I'll second that comment windyhillf20. Thanks Trey for a great event, and such a casual first regatta for myself. I missed the first race due to trying to get a rudder fitted, thanks again Trey for hooking that up. Yeah, the wind was a little on the light side by the end of the races, steadily dying throughout, but the ride out to the course was great. I wish it would have been a little more sustained. It took me a little while to get the hang of whats going on on the race course, I definately have to work of timing starts and the finish is still a ????? to me. It's sad to say that the more I got the hang of it the worse I seemed to do, but that was my first time sailing around the cans or with more than four boats around me. You can go ahead and sign me up for the 2nd annual "sweet 16". Thanks again for such an awesome regatta. And thanks to Brad and sunjammers for hooking up the prizes and registration goodies.

Hey guys,

Here are the pics that Jana took from the RC boat. Some good ones in here.
http://picasaweb.google.com/alanosauras/Sweet_16_regatta_07

And here are some from the Hatteras Regatta that I don't think I ever posted and that SOMEBODY has been waiting a looong time to see.
http://picasaweb.google.com/alanosauras/HatterasRegatta

Enjoy

-Alanosauras
www.sailnaway.blogspot.com

It was great to see so many H16s out in the Raleigh area. It was very competitive with the finishs really mixed up and lots of position changes throughout each race. We definitely need to do it again next year.

For those interested in more races in our area, check out the EMSA site soon for next year's schedule. http://www.emsa-sailing.org
It really gives you a great opportunity to meet other sailors and learn more about tuning and tactics.

Thanks Trey. Thanks Alan for the trophys. Thanks race committee for keeping it moving and doing a little babysitting duty for me.

Also Thanks Kirt for crewing at the last minute... I had come out with my youngest daughter, Lauren (it was her 8th birthday), to find the lake white-capping. Thought it best to pick up some extra weight. Lauren raced the first race, but got cold and sat on the committee boat races 2-4. Then raced solo with me in the 5th... We thought we came away with a bullet, leading Garland and the rest of boats around the lake. Unfortunately it wasn't until after the awards that we discovered that Garland and I were both over early at the start. But Lauren still thinks we won the race. It was probably fitting we were DSQ's for that race for switching crews and sailing under weight. Alan.. Lauren is ecstatic to come away with a 2nd place overall trophy and she is taking it to school today for show and tell.

Also, Congratulations to Bill Croughwell for 1st Place.