July 10 race results

Skipper	Time	UK Corr time	UK position
RACE 1
Dave L	10.07	552	1
Phil	10.17	607	2
Sarah	12.30	654	3
Wendy	12.34	657	4
B Woods	12.58	678	5
Roger	12.59	679	6
B Kelly	12.19	723	7
Cindy	15.31	771	8

RACE 2
Dave L	6.01	328	1
B Kelly	6.07	359	2
B Woods	7.14	378	3
Phil	6.27	381	4
Sarah	7.17	381	5
Roger	8.02	420	6
Wendy	8.08	425	7
Cindy	11.11	555	8

RACE 3
Dave L	8.57	488	1
Sarah	10.00	523	2
Wendy	10.12	534	3
B Kelly	9.09	537	4
Phil	9.30	561	5
B Woods	10.52	568	6
Roger	12.23	648	7

RACE 4
B Kelly	6.59	410	1
B Woods	9.24	492	2
Phil	8.30	502	3
Dave L	9.13	503	4
Sarah	9.45	510	5
Wendy	10.05	527	6
Roger	11.03	578	7

July 4 races

We had a long wait for the wind, but when we went out, the wind picked up a good deal. Then, after a couple of races, a rain cloud showed up with some thunder, sending us all back to the club.

Skipper	Time	UK Corr time	UK position
RACE 1
Dave L	17.58	980	1
Feavers	17.25	1023	2
Sharlene	19.53	1040	3
Anna	15.50	1052	4
Roger	20.59	1098	5
Penny	22.22	1111	6
Cindy	23.34	1171	7
B Woods	22.56	1200	8

RACE 2
Dave L	14.53	812	1
Roger	16.33	866	2
Sharlene	16.43	874	3
Feavers	15.05	886	4
Penny	17.51	887	5
B Woods	17.40	924	6
Anna	14.28	961	7

July 3 Racing (correctedx2)

A warm, windy afternoon with strong gusts.

Skipper	Time	UK Corr time	UK position
RACE 1
Sharlene	15.15	798	1
Feavers	13.54	816	2
Penny	16.31	820	3
Phil	15.47	933	4
Ian	17.21	1019	5
Anna	15.56	1059	6

RACE 2
Sharlene	15.18	800	1
Feavers	13.53	815	2
Anna	12.48	850	3
Roger	16.37	869	4
Penny	17.40	877	5
Phil	15.45	930	6
Ian	17.33	1030	7
Patti	21.44	1137	8

Racing got off to a great start on Sunday

We were not able to race keelboats on Saturday due to the lack of wind, but on Sunday a warm, fluky wind firmed up as nine boats set out to race, producing a mix of strong gusts and quiet moments, all generally from the Northwest, but varying quite a bit in typical Falcon fashion.

We completed three races:

Skipper	UK position
RACE 1
Sharlene	1
Dave L	2
Feavers	3
B Woods	4
Roger	5
B Kelly	6
Wendy	7
Gwen	8

RACE 2
Feavers	1
Sharlene	2
Dave L	3
Roger	4
B Woods	5
Wendy	6
B Kelly	7
Gwen	8
Cindy	9

RACE 3
Dave L	1
Sharlene	2
Feavers	3
Wendy	4
Roger	5
B Woods	6
Gwen	7
B Kelly	8
Cindy	8

Our racing program can start!

As of Saturday, we can hold club races with up to 25 people, so we will start our racing season with the keelboat race on Saturday, which other boats can join as well, and the first dinghy race of the club series on Sunday. Please be ready to sail by 1 pm both days.

Here are the key elements of the updated health regulations as they affect the club:

Club Races can happen up to 25 people
Outdoor gatherings up to 25 people
NO PUBLIC INDOOR Gatherings
CANSail Programs/Day Camps open to up to 20 participants per group.
Limited number of people in the Club House at once.

Club opening postponed again

Health orders don’t allow any multi-household activities, even outdoors, so the opening has to be postponed again. If health rules change in time, we will try to schedule club opening for June 12th.

We also have to postpone the start of the racing season until health rules change.

Meanwhile, individual member households can use the club grounds to get their boats ready, go sailing, and it would be a great help if you could do some chores while they are there. Penny has sent out a list of chores that need doing.

2021 Racing Schedule

Our schedule for racing this summer, subject to weather & public health regulations, is:

Club Championship series; dinghy racing every weekend day and statutory holiday from May 29^th to September 19^th, except on days when we have a keelboat race scheduled
Keel boat racing days; June 19, July 31, September 11^th, and September 18^th.
Commodore’s Cup on August 14th (it is included in the Club Championship series)

The Racing Instructions for the Club Championship are posted here.

Here are some important points from the racing instructions:
- The scheduled time of the warning signal for the first race each day is 1300.
- The race officer on duty may run up to five races in a day.
- At least three boats must start in a race for that race to be counted towards the Championship.
- 15 races will be required to be completed to constitute a series. A boat’s series score will be the total of her race scores, excluding her 16th best score and all those below it. [So, you really want to complete 15 races during the summer]

We are intending to start a women’s sailing league this summer. I will post the schedule and the racing instructions for the women’s league race series when the plans for those races are developed.

Sept 26 Racing

Saturday turned out to be a combined club close-up and racing day. We put away the boats, did lots of cleaning, lifted the docks in the morning, and as the weather turned nice in the afternoon, we set a race course to the South-East, based on the winds of the moment. It was an official keel boat day, with three boats on the line, and dinghy sailors went sailing around the buoys too. The wind was capricious; it pretty much blew from every direction, and everything from a zephyr to a hard blow.