We had a nice turnout this past weekend at Lake Eustis, with six Flying Scots racing on both Saturday and Sunday.
The Saturday fleet included Dave and Jay Asaibene on 5179, Jack Bazner and Joe Lobato on 3387, Francois Simon sailing alone on 3362, Chris Erichsen, also alone (having been far too kind when his crew wanted to spend the weekend with family…) on 5339, Ray Laguna with Monte Stamper on 5770, and Greg Murphy (returning to the Scot after a season on MCs) along with Pat Murphy and me on 5810.
On Sunday, Dave and Jay were back on 5179, as were Ray and Monte on 5770. In addition, Chuck Smith and Tony Tussing joined us aboard 5125, Joe Lobato sailed with Francois on 3362, Greg Murphy sailed with Chris on 5339, and Rich and Tina O’Brien were with me on 5810.
Saturday’s conditions were frustrating, with light, patchy, shifty winds. But, as frustrating as it was for those of us sailing, I have to imagine it was worse for the committee boat. The course was set initially square to the wind, then, in spite of Dave and Joan Williams’ best work on the RC, each race ended up with tricky reaching legs on our supposedly windward/leeward courses. All of that put a premium on spotting the breeze and sailing in it – on the right tack, of course. In Saturday’s first race, Greg, Pat and I (with Greg driving) did the best job of sailing in favorable winds (picture finger quotes around the word “winds”) and finished first on 5810. We were followed by Ray and Monte on 5770, then Chris (solo) on 5339. In the second race, Dave and Jay on 5179 saw the breeze best and crossed first, with Jack and Joe on 3387 in second and Chris following in third. (I would provide more details, but Greg, Pat and I – with me driving this time (note the variable from the first race) – were so far behind that I have no idea what was going on at the front of the fleet.)
The wind on Sunday remained shifty but was stronger than Saturday, giving us challenging conditions again for the Race Committee and fleet alike. In the first race, Francois and Joe stormed to victory on 3362, with Chris and Greg second on 5339 and Ray and Monte third aboard 5770. In the second race, Ray and Monte on 5770 came from behind to win by a dozen boat lengths after trailing for two of the two-and-a-half laps. They were followed by Francois and Joe on 3362, who battled to hold on to second on the final half leg upwind, with Rich, Tina and me on 5810 in third, just failing to catch them (if only there were a couple hundred more yards!). All in all, challenging conditions but great racing from everyone, and great work from the Race Committee.
Complete results will be posted on our Fleet 150 website (http://fs.tmcentral.net/).
As always, you should visit the Florida District Blog to keep up to date on Flying Scot news in Florida. http://www.sailrace.blogspot.com/.
Our next racing will be in two weeks, over the weekend of May 16 and 17. That weekend will conclude our Collene series. Then, we’ll have our Memorial Day Series on Saturday and Sunday, May 23 and 24. After that, no more club racing until Labor Day, so don’t miss the last couple of weekends!
See you all in two weeks.
George
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