I'm willing to be the weather would be fine - We're all heading out tomorrow afternoon and will be there rain or shine...it's what we do!
Scott emailed me...
No plans to cancel unless something radical happens. All set to go
Scott's email from this morning:
We'll be there tomorrow afternoon rain or shine and hoping for some wind this year.
Any news of the weather at Lake Norman today?
Sunny, 10-15.
Hope you guys and gals had a great weekend. We got drenched up here in New England. Hoping my driveway didn't wash out again down at the beach. Went down last night to secure boats and bring in the patio furniture. Not much wind in Boston, but lots of rain.
How'd the Frankencat do?
We had some pretty strong gusts in CT, 50 or so, and reports of a Tornado in Farifield.
I'm going to check on the HT and see if she's still in one piece.
I'm going to check on the HT and see if she's still in one piece.
We were leading open class, 2nd lap, race 1 and the tiller crossbar broke. finally made it back to the club and made repairs, but too late to race.
Raced today in 3-5mph race 1, 2nd.
0-3mph race 2 (ugh), 2nd.
Wave won open class and P18-2 was 2nd. We seemed to be right with the Prindle in boat speed- even with too much jib overlap and non-optimum sheeting angle.
BIG thanks to Bill, Trey, Rick, Dave and others that helped directly or with advice.
Hope your HT is OK.
0-3mph race 2 (ugh), 2nd.
Looks like Hanna sucked all the wind up north.
Yeah, but the 10-15 in relatively flat water on Saturday made it well worth the trip. The first race on Sunday was one of the more tactical races that I've raced in a while. Big thanks to Scott Smith and crew for putting together a great event.
And I just wanted to add that we were late to the first start by about 2 minutes and were able to make it up thanks to the great driving of my skipper. I didn't call the all the shifts right, but once we were in a groove the hunt was afoot.
Saturday was more than worth it for me. Great racing at a great venue. I still have some issues to sort out on my boat but really feel good about where it is now. Spin runs in traffic are so very exhilarating!
Yea.. Sat was a blast... We got in 5 long races.. Even with moving A marks between races a couple times. Sue Ellen did a great job at race committee.
Wind was around 10 with lines of about 15 with slight oscilations and steadly clocking to the west as the day went, so it made for so great tactical racing.
First race Sunday was OK.. about 5 and steady.
The last race was a crapper... but it wouldn't be Lake Norman without one drifter.
Wind was around 10 with lines of about 15 with slight oscilations and steadly clocking to the west as the day went, so it made for so great tactical racing.
First race Sunday was OK.. about 5 and steady.
The last race was a crapper... but it wouldn't be Lake Norman without one drifter.
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The one year I could do it. The one year I really REALLY WANTED to do it... And my wife goes out of town and I get left with the kids. And then my father-in-law leaves the country and my wife's grandmother has a stroke and goes into the hospital for which I'm the only one left to try and get things done. And then when my wife does fly back and is driving straight to the hospital, her car dies!
The universe has just been conspiring against me these past 5 days to do anything to keep me from sailing. And on Saturday all I could do was look out the window at the trees blowing in that constant 10-15 breeze and cry. <img src=
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(I did see someone with a motorhome on Friday towing a double-stack trailer with what quickly looked liked two, Nacra F-18's. The jealously factor really kicked in at that point!
So sorry that you couldn't make it. Hope things work out and you can get back out on the water soon. Maybe the area D-N qualifier at Nigels or Outback?????
Ps-You probably saw us with the two Blades double stacked on Friday.
So... where are the pictures?