The forecast looked grim... rain with no wind, followed by a day of sun with no wind. But when are those weather guys ever right? Saturday did have some mist in the morning, but it also had breeze! Four races were run in generally trapezing conditions with flat water. The most fun occurred when rounding the windward mark to start the first reach of the 3rd race, when suddenly a BIG puff appeared from nowhere and had most of us on an overpowered 3 sail reach to the gybe mark. Great fun, with the flat water conditions. The wind began to die in the 4th race, but it was still good sailing to the end. Joe & Pete dominated, with the rest of the fleet mixing it up for the remaining positions.
Sunday dawned with the trees swaying, and whitecaps on the river when we got to the club. And sunshine! A really beautiful day of sailing. Moderately heavy air to start, with it gradually dropping over the day. Joe & Pete dominated again, but had to look over their shoulders a bit more often as some of the other boats got close enough to challenge (and even cross them on occasion). Four more races were run, for a total of 8 for the series. We shared the course with Albacores and 5o5s, with a keelboat circle racing further up river.
It was great seeing Jason & Julie up from Toronto (although they still have to learn their port from their starboard), Joe & Pete from Montreal, and special thanks to the Dorringtons making the long drive up from Ft Erie for a 4am arrival at the sailing club. We also had ex-BC sailors Grant and Averil Lamont in the ratty old fleet boat (and they had it moving really well) - sure hope they decide to stay in town for at least the next few years!
Phil Locker
CAN14678
| CAN14769 | . | Joe Jospe, Peter Kelly | 1,1,1,1,1,1,1 | 7 |
| CAN10295 | Dad and I | Gaetan Lavoie, Guy Leblanc | 4,2,3,2,2,3,3,2 | 17 |
| CAN14678 | . | Phil Locker, Evelyn Simpson | 2,6,2,5,3,2,2,4 | 20 |
| CAN52500 | Averil's Lament | Grant Lamont, Averil Lamont | 3,3,4,3,5,5,5,3 | 26 |
| CAN13890 | PFOC | Mike McEvoy, Troy Neves | 5,7,6,4,4,4,4,5 | 32 |
| CAN11136 | Proteus | Alan Spurdle | 8,4,8,7,6,6,6,7 | 44 |
| CAN12362 | Ball of Confusion | Doug Corner, Antica Corner | 6,5,5,6,9,8,8,DNC | 47 |
| CAN12533 | SARS free | Jason Phillips, Julie Hill | 9,11,7,11,7,DNS,7,6 | 58 |
| CAN12357 | Blaze | Andy Carran, Trish Carran | 10,9,9,9,8,7,DNC,DNC | 64 |
| CAN11890 | Pyro Maniax | Chris Dorrington, Rick Dorrington | 7,8,11,8,10,9,DNC,DNC | 65 |
| CAN10298 | . | Josh Foster, Karen | 11,10,10,10,DNC,DNC,DNC,DNC | 77 |