Flying Scots Fleet Race in Tampa

Rain Rain Go Away!

Despite some rather bold predictions the weather was, rather crummy, but the wind was, rather crummy!
The Race Committee was, rather...

Take the weather into account, and the eight boat turn out was rather good! We had Nate and Melissa Vilardebo, FS #2007, Matt Dalton and Dawn Narramore, FS #2622, Dave Bell and Susan Cintron, #4156,
Mark and Tom Taylor, FS #4321, Jeff and Amy Linton, FS #4925, Paul Silvernail and Leslie Fisher, FS #5026, Al Thompson and Cameron Salmon, FS #5447, and Dave Clement and Cory Thompson, FS #5477, Whew!

Light rain and a spotty Easterly was the flavor of the day, YUCK! Race # 1 had the most breeze, say 5-7 (at times). Dave and Susan brought the "A" game, went 2nd row at the start to dig into the right, and liked what they found! OooLaLa! The Lintons closed the gap, but #4156 held them back for the win.
Race #2 started in a tad less wind and was dying. Matt and Dawn worked the left for a nice lead, but as the wind faded they watched as the boats brought breeze up on their hip.
Another race wasn't meant to be and the stellar Race Committee sent the fleet in. (Please note: the Race Committee's engine sucked up a piece of plastic and was overheating, hence the no tow in!)

Once ashore and dried off a large group invaded Tate's for pizza, beer, truths and some lies!

Results:

Boat R1 R2 Tot

Linton #4925 2 1 3
Thompson/Salmon #5447 3 3 6
Bell/Cintron #4156 1 6 7
Silvernail/Fisher #5026 5 2 7
Clement/Thompson #5477 7 4 11
Vilardebo #2007 4 8 12
Dalton/Narramore #2622 8 5 13
Taylor #4321 6 7 13

Our next fleet race is July 12th @ 1500. and our August race is on the 9th.