Laser Fall Regatta Recap
on Sunday September 18, 2011 11:43PM
What looked to be a bit of a questionable day turned into a nice one for Laser sailing at Fishing Bay Yacht Club. While the wind was blowing 20-25 out of the North at the Stingray buoy - Fishing Bay saw comfortable winds in the low teens gusting into the upper teens.
5 sailors came out and all decided to take Radials out. That ultimately was a good choice as it meant we were much closer in speed and it was more of a boat race than a survival race. Some of the finishes on the ~1 mile course were separately by mere boat lengths testifying to the competitiveness of the racing.
Lud Kimbrough was PRO with Eliza Strickland and Miles Kimbrough on the signal boat. Durwood Usry and Noel Clinard took on mark boat duties. The entire race committee did a great job getting 5 races off in about 2 hours and even proved their fix-it skills by duct-taping a sail up where the top strap broke.
When the wind is out of the North, Fishing Bay is a challenging place to sail. All of the gains and losses came by picking the shifts both upwind and down.
With 4 bullets in 5 races, Jon Deutsch (FBYC) won the day cementing his lead in the 2011 FBYC Laser Series. Ron Thompson from Norfolk finished 2nd while Richard Biggs (FBYC) was 3rd. Brad Squires (FBYC) and Bob Danforth (FBYC) round the rest of the fleet.
After racing the sailors and race committee members were treated to social chair Brad Squires' famous chilly.
The FBYC Laser Series continues with the final day of racing on Sunday November 6th for the Laser Frostbite Regatta.