Sept 26 Racing

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

Bird’s Eye View of Racing

Thanks to Neill’s drone we have an amazing bird’s eye view of a couple legs from a race on September 5th.

Sept. 19 Keel Boat races

Lovely warm and sunny day, great turnout, everything good except…. a shortage of decent wind. We ran two races in little zephyrs of wind, sometimes just enough to keep moving, sometimes not quite enough…

Skipper	Time	Corr. Time	Points
RACE 1
Al	68.03	40.23	1
Dave H	64.00	41.97	2
Marcello	75.55	45.55	3
Feavers	75.56	46.49	4
Ian	75.57	49.00	5

RACE 2
Dave H	22.11	14.55	1
Marcello	25.45	15.45	2
Ian	26.15	16.94	3
Al	29.39	17.53	4
Feavers	28.42	17.57	5

Thanks to Rosemary and Al for contributing pictures

Keel Boat Activities

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.

Sat. Sept. 12 Racing

After a cool morning, the sun warmed things up and a gentle breeze appeared to be blowing from the West when we set the course, but winds are never so simple on Falcon… A north wind came in gusts to mix it up with the west gusts, and unfortunately the course was set a little close to the north shore, so the favoured side of the course had dead spots. We ran five short races, each one a unique combination of gusts and quiet moments…

Skipper	Time	UK Corr time	UK position
RACE 1
Feavers	15.32	918	1
Dave L	16.57	926	2
B Kelly	15.50	936	3
Jean	18.56	995	4
Cindy	21.13	1055	5
Anna	17.10	1117	6

Feavers	16.35	980	1
Anna	15.30	1009	2
B Kelly	17.35	1039	3
Patti	19.49	1041	4
Dave L	19.17	1054	5
Cindy	22.26	1115	6
Roger	21.15	1116	7
Jean	21.30	1130	8

RACE 3
Dave L	18.56	1035	1
Feavers	17.37	1041	2
Anna	17.22	1130	3
Patti	21.52	1149	4
Roger	22.01	1157	5
B Kelly	19.49	1171	6
Jean	23.57	1258	7
Cindy	26.52	1336	8

RACE 4
Dave L	15.05	824	1
B Kelly	14.34	861	2
Jean	16.56	890	3
Patti	16.58	891	4
Roger	17.44	932	5
Feavers	16.57	1002	6
Cindy	21.00	1044	7
Anna	17.00	1106	8

RACE 5
Feavers	12.56	765	1
B Kelly	13.07	775	2
Dave L	15.13	832	3
Anna	13.20	868	4
Roger	16.52	886	5
Jean	17.14	905	6
Patti	18.10	954	7
Cindy	22.30	1118	8

Saturday Sept 5 Racing

Variable winds, mostly from the west and a lovely fall temperature set the stage for races where picking the right side of the course made the difference. Fearing this might be one of the last days suitable for dinghy sailing, we had 5 races:

Skipper	Time	UK Corr time	UK position
RACE 1
Feavers	15.09	896	1.0
Dave L	17.20	947	2.0
Patti	18.03	948	3.0
Jean	18.17	961	4.0
Wendy	19.13	1010	5.0
B Woods	19.52	1044	6.0
Phil	18.04	1068	7.0
B Kelly	18.05	1069	8.0
Craig C	20.57	1099	9.0
Cindy	25.55	1288	10.0

RACE 2
B Kelly	16.31	976	1.0
Feavers	17.06	1011	2.0
Dave L	19.09	1046	3.0
Roger	20.06	1056	4.0
Wendy	20.21	1069	5.0
Jean	20.22	1070	6.0
Patti	20.33	1080	7.0
B Woods	20.57	1101	8.0
Anna	17.16	1147	9.0
Phil	19.57	1179	10.0
Craig C	22.55	1203	11.0

RACE 3
Dave L	20.59	1147	1.0
B Kelly	21.02	1243	2.0
Roger	29.02	1525	3.0
Wendy	30.08	1583	4.0
Feavers	27.18	1614	5.0
Patti	32.17	1696	6.0
B Woods	32.20	1699	7.0
Phil	32.22	1913	8.0
Jean	36.37	1924	9.0

Dave L	18.48	1027	1.0
Feavers	18.15	1079	2.0
B Woods	20.50	1095	3.0
Wendy	20.53	1097	4.0
Jean	21.19	1120	5.0
Phil	19.00	1123	6.0
Patti	21.24	1124	7.0
B Kelly	19.16	1139	8.0
Roger	22.26	1179	9.0
Anna	19.06	1269	10.0

RACE 5
Dave L	20.10	1102	1.0
Feavers	19.46	1168	2.0
B Kelly	21.24	1265	3.0
Wendy	26.57	1416	4.0
Roger	27.52	1464	5.0
Anna	22.25	1489	6.0
Patti	28.27	1495	7.0
Jean	28.57	1521	8.0
Phil	26.09	1546	9.0

September 6 Keel Boat Race Canceled

Wind forecasts are too strong for Sunday, so we are canceling the September 6 keelboat race. Maybe we can make it up later in the fall.

Long Weekend Activities

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.

Saturday August 29th racing

Racers struggled with light and spotty wind, leaving some boats sitting motionless while others caught light gusts, producing some interesting results: