ian	53.00	35.14	3

RACE 2
Al	29.06	17.20	2
Marcello	24.58	14.98	1
Ian	29.23	19.48	3

On Saturday, June 15th four boats were out racing in stiff and cool easterly breezes. Everyone came back smiling.

Race 1

Sharlene	1
B Woods	2
Phil	3
Dave L	DNF  4

RACE 2
Sharlene	1
Dave L	2
B Woods	3
Phil	4