Starter bouy is marked "S"
The starting boat usually anchored so a line is formed between the starting bouy and the boat that is ninety degrees relative to the direction the wind.
The course is called out before each race from the starting boat and varies based on the wind conditions on the lake prior to the start of each race. By tradition the fleet members can voice their suggestions for courses before the announcement of courses.
Effort is made to race to bouy 6 & 7 when the wind permits.
Each start begins with a 3 minute starting warning and the boats jockey for position as they try to get the best spot on the line to begin and time their approach to the line so that they just arrive at the line as the final horn blows announcing the start of the race.
We all try to keep the racing fun and spirited, remembering that any time on the lake under sail is to be treasured. We also hope the sails floating across the lake are something to behold from the shoreline. We sail a classic boat design that has been on the lake for over fifty years with our oldest fleet boat taking second place in this year's racing, not bad for a boat that sailed with one of the last wooden masts and has been carried generations of family around the lake when she is not racing.
We would love to have more boats and crews racing in 2008. These boats also race in other fleets in places like Newport, RI, Portland, ME, Hull, MA, Chicago, IL, and Bay City, MI. See the link to the International 110 Class website and other Fleet wesites listed in Links.
For more detail on how a sailboat works and fundamentals of racing sailboats try one of the following links:
Great link to sailing fundamentals -
http://www.uiowa.edu/~sail/skills/racing_basics/index1.shtml
Slide Presentation on Racing Rules -
www.whyra.org/sailing%20rules.ppt
http://www.sailingcourse.com/racing.htm
Terms and Terminology for sailboats -
http://www.boatingchannel.com/Boating_Sports/Sailing/Sailing_Terminology/sailing_terminology.html
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