Friday, August 31, 2007

2007 Fireweed race










Tim, the race champion









Start line for the fleet. There were 13 boats.









Good eats after the 1st day of racing. We do enjoy eating, yum,yum.....









The daylight is waning, the campfire lit, life is good. What happened to the days of June, when we are sailing at midnite?








Someone is crossing the finish line, good job!

Friday, August 24, 2007

2007 Governor's Cup Regatta - Labor Day Weekend

2007 marks the 41st Anniversary of this classic race series. Races begin on Saturday September 1, 2007 continuing through Sunday evening September 2, 2007. This race has been held continuously, every year since the club was founded. Come out and enjoy the competition by participating, helping out or just viewing from shore while enjoying our last regatta of the 2007 season.


Alaska Sailing Club

Governor’s Cup History

1

1966

TOM MARSHALL

2

1967

LARRY SNELL

3

1968

BOB LEVORSEN

4

1969

STEVE RYAN

5

1970

MASON PURCHA

6

1971

STEVE RYAN

7

1972

GARY ROGERS

8

1973

STEVE RYAN

9

1974

STEVE RYAN

10

1975

STEVE RYAN

11

1976

BOB MASSEY

12

1977

STEVE RYAN

13

1978

STEVE RYAN

14

1979

CHRIS KLETKA

15

1980

CHRIS KLETKA

16

1981

CHRIS KLETKA

17

1982

BRUCE ROSS

18

1983

GARY ROGERS

19

1984

DEAN NICHOLS

20

1985

BOB MASSEY

21

1986

BOB MASSEY

22

1988

BEN ROBAR

23

1989

DICK EVANS

24

1990

DICK EVANS

25

1991

DICK EVANS

26

1992

HENRY ROBAR

27

1993

BIRGITT ROBAR

28

1994

JOHN MCKINNON

29

1995

BEN AND BIRGITT ROBAR

30

1996

MATTHEW FLICKINGER

31

1997

BEN AND BIRGITT ROBAR

32

1998

BEN AND BIRGITT ROBAR

33

1999

BEN AND BIRGITT ROBAR

34

2000

BEN AND BIRGITT ROBAR

35

2001

TIM AND TOM GOULD

36

2002

TIM GOULD

37

2003

BEN AND BIRGITT ROBAR

38

2004

TIM AND ETHAN GOULD

39

2005

PAUL AND TAYLOR WILLING

40

2006

TIM AND ETHAN GOULD

Monday, August 20, 2007

2007 Fireweed Regatta - more




And here's some photos of the record setting fleet at rest in the harbor. For the Governor's Cup we'll try for some mark rounding action shots or maybe another video.


2007 Fireweed Regatta Rocks

2007 Fireweed Regatta

SKIPPER
1st TIM GOULD
2nd DAVE JOHNSON
3rd BRUCE LEE
4th TOM HARRISON
5th PAUL WILLING
5th CORINNE SMITH
6th KEVIN FRANK
7th TOM GOULD
8th CATHY WRIGHT
9th BART HAWKINS
10th GEOFF WRIGHT
11th PAUL BUTTON
12th GREG
BIG BOATS SKIPPER
1st KEITH BARTON
2nd CHRIS REMICK
3rd BRUCE LELONDE

Friday night brought monsoon like rains that continued throughout the night. The wet weather broke by Saturday morning with some light wind and partly cloudy conditions. Race Marshall Jody Willing rousted the sleepy heads and we got busy with race preparation - inflating marks, launching the committee boat and setting marks.

Race 1 got underway around 11:00 am, after a delay caused by a good Samaritan jet skier who dutifully retrieved Mark 2 for us and brought it back to the dock, anchor and all. After resetting the mark (thanks Tom G.) the start line was a little crowded with eleven boats jockeying for prime positions. Due to simultaneous skipper errors, the cat fleet managed to get tangled bow to bow behind the start line with less than a minute to the start gun. Which is NOT a good way to start a race - Note: No protests were lodged, since us cat folks are an amicable lot and we'd rather just get out there and beat those old tech mono-hulls around the race course!

Bruce Lee seemed to be sailing a different race (or least in different wind!) as he and crew Robin smoked the fleet and pulled a horizon job on us - finishing a full 15 minutes ET ahead of the second place boat!

A protest was filed at Mark 1 when a certain Skipjack skipper was certain a certain Buccaneer skipper touched the mark with his jib. After much debate and playing about with colorful plastic models it was determined that no foul occurred and the protest was cancelled.

Race 2 was a brutal 64 minutes ET, for the fastest boat, with continuous power boat wakes pounding the fleet for the last two legs. But it did set a record for at least the last ten years since this reporter has been recording race times - 13 small boats and 3 big boats raced! That's incredible! It looked like a regular yacht club or something close to it. Tom Harrison took 1st place on CT with steady sailing in his sleek new Lido 14.

For Race 3 we postponed dinner (a huge sacrifice for hungry and thirsty sailors by the way!) and awaited the storied 6 PM August wind. It arrived on schedule and we managed to get started before it faded. Bruce and I beat Tim across the finish line, but not by enough to beat the handicaps.

The Mexican themed potluck dinner was outstanding with some creative dishes and tasty IPA to wash it down with.

The best wind of the day came after dark around the campfire. Now, there's a Challenge Cup idea - go to West Marine and get yourself some of those handy AA battery powered running lights, bring a flashlight and presto - race at marine twilight.

On Sunday morning we held another Challenge Cup race. Previous one this season went undocumented as the fleet cats went out for a little speed testing! Dave Johnson and Elayne Hunter, aboard the Buccaneer, showed us how to sail the last two legs with no wind - at least none you could see or feel.

Thanks to Jody Willing for Race Marshall duties and to Tom Gould for use of his most excellent river/committee boat.

Teamwork plug - For these big events it sure does help when everyone pitches in and spreads the load for race prep, meal set up, clean up and take down - we have no paid employees to do the work, so we rely on your work ethic and readiness to volunteer.

Next stop - Governor's Cup!

Detailed results:

8/18/2007 ET CT D-PN Skipper Pts.
RACE 1
505 38.80 48.50 80.0 BRUCE 0.75
BUCCANEER 54.02 62.09 87.0 DAVE 2.00
SKIPJACK 59.58 64.00 93.1 TIM 3.00
LIDO 14 65.22 65.94 98.9 TOM H. 4.00
HOBIE 16 54.57 71.70 76.1 PAUL W. 5.00
HOBIE 16 54.97 72.23 76.1 TOM G. 6.00
SKIPJACK 90.43 97.14 93.1 CORINNE 7.00
SKIPJACK 94.25 101.24 93.1 KEVIN 8.00
BIG BOATS
ENSENADA 20 48.37 47.19 102.5 CHRIS 0.75
MONTGOMERY 15 65.32 60.37 108.2 BRUCE 2.00
RL 24 60.58 62.65 96.7 KEITH 3.00
8/18/2007 ET CT D-PN Skipper Pts.
RACE 2
LIDO 14 68.72 69.48 98.9 TOM 0.75
SKIPJACK 66.50 71.43 93.1 TIM 2.00
SKIPJACK 68.98 74.10 93.1 GEOFF 3.00
SKIPJACK 70.23 75.44 93.1 BART 4.00
LASER 70.78 77.70 91.1 CATHY 5.00
BUCCANEER 67.78 77.91 87.0 DAVE 6.00
505 63.60 79.50 80.0 BRUCE 7.00
SKIPJACK 75.35 80.93 93.1 KEVIN 8.00
SKIPJACK 77.22 82.94 93.1 CORINNE 9.00
LASER 77.60 85.18 91.1 PAUL B. 10.00
HOBIE 16 68.12 89.51 76.1 PAUL W. 11.00
HOBIE 16 68.33 89.79 76.1 TOM G. 12.00
SKIPJACK 87.72 94.22 93.1 GREG 13.00
BIG BOATS
RL 24 83.68 86.54 96.7 KEITH 0.75
MONTGOMERY 15 95.63 88.39 108.2 BRUCE 2.00
ENSENADA 20 110.80 108.10 102.5 CHRIS 3.00
8/18/2007 ET CT D-PN Skipper Pts.
RACE 3
SKIPJACK 39.20 42.11 93.1 TIM 0.75
LASER 40.45 44.40 91.1 CATHY 2.00
BUCCANEER 39.82 45.77 87.0 DAVE 3.00
505 36.67 45.83 80.0 BRUCE 4.00
SKIPJACK 43.73 46.97 93.1 CORINNE 5.00
SKIPJACK 44.30 47.58 93.1 BART 6.00
HOBIE 16 37.82 49.69 76.1 PAUL W. 7.00
SKIPJACK 46.42 49.86 93.1 KEVIN 8.00
LASER 45.80 50.27 91.1 PAUL B. 9.00
LIDO 14 50.60 51.16 98.9 TOM H. 10.00
HOBIE 16 39.20 51.51 76.1 TOM G. 11.00
SKIPJACK 50.60 54.35 93.1 GEOFF 12.00
BIG BOATS
RL 24 56.88 58.82 96.7 KEITH 0.75
ENSENADA 20 61.78 60.28 102.5 CHRIS 2.00
MONTGOMERY 15 67.33 62.23 108.2 BRUCE 3.00