Despite the two previous weather-related false starts, 11 skippers showed up to race: 6 DF95’s and 5 Soling’s.  It was good to see the response, and thanks to those who showed up.

It was slightly overcast, and the winds were light, but it wasn’t raining.  All-in-all, the mood was upbeat because it looked like a good day for sailing.

However, on the pond the winds became spottier, and sailing was a little more challenging.  The first race was somewhat slow, but it became worrisome that the wind might not hold through the morning.  Racing was also slowed due to some necessary rescues.  As we sailed on the winds continued to decline until by race 4 the fleet was drifting from “catspaw” to “catspaw”, when there was one.  At the end of race 4 the skippers unanimously felt that the glassy lake surface was beautiful, but not really good for racing, so we adjourned to the club house (Dunkin’s) to discuss why the weather didn’t like us to sail.

At the end, Greg LaPlante was leading the DF95 fleet and Alain Jousse was leading the Soling fleet.  I have to say, I was impressed at how well the two fleets sailed against each other.

Until next time.

Cliff Martin, Commodore