Sunday 4/27/25

There’s no way I was going to try and second guess this Sunday’s weather like the last Sunday we tried to sail (4/6/25).  I checked 3 weather apps on Friday, Saturday, and then one last time early Sunday morning.  No rain was forecast after midnight Saturday.  Nothing!  I then sent out an email to tell everyone we had good weather in which to sail.  It was going to be windy, but it wouldn’t rain.

Halfway to the pond the rain began.  Not hard but steady.  When I got to the pond, one person was already there, sitting in his car, out of the rain.  Withing minutes more skippers showed up and it was like Déjà vu all over again, to quote the great Yogi Berra.  We all wondered how long the rain that wasn’t supposed to be,would last.

Fortunately, it did stop about ½ hour before official race time, and we were able to get in a regatta.  The winds started out very light but then lived up to the forecast of gusty to 30 mph.  

Luckily, both DF95’s and Soling’s can handle heavy winds, but some more than others.  Our day ended with a run-a-way Soling requiring a massive recovery effort in the heavy winds.  When it was all over, we decided to adjourn to the club house (Dunkin’s) and muse about the day.

Greg LaPlante’s Soling took first overall and was first in Soling Class.  Cliff Martin’s DF95 was Second overall and took first in the DF95 Class.  I was pleased that the two classes sailed well and were competitive against each other.  We will learn more as we sail more regattas.

Cliff Martin, Commodore