Racing on the bay starts 6/19. Some twenty boats have signed up.
Go out and cheer on the local guys...alot of the Wednesday Night DS boats will be there.
Or grab a boat and go race!
RN registration
https://www.regattanetwork.com/clubmgmt/applet_registration_form.php?regatta_id=3764 (https://www.regattanetwork.com/clubmgmt/applet_registration_form.php?regatta_id=3764)
FB group
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_57099028193 (http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_57099028193)
Here is the schedule (approximately):
- Check-in and Measurement : 6/19 - 6/21
- Junior North Americans : 6/20 - 6/21 on Clear Lake
- Practice Race - 6/21 afternoon (Bay)
- DS North Americans Day 1 - 6/22 (Bay) - 3 races planned - Tow out at 10am
- DS North Americans Day 2 - 6/23 (Bay) - 3 races planned - Tow out at 10am
- DS North Americans Day 3 - 6/24 (Bay) - 2 races planned - Tow out at 10am
Come out and spectate if you can....
- Dwight
See photographs of the Day Sailer North Americans, held here in Clear Lake and Galveston Bay. I'm the event photographer, I'll be adding new galleries here daily throughout the week.
http://garytphoto.smugmug.com/SailboatRacing/Day-Sailer (http://garytphoto.smugmug.com/SailboatRacing/Day-Sailer)
Today's races were cancelled so they are left with 2 days of racing. Great group of sailors from across the US who are racing boats from new to over 50 years old. These O'Day Day Sailors are about 16' long and carry a crew of 2. They are looking forward to wind!
I have spent time with a couple of them this week from Tennessee and Virginia - great group of sailors who are serious, but having fun.
Hope you met a group tonight watching the Wednesday night races and prepping for their races tomorrow.
Brad
A great group of folks!
Here is the link to the results: http://www.regattanetwork.com/clubmgmt/applet_regatta_results.php?regatta_id=3764
As previously mentioned, no races on Wednesday due to the weather; Ran 4 races on Thursday, and 2 on Friday.
Must have been some great racing! 5 different boats won races - 6 races total. The winning boat only won 1 race.
The out of town folks really liked the conditions on the bay! We had an amazing set of races both days, and an amazing spinnaker reach back to LYC Thursday. There were big smiles on a lot of faces. Great job by our PRO Dwight, and the whole team the towed us out the channel! Kudos to Keith Gray for rescuing two boats; one that lost a forestay and was dismasted, and the second that death rolled, capsized and needed some help. It was a truly awesome event, and we were so glad to be able to do it on Galveston Bay!