Scores from club sailing on Sunday, November 17, 2024
Sunday, November 3rd marks the start of a new season at MIMYC
Sunday, November 3rd marks the start of a new season at MIMYC
Roger dominated and became Skipper of the week.
It was nice to have Harry and Don H. out for the first time this season. We are still waiting for T and Dave to start sailing this year and new member Scott is expected also. In addition, Wheat should join us soon.\Don H. was troubled with a boat battery problem three different batteries were tried before he launched. And then, his boat lost control completely after a few races. Don could only watch the boat circling near the middle of the pond for the next several races. Fortunately the onshore wind was slowly bringing the circling boat back to the near shore. Eventually, we were able to get a boat on each side of it and bring the cluge to the dock.
Special thanks to Suz for scoring, and Rocky for washing down the dock even though he could not stay to sail.
Hope to see the above this Sunday, and the rest of you as soon as you're in the area.
Next club sail is 2:00 PM Sunday 11/24
Sunday, November 3rd marks the start of a new season at MIMYC
Sunday, November 3rd marks the start of a new season at MIMYC
Sunday, November 3rd marks the start of a new season at MIMYC
Terry, Tom, Rocky, Bruce, Roger and I were joined by Wheat's brother Dan. So seven boats out for the first sailing of the season.
The sailing center looked great with the shiny new marks (that were stored indoors all summer) and the brand new windsock with bright orange and white stripes. The windsock was being held full by a nice 15 MPH breeze hitting us in the face. We used B sails and occasionally nosed under when hit by a gust going down wind. The wind direction meant none of our three starting lines faced upwind. It made for some interesting course trials none of which had a true upwind leg. Susann volunteered to score the races but with us all being a bit rusty and all, we decided to just sail for fun.
Seven boats, fresh out of storage and only one had a problem. Terry had to pull his boat after his rudder servo became erratic. Bruce and I collided and got hooked up together. We managed to ground the boats not far from the dock, but the shore was very steep in that area. So, Susann and I both decided not to go there. Roger handed me his controller and went to untangle the boats. It took a few minutes and he finally had to get both boats out of the water before he could get them seperated. Then he brought them to the dock and launched them for us. WHAT A GUY, and he stayed dry!
Early season sailing continues next Sunday.