Ft Myers Sunfish Series March 21, 2004

By John Kremski

We had fourteen racers attend Sunday's race in downtown Fort Myers.  In spite of what looked like would be a delayed start (Moe and Larry showed up to do race committee, waiting for Curley...); everyone was on the water by 1:00.  It soon became apparent that we really needed Curley on the RC Boat, since our stand-in RC, Pete D'Allesandro, promptly announced that he was sinking; and had to run around in between races to slosh the water out.  It seems that Curley had the hull plug!  In spite of all the distraction, Pete got us off for a total of seven races, triangles once around..

There was a fairly strong tide, and about halfway through race three the wind dropped to zero, then on the last leg filled in from behind so we had some really close finishes.  It quickly picked up into the 15 to 20 range, and continued to shift left the rest of the day.  In spite of resetting the course twice, the first leg continued to have a strong port tack favor, which made for some really entertaining starts as people tried to find a clear lane on the favored port tack, and dodge those still on starboard.

Thanks to Brian and Ellen who made the drive over from the east coast (Hollywood) to sail with us, and to Ross Webb for the grilled chicken and hamburgers post race!  Next up is April 18th, noon skippers, 1 pm start.  See you all on the water!!

Results: Total R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7

1. Jack Scragg 14 3 1 2 1 1 2 4

2. John Kremski 16 1 2 3 2 3 3 2

3. Brian Wohlfson 32 2 5 4 5 5 10 1

4. Aline Hyatt 34 4 8 1 8 2 5 6

5. John Hyatt 38 10 7 6 7 4 1 3

6. Joe ?? 42 9 3 5 3 6 8 8

7. Ellen Bukstel 46 6 4 12 4 9 6 5

8. Forrest Banks 59 5 6 7 6 11 13 11

9. Roger Stafford 60 7 9 14 9 7 4 10

10. Pete ?? 65 8 11 11 11 10 7 7

11. Sharon Del Bianco 80 12 13 10 13 8 9 dnf

12. Peggy Stafford 80 13 12 8 12 12 11 12

13. John Sparkes 81 14 10 13 10 13 12 9

14. Stephan ?? 93 11 14 9 14 dnf dnf dnf