Thursday, December 24, 2009

Oceanside Yacht Club’s guest dock was hijacked at 1500 hours on December 19, 2009.


The siege was swift and relentless. The seven Lido 14’s swept in quickly and efficiently, to debrief the action in the December 2009 edition of their monthly race series.. Some of the fiercest sailors to ply Oceanside Harbor showed their hands for the 5 races in Lido 14s…Tim O’Connor, past Fleet 21 Champion, joined ranks with Jeff Satterwhite in Hot Damn, and John Slattebo, past Olympic contender, threw in with Sue Miller in Lazlo. Both teams caused problems for the fleet.

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.

Friday, December 18, 2009

Christmas Bunny Regatta


Get ready for some hare raising action this Saturday, December 19th. Attached is  a diagram of  a RABBIT START (the rabbit is the blue boat in the diagram). We'll discuss it at the ramp at 11:00. Come sail your tail off. Looks like good weather!
Hopping to see you on the water,
Stevy