It was a beautiful day for sailing on the Salt Pond today. The breeze started out due west, which made for an easy reach out to the race area near Gardner Island, in the southern half of the pond. Racing and running races in that westerly was pretty difficult, with big wind shifts, but by mid-morning a steady southwesterly filled in and some great, close racing ensued.
We ran double-lapped windward leewards with offsets and gates. Races averaged 20 minutes. The wind was mostly southwest ranging from 5 to 10 knots. We had no breakdowns, and heard one protest and one request for redress. Both were disallowed. Many thanks to our volunteers: Firstly, Meredith Nordhem (St Mary's '08) judged on the water with Jeremy Henry (URI '11). They also heard the protest and request for redress. Ben Quatromoni (URI '10) was the PRO and Carolyn Chaikin (URI '10) kept him straight on the RC Boat. Thanks also to the URI undergrads: Doug Young (Beachmaster/Breakdowns), Zach O'Brien and Sam Morely (Markset), George Sagaal (Scoring), Chanel Miller and Dani Fougere (RPs and Lunch-getters). More sunny skies and wind is forecasted for tomorrow, so we hope to make the most of it. Report time is 9:30, but we hope to hit the water soon after that. Full Scores can be found here: http://scores.collegesailing.info/f11/moody/full-scores -- Nick Ewenson University of Rhode Island Sailing Team www.urisailing.org ________________________________________________ icsa mailing list [email protected] http://www.collegesailing.org/mailman/?listname=icsa Unsubscribe: Send a blank email to [email protected]
