SATURDAY RACING - 6-15-2013

by Cathy

And they're off to the races ... the Nationals that is

Photos

It was a fun day. 

I had race duty with Burton and he encouraged me to take some photos and write about the day. As is his habit, we started out by discussing the weather and making some notes about it at the top of the race results form. For the record, it was warm, very humid, and the wind was from the southeast about 5-8 mph starting out, but later dwindling to nearly nothing. There was a chance of scattered showers but they never materialized though there were some occasional sprinkles.

It was a nice day to sail, though basically a light air practice day.

The race course was set up promptly and two Olympic races were run back to back before the lunch break, then one short Windward race after lunch.

Bowman sailed well and took the lead at various points, but others managed to slip by her. She placed 2nd in the first 2 races. 

John improved quite a bit in the 2nd race, managing to stay in the midst of things for the most part and stayed up closer in the starts. 

Bruce claimed his watch died, but it didn't seem to hold him back.

Gary and Paul were out for their last Saturday practice race before attending the Single Handed Butterfly Nationals on June 19-21 in Spring Lake, Michigan. Or, I hope they both attend. Gary said he was not sure they would have a boat for him. Paul, I think, is taking his Butterfly and was packing it up to put on the trailer for the trip north with some help from Burton. And Doug, also from Butterfly Fleet 20, will be defending his 1st place win from the last two years.

Wishing them all good luck and thanking them for representing our Butterfly fleet at the Single Handed Butterfly Nationals for 2013!