Wet Pants Sailing Association Sunfish Fleet 568 Blog

yesterday we had light and lumpy conditions… the breeze was about 7-10 from the SSW. getting off teh line and into clear air was paramount. keeping your boat speed up was a challenge, but Gerry Hesse was able to get going and took two bullets and three thirds. The Light weights did well, but as Gerry Demonstrated, it’s not all about weight. I on the other hand had three OCSs, and sicne everyone was pretty much fast, it was difficult to pass when i eventually caught up…

The breeze seemed to be stronger as you went souht, but also there was more breeze to the right (bill Bettes III would be happy to here im actually saying this) Sp the bottom line was, if you can get in front take it as far as you can, but you should have went with the fleet if they ended up going right for the more velocity….

Today is tuesday and I expect to have two guests if not more coming to sail… Long time Bellport resident, now Georgia resident, Dan Rhode will be coming back to relive the washing machine chop of WP… he should be bringing his daughter, Dana, too… Nick Valente will be here to show us what he has learned sailing for Wando HS in South Carolina… Ted Cremer, who was running the Atlantic Coast Championships for Lasers at Sayville YC, will be sailing… he was pretty bummed about not being able to sail in the near epic conditions, where the last day constant wind speeds of 28 mph. I was sailing in that regatta and DNF’ed the last race… but i didnt feel bad as Christian Cremer and Spencer Olssen led me into the beach as they capsized a few times, too… Ncik Did very well in the Radial and finished just out of the top ten at 13th… out of about 50 boats… so I hope more people start to come out and race and sail as school is starting to wind down….