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American Lake Sailing Club
Frank’s Place
August’s Race day and fish fry turned out, as
expected, to be a great success. With lots of sun, and
my own sunburn, nice breezes and top notch food. A
nicer day on American Lake would have been hard to
find. Add to that the arrival of Troy and Chuck in
their Mutineer and Buccaneer respectively. Troy
haled from…across the lake from Silcox Island.
The long distance award goes to Chuck since he
travelled up I-5 from Vancouver, WA. Our usual
group of boats rounded out the fleet with Layne and
Scott leading (as usual) but Clifford not far behind
(improving his sailing but still sooo…unsociable).
Then there is me, now with a clean bottom (thanks to
Rod) and still managing to bring up the rear. Results
follow:
Newsletter of the American Lake Sailing Club Vol. 43 Issue 9 September 2012
Troy and his new
Mutineer
Chuck and his
Buccaneer Bucko
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August Race Results
Race 1
Race 2
Race
Day
Totals
Skipper/Crew’s
Name
Boat’s
Name
HCP Corrected
Time/Position
Corrected
Time/Position
Total
Score
Over all
Position
Monthly
Score
Troy/Troy Mutt
#2181
96.1 58.10 / 4 47.55 / 5 9 4 70
Chuck Bucko 88.3 81:00 / 5 DNF / 6.5 11.5 6 50
Layne Firefly 96.0 35.03 / 1 22.40 / 1 2 1 100
James Go Far 96.0 DNF / 6.5 24.45 / 3 9.5 5 60
Scott/ Rod Wild
Juan
96.8 35.74 / 2 23.24 / 2 4 2 90
Frank Bye-
Gone
102 DNF / 6.5 DNF / 6.5 13.5 7 40
Clifford /
Dennis/Sandy
Teal 96.8 54.20 / 3 39.00 / 4 7 3 80
Looks like September races are close to the end of
the month and are slated for the 29th
. No picnic
planned but snacks usually abound.
Did I mention the excellent food from our last pot
luck of the summer? Double thanks to Scott for his
frying the fish and fries. Super tasty!! Thanks to
Rod for the good cole slaw, Carolyn for her
pea/cheese salad and broccoli slaw, me for the pasta
salad, and the club for three kinds of fish. We had
cod, basa, and cat fish fillets. Scott was especially
safety conscious with a fire extinguisher alongside
the propane deep fryer. Anyone notice how much
fun Scott’s daughter, Audry, was having the water?
She spent most of the day in the water with Rod
showing her how to use a mask and snorkel and
supervising her while she went down the slide.
Thanks to Carolyn for her excellent job at timing
everyone and more thanks to her and Gena for all the
after BBQ clean-up. No thanks to me for the fire I
built to burn some of the burnable trash as the fire
seemed to not want to go out. Rod finally dumped
three 5 gallon buckets of water on it as we departed.
All in all everyone did their fair share and then some
which shows enthusiasm of our club member.
Great!!!
Frank
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Layne’s Racing Blow by Blow
Ever since I bought my first Mutineer almost ten
years ago, I’ve been looking for other Mutineer
skippers to sail with. You see there are not many
Mutts here in the Pacific NW. I’ve always thought it
would interesting to see how Firefly would do in a
one-design fleet of Mutineers. In other parts of the
country like Texas, Michigan, Florida, and Alabama
there are active fleets of Mutineers. There is the
annual Mutineer National Champion regatta that I
would love to attend but it is always on the east coast.
Too far away for my meager sailing budget. So over
the years I’ve been slowly trying to build a fleet of
Mutineer here in the Pacific NW. There are now
about 10-12 boats that I know of in the area. The
problem is getting them all out at the same to sail.
Finally, at our races in August, I was able to see some
of the fruits of my fleet building efforts. There were
three Mutineers along with a Buccaneer (the 18 foot
version of a Mutt) sailing at American Lake. It was
great seeing all those Mutts out racing with the rest of
the ALSC fleet.
It was one of the best sailing days we had all summer
with sunny skies and a breeze out the NW at
about 8 mph. A longer course was set up to Thorne
Castle and down to a leeward mark at the south end
of Silcox Island, then back up wind to cross the finish
line. In the first race Clifford and crew on Teal got
off to a great start sailing on a starboard tack towards
Silcox Island. The rest of the fleet also all started on
a starboard tack too and immediately after crossing
the starting line flipped over to a port tack heading
towards the middle of the channel.
On the way towards the windward mark Firefly was
able pull out to an early lead which was whittled
down by Scott on Wild Juan who had gained the lead
by the time we had reached the windward mark. On
the downwind leg, Firefly was able to regain the lead
over Wild Juan with both boats flying their
spinnakers. James on Go Far, who was in third place
at the windward mark, also got his spinnaker flying
for the first time in a race. He still has a few bugs to
work out on his launching system and needs a little
more practice setting, flying, and dousing the
spinnaker. The kite was looking good James! As I
was running downwind I looked back and notice that
the spinnaker on Teal was flying sideways…oops!
Troy and Chuck during race # 2
Start of the first race
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Our newest sailors, Troy and Chuck, after being a
little off the pace at the start, but seemed to be
holding their own in the middle of the fleet. With a
little more practice at the starting line these two
sailors will be right up there with the race leaders. In
the end Firefly was able to hold on to the lead to take
first place. Scott on Wild Juan came in second.
James on Go Far was so engrossed in flying his
spinnaker that as he crossed the start/finish line on
the downwind leg and he was so thrilled with the
successful spinnaker takedown that he forgot about
the last part of the downwind leg and short upwind
leg of the course and never finished the race…oops!
After the lead boats crossed the finish line the wind
died down a lot making it slow going for the rest of
the fleet. Clifford and crew on Teal ended up
crossing the line next taking third place. Frank on
Bye Gone was struggling in the light winds near the
windward mark finally threw in the towel and
motored back taking the DNF score.
In the second race, with the breeze dying, our usual
short triangle course was set. As the one-minute
horn, the wind died even more and I was scared that I
wouldn’t it make to the starting line in time. Luckily
for me the rest of the fleet was experiencing similar
problems…and everyone was about thirty seconds
late to the line. James on Go Far got over the line
first and got the early lead.
Wild Juan and Firefly crossed the line at about the
same time; however, I managed to sneak in between
the pin mark just windward of Scott leaving Wild
Juan in bad air. Teal who was on a port tack at the
start had to dodge a couple of starboard tack boats
slowing them down. James, after his good start, was
the first boat to round the windward mark with
Firefly following closely behind. For some reason, I
always seem to have trouble going around that mark
at the north end of Silcox. I don’t know if there is
some sort of strange current, strange wind shift, or
what but I’m always slow and struggle at that mark.
While I was playing around at the mark James pulled
ahead while Scott caught up. After going around the
mark, I set the spinnaker on Firefly and chased down
Go Far. By the time we reached the second mark I
had made up most of the distance and Go Far had just
a slight lead as we went around the mark. After
James on Go Far flying his spinnaker for the
first time in a race.
What is wrong with this picture?
Wild Juan and Firefly nearing the finish line in
race #1
Shortly after the start of second race
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going around the mark both Go Far and Firefly jibed
their spinnakers and headed towards the third mark
but the wind was blowing from far enough behind to
make the spinnakers effective. So both James and I,
sailing side by side, scrambled to get the kites down.
I got my spinnaker on Firefly down first and was able
to pull ahead of Go Far. Mean while Scott on Wild
Juan, who didn’t fly his kite, after rounding the
second mark was flying toward the third and
threatening to take the lead. It was a close race to the
third mark between Wild Juan and Firefly with Scott
just edging me out. After going around the mark,
Scott tacked back toward the channel. I headed
toward the island and got a nice little patch of wind
which enabled Firefly to pull ahead. Firefly
managed to hang on to the lead to take first place.
Wild Juan came in second. James on Go Far took
third place. Just like in the first race after the lead
boats crossed the finish line the wind died making it
difficult for the rest of the fleet.
After finishing the second race, we all took break
from sailing and enjoyed some fish that Scott cooked
up. Let me tell you the fish was great!!! Along with
all the salads and other food that everyone brought.
What a way to go out with a bang on our last BBQ of
the summer. I was hoping that we could have gotten
another race in after eating but there just wasn’t
enough wind. So we kept busy swimming and
chatting amongst ourselves. It was finally time to
head for home and the wind had totally died off.
Chuck, who has a motor on his Buccaneer, was kind
enough to tow Firefly back to the Fish and Game
launch. Thanks Chuck...it would have taken hours
for us to sail back in light to none-existent breeze!
Again we had another successful sailing activity.
One thing that I’ve noticed about our races lately is
that we had a hard time getting the races started on
time. Our races are suppose to start at 11:00 A.M.
but often people are running late…chatting at the
dock…slow in getting their boats rigged and we
don’t actually start a race until after noon. At last
month’s race the breeze was blowing hard earlier in
the morning and died of as the day want on. If we
had all been ready at 11:00 A.M. we might have been
able to get another race in before the wind died off.
I’m guilty of this too. I know that I’ve been lacks
about getting to the races on time. Also, it sure does
make it easier to get the races started if all the
skippers come over to the Capt’n Cook dock for the
skipper’s meeting. It’s during that meeting the
course is announced and any questions about the
course can be answered. It sure is a lot easier to
explain the course and answer any questions at the
dock than shouting between boats out on the water.
Anyhow, enough with my rant, let’s try to be on time
at our next races, ready to and go and try to start out
as close to 11:00 A.M. as possible. Our next races
are on September 29th
. See you then.
Layne
Go Far and Firefly during close racing at the
second mark in the second race.
Rod enjoying the spread
Bucko and Teal during second race
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Duck Dodge
During the summer month on most Tuesday’s on
Lake Union in Seattle they hold their Duck Dodge
races. At the end of August Gena and I met our
daughter, Breanna, up at Gas Works Park to watch
the Duck Dodge. It was a very enjoyable evening,
eating a picnic dinner and watching sailing. There
were tons of boats out there on Lake Union. I would
guess that were at least 50 boats of all lengths and
types on the line. The whole lake seemed full of
sailboats and I bet the starting line was just crazy.
During the second leg of the race the boats passed
right in front of Gas Works Park giving us a good
view of the boats. It was cool to see the big log jam
of boats trying to get around the marks. I think it
would be fun to take Firefly out one week but it is
hard to launch on Lake Union. If you want a fun
evening you should check out the Duck Dodge.
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