[gpsbug] Re: Yesterday Willoughby Memorial Regatta
- From: s.butkus1@xxxxxxxxxxx
- To: j.wandling@xxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2011 07:54:53 -0400 (EDT)
Congratulations to John E & crew on a great race!
From a sparring partner,
Steve
On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 6:57 AM, John wrote:
Want to report that I am making some progress in outfitting "Eclipse"
to do a little racing, and in figuring out how to make her go. We took
a second yesterday and got our first "hardware" with the new boat. Do I
need to tell you who was first? John Edwards, sailing Recovery with Jim
Groves and his sons, of course. It was a beautiful day, with winds in
mid-20's, occaisional gusts to 30+, and an 8.5 mile course that had
about 4.5 miles of beating and 4 miles of reaching. Going upwind was a
lot like work, but the reaches were spectacular, with boats surfing at
8+ knots in bright sun and sparkling whitecaps. Anyway, aside from
having some regret for encouraging John E to race, I feel great and
wanted to share this day.
I hope more of the gang can come "downeast" for some of these races.
Most of the Willoughby races are on Saturdays, getting there can be a
long summer day, or a reasonable day followed by overnight at anchor in
the little bay or in one of Willoughby Harbor Marina's many transient
slips.
Schedule for all handicap racing around here can be found at
www.hamptonyc.com <file://www.hamptonyc.com> and following the link to
"yacht racing/handicap fleet".
Willoughby is having the hot buttered rum race on Nov 5th, that's always
fun, and next weekend is Old Point "Round the lights" race, which can
sometimes be grueling, as it is a long race that enjoys what are
argueably worst tidal currents in Hampton Roads. (i.e. The entrance at
Fort Monroe, and the mixmaster at the confluence of the James and
Elizabeth rivers.)
Congrats to John, Jim, and the guys, and thanks for not flying that J.R.
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