soft shackle

JC/Williams awarded a place of 2 for the redress.

Capsize right at the A mark. Righted then went back over again. Philip focused on someone "wearing something pink, and small" on the beach...

oh boat is half righted, hanging on by an edge...

was Tartaglino.

Silver fleet finish:
Jason
Batchelor
Raybon
Kohl
Newberry
Carlson
Langefeld
Witte
Ingram
Tartaglino

"Well the competitors didn't quite like that determination so they forced the committee to reopen the redress and they instead awarded Humphries the 1st place finish for that race as they rightfully should have (according to the competitors involved)."

Excellent, good to see sportsmanship is alive and well (although, I'm not really surprised with US cats). I only wish more classes would act this way. I'm going to use this story this weekend (kids regatta).

Mike

Wind building to 13.5 knots... last race of the event about to begin.

This leaves two points seperating 1st and 2nd place with two races to go if in fact they get 3 races in today.

They should have no problem getting in at least 3 races, the wind is blowing, east at 10-15 at my house (90 miles to the south east of there) and the sun is shining, it's been a very good week for wind.

I've been told that the race going on now is the last race of the event.

Thanks for all the updates, almost like being there! Any words on how the sailors like the Viper? I think only a few of them usually sail in the F16 class. I know JC and JW did the AC on the Blade a couple years ago, I guess some of the others did too. But how about the -big boat- sailors?

JC lost two positions - rounded A mark in 4th.

Burd/Easton broke a mast.

JC told me on the phone earlier that the Vipers handled the chop and waves nicely. Thats about all the feedback I've gotten to be honest.

That sucks - where were they? The winner here could be decided on redress.

Burd/Easton broke a mast.


How? Did they first flip and it got driven into the bottom while they were righting it? Or did a spreader let go or something like that?

Donno where they were. Philip just called me "BOAT 6 BROKE THEIR MAST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*click*"

According to my spreadsheet, thats Burd/Easton.

Will post more info as soon as I get it. I don't know anything other than who it was.

anxiously waiting!!!!!!

2nd A mark rounding order
Tomko
JC
Spina
Newsome
Cope
Roots
Pitt
Marshack
Humphries

No info yet on the mast. They're being towed in now.

Here's the finish, about as close as it gets Philip said, between the top 3 boats

Tomko
JC
Spina
Newsome
Roots
Marshack
Cope
Pitt
Humphries


"Coolest finish you've ever seen" JC on starboard, Tomko on port, tacked right in front of JC to finish. Philip thinks that there are going to be a protest for the finish. He also things Burd/Easton are going to get an average score for their redress.

Good job! Thanks a bunch.

hey - no problemo.

Just got off the phone with the unofficial winners, JW and JC.

JW tells me, and I'm paraphrasing here...

"We knew what we needed to do... so we kept with them all the way out to the left side of the course....we were the only ones out there. We we to windward of them and a little behind them when their mast went. I mean, it folded up like oragami, I've never seen a mast fold like that. We blew all our sheets and stopped and made sure they were ok. Trip and Mike looked up at me, both ok, and gave me a look like 'What are you doing here? GO WIN IT!' so we raced off and finished it off."

JC added -
"The wind was so shifty and everyone got so much faster during the week. I think we tacked what, 6 times on the last upwind leg just on shifts alone."

So there you go, a little first hand knowledge about the mast issue.

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