2012 Schedule & Results

Day	Date	StartTime	Location	Type	Name	Racing?	Results	Comments
Wed	May 9	7PM	Bay	JAM	Brier Patch Series #1 of 3	Y	5th	W/L 10-15 kts.  Had a bad start, but made up some time by sailing pretty well.
Wed	May 16	7PM	Bay	JAM	Brier Patch Series #2 of 3	Y	3rd	Long Triangle 10-15 kts.  Made sure we got a good start this time.
Sun	May 20	10AM	Bay	SPIN	Brier Patch Series 1 & 2 (2 races)	Y	5th & 3rd	2 Light-Air SPIN races – one with Light-to-No air!
Wed	May 23	7PM	Bay	JAM	Brier Patch Series #3 of 3	Y	N/A	No wind — no race.  Will not be rescheduled.
Sun	May 27	9AM	LH/Lake	SPIN	Lighthouse Race (Brier Patch 3) — 16 miles	Y	DNF	Oops!  Ran aground at Gull Point — had to retire after we extricated ourselves.
Wed	May 30	7PM	Bay	SPIN	Spring Series #1	Y	5th	W/L 2x around.  Corrected over a few A-Fleet boats despite the dying air.
Sun	June 3	10AM	Bay	SPIN	Spring Series #2 and #3 of 3	Y	8th & DNS	Race 1 breezy W/L 2x around.  Just went Wing ‘n Wing, didn’t fly the chute.  The breeze freshened for race 2 but we didn’t stick around.
Wed	June 6	7PM	Bay	JAM	Summer #1 of 3	N	N/A	In Chicago for a conference.
Sun	June10	10AM	Bay	JAM	Summer #2 & #3 of 3	Y	3rd & DNF	A light-air day with 2 W/L 2x around races.  Dropped out of the 2nd race to sail downwind and test the new spinnaker.
Wed	June 13	7PM	Bay	JAM	Regatta De La Femmes	Y	9th	Winds NNW 4kts.  Long triangle.  Dying air.
Sun	June 17	10AM	Lake	SPIN	Summer Sizzler Series #1 of 3	Y	3rd	Winds S 15-20kts.  WLWLW.  We flew both chutes and sailed well in the puffy and swirly breeze.
Wed	June 20	7PM	Bay	JAM	Blake Family Heatwave #1 of 3	Y	5th	Winds W 3-5kts.  W/L JAM race.  A very slow night, we ended in the middle of the fleet.
Sat	June 23	TBA	Lake	SPIN	Interclub –Erie Course Race	Y	7th	Started in next-to-no air.  1 upwind leg and then shortened after one reaching leg.
Sun	June 24	TBA	Lake	SPIN	Interclub –Erie to Port Dover, ON	Y	5th	Our favorite Reach-Run-Reach style race.  Great day, but we were slowed down for about a quarter of the race by balloons on our rudder (see posting about this race)
Mon	June 25	TBA	Lake	SPIN	Interclub — Long Point Bay Race	Y	7th (DNF)	Extremely long complex course in 20-25 knots of breeze. We weren’t going to make the time limit so we had to withdraw on the last leg.
Tue	Jun 26	TBA	Lake	SPIN	Interclub — Dover to Port Colbourne	Y	6th	40 miles of reaching — another of our favorite races.  Watch for holes, though.
Wed	Jun 27	TBA	Lake	SPIN	Interclub — Port Colbourne to Point Abino	Y	4th	20-mile W/L in decent breeze.  Flew the A-sail wing-n-wing on the first leg and missed 3rd place by 14 seconds.  Great finish to the series.
Interclub series finish 5th in Fleet out of 13 and 32nd of 58 in the Overalls.
Sun	July 1	11AM	Bay	JAM	Blake Family Heatwave #2 of 3	Y	2nd	Light-air W/L 2x around.  Got a good start and sailed well, upwind and down.
Sun	July 8	10AM	Lake	JAM	Blake Family Heatwave #3 of 3 and Hertel & Brown Aquatherapy #1 of 3	Y	5th and DNS	Light-air W/L 2x around on the Lake in lumpy conditions.  Did not do the second race of the day.
Wed	July 11	7PM	Bay	JAM/SPIN	Make-up Date	N	N/A	No Make-up, so we helped Mark raise the mast on Anam Cara, then we cruised a little bit.
Sun	July 15	10AM	Bay	SPIN	Urbaniak Brothers Summer Series #2 of 3 and #3 of 3	Y	4th & 7th	2 W/L 2x around.  Race 1 in 12-15 kts of breeze — a good start, and we sailed well.  Race 2 in 8-10 kts — not a good start and a couple chute issues.
Wed	July 18	7PM	Bay	JAM	Hertel & Brown Aquatherapy#2 of 3	Y	DNF	Long W/L JAM race in extremely light air.  We withdrew after rounding the windward mark.  The GPS said we weren’t going to make it in the time limit.
Wed	July 25	7PM	Bay	JAM	Hertel & Brown Aquatherapy#3 of 3	Y	10th	A triangle that turned into a Windward/Reach/Windward/Windward race — long story.  Doing well until the last leg.  Seaweed?
Wed	Aug 8	7PM	Bay	JAM	RCR Yachts Full Moon #1 of 3	Y	6th	A light air triangle.  A beautiful night, and we sailed well.  Plus we made a very good tack near the end and tacked into the proper windshift.  Nice!
Sat	Aug 11	7AM	Lake	SPIN	Coletech Marine Hardware Koehler Cup — Erie to Ashtabula	N	N/A	25+ knot winds on the nose for 36 miles.  Decided against going!
Sun	Aug 12	8AM	Lake	SPIN	Coletech Marine Hardware Koehler Cup– Ashtabula to Erie	N	N/A	If you didn’t do the first leg you couldn’t do the 2nd leg… 😉
Wed	Aug 15	7PM	Bay	JAM	RCR Yachts Full Moon #2 of 3	Y	7th	Another light air triangle.  Not the best start.  Very good first reaching leg, blanketed on the downwind leg because of the reverse start.  Then just couldn’t find the steering groove on the last leg.
Sun	Aug 19	10AM	Bay	SPIN	Governor’s Cup & Mayor’s Cup	Y	N/A	No wind.  No races.  Just rafted up and waited.  Still no wind…
Wed	Aug 22	7PM	Bay	JAM	RCR Yachts Full Moon #3 of3	Y	DNF	Wind died.  Time expired.  Most in our fleet didn’t make the time limit.
Sun	Aug 26	1PM	Bay	JAM/SPIN	American Red Cross CharityRegatta	Y	6th	A triangle in WSW 10-15 knots of breeze.  Very puffy.  We should have done better.
Wed	Aug 29	7PM	Bay	JAM	Schuyler Family Sunset #1of 3	Y	10th	Another extremely light-to-no-air night, but at least we finished.
Fri	Aug 31	730PM	Bay/Lake	SPIN	Night Lighthouse Race	Y	DNS	Too much wind for a night race.  The start was delayed, waiting for the wind to die down.  We ultimately decided not to go.
Wed	Sep 12	630PM	Bay	JAM	Schuyler Family Sunset #2of 3	Y	DNF	Wind died for good during race.  In fact, no one finished — not even the fast boats in the A Fleet.
Sat	Sep 15	7AM	Lake	SPIN	Bluff Bar Race	N	N/A	Crewed on Double Diamond instead of sailing Red Herring.  We came in fourth.
Wed	Sep 19	630PM	Bay	JAM	Eckerd Cup #1 of 1	Y	N/A	No wind — No race.
Sun	Sep 23	10AM	Bay	SPIN	Eckerd Cup #2 & #3 of 3	Y	4th & DNS	Race #1 was a breezy W/L 2x.  We were a little shorthanded so we sailed on white sails and tied for 4th.  The wind kept building and we didn’t stick around for race 2.
Wed	Sep 26	630PM	Bay	JAM	Schuyler Family Sunset #3of 3	Y	10th	Long W/L in 8-10kts of breeze.  We were all close downwind, then we dropped about 3 minutes on the upwind leg.  We sailed the long leg on the north side of the course.  Probably wrong side.
Sun	Sep 30	10AM	Bay	JAM/SPIN	Eckerd Cup #1 (make-up) + Thomas Carole Reverse Handicap	Y	7th & 6th	The first race was W/L 2x in 8-10kts. We sailed well, and beat NEWS for the first time season.  The breeze freshened for the second race.  We had a couple chute issues, but still beat Pagan for the first time this season.  All in all, a nice end to the season!
Sun	Oct 7	12Noon	Bay	JAM/SPIN	Great Chili Race Off	N	N/A	We’ll be pulling the mast before that to make some repairs.
Sat	Nov 3		EYC		Racing Fleet Banquet