One word for today…HOT! Well two words the other being…HUMID! Despite that it was a pretty good day for sailing. Breeze could have been stronger but it was adequate. Cliff showed everyone how it’s done by sweeping all the firsts with several less than stellar starts ( at least two from back of the pack ). Alain retired at the break after a de-masting and deconstruction of his rig which required more than picnic table repairs unfortunately. John Whalen brought a mini 20 foiling trimaran for testing. It even got up on it’s foils once in the day’s light breezes. A good day.

Nice day, mostly sunny but we could have used a bit more breeze most of the day. We were pleasantly surprised by the presence of Alain, his first attendance since April.. Cliff was trying out Herb’s Sharpie. Chris had Jim Linville’s former boat out for its second regatta but unfortunately during the second race a chainplate pulled out ending his day. As the afternoon progressed, the breeze continued dropping until after race 10 it was decided to suspend racing and just admire the pond’s mirror surface.

Well, it’s been a month since we last sailed due to lack of wind AND serious weeds floating on the pond! They’re almost gone, the city treated the pond for weeds and there was actually some wind throughout the afternoon! On the water conditions were good with the normal fickle dead spots and a few “knock down” gusts just to keep things interesting. Cliff and Herb showed us how to get it done while Chris and Jerry sometimes seemed to be playing bumper boats more times than I’d like to admit. An overall fine day at the pond.

Star 45 7/18 CANCELLED ( the weeds didn’t abate enough unfortunately!)

Can you say “WIND”? That describes today’s weather to a “T”! Four intrepid skippers braved very windy conditions through twelve races today. Knockdowns were more the norm than the exception and gunnels were under water most of the day. The winds were fickle though with boats just a few feet apart often on the same heading but on different tacks or one close hauled and the other wing on wing! Surprisingly, minimal mechanical problems resulted. One parted sheet, easily repaired, and one shroud became unattached from the chainplate.

The title says it all. Pictures on the Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/p/Nashua-Model-Yacht-Club-100077135033231/

V36 5/30 Cancelled Due To Rain and high winds. Next week VM.

What a day for sailing! Fairly constant winds in the 7-10 range coming from the ENE- right across the pond. Probably the best conditions in a long while. On the water, eight boats launched (!) for 12 races with only Dave’s boat succumbing to a broken sheet under the deck during race four which Dave decided wasn’t a pondside repair and Jerry’s, whose receiver battery died during race 11 but luckily was able to return to the dock before the rudder became ineffective. Results below. Cliff took first and note how close second through fourth was.

Well… the weather was nice. Winds a bit lower than forecast but acceptable. Unfortunately the gremlins were working overtime. Herb couldn’t get his boat’s electronics working until well after the first race was completed, Rick G burned out his sail servo before the first race, and Rick L experienced rudder linkage problems during the first race which sidelined him for the rest of the afternoon. Cliff’s boat worked flawlessly the whole time by the way. We sat on the shore watching Chris sail his DF95 after the first race while Herb continued to troubleshoot for most of an hour until he got it working. At that point Herb and Cliff completed 3 more races before calling it quits.