LMSA Fall Regatta October 6,7, 2012

LMSA Fall Regatta October 6,7, 2012 Friday night before the regatta, the regulars (Andy) gathered to perform the tasks that always have to be tended to the night before a regatta. I provided my usual supervisory functions and observations from an appropriate distance.

Fisk and Paulie went out to practice, something to think about when someone says, “How does Fisk always win?” or “How does Fisk go so fast?”.

Saturday morning, the parking lot filled with boats and people to sail them. A class of Catalina 22s, a class of San Juan 21s, a class of Sunfish, and two classes of Portsmouth, planing and displacement made a total of thirty three entries. My ride turned out to be picture taker on the pontoon/mark boat. Naturally I had do some boat inspecting…

Conditions were not the best, however it was not nearly as hot as is might have been and there have been days with less wind. 

John and Nancy Fox provided our race committee along with our own delightful Maggie Shoemaker.

Dan Flick and Michelle provided control of the windward marks. 

Denise Burchard piloted the pontoon boat for the purposes of start/finish line and leeward mark maintenance, with Richard Rayburn and Don Hoofring as mark wranglers.

I did my best to sit in the shade of the new bimini top on the pontoon boat and burn up batteries with my camera. There was enough wind to start three classes on Saturday before a large shift made it necessary to change the course.

The Portsmouth fleet had to wait until the course was reset and by then some boats were finishing. As a result of that and because of the waning wind and waxing thunderclouds the Portsmouth fleet were restricted to one race, while the other fleets managed to squeeze in one more. I did mange to acquire a few highlights, and I am sure they maybe appreciated by some more than others. 

Yes it easy to be critical, and these are created with the best intentions, In fact I encourage you to send me some additional captions, justifications or excuses if you are so inclined. You may have to click on the photo to get the description.

This last group of photos is after the racing is over, time to clean up and go home.I would like to thank Ed Sims for his kind words about LMSA and in this case especially, DJ Mcabe as regatta chair, for how well the regatta worked in spite of the weather.

Another successful regatta for the LMSA files. Stories related to the watching of the AC World Series and the fact that is was Mike Loughlin’s birthday will have to wait for another time. Light wind was the only wind. The score sheet is essentially a list of those who managed to find some and those who did not. Score should be available  on the LMSA site. http://www.flalmsa.org/

2 thoughts on “LMSA Fall Regatta October 6,7, 2012

  1. Thanks Willie, reading this and seeing the pictures is more fun than the bobbing and baking this weekend. But overall the whole weekend turned out to be one of the best. Everyone is friendly and helpful and things were fun on and off the water. The restaurant was a nice addition (the pain killers helped numb the pain of the days sailing). Once again thanks for a great weekend and we look forward to having a fun Saturday on Lake Weir on October 20 so please come on out and enjoy our lake also.
    Ed Sims
    Point Blank
    SN 130

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