Monday, June 29, 2009

Sunday June 28th Race Results

Race results for starting day will be posted shortly. Awaiting Racing Director's official communications.

Five boats participated in light breezes. We were fortunate to have a breeze that allowed us to sail down to bouy 7 and use most of the rest of the lake through the three races. We saw a number of kayaks and pontoon boats out and are looking forward to having Independence racing with us next week. Jumping Jack, we hope will be on the course with us for the holiday weekend as are some other boats that who will round out our fleet. Scoop was reportedly the first 110 in the water this year. Eagle, Mahilini, Nymph, and Red Witch raced on this first day.

See below and on thru a link on this page information on the Invitational Regatta.

GHOST FLEET (46) INVITATIONAL REGATTA

The Ghost Fleet (46) Invitational Regatta is being organized as a three day event where International 110's from other racing fleets are invited to race on Alexanders Lake in August. We are expecting boats to begin arriving on the afternoon of Friday August 14th. We are looking to enlist help with launching and the docking of our guests. Response has been positive to our plans and people are already volunteering to provide support with donations of their time.

Dave Allen is our Racing Director and is coordinating efforts. I, Pete Cinq Mars will be coordinating registration and keeping the website for the regatta as current and complete as we can. Particulars for housing, food, social events and awards are being worked out and will be posted as they are nailed down.

The ALYC will be the hosting organization and providing the starting boat and race committee. Please follow the link on the left side of this page to the Regatta Web Page.

Sunday, June 28, 2009

First Day of Racing - June 28th 2 PM

Reports are that Scoop, Eagle, Nymph are already for a day of racing. I expect others are or will be, but these in particular I'm aware of... Red Witch is on her way in from Western MA having undergonen some repairs and rebuilding. There is much more to do to get her in top racing shape but time has caught up with the shop team and she needs to get in the water, now!

Anyways, first races are scheduled for 2 PM today.