October Club Trip Race

October 29, 2006

Ten racers enjoyed excellent conditions for the Fall race on 10/29. The day started out with really strong winds out of the WSW. A course was set consisting of 2 buoys for the start/finish line and 1 buoy 0.6 miles out into the Sound. The race was a broad reach out to the mark; jibe around the mark; slight upwind beat to the upwind starting buoy; jibe around the buoy; head back to the outside buoy and jibe around it again; then finish through the start/finish line, for a total of 3 jibes and 2.4 miles per heat. Most competitors used their smallest boards and sails from 5.0 to 6.0 for the first 4 races.

After a break for lunch, the racers returned to the course only to be met with diminishing winds. Larger boards and 6.5 to 8.0 sails were the call, but we still had plenty of wind to plane around the course.

A total of 8 heats were held. We had some exhausted and happy racers by the end of the day!

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Name Heat 1 Heat 2 Heat 3 Heat 4 Heat 5 Heat 6 Heat 7 Heat 8 Total Rank
Charles Livaudais

1

1 1 1 2 2* 3* 1 7 1
Bill Bradstreet

5*

2 2 4* 1 1 1 4

11

2
Dana Thalheimer

6*

7* 4 3 3 3 5 2

20

3
Michal Prussak 3 4 DNF/9* 5* 5 4 2 5 23 4
Johan van Die

4

3 5 6* 4 DNF/6* 4 3 23 5
Clive Thomas 2 5 3 2 DNS/7* DNS/6 DNS/7* DNS/6 24 6
Debbie Hage

7*

6 6 7* 6 5 6 DNF/6 35 7
Paul Scrutton 9* 8 7 DNF/9* DNS/7 DNS/6 DNS/7 DNS/6 42

8

Ernie McGrew

8*

9* 8 8 DNS/7 DNS/6 DNS/7 DNS/6 43 9