September Keelboat Race

After one postponement, we got some nice weather; a fairly gentle breeze, and five boats completed all three races. It was a relatively cool day, and we were glad to be warmly dressed and sailing keelboats.

Dave/Jean finished first overall, followed very closely by Al/Penny, with Charles, Marcello and Ian following farther behind.

We topped it off with the last BBQ of the season.

Al and Penny
Al and Penny
Liz sailing
Liz sailing

Commodore’s Cup 2019

We had worried that the weather would require postponing the Commodore’s Cup regatta due to rain, but on Saturday morning, the sun was shining and there was no lack of wind, instead there was some concern about the strength of the wind as we rigged our boats. 11 boats completed the first race in a brisk wind, enjoying bracing reaches and gybes. By the last race, four boats finished, hanging on through some violent gusts.
A big thank you to Brian K and Deb W for running the races on the water.

Commodore’s Cup Results:
Craig First
Sharlene Second
Mat Third

Rigging for Commodore's Cup
Rigging for Commodore’s Cup
Mat on final downwind
Mat on final downwind
Brian and Deb running the races
Brian and Deb running the races
Cory between races
Cory between races

August 17 & 18

Pretty quiet at the club August 17; many sailors away at the Lasers Masters regatta, and the wind not putting up much of a show, but sufficient breezes from the South – South west to set up a sausage course and run five races:

On Sunday a strong and gusty wind blowing from the West, and four boats headed out to the start line, but some parts broke, and in the end a few boats just zoomed around in the mighty wind.

Jay in Brian’s Laser Radial
Hit 24.6 kph reaching in the Tasar; felt a lot faster!

August 5 Racing

No lack of wind on the holiday Monday. Strong gusts from the W-NW, and a few other directions. Set up a triangle course. Those who went out had to hang on and move fast, but we hit top boat speeds over 20 kph on the reaches.

Back in the game
Back in the game
Race timing GPS track
Speed profile for that track…

August Long Keelboat Race

Nice breezes mostly from the West, 5 keelboats and one Wayfarer out. We set a triangle-sausage course, and ran three races. Since the Wayfarer finished in roughly half the time it took the keelboats (including the race committee), it was not scored for the races.

Race 1
RACE 2
Dave H22.1314.5681
Marcello24.0814.7762
Feavers25.0015.3063
Al Cade29.4617.5964
Ian27.3517.7965

Race 3:

Marcello33.3420.5511
Ian33.1621.4622
Al Cade37.2722.1383

The results for the day were scored on the basis of the two best races for each skipper, so Dave Hudson was first with two points, followed by Marcello, with three.

The Races were followed by a lovely BBQ on the upper deck.

Awesome day.

Al's team
Al’s team
Colette calling the puffs
Colette calling the puffs
Serenity beating
Serenity beating
Wayfarer on the beat
Wayfarer on the beat
The spread
The spread
The dining setting

August 3 Races

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.

10 skippers skipping...
10 skippers skipping…

Saturday July 27 2019 Races

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

RACE 1
SkipperTimeUK Corr timeUK position
Feavers11.376831
Penny13.596952
B Woods14.277573
Phil12.567614
Roger17.018925
Ian17.2610256
RACE 2
Feavers10.146021
Penny12.596452
Roger12.206463
Jean12.036564
B Woods13.136935
Cindy14.607466
Phil13.067717
Ian14.248478
RACE 3
Penny12.426311
Roger12.386622
Cindy13.316723
Feavers11.266734
B Woods13.116915
Phil12.147206

Apologies to Jean; we missed his finish time!

RACE 4
Feavers11.016481
Penny13.306712
Roger13.267043
B Woods13.507254
Jean13.357405
Phil13.187826
Cindy16.558417
RACE 5
Roger11.446151
Penny13.036492
Jean12.056583
B Woods12.586794
Feavers11.436895
Phil12.017076
Cindy15.057507
Phil & Avery
Phil & Avery
Jean & John
Jean & John

Summer of Sailing Regatta

25 Boats on the water for the weekend regatta, which included 17 Lasers, 4 Optimists and 4 dual-handed boats.

The weather was extremely variable, with the wind blowing, or not blowing, various strengths from various directions. It meant lots of adjusting by the race committee, and lots of waiting for the sailors, but sailors had a good time; and those who stayed out for all the races sailed between four and seven races each.

Results:

RankClassHelm Name
1stLASER RADIALMareike Bordasch
2ndLASERKayden Polachek
3rdLASER RADIALLauren Burns
4thLASER RADIALJonah Friesen
5thLASER RADIALSharlene Telles-Langdon
6thLASER RADIALTomas Green
7thLASEREvan Owen
8thLASER RADIALPatti Cohen
9thLASER RADIALKendra Penner
10thLASER RADIALRoger Redwin
11thLASER RADIALMatthew Sauer
12thLASER RADIALBrian Woods
13thLASER RADIALLiam McConnell
14thLASER RADIALWendy Sauer
15thLASER RADIALKatie Sauer
16thLASERGonzalo Agrimbau
17thLASER 4.7Penny Kelly
RankClassHelmName
1stOptiKingsley Parkhill
2ndOptiCharlie Wilson
3rdOptiGavin Garabed
4thOptiBrynn McConnell
RankClassHelmNameCrew Name
1stTaserCharles FeaverCory Leblanc
2ndZestPeter MagnusAidan Lawton
3rdZestMadeline KrestanowichSydney Odowichuk
4thZestAaron KrestanowichCole Anseeuw
Optis starting
Optis starting
Kendra receiving medal
Kendra receiving medal
Matthew receiving medal
Matthew receiving medal
Charles receiving trophy
Charles receiving trophy

July 14 Racing

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

RACE 1
SkipperTimeUK Corr timeUK position
Dave L17.359601
Feavers17.2110212
Jean19.3410253
Phil17.5310524
Sharlene20.1810645
Penny21.4710836
Wendy24.0912667
RACE 2
Penny19.189591
Sharlene18.269662
Phil17.0510053
Dave L18.4810264
Wendy19.4610365
Jean19.5210416
Feavers17.5210517
RACE 3
Sharlene10.405591
Feavers9.465752
Dave L10.505913
Penny12.015974
Cindy12.166105
Wendy11.426136
Jean11.486187
Phil11.046518
RACE 4
Feavers14.068291
Sharlene16.598902
Penny18.329213
Cindy19.319704
Wendy18.479845
Dave L18.189996
Jean18.3610947
Phil18.5911178
RACE 5
Dave L15.128301
Sharlene16.268612
Feavers16.209613
Jean19.4110314
Cindy21.0010445
Wendy20.5010926
Phil19.3911567
Downwind leg
Looking for wind