[Rhodes22-list] Race Standings

[Rik Sandberg]

Anne,

Hmmmm.....that's interesting. stopped by a boat wake. We encountered quite 
a few large wakes during our week there and while I expected to be stopped, 
or at least thrown around some, our R 22 just kinda blew right through 
them. Hardly missed a beat. Caulk up another good reason to have an R 22 :-).

OK, speaking of boat wakes, I don't know a lot about the rules of sailboat 
racing. Explain to me why it is that you had to take penalty turns when the 
boat behind you hits your stern. Isn't it his responsibility to pass you 
cleanly??? Did the boat that hit yours have to take penalty turns too????

Good luck to you guys in the 50 miler. Wish I was going to be there to take 
part, but alas I am up here dumping antifreeze in things and getting ready 
for winter. Our weather up here which had been pretty nice til now, took a 
sudden 180 and yesterday morning it snowed a little. (boo-hiss)  Jeez, I 
can feel the winter aches and pains setting in already. Better watch out, 
if I get any more disgusted with cold weather, you may get a new neighbor :-)

Rik



At 06:30 AM 10/8/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>Rik,
>We nicknamed this race the "720".
>It was a nice 6-7k wind with NO waves (great for us).
>We were off to a great start when one of thos big motor
>cruisers came by and its waves literally stopped us on a
>dime. These darn race boats are just too light to puch through
>'em! This caused the 37.5 behind us to hit our stern...man
>we looked back to see why we had stopped and here comes
>a large anchor! We pushed him off and took our two 360's
>penalty (hence 720)!
>Nevertheless we pointed much better to the mark and rounded it
>second. Flew the spinnaker and took over the Meritt 25 with mylar
>headsail. Stayed in the lead of 35.5, 40's et al. The Meritt nearly
>caught us at the end but we got a nice lift. Wind was very shifty.
>We had another race we called the 360 reverse when there was
>positively NO wind and we drifted into the mark and had to take
>a 360 penalty but we had so little control that we did it backwards.
>Then there was the govenors cup that we call the "broacher"with
>26 mph wind when we broached! Recovered beautifully and reset
>the spinnaker in only a few minutes. Meanwhile the J80 also broached
>but they got their spinnaker under the centerboard and had to pull it
>up over the stern. They never reset. Actually, that guy is a very good
>sailor but he had pretty rookie crew.
>All in all it was a very exciting and fun race season. We have the 50 miler
>in two weeks but it is not a club series, rather an invitational.
>Mostly I am pleased for John, for he and Lisa do so much volunteer work
>for our club over the past 10 years and have never taken first.
>I will pass on your message.
>Anne
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