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Sunday, May 9, 2010

May 9, 2010

Beautiful day on the ocean. Sustained 18-20 knots with 20 + gusts. Three races completed. Tired but exhilarated bunch of sailors had plenty of stories post racing. Great start to the season. Thanks to JO and his RC.
Would like to welcome David Nance - our newest BIMBO.

Results here: http://docs.google.com/View?id=dhmjqjgr_284gnbfs9c4

JO's report below:

May 8th was the kickoff for the Ocean Series and the Dorman Cup . This year there were 8 Lightnings and 9 Lasers that made it to the noon start off the CYC .
Three races were run in winds that started at 12- 15 and steadily built to 18 , gusting to 20 at the end of the third race Sterling Powell , David Nance , and Bob Thomson in their mark boats ,set an excellent windward leeward race course , about 0.7 miles in length
Congratulations go to Pierce Barden on finishing first on the day in Lightnings with 1 , 2, 1 finishes.
Second in Lightnings was Steve Johnston , with 3,1,4 results .
Third place for the day went to Chris Stone / Billy King with 5,4,2 finishes .
In the Laser fleet , Martin Willard took first place on 2,1,1 finishes .
John Overton came in second with a 1,2,3 for the day .
Glen Walker took third place with 5,3,2 finishes .
Many thanks to the fine RC work on the Signal Boat from Jay Stokely , Mike Norris , and Jenny Blair .

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