Oceanside’s reputation for mild weather was proven again. 73 degrees…Northwest winds at 6-8 knots…no jet-skis…no bad crashes…hard, close racing all day.
The Fleet used Rabbit Starts, ala the 505 World Championships, to allow all boats to compete.
Given Harrison and Lou Servatka in Buckaroo gave Larry Rowe and P C VanSlyke a dizzying 360 penalty in the close action rounding the windward mark in race 3.
Jack and Margie Bouckeno demonstrated their contingency skills when their forestay shackle let loose, Margie and Jack each took a walk on the foredeck to retrieve sheets and reattach the errant component. Hot-shot OYC Juniors, Slater McArdle and James Connor, tested some new equipment and had decent results to boot..
Fleet 21 Captain, Stevy Mast, dominated the day with the help of Fleet Champion, Hugh Mast.
The Windward/Leeward courses saw a ton of close covering. Downwind, the team close behind got a chance to squat on the wind of the unlucky craft immediately ahead.
The races today were practice for the Oceanside Championship Series, the 20 race contest which will resume January 31, 2010, and wrap up in May, with the awarding of the VanSlyke Perpetual Trophy.
