Most Recent Race

The 16th race of the Wednesday Night Series brought out 15 boats for the evening of sailing in 15 MPH winds that came out of the WNW.  The clouds looked threatening but the rain held off.  The RC with Graham’s help set a W4 course using a tetrahedron set near Boon Bay at a 330 deg heading about .98 miles from the start/finish line north of Hogback mark using the new cylindrical mark as the pin end/turning point. All the boats got off to a clean start and beat to the first mark, some going left, others right and some staying to the middle.  At the top mark it looked like Stinger, Uncle Ludwig, Iko Iko and Cut Loose lead the fleet. At the second mark Stinger dropped their chute early and Uncle Ludwig held a bit longer to close the gap between them with Iko Iko and Cut Loose not too far behind. At the third mark Stinger managed to increase her lead with Iko Iko passing Uncle Ludwig.  At the finish it was Stinger for first on both line honors and corrected time followed by Iko Iko for second and Uncle Ludwig for third. On the first leg of the race La Forza del Destino lost their forestay and had to withdraw from the race, keeping their mast up by NOT lowering their jib till they could attach the spinnaker halyard for support. The crew called in on Ch 72 telling the RC of their withdrawal. Thanks for that. Next week is the last Wednesday of the series for 2024. The after-race awards party will be held at the ADK Brewery and Pub on the second floor.