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Upcoming
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| Sun, Aug 22, 2010 |
Gorman Cup |
10:00 Plattsburgh (Cumberland Bay)
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| Tues, Aug 24, 2010 |
Soling 13 |
18:00 Plattsburgh (Cumberland) Bay
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| Wed, Aug 25, 2010 |
PHRF B5 |
18:00 Plattsburgh (Cumberland) Bay
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New Website coming soon!!
09/19/10 It's
official, the rather rotund woman has sung her last
note! The VSC season came to a close with a
great weekend of racing. The Lake Champlain Soling
Championships concluded the Official Valcour Sailing
Club Season. Saturday whistled in with solid 25
knots of wind from the south and in a wild and wooly
series of 4 races, punctuated with a series of
broaches in the fleet which only Obelix and USA 812
seemed to avoid. That set the stage for a final day
of smooth water and gentle North wind. From the
ridiculous to the sublime, Lake Champlain showed her
many faces but Obelix, taking all but one first,
once again showed her mastery over the soling fleet.
USA 812, skippered by Ed Trombley, came back from a
near disastrous first two races on Saturday to over
take Manfred Kanter skipping CAN 226 in Sunday's two
race finale. Pictures will be posted in a
couple of weeks but if you click
here you can see the rugged participants. TO
view results click
here.
9/15/10
That's a wrap folks! By
the narrowest of margins "PJ" Turgeon nosed out
Kjell Dahlen for the bullet in the last Wednesday
night race of the 2010 season. Galilee secured first
over-all for the B series and that rings down the
VSC PHRF season for 2010. The Lake Champlain Soling
Championships take place this weekend and that will
conclude VSC racing. We will need some help to pick
up the marks and put the committee boat to sleep for
the winter. Anyone else notice what the pumping
South wind did to the south mark?
09/14/10 The
Tuesday Soling Series is over. Results are now
posted as well as the series standings. The
standings do not show any throw outs at this time.
9/08/10 The
second to the last PHRF Wednesday was another Wild
Wild West. The rocking and rolling in the first beat
moderated back down, and the reefs came out but the
jibs stayed up. Relatively flat water, but puffy
wind lines gave the traveler tracks a work out and
the back stays came on and off. In the end "PJ"
Turgeon held on to capture another bullet, Don
Duley's Real Escape took second with Dave Bashaw's
Soundwave echoing in with a third.
moderated 09/07/10
Getting towards the end
of the season where we get some big wind and warm
water. The results are now updated and official as
of September 7.
9/05/10 VSC Sweep
Spinnaker A fleet in the Labor day weekend Omnium
Regatta
If Mike Parsons did not stop to wash his mast in the
first race Saturday, he would have taken first in
Racing B cementing VSC's mastery of the Spinnaker
division. Soundwave took first in Spinnaker A and
first in Spinnaker Overall. JP (AKA PJ ) Turgeon was
second by one point with Don Duley finishing third.
Witchcraft was second in Spinnaker B fleet. High winds from the west to south west over the weekend
made it a sail makers dream.
Click here for pictures
Kjell Dahlen awarded
"Ray Cash" sailor award.
By Unanimous vote, Dr.
Kjell Dahlen was awarded the Ray Cash trophy for his
tireless promotion of sailboat racing and his
embodiment of the Corinthian spirit, in his racing
and community endeavors. Kjell has participated in
the Omnium for more years than he would like to
count and has been the heart of the Plattsburgh
Mayors Cup for nearly as many years. It was grand to
see the good Doctor getting the recognition he well
deserves.
Click for Picture here
08/29/2010 Well
its over, it almost wasn't but since one protest was
not filed, a request for redress was dropped so the
Sunday season basically stays as it was before the
McDowell race was sailed. Alert sailors heard
bagpipes play near the McDowell Homestead on Day
Point, bringing up memories of the "old man" and his
mischievous sailing tactics. Kjell Dahlen came on
strong to capture first with a corrected time of
just over 2 hours and 30 minutes, about 90 seconds
faster than JP. And exactly two minutes ahead of
Craig. If Mike Parsons did not stop to wash his mast
in the first race Saturday, he would have taken
first in Racing B.By Unanimous vote, Dr. Kjell
Dahlen was awarded the Ray Cash trophy for his
tireless promotion of sailboat racing and his
embodiment of the Corinthian spirit in his racing
and community endeavors. Kjell has participated in
the Omnium for more years than he would like to
count and has been the heart of the Plattsburgh
Mayors Cup for nearly as many years. It was grand to
see the good Doctor getting the recognition he well
deserves.
Congratulations to Dave
Bashaw and crew aboard Soundwave, who survived a
scare on this last race to take the over-all first
place on the Sunday series. JP Turgeon's Galilee
tied Soundwave in total points but due to
Soundwave's superior ammo belt (held more bullets).
She takes first. Second went to Galilee with 14
points, third to Kjell Dahlen's Freya with 16
points, fourth to Craig Meyerson's Souvenir, with 22
points and fifth to Don Duley's TBD (will you think
of a name Don?) with 25 points.
A final note. We are
nearing the end of the season and it is time to plan
for next year. We are in need of new blood to
invigorate the club so if you have the urge, or have
been critical of the leadership over the past couple
of years, it is time to step up or shut up. JP will
appoint a nomination committee, but if you have the
guts for a position on the board, let a current
board member know of your intensions so we can put
you on the ballot.
08/26/2010 To all you gallant followers of the Valcour Sailing
Club Website: The Webmaster has changed and I am sure
there will be some glitches over the next couple of
weeks as we train a new master. Please hang in there,
change is often good, although it can often be a bit rough in
the beginning.
PHRF B5 Abandoned due to lack of
wind. Of course, as soon as it was abandoned, the wind
came up!
Soling 13:
A light breeze
oscillating from the NNE led Soundwave to set a W/L
to a yellow mark. USA 812, was able to get the
better of CAN 225 in the first race while they were
still figuring out the "loaner". CAN 225 took
advantage of some pressure that filled in from the
west to make a comeback in race two which was run to
the VSC North mark, CAN 225 collected the win and
top honors for the night.
Valcour Race:
I hope all have
recovered from a brain boiler weekend. If Saturday
did not prove to be enough high speed excitement,
the hard core glutton's for punishment gathered
again to drift around a fluky W/L course in the bay.
After staking out a
commanding lead, Galilee ran out of air and saw the
fleet take advantage of new wind to scoot on by with
the sounds of the Mormon "Tabernac!" choir echoing
over the water. Soundwave took advantage of the new
energy and and finished first, boat for boat. It was
good to see Luc and Rubpert join the fun too. Lets
hope our light air days are over and we can sail in
some consistent wind ending our feast or famine wind
conditions.
Couple of notes, when
times are taken on the report form, please fill out
to the second. Also, there was some discussion about
holding sail shape in light air. Jean Paul form
across the border said it was his understanding that
you could not touch the sails ahead of the clew. It
was permissible to trim the sail by hand at the clew
but beyond that it was not allowed. I looked at the
rules but could not find anything specific on that
but maybe someone else knows more and could fill us
in.
Results: Clinton Community College Regatta aka Champlain
Regatta
Under light winds and overcast skies, Clinton
Community College held its annual Champlain Regatta
Saturday with the help of the Valcour Sailing
Club and the Champlain
Valley BPW association. Spectators on the College
grounds were treated to a "play by play" by Bill
Rowe, an expert on sailboat racing, along with live audio
from the race course via VHF radio. Bill's commentary
pointed out "tactical maneuvers" and "bad
sail handling" among the competitors. In the end,
Dave Bashaw's Soundwave, with Ty Kretser at the helm took
the racing division for the third year in a row. Craig
Meyerson's Souvenir took second and "PJ" Turgeon's
Galilee, was third.
In the Jib and Main
Division, Charlie Mitchell skippered Andy Sajor's
Chaousarou, to first place over Donald Moore's Delphinus,
followed by Tom Metz's "Touch of Blue". Sailors
retreated to the College Bluff to enjoy a Lobster and Rib
dinner with all the fixings after the race.
Due to a mistaken call by
committee, Freya sailed toward the wrong mark and did not
finish. In keeping with good sportsmanship and his
gentlemanly demeanor, Kjell did not make an issue of it
and the race was able to be scored without protest.
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Clinton Community College Regatta aka Champlain
Regatta
Here is the prelims for
the Regatta:
The course will be a triangle with an upwind finish
for the JAM fleet with their start at
10:00 (09:55 warning). The spinnaker fleet will follow
at 10:05 doing a modified Olympic Triangle. The
meeting area will be in the waters off the Community
College. The mark locations will be adjusted
according to the wind direction. The upwind will be
about 1.5 miles, and the reaching legs about the same
so the cruising course will be around 6 miles long
(two up-winds and two reaches).
The Spinnaker class will complete a triangle with a windward,
leeward, windward for about 9 miles. We are
keeping it short to allow competitors time to get
back to the college for the feast.
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PHRF B4
A sweet night in the
bay. Big Dan pulled the trigger as OD and we got
off a nice, three lap W/L in a gentle northerly
breeze. Zoe
Sajor and boyfriend Connor Lee, came out on their last
night in town and proved to be the good luck charm
needed to bring Galilee down the final
stretch in first place and garnering sole
possession of 1st place in the tightly contested
PHRF B series with 5 points. Soundwave
has 6 and Souvenir 7 points for 2d and 3d,
respectively, in the series.
For Full Results
click on Schedule and Results link to the left.
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Isle St. Michel
Another wild one! Ed
Trombley was grinning ear to ear seeing the high
winds help pay another month of tuition! Big waves,
sunny skies and a few broaches had skippers on edge
and crews ever vigilant trying to keep their boats
under control. Kjell Dahlen
never lost contact and took his one design J to earn
a bullet in this wild and woolly race. Dave Bashaw,
kept his race
committee on station as 4-6 foot
rollers swept through Cumberland
bay with velocities of 27 kts and up pounded
in. Crews struggled to keep their boats under
control and gear failures to a minimum. JP Turgeon
saw his vang explode as he turned the weather mark,
and a quick jury rig kept things from going from bad
to worse. Everyone saw some eyes as big as
saucers at one time or another in this race.
Kudos for everyone finishing and no one going to the
ER.
For Full Results
click on Schedule and Results link to the left.
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PHRF B3
After all those wild
weather nights, it was nice to have something pleasant
to sail around in. Flat water and a good breeze made
for a good night to get the trim right. Dan Inhelder
set a nice W/L with 1.5 mile upwind where looking
for velocity was key. JP kept his big Beneteau
rolling from pressure to pressure to take the
bullet. In the "slow" boat
class, Souvenir came out on top and finished 2d
overall with the geriatric foredeck of Mike Parsons
and Craig Meyerson. Soundwave finished
3d.
For Full Results
click on Schedule and Results link to the left.
Check out Andy Sajor's
award winning photos of the event by clicking on the
Photo OP link to the left.
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SOLING 11
Well we were sitting on
Galilee looking at the ripple-less water and betting
if the wind would come up as predicted from the North.
Then, a little breeze started to come up followed by a big squall
that roared in from the North, blowing
the boats on the gas dock up and into it. The soling
sailors sprang into action helping the unsuspecting
cruisers keep their boats from getting smashed up, while
the wind hit upwards of 34 knots (as reported by Silvey on B dock). The front blew through and a nice
even Northerly settled in when Ed Trombley got a call
and had to leave on family business. Brian and
Roland opted to stay on shore so Mike Hagadorn
and yours truly joined Jean Pierre to do battle with
Peter. Mike and Marty. Dave, Ty and company from
Soundwave set up a nice W/L (using the yellow
cylinders) and we got off a couple of real nice match
races. The leads changed a lot in both races
but in the end, it was Peter and company who took
both races. The air was warm, the breeze fine and the
racing superb, too bad the others did not stick
around.
For Full Results
click on Schedule and Results link to the left.
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SOLING 10 - We
got off in pretty good conditions with a nice 15 kts of
air. It slowly died down and the second race turned into
a drifter, with Mike Parson's finishing the boats in a
rather unconventional way as the skies opened up and you
could not see 100 yards in any direction. The boats
ended up having to drain before they could be lifted
out. For Full Results click on Schedule and
Results link to the left.
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NAKED TURTLE RACE - Those
who were there know what it was, and those who were not,
missed a great day of sailing. Well that is for some of
the participants, sail failures had Frøya and Souvenir
withdraw from the action but the three remaining boats were
able to try out one of the 2010 courses designed by
Craig Meyerson. It was a fun figure 8 around the islands
of Crab and Valcour for TBD, Soundwave and Galilée,
who's extra deep keel had to make some wide
sweeps to avoid a reef or two. In the end, it was a
good test of crews and boats, with Soundwave once again
showing her mastery over the rest of the fleet.
See Andy Sajor's excellent photos in the Photo Op
section to the left.
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PHRF B2 - Note from
the O.D.: It was a tricky one to run with
the wind starting out west then north for 5 minutes then
North East then East. In the end we started to the
east mark for one lap and lucky I had already inflated
and set a North
East mark. So the last two laps were around
that. In the end I had all the anchors out with
both yellow marks inflated. Of course the wind
shut off in the 3rd lap without any warning.
After two laps in which Gallilee did in 32 minutes
I was really thinking about moving the finish
line back to make the race longer. That
goodness I did not do that as the third lap took them 45
minutes. It was a great plan until the wind
screwed up the ending. This is really a stupid
sport. (<; Maybe when the wind dies we should
have the committee boat deliver jello shots to the
crews. Just thinking out of the box.
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SOLING 9
With half the soling
fleet MIA, the remaining skippers felt it would be best
to bag the race since the results would not properly
represent the fleet. It was also decided that in the
interest of the One Design Spirit, all boat results
would be counted.
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CLINTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE REGATTA A/K/A CHAMPLAIN REGATTA
& LOBSTER BAKE
For VSC Members Entry Fee To The Regatta Waived &
Lobster Bake tickets discounted $5 each and being sold
4/$100. Ticket orders need to be in by Aug
10 so that food can be ordered. Please note too,
tickets are selling pretty quickly.
Sponsors
are still being solicited, so if you know of any business
that may be interested, please pass it on. Sponsorships
get a banner posted the day of the regatta (which they can
keep), lunch tickets and a promo item, which last year was
a boater bag, this year it may be a soft cooler. (still
being decided)
Also
wicking shirts for VSC members in white with a regatta
logo on it, (women’s in V-neck) are a package with a
logo cap, for $30. Shirt/hat packages, must be
ordered by Aug.
4.
To
order contact
Jennifer
Meschinelli
Special
Publications Editor
Press-Republican
170
Margaret Street,
Plattsburgh
, NY 12901
518-565-4183,
meschinj75@
yahoo.com
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REGATTA FOR LAKE CHAMPLAIN
VSC's sole entrant, Galilee, finished second of 23
spinnaker boats in this light air Cracked Pot style
staggered start pursuit race. The classic sloop Mashnee,
crewed principally by kids from the Lake Champlain Community
Sailing Center, took first place honors. Click on Schedule and Results for complete results.
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PHRF A8
The final do or die race of the hotly contested PHRF A
series did not materialize thanks to predictions of nasty
thunderstorms, handing Soundwave a well-earned first
place finish in the series with 12 points. Galilee,
who was feast or famine with the most bullets and
most last place finishes, won the tiebreaker for second
place over Souvenir's consistent second and third
place finishes with 15 points. Freya fell to
fourth just one point behind second and third place. TBD
rounded out the fleet with 21 points. For the
complete PHRF A final standings click on Series
Standings.
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SOLING 8
Despite the NWS
predictions, a subtle south wind dropped in long enough for
Soling 8 to get off two races. Dave Bashaw and company set
a short W/L to the center mark with an 15 degree oscillating
breeze. Obelix was back in great form taking two bullets
with the rest of the field switching places. Ed and Andy
hauled John out of Mr. Mom duty to take second for the
evening, with Shadowfax third. Click on Schedule and Results for complete results.
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LAKE CHAMPLAIN OVERNIGHT RACEIn
this 11-hour, 62.5 mile endurance race, the
five man crew of Souvenir (2d in class, 4th overall)
dueled Luna Sea (1st in class, 3d overall) all
through the breezy, starlit night, exchanging leads
numerous times. On the final downwind leg from Four Brothers
to Crab, Souvenir took an estimated five minute
actual lead over her chief rival, only to see it evaporate
in the flukey winds around Crab. On the last leg, an
upwind beat in 20 kts to Carlton Prize, with Luna
Sea a mere 30 seconds behind and having an advantage 3
1/2 minute handicap, Souvenir tried to extend her
lead in a tacking duel. Luna Sea bested the duel and crossed the finish line 30 seconds ahead of Souvenir.
Spin B boats Lift Ticket (J-27) and Dog House (J-29),
although finishing 20-30 minutes behind, corrected to 1st
and 2d overall, respectively. VSC's Galilee
took line honors. Click on Schedule and Results for complete results.
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PHRF A7
Beth White set the
PHRF fleet on a nice W/L course towards the club North mark.
Those boats that went right towards the pressure made out
well, however they probably forgot that it was Bastille
Day, so JP's Galilee stormed back in fine French form
to take the lead on the second lap never relinquishing it in
a fading wind. However, the results are not official
until the protest filed by Souvenir against TBD is resolved.
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SOLING 7
What a difference a
breeze makes. Although we did not get off a second race due
to the threat of T-storms, we did have a nice w/l in the
center bay with an average wind
speed of 10 kts. After this past weekend, it felt
like Scottie gave us back our warp drive!
Roland and crew
rolled out to an early lead taking advantage of the favored
boat end and never looked back, finishing well ahead of Dan
Inhelder who nosed out Ed and company by 6 inches in a
tightly fought downwind battle. Brian
White filled out the field of finishers while
newcomer to the fleet, JP Turgeon, had some on shore
problems which kept him from starting the race on time.
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Valcour Race
Hope
all have recovered from a brain boiler weekend. If Saturday
did not prove to be enough high speed excitement, the hard
core glutton's for punishment gathered again to drift around a
fluky W/L course in the bay. After
staking out a commanding lead, Galilee ran out of air and saw
the fleet take advantage of new wind to scoot on by with the
sounds of the Mormon "Tabernac!" choir echoing over
the water. Soundwave took advantage of the new energy and and
finished first, boat for boat. It was good to see Luc and
Rubpert join the fun too. Lets hope our light air days
are over and we can sail in some consistent wind ending our
feast or famine wind conditions. Click on Schedule and Results for complete results.
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Mayor's Cup
The two race light air
regatta provided Don Duley's TBD as the highest scoring
VSC entry, placing second in Spinnaker A and fifth
overall. Other VSC entries rounding out the top ten
overall are Witchcraft (9th overall; 4th in Spin B) and Souvenir
(10th overall; 4th in Spin A). The J-24 Fawn Liebowitz won
the Mayor's Cup for first place overall in the spinnaker
division. In the cruising division VSC's Andy Sajor's Chaosarou
placed second overall; Shelburne, VT's Tromso came away
with the trophy. Click on Schedule and Results for complete results.
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Wednesday PHRF A6
Well another Wednesday
drifted into the books with a special thank you to Dan Inhelder
who took Guy's OD duty. Dan ran a nice little W/L
course in the bay where JP's big Beneteau was able to crawl away
from the start to get clear air and pick her course, never
looking back. Behind her, Souvenir, attempting to sail
her proper beam reach course in the light winds, and Soundwave,
also attempting to sail her proper course, a little deeper
than Souvenir's, tangled a bit on the first downwind
leg. Although protests were hailed, Soundwave
never filed so Souvenir withdrew hers. Souvenir finished
second, TBD third. Click on Schedule and Results for complete results.
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Soling 6
TBD
prevails on this two leg shortened W/L drifter after splitting
from the fleet to go right then re-engaging the fleet
left. Obelix finished second, Galilee Lite
third.
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2010 Soling
North American Championships
Three boats from the Valcour Sailing
Club traveled to Bath, Ontario during the holiday
weekend July 2-4, for the 2010 Soling North American
Championships. The weekend was a great success and a
fun time was had by all that attended. The Loyalist
Cove Soling Fleet hosted an excellent regatta with great
racing and good social events. Sixteen boats
entered the regatta from locations such as Annapolis, Chicago,
Milwaukee, Toronto,
and Plattsburgh.
Peter Hall
and his crew on CAN 225 took the VSC honors by finishing
the regatta in third place. On USA 780 Brian
White, Bruce Gugilotta, and Brad Dumas had a
respectable showing with a 7th place finish and
occasionally giving the top boats a run for their money.
Roland Sherman, Laurie Gugilotta, and Mark Stata on USA
835 finished the regatta in 11th place. The regatta
was won by Hans Fogh (CAN 230) from Toronto. Stuart
Walker on USA 839 finished in Second. For full
results visit www.soling.com
or click here.
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Cracked Pot: Light
variable winds ruled the day for this highly favored
staggered start race. TBD took a huge first leg
lead by being the only boat to play the right side of the
N-S course and maintained the lead on the first downwind leg
while Galilee, Freya, & Souvenir, all
struggled inexplicably with their spin sets. Soundwave
kept the pressure on TBD on the second upwind by
using TBD's right side first leg strategy. As
the two approached the second upwind rounding, Galilee, made
her move in a strong center course zephyr which Souvenir
also took advantage of. At the second upwind mark, Soundwave
and Galilee overcame TBD with Souvenir a
few boat lengths behind. Soundwave opened a big
lead on the last downwind while Galilee struggled
once again with her spin set. TBD overtook Galilee
with Souvenir tightly behind in a beam reach,
fighting for a second place finish. As the wind
shifted aft and the three approaching the finish, Souvenir,
under her reaching spinnaker fell behind and could only hope
Galilee would take TBD up to push her above
the finish line. But Galilee chose to go
straight for the line and with superior speed edged TBD
by a mere foot to take second. TBD finished
third. Click on Schedule and Results for complete results.
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Eisenger Cup: In
strong south winds, Soundwave, takes first
overall, by virtue of a first in the first
race, and Freya's 13 and 21 second win over Soundwave
and Souvenir, respectively, in the second
race of this two-race regatta. Freya edges Souvenir
for second overall with a third and first place
finish. Souvenir's second and third finishes
earns her third place overall. Click on Schedule and Results for complete results.
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PHRF A5:
They came, they saw they failed to finish.
Mike
Parsons jumped in to run the Wednesday A5 race
for the absent OD. Your Vice Commodore helped Mike get
on station, and agreed with him that it would be a good
idea to run a triangle course since the angles were good
and the wind was up. Unfortunately they did not consult
the book until after the race was started and your VC
did not remember the 09 book shows a double W/L before
the finish. Galilee,
being out front, thought they finished even though there
was no sound, the other boats in the fleet never checked
their course books either because everyone else
"finished" as Galilee did. No finish, no race!
Too bad for Kjell, once again a high wind race that is
good for his one design configuration goes by the
wayside. At lease we all know he would have been first
if the race had been shortened to that mark.
A lesson to be remembered by all last night.
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Soling 5:
The ominous dark
skies yielded little rain, but did bring in some gusty west
wind for the first race of the Valcour Sailing Club's Soling
Tuesday series #5. Gear failures and a broach or two
made the positions change throughout the legs. The wind did
settle down for the second race of the night, and a
tight finish yielded a protest filed by USA 835 against
CAN 225 which will be heard next
Tuesday. Once again Bruce Gugliotta and crew grilled
up a fine post race dinner as several boats got ready
to depart for the Soling North Americans in Bath Ontario.
Click on Schedule and Results for complete results.
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Odziozo: The
only VSC entrant, Souvenir, after taking a
two-penalty turn, recovered to finish third overall and in
class in the 2d Lake Champlain Series race, LCYC's Odziozo.
The race was tightly contested in the 18 boat spinnaker
division for two of the three legs of the shortened modified
olympic triangle from Proctor's Shoal upwind to Quaker
Point, a tight reach to run to Four Brothers, then a tight
reach to beat back to Proctor's for the finish. On the
last leg, Luna Sea took advantage of light fluky
winds to open a commanding lead for the trophy, followed by Avena.
For full results click the Lake Champlain Yacht Club link in
"Our Friends" section.
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PHRF A4: In
a light breeze Galilee & Freya took
advantage of pressure right downwind off Cumberland Head to
overcome Souvenir's lead at the upwind mark and
finish one-two respectively on the N-O course. Souvenir
takes third. Click on Schedule and Results for complete results.
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Soling A4: With
1st and 3d place finishes Solstice edges TBD
for victory in Soling 4 regatta. Obelix takes
3d place. After the regatta, Peter Hall gave the first
of what we expect to be a series of "Chalk
Talks". Click on Schedule and Results for complete results.
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New
Friend: Tom Pillsworth aka "The Wine
Guy" who crews on Galilee has acquired a chain
of duty-free border stores and is offering VSC members
special pricing on marine sunglasses, electronics and
spirits. Click on his link www.vinumport.com
or contact Tom directly for details.
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Royal
Savage: In near perfect sailing conditions
of south winds 15-24 kts., 1' waves, and warm temps, VSC's Witchcraft
finished 2d, Souvenir 4th and Galilee 5th
overall in this tightly contested two race regatta.
The first race spread was a mere 1:15 seconds corrected
between 1st and 5th places. At one point or another,
each competitor had the lead. MBBC's Luna Sea took
first and LCYC's Avena finished third overall.
For full results click the Mallet's Bay Boat Club link in
"Our Friends" section.
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Wednesday PHRF A3 abandoned
due to high winds and seas.
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Soling 3 - Under
a dying breeze from the east, Chris
Duley got off three Soling races and, using the Committee
boat's twin Johnsons, (engines, not the boys on the boat)
towed the bulk of the fleet in after the third race.
Following the landing of the competitors, Bruce grilled up
some fabulous chicken. Click on Schedule and Results for complete results.
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Galilee win
the Kent DeLord Cup by more than six minutes
corrected over
second place Witchcraft on a two legged in the
bay course in light, variable winds. TBD finishes
third. Click on Schedule and Results for complete results.
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Wednesday PHRF A2:
Congratulations to
those PHRF Competitors who raced last night in south winds in the mid to upper twenties and
stiff waves and survived. With a special thank you to
Mike Hagadorn and crew who braved big waves in a limping
committee boat. We all know that boat with one engine is a
hand full in decent weather, but in big air like last night,
it is well more than that. Thank you again Mike!
All the crews did an
excellent job, with Soundwave, the only
competitor to fly a chute, playing the spinnaker card
to its second Wednesday win in a row. Kjell Dahlen's Freya,
with her one design rating was just 23 seconds behind
corrected, with Craig and crew aboard Souvenir collecting
third. Don Duley did a quick commissioning on TBD just
prior to the race and completed in 4th place. JP
Turgeon's Galilee, suffered a torn main, and the tack
fitting on the bow broke right off giving her a DNS. All in
all it was a sail makers dream night.
Click on Schedule and Results for complete results.
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Soling 2: In
gusty winds, Brian White's Solstice wins the first Soling race
of the season. Peter Hall's Obelix takes first overall
in the two race regatta. Hagadorn/Sajor/Trombley's USA
812 finish third and Dan Inhelder's Shadowfax fourth.
Click on Schedule and Results for complete results.
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CORINTHIAN
SPIRIT
Good
sportsmanship goes a long way in life
Where
do you draw the line between winning and losing? It’s
simple. You don’t.
Good
sportsmanship is important. It’s about helping each other
without having to be asked.
It’s about congratulating each other for a game well-played,
and it’s about recognizing the positive effort of both
sides. Either way, no matter the outcome, being a gracious
competitor will provide a solid personal foundation for anyone
involved in our sport. In yacht racing, good sportsmanship is
commonly referred to as ‘Corinthian spirit’, based on the
excitement of a common goal – to have fun during the
thrill of competition. It’s important to point out that
being a gracious competitor can be difficult even though you
had a tough day. While good sportsmanship may be something
largely recognized on the water, it’s vital to understand
that it extends well beyond competitive activities. It forms
an important part of our lives during our future years in
business, teaching or other professions. It provides good
guidance for our lives no matter what the activity.
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THIS IS YOUR CLUB;
IT WILL ONLY WORK IF YOU DO.
Volunteers
Needed: The
committee boat needs a through cleaning and the port engine
needs work. Also the canvas needs to be replaced. Dave Bashaw
is contacting a mechanic to see if the engine can be repaired.
Andy Sajor will contact canvas folks to get a new top. Joe
McNichols helped Andy place the North and South marks, leaving
the East, South and West yet to be placed. We need
volunteers to place these marks.
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Skippers
please check the O.D. schedule for current
assignments. Click the Schedule and Results
link.
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Commodore's Cup: Who says
cold, wet, windy sailing ain't fun? Just ask the crew of
Souvenir, who squeaked out a 35 second victory over Freya
in this 3 hour, 16 mile initial 2010 Sunday Series race
that started at VSC S, beat to VSC N, ran deeply to RN4 (AuSable
Point) and finished on a beat at GC1. Galilee finishes
third. For complete results click on the Schedule and
Results link. See Andy Sajor's excellent photos at the
Photo Op link.
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Special Sailing Instructions: We
will be using the 2009 course book race numbers until further
notice. So please pull out your old book or, if you have
tossed your 2009 course book, go to "Our History" on
this page, click on 2009 season, then click on NOR and Sailing
Instructions for a copy of the 2009 race numbers.
Since it seems like the mark
setting crew was unable to get to the club marks set, there
may be a handout for the Commodore's Cup so look for the
"come within hail" flag on the committee boat.
Andy Sajor will be the OD..
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Soundwave wins PHRF A1 in a light air floater,
taking the lead at the start and never relinquishing. Freya
finishes second; Souvenir third. Click on Schedule
and Results link for complete results.
Soling 1 abandoned due to lack of wind.
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Race Committee Boat Volunteers
Needed to clean up the committee
boat and get it ready for the season, Ed and Dave are
spearheading that project, so pop them an email if you can
do some work. Right now, the boat is buried at the
"elbow" of Cape Carter, and since they are in the
process of replacing A and B docks, I
do not know when we will get it out.
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Sail Measuring
Party: (emphasis on party) at Ed's sail
loft/barn on
May 23rd. T
Burgers, sides and soda
provided by the club. BYOB. This is also an opportunity
to get any unmeasured (sails not signed/certified by the sail
maker) that you intend to race with, measured by our local
pro, Rob McDowell. Yes we have pried him away from his vines
to help us in this capacity so it will be a good time to see
this former racer too.
It is also a special meeting of
the club so we can officially vote in officers and discuss
bylaw changes. \
In addition to that, Jennifer
Michenelli, Chair of the Clinton
Community College Regatta will be on hand to show off
the "Wicking T" shirts and caps that will be
available at a discount to VSC members to purchase. As VSC
members, you have free entry into the race, but your bling and
food will cost a nominal fee. Please remember that this is a
fund raiser for the college
scholarship fund, so please bring your checkbooks. We
have worked out a package deal for competing boats for the
dinner, shirts and caps. This year, learning from last, the
food choices will include Lobster, Dan's Dangerous Dry Rubbed
Ribs, 12 oz Steak, Fisherman Platter and meals for kids
(they want to make the land lubber end family friendly). There
will be live music and a beer tent (bigger and better) too.
They are really going all out this year and are leaning heavy
on VSC participation so lets not let them down. Also new
this year, will be a permanent trophy for the JAM fleet, so if
you know folks who are not VSC racers but sail the Mayors Cup
please invite them to this event. The race will be designed so
you will be off the water in time to enjoy the festivities on
the Bluff.
Peter
Hall, has offered to give some chalk talks on Soling
racing. I suspect he can talk on all types of competitive
sailing having sailed all over the world, so lets not consider
this a soling only audience and when we meet May
23rd, find a time and venue to have Peter share some of
his "secrets to bullets".
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Race Committee O.D. Sign Up. Please Contact Andy Sajor
or Craig Meyerson With Your Preference of Dates To Fulfill Your O.D. Duties; Check The List Of Reserved Dates At The Schedule and Results Link
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Please Note An Error In Race Course 8 - The Finish Should Be GC1; Corrected Handbook, NOR & SI Now Posted
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Check Out Our New Race Courses! VSC's
Handbook, Notice of Race & Sailing Instructions with new
courses diagrams are now posted. Click HERE
for a view. Special thanks to Andy Sajor and Craig
Meyerson for putting this together. Pamphlet friendly
version coming soon! Contact Andy with
feedback.
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Solings Past, Present &
Future: Let your thoughts known on the future of the
Soling Fleet. Click HERE
for details and contact fleet captain Brian White with your
ideas.
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CCC Regatta Format - Our Vice
Commodore met with the folks at Clinton Community College and
came up with some proposals for improving and increasing the
participation for the CCC Regatta. For details click HERE
and provide to Andy feedback on the suggestions. Be all
in!!!
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2010 Membership Forms and PHRF Rating
Application now posted. Go to Forms
and By-Laws to download.
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VSC's Preliminary 2010 Race Schedule is now
posted. To view click here.
Any questions or comments contact the Vice Commodore and Race
Committee Chair
Andy Sajor
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Mayor's Cup has been
announced for July 10, 2010. Save the date.
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By-Laws Committee met February 2,
2010. Proposed amendments to the by-laws should be
distributed in the near future for your comments. Members
of the committee include Tim McCormick, Bruce Gugliotti and
Brian Dowling. If you would like to make suggestions contact Tim
or attend the VSC Executive Committee meeting February 9.
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VSC Executive Committee met January
6, 2010. For summary of business transacted click
here.
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Lake Champlain PHRF Committee met
December 1, 2009. VSC's reps announced VSC now has two
instead of the allowable three representatives to LCPHRF.
Go to http://www.mbbc-vt.org/phrf/minutes/01Dec09.htm
for the minutes of the meeting. LCPHRF's next meeting is
January 26, 2010. For more details about LCPHRF, or if you
have any questions or concerns about your boat's rating or any
other boat's rating on Lake Champlain go to http://www.mbbc-vt.org/phrf/
or contact VSC's current rater Brian Dowling bmdreapp@westelcom.com.
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Welcome VSC's 2010 Officers: Commodore
Jean-Pierre Turgeon; Vice Commodore Andy Sajor; Rear Commodore
Tim McCormick; Secretary Dee Surber; Treasurer Don Duley; Rater
Brian Dowling; Member-At-Large Bruce Gugliotti. See
Cruising Our Site Link Officers
and Committees to contact your officers and committee
members.
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