2009 Schedule & Results

Day	Date	Start Time	Location	Type	Name	Racing?	Results	Comments
Wed	May 13	7PM	Bay	JAM	Brier Patch Series #1 of 3	Y	2nd	Triangle course with puffy winds.  A good start to the season.
Sun	May 17	10AM	Bay	SPIN	Brier Patch Series 1 & 2 (2 races)	Y	3rd & 2nd	Wind N 15-20 and shifty.  The 2nd race was 2x around.  We also corrected over a couple A Fleet boats in race 2.
Wed	May 20	7PM	Bay	JAM	Brier Patch Series #2 of 3	Y	N/A	No wind — no race.  Postponed.
Sun	May 24	9AM	LH/Lake	SPIN	Lighthouse Race (Brier Patch 3)	Y	4th	Light winds building through the race to NE @ 8-12.  Tacked slowly through the channel.  Took 3rd for the series.
Wed	May 27	7PM	Bay	JAM	Brier Patch Series #3 of 3	Y	5th	A warm front and a line of storms passed through before the race.  A triangle that started in 5-8 kts of wind, then ended in little to no air.
Sun	May 31	10AM	Bay	SPIN	Dispatch Spring Series #1 & 2	Y	4th & 4th	Chilly (52 degrees) and Breezy (12-18 knots).  We stayed in sight of the leaders, and we’re getting a little closer.
Wed	June 3	7PM	Bay	SPIN	Dispatch Spring Series #3	Y	3rd	Sailed very well in light air (4-6 kts).   Short course.  Took 3rd for the series.
Wed	June 10	7PM	Bay	JAM	Hilbrich Electric Summer #1 of 3	Y	11th	Long W/L in light-to-dying air.
Fri	June 12	7PM	Bay	JAM	Bort Insurance– Regatta de la Femme #1	N	N/A	Not like the old days…
Sun	June 14	11AM	Bay	JAM	Hilbrich Electric Summer #2 & 3 of 3	N	N/A	I was off on a ‘secret mission.’
Wed	June 17	7PM	Bay	JAM	Blake Family Heatwave #1 of 3	N	N/A	In Boston.
Sun	June 21	11AM	Bay	SPIN	Urbaniak Brothers Summer Series #1 of 3	Y	4th	Light air day.  Could have gotten a better start.
Wed	June 24	7PM	Bay	JAM	Make-up For Brier Patch #2	Y	9th	Very light air triangle.
Sat	June 27	TBA	Lake	SPIN	Interclub — Erie Triangle	Y	6th	9-mile triangle with light and fluky winds and residual waves.
Sun	June 28	TBA	Lake	SPIN	Interclub — Erie to Port Dover	Y	6th	Our best start of the Dover Race ever.  We were the 3rd boat out of the channel.
Mon	June 29	TBA	Lake	SPIN	Interclub — Dover Triangle	Y	5th	Very breezy triangle.  Most boats flew white sails only.
Tue	Jun 30	TBA	Lake	SPIN	Interclub — Port Dove to Port Colbourne	Y	6th	A mistake-prone day cost us a lot of time.
Wed	July 1	TBA	Lake	SPIN	Interclub — Port Colbourne to Point Abino	Y	3rd	Very light air 9-mile W/L.  Our best finish and a flag.
Wed	July 8	7PM	Bay	JAM	Blake Family Heatwave #2 of 3	Y	6th	VERY light air triangle.  We were lucky to finish 6th out of 13.
Sun	July 12	10AM	Lake	JAM	Blake Family Heatwave #3 of 3 and Hertel & Brown Aquatherapy #1 of 3	Y	10th & 7th	Two extremely light air windward-leeward JAM races on the lake.  ‘Nuff said?
Wed	July 15	7PM	Bay	SPIN	Urbaniak Brothers Summer Series #2 of 3	Y	4th	Short light air W/L in the bay.  Big wind shifts, but at least there was wind.
Sun	July 19	11AM	Bay	JAM	Hertel & Brown Aquatherapy #2 of 3	Y	8th	W/L 2x around.  Wind NW 10-15.
Wed	July 22	7PM	Bay	SPIN	Urbaniak Brothers Summer Series #3 of 3	Y	2nd	Short W/L in light air.  One leg turned into a close reach with the chute.  That we can do!
Wed	July 29	7PM	Bay	JAM	Hertel & Brown Aquatherapy #3 of 3	Y	9th	Another W/L JAM in extremely light air.
Fri	Aug 7	8PM	Bay	SPIN	Night Lighthouse Race	Y	3rd	Pretty typical light air lighthouse race.
Sun	Aug 9	10AM	Bay	JAM	Quinn Law Governor’s/Mayor’s Cup	Y	5th & 4th	15-25 kt winds.  First race a triangle, second race W/L.  Missing a couple crew so we sailed JAM for the day.
Wed	Aug 12	7PM	Bay	JAM	RCR Yachts Full Moon #1 of 3	Y	N/A	Race postponed — no wind at start.
Wed	Aug 19	7PM	Bay	JAM	RCR Yachts Full Moon #2 of 3	Y	N/A	On delivery to Detroit.  Did not race.
Fri	Aug 21	4PM	Lake	SPIN	Transerie — Detroit to Erie140 nautical miles	Y	2nd	Doublehanded.  Breezy, stormy race with waterspouts and all.  Bowsprit broke in two early in the race.
Sun	Aug 23	10AM	Bay	JAM	Make-up Date	N	N/A	Did not race — at the Transerie Race awards party.
Wed	Aug 26	7PM	Bay	JAM	RCR Yachts Full Moon #3of 3	Y	DNF	Wind died.  Only one boat in our class finished.
Sun	Aug 30	1PM	Bay	JAM/SPIN	American Red Cross Charity Regatta	Y	2nd	Very breezy triangle.
Wed	Sep 2	630PM	Bay	JAM	Schuyler Family Sunset #1 of 3	Y	11th	Another light air windward/leeward race.
Wed	Sep 9	630PM	Bay	SPIN	Schuyler Family Sunset #2 of 3	Y	7th	Long W/L in 15 kts of breeze.
Fri	Sep 11	7AM	Lake	JAM	Coletech Marine Hardware Koehler Cup — Erie to Dover — JAM	N	N/A	We already did our lake racing.
Sat	Sep 12	7AM	LH/Lake	SPIN	Coletech Marine Hardware Koehler Cup/Bluff Bar — Erie to Dover	N	N/A	We already did our lake racing.
Sun	Sep 13	8AM	Lake	SPIN	Coletech Marine Hardware Koehler Cup– Dover to Erie	N	N/A	We already did our lake racing.
Wed	Sep 16	630PM	Bay	SPIN	Eckerd Cup #1 of 3	Y	4th	Breezy long W/L 2x around.  No sprit — no chute.
Sun	Sep 20	10AM	Bay	SPIN	Eckerd Cup #2 & 3 of 3	Y	4th & 3rd	Jury-rigged the chute and did two races in light air — with good results.
Wed	Sep 23	630PM	Bay	JAM	Schuyler Family Sunset #3 of 3	Y	1st	Our only first-place finish all season.  Nice breezy W/L, and we sailed well.
Sun	Sep 27	11AM	Bay	JAM/SPIN	Thomas Carole Reverse Handicap	Y
Wed	Sep 30	630PM	Bay	JAM	Make-up Date	?
Sat	Oct 3	12Noon	Bay	JAM/SPIN	Great Chili Race Off	?
Sat	Nov 7		EYC		Racing Fleet Banquet