It was decided that rather than running the 4^th Annual V36 regatta, which will be rescheduled-probably in October, we would run the postponed V36#2. Four skippers completed a full 12 race schedule finishing just as some very serious rain began. Missing was Alain Jousse who, as I was told, found that deer crossing the highway do not yield to cars on his way over. Alain is OK but I heard his car is missing a bumper. I haven’t heard the condition of the deer. On the water conditions were fairly good. Full overcast, cool temperatures ( after several days of mid 90’s ) and a mostly consistent WNW breezes made for some good racing although there were a multitude of long skinny weeds picked up by everyone at one time or another. Almost everyone got multiple bullets but Cliff had a sizable advantage affording him the win trailed by Herb,Rick L and Rick G.

Start time for all series regattas has been changed from 1:00 to 12:00 as noted on our modified Facebook schedule page. This does not affect special regattas.

The second regatta of the doubleheader ran from 1:00 to a bit before 3:00. Rick Gates graciously allowed Herb to sail his boat as Herb’s was sidelined. This allowed Rick to kibitz from the sidelines better ( Chuckle). Wind conditions were no better than in the morning but I’m currently at a loss for more adjectives meaning crazy. Conditions aside, Cliff made it look easy with the others vying for second. For the spectator ( Chris and I) it made for an interesting afternoon with many place swaps and the aforementioned funky breezes. Often 2 boats were only feet apart on different tacks or one in a lull and the other one laid over. In the end, Cliff took the win, Herb ( sailing Rick Gates’s boat) in second, Alain in third and Rick Laird bringing up the rear.

First regatta of a doubleheader that ran 10:30-12:30. 5 boats started out but Herb’s boat started having control problems at the conclusion of the first race but he was able to get it to shore. Replacing the battery seemed to solve the problem but during the second race it reoccurred and kayak retrieval by Rick Gates was necessary this time. While the racing continued under the watchful eye of Chris O’Brien ( Thanks Chris), Herb and I tried to correct the problem to no avail. In the end, we believe the RMG winch might be the culprit which will be checked when the boat gets home. On the water Cliff takes the honors coping with light, swirly, squirrelly, and inconsistent breezes. Rick Laird took second with a new boat followed by Alain and Rick Gates to round out the places. 9 races were completed before an early break for lunch.

Next week we are not racing however, we will be adding on June 1st V36 race #2. It was an off week for us, now we are racing. 

We have back-to-back VM’s on May 25th with a start time of 10:30-12:30 VM1, 12:30-1:00 lunch, 1:00-3:00 VM2.

The No Sinka Da Footy regatta race day found good breezes increasing throughout the day to possibly just a tad more than comfortable wind. It turned out to be a challenging combination with Nashua’s swirly wind pattern causing quite a few knockdowns as well as bow plants. In the end, Herb with his trusty Razor 3 won the day. There was attrition…Rick retired after race 1 with a burned out sail servo and Cliff retired after race 9 due to an overstressed boat. Awards were presented to the first four places. Could have been warmer, it being May but otherwise a good day on the water.

Be there or be square! Note the 11:00 start time. Hope to see you there.

The second EC-12 regatta went well with 6 boats attending. Weather was nice, mostly cloudy with fairly constant winds which swept through about 40° right across the pond. Chris’ boat decided to lose binding on the first leg of the first race necessitating Rick G taking a paddle in the rescue boat. Other than that, no major incidents. It became rather evident who was dominating fairly quickly as Herb led most of the races with Cliff trailing closely. Cliff, Rick L and Chris also took 1 first each as well.

The first EC-12 race is in the books after being postponed 3 weeks ago. Four skippers competed under quite good conditions. Fair, mostly steady breezes provided for some wet gunnels but almost no knockdowns throughout and some tight finishes. Interestingly, all boats finished all races for a big plus! Pond is still quite high making for the dock to be pretty much not available through the day. Sam from the Greater Worcester Model Yacht Club joined in the festivities.

Hope to see you there!