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Mallory Cup Mens Championship Quarterfinal Eliminations for the Sailing Association of Intermountain Lakes , May 24, 2008 , Elephant Butte Lake State Park , New Mexico (continued) Lessons Learned Summary of Lessons Learned In hindsight, race 1 should have been shortened before the last leg. We did learn that club members needed to learn more about the current rules for shortening and changing courses. One slight surprise discovery: I found some of the race equipment that had been needed on the finish boat when I was cleaning out and removing gear from the windward mark set boat (Buzz's dad's ski boat). Apparently, the items had been loaded into the boat when it was launched Thursday morning, but when we asked some people where the items were on Friday, the people we asked didn't know. read more »
New Mexico Sailing Club Heron Lake, New Mexico Summer Breeze Race Series, June August, 2008 NOTICE OF RACE 1 RULES 1.1 The Summer Breeze Race series, and each regatta, will be governed by the rules as defined in The Racing Rules of Sailing, 20052008 (RRS). 1.2 Handicaps will be Portsmouth Handicap, with wind range modifiers. The race committee may alter handicap numbers if it believes a boat or equipment have been altered or do not meet class requirements. 1.3 Class and handicap rules apply except where modified by this Notice of Race or by the Sailing Instructions. Class rules requiring class membership do not apply. The race committee may grant a waiver, at its discretion, to any class rules that in its judgement do not affect the safety or fairness of competition. read more »
All I know at the moment is that some unknown vessel hit Lady Jane sometime between Sunday evening and Tuesday evening - a space of some 48 hours.
As soon as I got on board last night I knew there was something wrong. All sorts of things had fallen over or been knocked off their perches. Things that didn't even move when Lady Jane was travelling.
Finally, after travelling around Lady Jane in the RIB I saw the damage that had been done and realised she had been hit from astern.
The photograph does not give a realistic view of the size dent that has been made in what is 10mm steel there. read more »
The Rio Grande Sailing Club's Chute-Out Regatta was postponed to this past weekend, February 23 and 24, after uncertain winter weather was predicted for the previous weekend. Even though the predicted winter storm was mostly a bust, the wait was worthwhile because it gave us warmer weather and (mostly) more wind. The one bad thing on Friday night was that people in the next motel room had their television on too loud and we faced Saturday morning without having slept. Saturday morning, seven crews showed up at the skipper/crew meeting and breakfast at Hodge's Corner restaurant in Elephant Butte. Represented were an Etchells, a J24, Hunter 28, Freedom 21, S2 34, and two M scows. read more »