Family sailing since 1963
Beautiful warm weekend; it felt like summer, but the water was still cold and the wind was very strong and gusty.
Brian and Wendy took their Lasers out for some practice sailing on Saturday.
Later in the day Dave and his friends took the Nacra out to wash out the cobwebs.
| Skipper | Time | UK Corr time | UK position |
| RACE 1 | |||
| Dave L | 10.07 | 552 | 1 |
| Phil | 10.17 | 607 | 2 |
| Sarah | 12.30 | 654 | 3 |
| Wendy | 12.34 | 657 | 4 |
| B Woods | 12.58 | 678 | 5 |
| Roger | 12.59 | 679 | 6 |
| B Kelly | 12.19 | 723 | 7 |
| Cindy | 15.31 | 771 | 8 |
| RACE 2 | |||
| Dave L | 6.01 | 328 | 1 |
| B Kelly | 6.07 | 359 | 2 |
| B Woods | 7.14 | 378 | 3 |
| Phil | 6.27 | 381 | 4 |
| Sarah | 7.17 | 381 | 5 |
| Roger | 8.02 | 420 | 6 |
| Wendy | 8.08 | 425 | 7 |
| Cindy | 11.11 | 555 | 8 |
| RACE 3 | |||
| Dave L | 8.57 | 488 | 1 |
| Sarah | 10.00 | 523 | 2 |
| Wendy | 10.12 | 534 | 3 |
| B Kelly | 9.09 | 537 | 4 |
| Phil | 9.30 | 561 | 5 |
| B Woods | 10.52 | 568 | 6 |
| Roger | 12.23 | 648 | 7 |
| RACE 4 | |||
| B Kelly | 6.59 | 410 | 1 |
| B Woods | 9.24 | 492 | 2 |
| Phil | 8.30 | 502 | 3 |
| Dave L | 9.13 | 503 | 4 |
| Sarah | 9.45 | 510 | 5 |
| Wendy | 10.05 | 527 | 6 |
| Roger | 11.03 | 578 | 7 |
No one in the mood to launch a dinghy in the cool, brisk wind on Sunday, so we walked the McGillivray trail instead…
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.
| Skipper | Time | Corr. Time | Points |
| RACE 1 | |||
| Al | 31.02 | 18.34 | 1 |
| Feavers | 31.03 | 19.01 | 2 |
| Marcello | 32.30 | 19.50 | 3 |
| RACE 2 | |||
| Al | 20.02 | 11.84 | 1 |
| Feavers | 19.22 | 11.86 | 2 |
| Marcello | 23.24 | 14.04 | 3 |
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.
If the weather cooperates, FYC plans for the weekend include:
– Dinghy racing Saturday and Monday
– Keel boat races on Sunday, and
– BBQ on Picnic Island Saturday night
We will have a planning session on Saturday to allocate crews to the keel boats for the Sunday races. Some of the new members may be interested in sailing on a keel boat.
Dinghies are welcome to race with the keel boats on Sunday, but the dinghies won’t be timed or scored.
A select subcommittee of the keel boat caucus* is proposing sailing down to Picnic Island after the races on Saturday July 18 for a BBQ. If all interested sailors bring their own plates, utensils, etc, we can have COVID-careful picnic.
Boats sail away from the club before 5 pm. [weather permitting…]
* AKA Dave H and Charles F!
Typical Falcon Lake summer weather; nice breeze, allegedly coming from the North, but with lots of shifts to make sailing interesting.
| Skipper | Time | UK position |
| Race 1 | ||
| Feavers | 15.15 | 3 |
| Dave L | 15.30 | 1 |
| Sharlene | 17.00 | 2 |
| B Woods | 19.12 | 4 |
| Roger | 20.42 | 6 |
| Penny | 21.31 | 5 |
| Wendy | 21.34 | 7 |
| RACE 2 | ||
| Feavers | 15.08 | 1 |
| Dave L | 16.32 | 3 |
| Phil | 17.03 | 7 |
| Sharlene | 17.04 | 2 |
| Penny | 18.50 | 4 |
| Roger | 18.55 | 5 |
| B Woods | 19.09 | 6 |
| Wendy | 20.05 | 8 |
| RACE 3 | ||
| Feavers | 16.18 | 3 |
| Dave L | 16.32 | 1 |
| Roger | 18.40 | 4 |
| Penny | 18.50 | 2 |
| Phil | 18.56 | 7 |
| Wendy | 20.14 | 5 |
| B Woods | 21.07 | 6 |
| RACE 4 | ||
| Feavers | 14.35 | 1 |
| Phil | 14.42 | 2 |
| Dave L | 16.10 | 3 |
| Penny | 19.14 | 4 |
| Roger | 19.14 | 5 |
| B Woods | 19.41 | 6 |
| Wendy | 19.58 | 7 |
Nice variable breeze from the South with S-East and S-West variations. Hot. Two boats racing for the first time; Phil in his MC Scow, and Craig C sailing the Bombardier.
| RACE 1 | |||
| Feavers | 16.42 | 987 | 1 |
| Roger | 20.17 | 1066 | 2 |
| Phil | 20.59 | 1239 | 5 |
| Patti | 22.01 | 1157 | 4 |
| Penny | 22.16 | 1107 | 3 |
| Craig C | 25.20 | 1330 | 6 |
| RACE 2 | |||
| Feavers | 22.07 | 1307 | 1 |
| Phil | 22.48 | 1346 | 3 |
| Patti | 25.11 | 1323 | 2 |
| Penny | 28.57 | 1439 | 4 |
| Roger | 29.08 | 1531 | 5 |
| Craig C | 33.24 | 1753 | 7 |
| Cindy | 33.20 | 1657 | 6 |
| RACE 3 | |||
| Feavers | 12.19 | 728 | 2 |
| Phil | 13.06 | 774 | 6 |
| Roger | 14.03 | 738 | 3 |
| Patti | 14.07 | 742 | 4 |
| Penny | 14.30 | 721 | 1 |
| Craig C | 14.40 | 770 | 5 |
| Cindy | 17.01 | 846 | 7 |
We have added an intermediate level learn to sail course for young sailors. This course will include five afternoons (15 hours) of instruction on a diversity of single and double handed boats (Zest, Laser and Laser II). The course will run July 13 to 17 from 1:00pm to 4:00pm. Please contact our learn to sail coordinator Jean at (jean_trottierATme.com) for more information.
