Two More Wins For Lucy but Good News Gets First Fleet 12 Victory!

Lucy Gets Two More Bullets, Bad News Shakes Cobwebs and Salvages a Win in Last Race

Lucy and Conundrum are Winners as Sunday Racing Resumes

Lucy and Machbuster Get Wins in the Fog

For the first time in recent memory, Fleet 12 raced in fog that came and went throughout the afternoon. Often fog is seen across the bay on race day, but today the fog was on the race course itself, adding a new element to the test. The wind was fairly steady at about 12 knots from the south southwest, the tide in the last hour of ebb at the first start. Race Committee Dave Cain and Peter Converse successfully set a square and generous line, belying the difficulty of setting the pin in the deep channel. The course for race #1 was Zp, finish.

Fleet 12 Opens the 2010 Season with Clinic and Races

New Fleet Captain Bill Porter got the season off to an early, enthusiastic start on Saturday June 19, featuring an on/off water clinic led by J/22 rock star Terry Flynn from Quantum Sails. Terry not only rotated among the participating boats on the water, he then reviewed the video delving into the arcane subjects of sail shape, heel angle, and the importance of “changing gears” in the prototypical puffy fresh breezes found in the lower bay. What a great way to kick-off the 2010 season.

The Newport Shields Awards Night was last night. Jay Gowell reaped a heck of alot of trophies. Here's the list:

WEEKEND SERIES

1st Place : Sean Cassedy Memorial Trophy ­ Spring Series

1st Place : Toland Memorial Cup ­ Summer Series

3rd Place : Kendall Trophy ­ Fall Series

1st Place : Aloha Cup (non-spinnaker series)

Overall Weekend Winner trophy

Individual 1st place trophy (Weds night)

The Big One: The Manice Trophy: Overall Fleet Champion

By Jeff Stevens, my02818.com
Monday, 11-09-2009

Matt Gowell, a senior at East Greenwich High School, came from behind to place third out of 18 at the Interscholastic Sailing Association (ISSA) National High School Single-Handed Sailing Championships in Corpus Christi, Texas.

Gowell and several others had mediocre results during the first day's 9 races due to the light winds. Sunday's races were held in stronger winds so he was able to place well in the next 9 races to take third place by 2 points.

Congratulations to Cory Sertyl for her second place finish out of 35 boats in the Rolex International Women's Keelboat Championships! Cory counts this regatta as her 11th (including two wins in 1985 and 2001).

"It was really fun sailing and great to be out there," said Sertl, a two-time Rolex Yachtswoman of the Year. Her ‘Team Lucy' included Annemarie Cook, Jane Mastrandrea and Amy Moran.

Chaos storms back from late start to triumph in 2009 ATI Classic

This year’s Around-the-Island Race was sailed in a fresh northerly breeze and big ebb tide, under clear, cool skies. Unlike so many past counter-clockwise races, the northerly held throughout the day, only softening from 15 knots to 8 knots by the finish. In sum, the conditions were spectacular.

Machbuster and Bad News Win on Season’s Last Day