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Which Start Goes First?

With the keelboat series starting this week, here's a quick reminder of the order of the starts and the flags:

First Starts (Pennant #1)

Wednesday & Saturday: PHRF1A and PHRF 1B/2
Tuesday: PHRF1/2

Second Start (Pennant #3)

All series: PHRF3

Welcome Bosun Mike Rogers

Our new Bosun, Mike Rogers started work this week.

Mike moved to Canada from England 3 years ago, and is now living in Hudson. He enjoys many outdoor activities ranging from downhill skiing to kayaking. He has a background in science, has recently been employed in sales - and is now looking forward to being a part of the sailing program at HYC.

Please join me in welcoming Mike to the club and in wishing him every success in his role.

Jackrabbit Wrap-up

The inaugural Waterline Systems Great Lakes J/22 Circuit event was the Jackrabbit Regatta, hosted by the Canandaigua Yacht Club, May 15-16.  The weather was great; sunny with breeze ranging from really light, to pretty $%&? windy.  Typical for a Finger Lake, the wind direction varied from really shifty to psychotically shifty.


The racing was extremely close; the shifts lead to plenty of position changes.  No lead was safe, especially if Travis was lurking anywhere near it.  Travis and his team of John Newell and Billy Farmer sailed a great regatta, winning 4 of the 6 races sailed.  They didn't win the races by a lot, but they won a lot of races!
Jimmy Barnash sailing with Gunnar Richardson and Mark Sertl aboard were 2nd.  Vic Snyder, Kevin Doyle and Marcie Lake on Mo' Money completed the podium.  Close behind was Canadian Ron Harris’s team in fourth. Sarah Enwright's team took home the wine and rum awarded to the mid-fleet finisher.

25 Teams from nine different clubs made it to the regatta.  Special mention should go to Hudson Yacht Club in Montreal.  3 teams from their new fleet made it down and were very competitive.  Overall a total of four Canadian boats attended the regatta and finished 4, 12, 15 and 20. Not so bad! CYC did their usual great job; the courses and hospitality were all first-rate.

Bully Hill Vineyards was the presenting sponsor.  Admiral Nelson Rum and Waterline Systems also supported the event.  Wine, Rum and boat service…could it be any better? Thanks to all the sponsors and organizers.
Please join me in congratulating Canadian Ron Harris and his team for their fourth position.
Re-edited from Waterline Systems news letter by Will Harris
David Godin


...and congrats to David and crew for his 12th in his first J/22 regatta
Bernard

Keelboat Racing Starts This Week

With all the good weather this year, we’ve had plenty of time to prep the boats and now racing is finally starting this week with two tune-up races.

This is your opportunity to go out, practice a few starts, check your equipment and run through manoeuvres with the whole crew in a casual race situation. The races are run on the same format as the regular series, but the results don’t count. All boats are welcome

The tune-up race for the White Sail series is on Tuesday, with the Spinnaker series on Wednesday. First gun is at 7:00pm.

The A Series starts next week for both Tuesday and Wednesday nights.

See you on the water!