Howdy from Bob Duff Saturday August 16, 2008, 2345 hours,
No photographer today and my scanner does not want to work. So, without too much choice I decided on a J. P. Dunn picture of yours truly making like Brad Marvin. In his absence I did Brad's timer job at the Junior Olympic Regatta in Rockport earlier this week. We had 34 individual race starts (including those recalled or postponed before the last minute horn) in three days with six "Black Flags" by Susie Schneider, PRO. I am still hoarse! I do not know how Brad does it day in and day out.
We had seven starts today (no "Black Flags") for seven TOWNIES and two LASERS. We will be out there again for the CHANDLER HOVEY big boat race tomorrow. We will have fewer than seven starts for as many classes and Susie may elect to run them a second race which would be a total less than fourteen starts. Then next Friday, Saturday and Sunday we run the PHRF New England Championship for a greater number of big boats. Brad will be a little tired and hoarse before heading back to New Hampshire after Sunday's races.
The other picture above is from a rather peaceful day when Jim Ayer's camera caught "Questie" Gring and Steve Jeffries waiting for action in our pin boat. Today Bill Schoenberg did the pin alone while Brad, Susie and I ran the signal boat for the eight races. We three may do that again tomorrow unless some lonely nice person shows up to give us a hand.
For the seven TOWNIES today, David W. & Tracy Anderson had what looks like the best performance in WABI SABI # 2091 for a first and two thirds. Arthur O'Neil & Bob McGillivray had two seconds in FROLIC #2049. Martha and David Martini had a first and a third in PATIENCE #558. David Cooke(I think) got a first in AUF BLITZEN #3 without his mom, Jane. JEAN #77 took a second for Peter and David Maitland.
The two LASERs matched each other in four races with Wayne Colahan victorious each time in noname #192032 over Adam Dubitsky sailing close seconds in ICE PLANTER #154091.
All in all this was a delightful day getting most everyone back on shore before the storm rolled in. Sheila Widnall did not quite make it. She came in soaking wet with a great big smile after taking two firsts in their #130 IOD JAVELIN. Sheila was particularly proud of her husband Bill's two port tack starts getting them exactly where they wanted to be. They liked especially the victory over Bruce Dyson and Norm Cressy in #7 GYPSY. The Widnall's are heading for San Franciso this fall for the IOD World's Championship if I have the stories right. It also looks like the GYPSY crew will be going to Sweden for the 2009 World's which will be in the Spring. Wow! What a wonderful sport this is!
See you again tomorrow night!
