This Sunday May 19 MIMYC Sunday sailing started at 12 noon .We had four boats out ,the winds were light so the A sail was the choice sail for the day .Terry and Harry set the course ,but when we went to start the races I discover the starter battery were dead and no one had 8 AA battery so every one had a chance to be the the starter, talk about cheating this gave the person calling the start the advantage to be first out the gate .We sail five regular races and Terry came up with doing team races ,Terry and I racing against Herry and T .Terry set the rules the same as regular racing do your 360 if you foul some one and the last boat across the finish line team lost . Harry and T won the first two races and Terry and I were winning the third race until Harry and my boat got hook We all said it was the most fun, cheating and blocking of the other team boats for the win . Next Sunday could be the last until fall
Tom Kramer
Today was a beautiful and fun day. The season is winding down and we had 4 DF-95's sailing with 2 Lasers. Harry, Terry, Dick and I sailed DF-(95s and bruce and tom sailed Lasers. Roger stopped by but did not sail. He reported his new Laser is now not expected to arrive until June.
Dick kicked off the activity with a nice presentation of how he goes about setting up his DF-95. The level of detail was impressive. At the end of each sailing session he relieves all the tension and supports the boat in a way that relieves the pull of the keel weight on the hull. He looked over each of our boats and measured the tension on the back stay, the position of the top and bottom of the mast, and the chamber and twist of both sails.
Then we went sailing. He won his share of races but (but not all) and most of the finishes were pretty close. It did seem in today's light breeze the DF-95's were faster than the Lasers. The Lasers were using B sails and they might have been more competitive if they used A sails.
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Saturday I leave for the season. Tom has the start box and Suzan has the laptop. I plan to return in Mid OCT.
Have a great summer.
Don Armstrong
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