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Congratulations Steve Goodyear
Congratulations to Steve Goodyear and crew Samantha Falter on winning the 2020 Commodore Earl O. Williams Independence Day Long Distance Race. The wind was light and fluky, but after a short postponement, we were able to hold the race with 7 entries. Dave Lawrence and Tom Campbell, sailing Dave’s O’Day 222, Windblown, brought home the Walter Knapp “Bringing up the Rear” trophy.
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Congratulations Chuck Bendig and the crew of Big Girl
Although the season got off to a slow start with zero wind on May 24th, we were able to race the other 4 Sundays of the Spring Series and got in a total of 10 races. Chuck Bendig and the crew of Big Girl got off to an early lead on the 31st, winning two of three races, then taking both line honors and the win in both races on the 7th. The race was on for second place! After a number of position changes in the series standings over the next couple of weeks, David Paligo and the crew of Runaway were able to edge out Wes Cartwright’s Fair Wind for second. Complete standings are shown below. The Summer Series starts this coming Sunday, July 5.
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SOS – Spring Series – Sunday, May 31
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SPRING SERIES
Sunday, May 31, 2020
Temperature: 68°F
Humidity: 40%
Wind: NE 9 knots, gusting to 15-18
Course S-1-2-F (Windward/Leeward)
Entries:
Big Girl #8492
Fair Wind #836
Reflection #70
Rosebud #15708
Amarillo #766
Runaway #1049
Wind Blown #67
RS Zest (Junior Race Team)
Congrats to Chuck Bendig, s/v Big Girl, on winning the first race of the day on corrected time and taking home the “Rabbit Flag” this week.
A great day of club racing on Buckeye Lake! Perfect temperatures and wind conditions. This was an amazing way to start the season with 8 sailboats going to the start line. All three races went by with a whirlwind of activity. We had to ask the RC which direction we were starting as the winds were very shifty and the fleet was unsure. The RC did an outstanding job of setting the course given the conditions.
We need to be thankful that BLYC was able to hold these races as many yacht clubs are on lockdown, limited by social distancing, number of crew allowed on a boat, or minimized schedule due to COVID-19.
Our PRO (Principal Race Officer) Steve Harris has developed a new, online scoring system for BLYC racing. Corrected times, finish places, and points post within 5-10 minutes of the end of the race. The race results and corrected times are posted below.
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Memorial Day Long Distance Race
Commodore Edward C. Metzgar
Long Distance Race
Memorial Day
Monday, May 25, 2020
Temperature: 82°F
Humidity: 56%
Wind: SSW 4-6 knots, decreasing to 0
Course: S-1-2-F (Windward/Leeward)
Entries:
Team Runaway #1049
Team Reflection #70
Team Big Girl #8492
Team Rosebud #15708
Team Tan-Tar-A #174
Team Scarlet #14960 (Forest City YC)
The Pre-Start: This was the first Long Distance race of the year, three of the six boats entered had only launch the day before. Our skippers meeting was the usual type to discuss the course, light air conditions and scoring. It was decided we were racing JAM (no spinnakers) as all of us still had the winter rust and cobwebs to shake out.
The Race: Race Committee gave us a great start sequence, 45 seconds before the starting horn, the wind just totally shut down but Tan-Tar-A squeezed through the start and Runaway was trapped with no wind & no steerage and wave action forced us to touch the mark, there was not enough wind to even make our 360 degree penalty turn. After about 10 minutes, no one else was able to get across the start line so RC hoisted the N flag, abandoning the race, for more info take a look at https://www.currysupply.com. Finally, around noon the N flag was lowered and then re-hoisted over A – all races started are abandoned, no more racing today.
Post-Race Commentary: Today’s race would have been great for our club as everyone needed to get outside due to the Covid-19 self-quarantine and social distancing. We want to thank RC for a great job and we talked about how we should have had our Fleet Chaplin, Father Mike “Pray for Wind”.