The rain held back for our club closing operations, the AGM and the BBQ this weekend.
Here are the series racing results announced at the meeting.
We ran a total of 52 races in the series this year. 24 skippers participated, including 9 women. We recorded 358 dinghies starting, an average of 6.9 boats at each start. This year, the top end of the fleet was exceptionally competitive, while at the same time other sailors were racing for the first time.
11.1 The scoring system is as follows: The Low Point scoring system of Appendix A for “series longer than a regatta” (Rule A9) will apply to all races official club races completed in the year, of which 15 races will be required to be completed to constitute a series. A boat’s series score will be the total of her race scores, excluding her 16th best score and all those below it.
Ten skippers completed the 15 or more races required to be competitive in the FSC Dinghy Series.
Results for 2023
1
Dave L
15
2
Sharlene
19
3
Feavers
29
4
B Kelly
35
5
B Woods
35
6
Wendy
50
7
Patti
54
8
Roger
64
9
Phil
66
10
Ian
91
2023 FSC Keel Boat Series
The weather was not very cooperative on keel boat racing days, but we were able to hold three keel boat racing days this season.
Scoring for keel boat races is based on each boat’s results for half the total number of races in the series, rounding upward for an uneven total.
This year, we completed seven races, so a boat’s best four scores were counted.
Five skippers participated in the KB series. We completed a total of seven races, so “at least half” represents four races. All five skippers completed at least four races to qualify.
2023 FSC KB series scores
Charles
4
1
Garth
7
2
Al
9
3
Marcello
15
4
Ian
16
5
Most Improved Sailor
Each year, we watch with interest the progress of newer sailors as they learn to manage their boats in a variety of conditions. We celebrate this progress by naming one “Most Improved Sailor” every year. The most improved sailor for 2023 is Jan Waters
A lovely hot afternoon with fluky, light winds. A learn to race clinic in the morning produced results; everybody was contesting the start line, with some “interesting” situations! Thanks to David and Craig Baker for running the races.
RACE 1
Dave L 25.41 1401 2
Sharlene 26.10 1369 1
B Kelly 26.13 1539 8
Josh 27.54 1459 4
Roger 27.16 1426 3
Phil 26.47 1582 10
Feavers 27.14 1599 11
Wendy 29.26 1540 9
Patti 28.12 1475 6
B Woods 28.02 1466 5
Cole 29.02 1519 7
RACE 2
Dave L 16.44 913 1
Sharlene 20.52 1092 5
B Kelly 15.54 933 2
Josh 21.30 1125 6
Roger 30.54 1616 10
Phil DNF 11
Feavers 16.19 958 3
Wendy 30.15 1582 9
Patti 18.28 966 4
B Woods 25.55 1356 7
Cole 27.30 1439 8
Saturday turned out to be a combined club close-up and racing day. We put away the boats, did lots of cleaning, lifted the docks in the morning, and as the weather turned nice in the afternoon, we set a race course to the South-East, based on the winds of the moment. It was an official keel boat day, with three boats on the line, and dinghy sailors went sailing around the buoys too. The wind was capricious; it pretty much blew from every direction, and everything from a zephyr to a hard blow.
Five Boats enjoyed a gentle NW breeze to take us down to Picnic Island for a BBQ on Saturday evening.
Sailing back to the club Sunday morning was a beat into a brisk and gusty NW wind, much cooler than the night before.
It seemed like the wind had settled down a bit around noon, so we set up a course for a keel boat race, but when we gathered at the start line the wind was once again coming in hard gusts, dangerous conditions to try racing for our fleet, so the race was called off.
