BYC 2015 One Design Series Day #15 at BeniciaJuly 24
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Wow! What a fantastic weekend.

Friday Night:
We started with (5) boats. Wind out of the SW at 14+ knots (felt like more) and a strong flood - making for flat water and fast boats! The course was a standard windward leeward, even with the basic layout we were still chasing the windward mark and had a tough time keeping the RC in position. Thanks to Curt and Dom for help reset the windward mark.

The racing was very tight. Especially at the boat end at the starts. There were a couple of capsizes, Marcel has posted a great video on youtube that actually shows his recovery while Chris flips his boat in the background. Pretty funny.

Even with the extra long course we had (6) races. I think we should have had a few more but fatigue was setting in. Or maybe they were saving their strength for Saturday?

Saturday:
A huge fleet thank you to Josh. He quarterbacked a great event for sailors and spectators. Thank you to Angela for volunteering in the BYC booth and handing out Fleet information while directing attention to the V15 races. The course was set in the shallow bay between the pier and Sailor Jacks. Having a NASCAR oval course where you are trimmed to a beam or broad reach only and in 4' of water was pretty exciting for those on an off the water - especially the high speed jibes at the mark located within casting distance of the pier!

A great weekend of sailing all around.

As a reminder to the Fleet, please do not sail close to the yachts in the marina. Close is relative as we can and do sail within inches of each other. If you own a big boat in the marina a few feet is way too close. There is plenty of water so please throw in another tack instead of pinching up along side the big boats. I was asked to address this with the Fleet - consider it addressed.

Thank you and see you on the water.

Rich
Result
PosBoatNameTotalRace 1Race 2Race 3Race 4Race 5Race 6
11260Marcel Sloane82(2)1(3)1(4)1(5)1(6)2 (8)
21016Hans Williams121(1)2(3)3(6)2(8)3(11)1 (12)
31174Joel McMinn19DNS(6)3(9)2(11)3(14)2(16)3 (19)
4968Chris Tringali244(4)4(8)4(12)4(16)4(20)4 (24)
51325Nick Grebe333(3)DNF(9)DNF(15)DNF(21)DNF(27)DNF(33)
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