Skippers,

The Scott Spacie Footy Regatta was held on a beautiful Saturday.  Eight skippers showed up to enjoy the day and have some fun.  There was Pool Sharks, some 3D Printed Hagerup designs and a Hagerup Ranger II.  Alain Jousse even brought his schooner rigged footy to demonstrate.

The initial winds were fluky, as usual, which made the sailing a little more challenging for these little yachts with their big sails.  Unfortunately, weeds were also an unexpected factor.  

By necessity, the course was rather large for footies, so heats were long, and it seemed like every race we had to wait for somebody to drag a weed to shore.  The rescue pole got a good workout, but we didn’t have to get in the rescue boat.

As racing progressed, the wind became a little lighter and the racing a little slower.  As you can imagine, during heats the lead changed often, and you never knew who was going to win until the end.  On at least two heats I managed to stall my boat and give up the lead to skippers who had better control.

In the 2-1/2 hours we raced we managed to get in 8 heats, and when the scores were added up Alain Jousse won the day with his Pool Shark.

Many thanks to Sue Martin for keeping score for us.

Cliff Martin,

Commodore