Still a very slow season in club racing; after promising winds were forecast for last Saturday, a calm fell over the racers just after the start line - and unfortunately, both races scheduled for the day had to be abandoned due to lack of wind. In better news, the club is doing really well in the LSIS series, and the next two races for that series are coming up this weekend.
On Friday, June 9th after waiting out thunderstorms, four boats from Sail Georgina set out for Lagoon City Yacht Club (LCYC) for the first two races of the Lake Simcoe Interclub Series (LSIS). Only three made it. Ken Hendry of Blue Sky must have a tale to tell since his boat returned to the harbour with a broken mast!
Saturday's race was the traditional around Thorah Island course. Fears of another bug ridden drifter were soon set aside as the race began with about 8 knots of wind. Jeff Reid, took the 1st place flag in the White Sail Low division. Tim Glover, Carl White and Dave Robinson all competed in the White Sail High Division with Tim taking 1st, Carl 3rd and Dave 5th. Sunday's course was the LCYC triangle. Despite predictions of light winds there was a nice 5 knot breeze blowing. SGA had another very good showing with Jeff Reid again winning his race, Carl White placing 2nd, Tim Glover placing 3rd and Dave Robinson 5th. With 6 flags, SGA is the club to beat! It's not too late to join the fun. With 8 races remaining it's not hard to complete the 6 needed to score. To see the entire results go to www.byc.on.ca/results/2007/lsis/lsis.html
John Palmer's funeral is scheduled for 11am Friday June 8th, at St Georges Church (beside Sibbald Park, overlooking the lake).
We are also going to hold an on-water memorial ceremony for him on the afternoon of Sunday June 10th. The plan is to meet at our outer race mark for a "Scotch on ice" in remembrance of John - a small quantity of Scotch will be sprinkled on the waters. The timing will coincide with our returning racers from Lagoon City, but the target is to hold the ceremony at Mark 4, at 3pm, so any boats leaving our harbour should be prepared for a ~2:30 departure to the mark - but the exact time will be determined by the schedule of boats arriving from Lagoon City. Any boats that wanted to come by from other clubs (particularly LSIS racers) would also be welcome.
With many thanks to Neil Kinnear, we have a video of the race clinic. You can see it on the videos page, here:
http://www.sailgeorgina.ca/videos (or from the web site, click the About Us->Video menu)
