Day 13 First Day of Qualifiers

Forecast is bleak 15 to 25 with storms set to arrive between 11:00am and noon. We go first in the round robin qualifier so hoping to sneak one in before big breeze. Currently a light westerly of 3 to 4 but the western horizon is darkening.

The Ephraim YC is supposed to be posting progress reports at the mark roundings via twitter, You don't need a twitter account to view it just go to http://www.eyc.org/fsnac/

I could not find the link but it should be added to that page as we get underway.

I have not heard an exact final boat tally but the rumor is high 70's.

My cell phone is unhappy to be in Ephraim, cannot access voice mail at all so if you left a message I don't have it. Phone calls are hit or miss and we lost Kim's charger so hers is dead

Our regatta goal at this point is simple; QUALIFY! Time to go set up the boat.

Monday night update: Obviously the weather report was way off, if you have seen the results. The first race was light and second was light to medium so we got what we needed for breeze. The link above has results. We had the boat in the water early, and the Competitor's Meeting (aka Jay's "Where not to park in Ephraim" powerpoint presentation)was finished in good time. Out to the race course we go! Clouds and light air met us, but we were anxious that the more time that passed before and between races, the more opportunity the wind would have to increase. The Race Committee had technical difficulties initially- Finish Boat overheated and the shiftiness created challenges in setting a square course and of course, there were the late arrivers. So ~noon we started the first race!! The race committee needed to alter and shorten course for the first race, then further change the course prior to the second race. The twittering (tweeting?) may not have been as effective since the boat that overheated was the one with the capacity to twitter (tweet?) Maybe tomorrow.

After cleanup and a dog run, it was off to Beer and Brats (officially, the Brat, Burger, and Corn Roast -my, what a spread!! really good!!)
Thank you to Bill and Rosie Klein for opening their home and fabulous set up!

Shout out to Davis Island - Keep up the good work, we read Andy's email and we agree- Go Fleet racing this weekend!!