6-22-25 Regatta

The weather fooled us once again.  As of Saturday evening it was supposed to stop raining before 6am Sunday morning, but the forecast changed overnight.  On Sunday morning the rain was forecast to continue until around 10am.  Therefore, on Sunday morning I made the decision to cancel the Fun Sail but still hold the regatta at 12noon.

I think the rain and heat forecast were a little discouraging as not as many skippers showed up as expected.  We were also in schedule conflict with a Vintage Marblehead regatta at Redd’s Pond and I expected a couple of skippers to sail at Marblehead instead of Rosemary.

We got a late start because we didn’t have the Fun Race time to recover an errant mark. But we did get to enjoy watching Greg LaPlante row around in our little recovery pontoon boat to recover an errant mark and adjust our start line.  

At race time we had 4 skippers on the water, with their DF95’s.  Steve White and Herb Dreher were there but kept score and rooted us on from the sidelines.

The racing was fun, but marred, by the return of dreaded weeds.  We were also plagued by very light and shifty winds.  By race 6 we decided that the heat, the lack of wind and the presence of weeds had bested our normally boundless sailing spirit, and we adjourned to the clubhouse for the day.

At the end of the day Greg LaPlante had the low score.  Way to go Greg.

Thanks to all who came to sail with us.

Until next time.

Cliff Martin, Commodore