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Mid Distance Race #4 Re-Cap

Another great day of yacht racing.  The rain fell all around us but not on us.  There was ample wind that changed enough to give crews practice with sail changes.  The tide was ebbing; winds were NNW becoming a little more Westerly as time went on.  3 A Fleet, 5 B Fleet and 3 C Fleet boats came out to earn the bragging rights of a winner.  Race Committee, Isola, set course for A & B fleet GKI, while C Fleet was I.

During the windward leg past G and out to K there was split in the fleet between those who chose to stay in the stronger wind and work against the current versus the those who chose less wind and current over the Tulalip flats.  Avoiding the current proved to be the better option this time.

All 11 boats were able to finish in just slightly over 4 hours.  The crews gathered at At Large Brewery for comradery and announcement of results.  Espresso took 1st in A Fleet, Mei Li was 1st in B Fleet and Yum Yum was 1st in C Fleet.

The next race is the last of the Mid Distance series, the Saratoga Sprint.  This is the longest club race of the year.  Weather permitting, we will sail out to Baby Island and back again.  Hope to see all the racers out for a great day on the water.


- Note To Racers -

Parthian Shot is the 1st boat to complete the Possessing the Sound, MSA Challenge Course.  Since he is the only one to do so this year, he is currently in 1st place for this course and 1st place for the series.  There is time to get out there and complete the courses.   I look forward to posting a lot more results soon.

CYCE/MSA 
Race

It was a great day to be out racing, plenty of wind, cool temperatures, no rain.  In all 19 boats competed 6 were from MSA; Sunday, Gambit, Samurai, Gecko, Parthian Shot and Rising Sun.  There were 3 races 2 were in a triangle circuit windward then a reach with a downwind finish the final race was a simple windward leeward all starboard roundings.  The race committee did a great job of moving the program along so that we finished the last race by 2:00 leaving time to meet up at the Salish Brewery for a beverage or 2 results and enough time to make our way back to Everett before dark.

The windward mark was set close to shore off of Sunset Ave where my wife Bernadette cheered us on and took this picture for the report.  In division 1 (boats with rating 180 and above) Sunday took 2nd, Gambit 3rd and Samurai 5th.  In division 2 Gecko took 3rd, Parthian 8th and Rising Sun 9th.  In the final tally CYCE won the challenge with 2 1st, 1 2nd 2 4ths and a 5th place overall finishers.

Next year we will be hosting the event.  It will be our chance to win the coveted flag back again.  The results have been linked to our CYCE/MSA Challenge cup page.  Some videos were made during the race with a drone.  I will send out a link to the video's when I get it.

Race Results



Winter Series Re-Cap


Winter Series Race #5

The Winter Series for 2025 has concluded.
The last race was a good one.  Decent winds no rain.  The RC (Dennis the younger and Ashley) did a nice job of picking a course starting perfectly on time.  No one over early no fouls either.  


The course for the race was AHB all to starboard.  The ebb current went to max low at 12:30 there was plenty of current to make sure everyone got to A without any problems.  From there the fleet split, half tacked N to the shallows of Tulalip while others stayed to the SW.  It was fun meeting up on opposite tacks to measure which of us made the best choices on the way to H.


After rounding H it was up with Spinnakers for those who had them on the way down wind past B to the river entrance.  A close reach up wind to the finish. 

In A fleet Espresso was the 1st to finish and first in the race.  In B fleet Mei Li took 1st place.  


Overall results for the series after RC credit and throw outs Espresso took 1st overall and Jabez has 1st overall in B fleet. 

Winter Series Race #4

Well, that was fun!  Race 4 of our winter series had it all: wind current and boats headed off in all kinds of directions, all coming together at the H mark, and then a tacking dual home.


The RC had anticipated less than pleasant weather and chose a river start and finish.  By the time the boats made their way to the start box, the rain had stopped. It stayed away for the duration of the race.  The wind was gusty, generally SE, but was clocking Southerly.  RC set 2 courses, GHY for A fleet and HY for B&C Fleets, with one start.

We started nicely at 12:00, with no one over early and no protest flags (even though there should have been).  It was a nice reach down the river no tack needed and current pushing us along.  We all made reached off out of the river with A fleet and some of B fleet going to G. 


The B fleet boats that went directly to H met up with A fleet we all tried to make the mark rounding at the same time.  My crew and I made that both a spectacle and a little more challenging. Our spinnaker take down did not go well but we were inside 3 of boat lengths a few boats had to give us room.  I couldn't finish the turn with my spinnaker flying so I headed out for a bit to clean up the mess.  I think most everyone was happy that I pushed Espresso out to make a really wide turn but in the end it didn't matter.

The wind eased a bit on the way home, the gusts were not as frequent but still plenty to get us all back to the finish.  Espresso was 1st to finish and 1st in A Fleet, Jabez got 1st in B fleet correcting out over Mei Li and was lucky that Isola followed A fleet out to G mark.



Winter Series Race #3

Race 3 turned out to be a better sailing day than was forecasted.  In all 7 stalwart crews set out pit themselves against whatever the weather was going to throw at them.  It turned out to be a nice day for sailing, cold with nice 6 - 15kts of wind even a bit of sunshine.

Race committee prudently chose a river start and finish.  The course was set as X close reach with the current and the same back against the current.  A noon start was attempted but RC observed some chaos with boats being on the wrong side of the line fighting to get back to start.  RC chose to raise the general recall flag make lots of horn noise and start again.   

Once everyone was properly on the upriver side of the start line RC started the sequence again.  This time everyone started as they should and the race was on.  While Gecko and Espresso messed with each other on the way to X, Parthian took advantage and jumped from last to 1st with some fine tactical sailing.  This is especially noteworthy since Steve was single handed.  

The race was close for all 7 boats with less than 10 minutes of elapsed time between 1 and last boat to finish.  Being the last to cross the line doesn't necessarily mean that you lost the race.  On corrected time Samurai took 1st in B fleet and Espresso took line honors and 1st place in A fleet.





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