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Amazingly we saw the sun! We were greeted with light, finicky breezes coming out of the west ( the worst direction for Sandy Pond “swirlies”), weeds were, unfortunately, abundant, and dead spots abundant. In spite of this, we got in 12 races as shown below. Cliff outclassed the pack including a few races where heContinue reading “VM”

5th Annual V36 Open

This regatta should be called ” The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly”. The Good: NO RAIN!!!. The Bad: Weeds were being picked up fairly regularly. and the Ugly: Breeze started off light, increased a little through the day but were fickle and swirly throughout. Auto-tacks were common and it seemed that just after everyoneContinue reading “5th Annual V36 Open”

EC-12 6/28 Cancelled

With 50% chance of rain and possible thunderstorms, the prudent thing to do is cancel. 9 cancelled out of 10 with a light shower on the 10th, seems someone has it out for us.

VM 5/31 Cancelled-Mother Nature Still Not Cooperating

With a 90% chance of rain and scattered thunderstorms, do we even have to say it?

EC-12 #1

Finally we got a regatta in! Not the best of conditions including a few periods of light sprinkles, some challenging wind shifts, few serious knock down gusts and several youths fishing on our course from the dock ( Ask Greg- he was “caught” just before the finish line holding first at the time) but theContinue reading “EC-12 #1”

EC-12 5/24 @ Noon Is On

Seems Mother Nature Is Cooperating Tomorrow we race! EC12s will be racing tomorrow. This is the first time we get to race, let’s make it a good one. The weather looks chilly, cloudy, with a shower possible early, so bring a jacket. Racing starts at 12 pm with a break after 6 races.

V36 Regatta Cancelled Again Due To Weather

OK, for the 6th week in a row, I am announcing the cancellation of the V36 racing tomorrow. There is a 70-80% chance of rain and thunderstorms, and again, no one’s life is worth a boat race. I am sorry and looking into a witch or shaman to cast a nice weather spell on ourContinue reading “V36 Regatta Cancelled Again Due To Weather”

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