Revised April 11, 2016

Race Report: Sebago Cup, Saturday, September 19 by Holly

On Saturday we had our Annual Sebago Cup race and it was a terrific day. The conditions could not have been better for creating an equal playing field for our variety of sailors and boats. The wind was out of the South, 8-12mph.

We had 20 boats (8 lasers, 1 aero, 8 sunfish, 2 V15, 1 GIS) and 23 participants - a record!

PRO Jim Luton (with an assist from Howie) set up great course using the navigation buoys and the islands on Jamaica Bay. We finished off the day with a wonderful potluck feast provided by all the sailors.

A big thank you to Lynn Whitehead who was the registrar, Mary Eyster for setting up our feast, Jim and Howie for RC and pictures - and all of our participants. 
What a great event!

Here are the results:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Hx_2_M7szWuBVVVpsx7jHhS6nsaba5gDb8IgVP1t6ms/edit?usp=sharing

Here are pictures from the day (courtesy Jim and Howie):
https://picasaweb.google.com/109756290265693382234/SebagoCup2015Sept192015?authkey=Gv1sRgCITatICt7bCNXA#

NEXT RACE
And now to continue our Fall Race Series with Race #2 on Sunday.....You know the drill - Skippers Meeting: 11:15am,
First Start: 12:15pm
Any of my powerboat operators up for RC? If not I'll step in...
Here's the sign-up:(don't forget - you must be at the club 45 min prior to the Skippers meeting to keep your sign-up
and we may move people around in club boats if we are consistently overbooked on sign-ups to give everyone an opportunity
to race in the boat of their choice)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pkBsmsMJVENqTPz2Dt3TkqCCssvulImO3vhM64g683o/edit#gid=0

Race Report: Westhampton Yacht Squadron Fall Sailing Series Day 1 by Frank

Reporting from sailing at Westhampton.  We had 6 Lasers on the line on the first Sunday. Besides a great sailing venue, and commaraderie,   Westhampton Yacht Squadron has superb hospitality, great food,  and hot showers.  I think that there will be a incremental increase in fleet participation as the fall series rolls along. Skipper meeting 12 noon, starts at 1 pm. Leave your boat for the series; check our SI and NOR on the website.http://yachtsquadron.com

Race Report: Great South Bay Sailing Center Fall Sailing Series Day 1 Sept. 12 by Marguerite
We had a great day of sailing. 12 sailors from across LI made it out. It was a good day weather-wise. 10-15 kts from the west. Short chop and a lot of sea weed. I think Lindsay made the comment that it was great practice for the race at Brant Beach this weekend. There were a few junior sailors too. Brother and Sister Lauren and Sterling Thompson came out from Northport Yacht Club, Will Priebe from Bayshore, and Emma Bequj from Saltaire YC mixed it up with the adults. Ryo won the day just edging out Lindsay and newcomer Brad Dunn, who races Full Rig was third. For updates, full scores and pictures, got to : https://www.facebook.com/Dinghy-Shop-122034954519781/timeline/?ref=ts

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Race Report: Master's ACC's by Frank

11 Laser sailors from District 8 competed in the 2015 Laser Master ACCs held at Brant Beach YC in NJ on 9/19, 20.  Windward/Lewards were the course of choice on Saturday. The day started out as a "top ten" summer beach day with clear skys lots of sunshine and warm temperatures in the 80's, however there was little wind which caused a delay for sailing.  After a short delay, sailors experienced a building sea breeze reaching into the low 20's.  Race 1 in the Radial fleet had Lindsay Hewlett 1st and on his heels was Frank Seckler in 2nd a terrific way to start the day.

A duel took place for the overall top performing Radial award. It was a true battle between the knights of Laser racing ... Peter Seidenberg and Lindsay Hewitt.  Lindsay beat Peter boat for boat in 4 of the 7 races, however came up a point short to win runner-up honors in the Radial class 20 to 21 overall points.  Further over-all radial results: 1st place finish in the Apprentice Radial Class was earned by Ryosuke Sakai; Rachel Gruzen of Breakwater YC was 2nd Apprentice Female Radial winner; also racing in the radial fleet Natalya Gontcharova and Graham Haggar.   
Day 2 of the ACCs started with a front blowing through from the north and building to a steady 20 with higher gusts that settled down a bit as the day worn on.  The top Laser District 8 finishes were had by Mike Matan, who could only make it to one of the two days, in his 3 races of Sunday he was 2nd, OCS, and 5th;  Rudy Ratsep of 3 Mile Harbor Sailing Center was 6th in the Master's division,14# overall; 18th was Philip Swanton of Harlem YC; # 22 of Sebago Canoe Club Paul Clifford, and #27 Matt Doherty.Congratulations goes to the top performers Lindsay Hewlett, Ryosuke Sakai, Rudy Ratsep & Rachel Gruzen!
Results can be found at  www.bbyc.net

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Frank sent me a link from Laser International about the new generation Laser full-sized sail. Go to: http://www.laserinternational.org/info/laserstandardmarkiisailannounced

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Race Report: Last Chance Regatta, September 7 - The 4th regatta of the six regatta series of the HRYRA One-Design series had 21 Laserites, on a beautiful summer day at the Minisceongo YC in Stony Point NY. Light winds prevailed with a sea breeze filling in throughout the day. More results are expected. With several leader changes  Natalya Gontcharova was first women and Radial to finish.

For more photos, go to: https://flic.kr/s/aHskfNcziR

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Race Report: American Yacht Club Regatta, September 5 - We had a 10-15 knot easterly breeze with clear skies, which made it easy to get six solid races in with nineteen sailors. Great camaradarie among the fleet - AYC was happy to host such a fantastic group of sailors and hope all will return for this event next year.

	American Yacht Club Laser Regatta, September 5, 2015
	Laser Standard
Place	Sailor	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5	Race 6	Total
1	Matt Doherty	4	3	1	8	5	1	22
2	Britt Hughes	3	1	2	7	8	3	24
3	Lindsay Hewitt	5	2	4	9	2	2	24
4	Bill Dickey	2	4	5	5	7	4	27
5	Clemmie Everett	6	5	3	6	4	5	29
6	Doug McKeige	1	DSQ	8	4	3	6	21
7	Dan Papert	9	7	6	1	6	10	39
8	Kevin Broome	8	6	7	2	9	7	39
9	Jean Fillion	7	DNS	DNS	3	1	8	12
10	Paul LaBossierre	12	8	11	12	11	9	63
11	Brad Dunn	10	9	10	10	13	11	63
12	Scott Bursor	11	10	9	11	12	12	65
13	Russell Stokes	DNS	11	12	13	10	13	73
	Laser Radial
Place	Sailor	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5	Race 6	Total
1	Ryo Sakai	1	1	1	1	3	2	9
2	Alex Morgan	2	4	2	2	1	1	12
3	Natalya Gontcharova	3	2	3	3	2	6	19
4	Chris Lukas	4	3	4	4	5	5	25
5	Conor O'Driscoll	5	5	5	6	DNS	3	31
6	Madeleine Langdon	DNF	6	6	5	4	4	32

 

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Race Report: NBIBCLRA Labor Day Weekend Regatta, September 5 - Today was a great day for sailing on Noyac Bay.  Twenty three boats came to the line and found a northerly fighting a SE sea breeze.  After some dramatic shifts in the first race, it settled in for a nice 10kt SE sea breeze.  Marty (PRO) and the rest of the RC team faced the challenges of uncooperative power boats and some massive shifts.  But they were up to the task and got in six races as planned. 

Thanks to everyone who sailed.  Thanks also to the RC consisting of Marty, Sarah, Mary Ann, Sharon, Al and Molly, to our scorers Maggie and Alex and to Cynthia for an incredible spread. 

Here are the final corrected results: 

2015 NBIBCLRA Labor Day Weekend Regatta
	Skipper	Sail Number	M / F	Rig	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5	Race 6	Daily Total	Throwout	After Throwout
1	Chris Brodie	637	M	Full	4	2	1	2	8	DNF	39	22	17
2	Rudy Ratsep	291	M	Full	11	1	3	13	3	2	33	13	20
3	Julian Barrowcliffe	369	M	Full	3	8	7	3	4	5	30	8	22
4	Stevn Tedeschi	373	M	Full	DNF	13	2	1	7	1	46	22	24
5	Rachel Gruzen	1	F	Full	8	4	9	10	1	3	35	10	25
6	Lee Montes	0	M	Full	12	6	6	7	6	4	41	12	29
7	Jamie Rogers	562	M	Full	15	12	4	4	2	11	48	15	33
8	Bud Rogers	581	M	Full	7	5	15	5	10	10	52	15	37
9	Steve Hicks	3	M	Full	1	18	8	14	5	12	58	18	40
10	Brett Morgan	554	M	Full	17	3	5	11	14	8	58	17	41
11	Mark Webber	8008	M	Full	6	11	10	9	13	7	56	13	43
12	Arthur Leiz	822	M	Full	9	9	12	8	12	6	56	12	44
13	Sara Nightingale	474	F	Full	10	10	13	6	11	9	59	13	46
14	David Barridge	7	M	Full	5	14	DNF	DNF	9	13	85	22	63
15	Frank Seckler	433	M	Full	2	7	11	DNF	DNF	DNF	86	22	64
16	Joan Butler	811	F	Full	14	16	16	12	16	14	88	16	72
17	Doug Culver	165	M	Full	13	15	14	16	15	17	90	17	73
18	Chip Dineen	122	M	Full	16	19	17	17	18	15	102	19	83
19	James Chen	60	M	Full	DNF	17	DNF	15	17	19	112	22	90
20	Evander Fortenbaugh	4.7	M	4.7	18	21	18	18	19	18	112	21	91
21	Laura Xu	655	F	Full	DNF	20	DNF	20	20	16	120	22	98
22	Michael Untermeyer	85	M	Full	DNF	DNF	DNF	19	DNF	20	127	22	105
23	Eric Jaffe	71	M	Full	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	132	22	110

photos by Frank

Race Report: Ward Bell Memorial Regatta, August 22

The beautiful day at Hempstead Harbor Y.C. started out with a strong northerly which unfortunately disappeared after the skippers meeting. The RC did a great job getting a race in quickly, however Mother Nature did the remaining races in.   Many thanks to all the volunteers of Hempstead Harbor YC  for their efforts in putting together and great day of Laser Racing and first class event! by Frank

Race Report: District 8 Grand Prix at Sayville, August 15-16

Sayville Yacht Club once again hosted the annual Laser District 8 Grand Prix August 15-16 and contrary to Great South Bay tradition, it was somewhat of a light air regatta.  In all 8 races were completed over the two days and Principal Race Officer Paul Abel did a fine job keeping the course square and true despite some shifting conditions.  The breeze was mostly westerly and filled in with a good SW sea breeze Saturday Afternoon but ended up lightening up Sunday allowing for the fleet to mix up finishing positions.  The variety of wind and sea conditions ended up being to Colin Leon’s liking.  Could it be all that Chesapeake Bay sailing that Colin did at Old Dominium University that payed off?  Colin sailed a near perfect regatta winning 5 of the 8 races and was the most versatile sailor present.

The Radial fleet ended up being a dual between Bellport Bay’s JC Hermus and NY’s Ryosuke Sakai with JC winning the tiebreaker.  JC is Sayville YC’s opti coach and this was his first laser regatta.  It looks like all the time spent in Optis competing internationally assisted in his success.

In all a great event, and congrats to the winners!

Photo links:

Winners https://sycphotos.smugmug.com/Sailing-2015/2015-Laser-D8-Grand-Prix-at-Sa/i-BWmzQ66/A

Winnershttps://sycphotos.smugmug.com/Sailing-2015/2015-Laser-D8-Grand-Prix-at-Sa/i-mrK9mMH/A

https://sycphotos.smugmug.com/Sailing-2015/2015-Laser-D8-Grand-Prix-at-Sa/i-5wdSnmB/A

https://sycphotos.smugmug.com/Sailing-2015/2015-Laser-D8-Grand-Prix-at-Sa/i-J3fKkv5/A

Winner,,, Colin Leon https://sycphotos.smugmug.com/Sailing-2015/2015-Laser-D8-Grand-Prix-at-Sa/i-8h3nfZF/A

Radial winner JC Hermus  https://sycphotos.smugmug.com/Sailing-2015/2015-Laser-D8-Grand-Prix-at-Sa/i-vLz2Rgf/A

Photo Credits: Paul Mac Menamin (If you want watermarks removed, he can accommodate and has been copied on this note.)

Best regards,

Ted Cremer
Sayville YC Regatta Committee

Here are the GP Top sailors- SYC commondore Steve Kelley, Ted Cramer, Austin Neuman, Mike Russom, Collin LeonFront- Alexandra Talbot, JC Hermus, and Nick Chisari - Photo courtesy of Frank Seckler

News Flash! District 8 sailors compete in the Master's Worlds in Kingston, Ontario!
Apprentice Radial - Ryo Sakai, 6th place, ..........Graham Hagger, 11th place
Grand Master Radial - Rudy Ratsep 14th place
Great Grand Master Radial - Lindsay Hewitt, 17th place
Master Standard - Mike Matan, 14th place
Grand Master Standard - Matt Doherty, 51st place

Race Report: NBIBCLRA, July 4, 2015 - Saturday saw 44 Lasers on Noyac Bay for the Annual NBIBCLRA July 4th Regatta.  The wind gods rewarded the record turn out with a shifty NE breeze ranging from 8-12kts.  The big fleet made the starboard layline a tough place to command.

Congratulations to everyone who raced.  Special thanks to Marty Knab (PRO), Doug Culver, Sarah Alford, Mary Ann Eddy and Steve Tedeschi for great on water work and to Izzy Rogers for diligent scorekeeping.   

The Results are below.  The overall winner was Cris Brodie; the top Radial was Pedro Lorsen; and the top female skipper was Rachel Gruzen 

See you again any Friday and on Saturday of Labor Day Weekend, when we do it all again!

NBIBCLRA July 4th 2015 Regatta
Rank	Rig	Cat	Sail No	3 Digits	Skipper	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5	Race 6	Total	Final
1			174323	4323	Chris Brodie	1	1	4	2	10	2	20	10
2			204824 USA	4824	Matt Doherty	3	6	10	1	2	3	25	15
3			554	554	Jim Vos	9	5	2	18	1	1	36	18
4			205445	5445	Lindsay Hewitt	11	10	1	9	7	4	42	31
5			162020	2020	Ted Cremer	6	4	13	7	3	11	44	31
6				195	Geoff Loffredo	5	8	14	8	4	23	62	39
7			170369	369	Julian Barrowcliff	15	9	7	11	5	14	61	46
8			112912	2912	Steve Hicks	16	3	11	5	21	15	71	50
9				910	Frank Secklar	8	15	5	13	18	10	69	51
10			9967	9967	John Niewenhous	10	27	8	3	14	19	81	54
11				E	Richard Skeen	7	14	17	25	12	6	81	56
12			187353	7353	Bret Morgan	2	39	18	15	19	5	98	59
13			188581	8581	Jamie Rogers	12	20	27	6	13	9	87	60
14			111	111	Erik Langendal	13	28	15	10	15	7	88	60
15				8008	Mark Webber	19	23	9	4	17	13	85	62
16			RWB	RWB	Christian Langendal	14	7	16	19	6	22	84	62
17			204822	4822	Arthur Leiz	20	13	20	22	9	12	96	74
18	R		199117	9117	Pedro Lorson	21	19	6	16	23	18	103	80
19				7	David Berridge	17	11	23	31	25	8	115	84
20			173655	3655	Alex Scolnik	23	12	19	14	24	16	108	84
21			1885811	5811	Bud Rogers	22	17	24	26	8	21	118	92
22	R	F	148392	8392	Rachel Gruzen	37	16	25	20	11	25	134	97
23	R	F	205445	5445	Natalya Gontcharova	27	26	3	27	31	20	134	103
24	R	F	191491	1491	Noelle Crough	24	22	22	12	26	28	134	106
25			206085	6085	Tim Culver	25	24	12	21	28	26	136	108
26	R		145667	5667	Rudy Ratsep	4	2	21	43	43	43	156	113
27	R			R2	James Vickery	28	25	31	33	16	29	162	129
28				8755	Jamie Nawojchik	18	42	33	42	22	17	174	132
29				8	Eric Butte	31	18	37	24	32	27	169	132
30			177373	7373	Ryan Lewis	42	33	28	34	20	24	181	139
31	R	F		9	Jodie Jane-Tingle	32	21	40	29	27	31	180	140
32	R	F	180528	0528	Sarah Warren	34	31	30	17	30	42	184	142
33	R	F	191500	1550	Margarite Van Zijl	29	32	36	32	29	42	200	158
34	R			125	Will Pepi	26	38	34	31	35	32	196	158
35	R	F	69695	9695	Denise Fenchal	36	35	32	38	33	30	204	166
36				B2	Christian Troy	30	36	38	28	37	36	205	167
37	R	F	182637	2637	Cristiana Brodie	33	30	42	37	34	37	213	171
38	R	F		BB	Joan Butler	35	34	35	35	36	33	208	172
39		F		6474	Sara Nightingale	42	29	26	42	42	42	223	181
40			188581B	8581	Daniel Monterno	40	40	39	36	38	34	227	187
41			161122	1122	Chip Dineen	38	41	41	40	41	35	236	195
42			20482	204824	Jon Darling	39	37	43	43	43	39	244	201
43			153085	3085	Michael U	42	42	43	39	39	43	248	205
44				882 Ref	Keith Tashira	41	43	43	43	43	42	255	212

Race Report: Westhampton Yacht Squadron Regatta, June 27, 2015
Nine Laser sailors (sharing the line with four Sunfish) converged on the Westhampton Yacht Squadron for an early Summer Regatta. Blustery conditions saw six sailors opt for radial rigs. Four races in the rain, so the hat cam got a few drops on the lens from time to time. Matt Doherty dominated, but it wasn't a clean sweep - the rest of the lead boats kept the pressure on him. Chris would have had it if not for a breakdown in Race 1. Thank you Westhampton Yacht Squadron!

Race Report: Southampton Yacht Club Regatta, June 13, 2015
Ten sailors showed up and began to rig with radial sails, by consensus, as the breeze seemed fairly strong. A quick debate in the parking lot, and next thing, down came the radials and up went the full rigs, with only 2 sailors electing to go radial. By the 1st race, the wind was blowing about 12 kts with 15 kt gusts, although, as predicted, it got a bit lighter as the day went on. My favorite weather site, Weather Underground, predicted a major wind shift at 2 PM - well, it came in right on time, but not the gradual shift one would expect - it went form northerly to easterly with a bang and no letup in breeze! Mike Matan dominated the day, but Chris Brodie from New Zealand hammered away & stayed at the front of the pack all day, getting a bullet in the last race. Frank Seckler was in the mix all day and finished only one point behind Chris. Mid fleet scores were close, this is a well matched fleet! Yours truly had fun in race 4, I rounded the weather mark in fifth but stayed on rhumb line downwind and managed to take the lead at the leeward mark - but then I had to hold off Mike! I chose a loose cover, but it was just a matter of time before he passed me, with Frank managing to get up to us and nipping me by an inch at the last mark.

Many thanks to Kent and Malcom for great Race Committee work, a real challenge with the major windshift and no stake boat. And not to be forgotten, the legendary gourmet barbecue!

Race Report: "Flagship Regatta" Cold Spring Harbor Beach Club, June 6, 2015
Eight sailors rigged up under ominous clouds & an 11 kt northerly breeze. As the racing started, the sky brightened & the wind slacked off some, which didn't benefit Ryo & Graham as they had elected to rig up with radials - but they did get to chase one another around the course! Matt Doherty dominated, but this was a very well matched fleet, so there was plenty of passing on the legs. As usual for Cold Spring Harbor, the favored side on one race wasn't necessarily the favored side on the next race! Keeping one's head up & tuned into the conditions was key. A thank you goes to Bobbi Hewitt & Pat Berenblum for serving on race committee (& providing cookies & iced tea afterwards!) Also thank you Lindsay for a great prize ceremony.

The gang is hard at work putting together this season’s schedule – now is the time to start thinking how to get that Laser to the races! My favorite method is a trailer – sure, you have to buy and register it, and put a hitch on your vehicle, but once you’ve made the investment, it’s yours.  The boat can live on the trailer, just hook it up & go.  Even if the boat is at a yacht club, it’s likely a “dinghy park queen” if you can’t get it out & race it.  One trailer can easily carry 2 boats deck to deck, so if you want to go in with a partner on a trailer, go for it!  Cartopping?  There’s lots of hands to help you unload and load at the race site, if you can work it out how to handle the boat at home, get those roof racks now, before the next regatta. Oh, and about those boats at the yacht club – if your club is hosting a D8 regatta, please come and sail!  If your boat is in the rack, do it a favor and sail in the event. Our local events may draw some of the big fish once in a while, but most of us are club level sailors.  Trust me, everybody does respectfully at district events. We had good turnouts last year – let’s keep it up. Getting to each event is 90 % of the effort. With planning ahead, its not too hard. -- Bob

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Race Report: Breakwater YC - Hello All -  Happy Easter to all.....
We were able to complete the Annual Ice Breaker laser Regatta yesterday....  and to say it was challenging conditions is to put it mildly.   It was very fresh breeze out of the NW - with gusts over 20Kt....  coming off North Haven anywhere from 310 to 355 degrees...  We had an outgoing current, all afternoon ((with an exceptional low tide around 6 pm due to the full Moon))...  After getting in a quick skippers meeting at 1:30 and receiving some words of support from our Club Commodore, 9 brave souls ventured out to compete...    ((Derrick, Erik and Christian, Rachael, Joan, Billy, Caitlin, Alonso and Everett)).
We set up the course for the full length of the Harbor, as we have the whole place to ourselves....  but from the beginning, some people starting having problems...  ***  I'd like to thank those people who helped each other out ***  We had quite a mix of different rig's, 4.7's, Radials, and even some fulls and it was apparent it would be a brutal day and no cake walk for anyone.....
We were able to get started by 2:30 - and we were able to get in all six races...   they were all triangles, once around...  only one bad start -- general recall in the third race, and we did make an adjustment to the course after the 4th race .
Here are the results:

		2015 BWYC Ice Breaker
Rank		TYPE	Sail No	Race 1   TRI	race 2 TRI	Race 3 TRI	race 4 TRI	Race 5 TRI	Race 6 TRI		Total	Final
1	Erik L	Radial	392	1	2	1	4	2	1		11	7
2	Derrick	Radial	97	3	1	3	1	1	4		13	9
3	Caitlin	4.7	none	4	3	2	2	4	3		19	14
4	RachaeL	4.7	none	2	4	4	5	3	2		20	15
5	Christian	Radial	125	5	9DNF	9DNF	3	4	5		35	26
6	Alonso	full	347	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNF	DNF	DNF		54	45
6	Everett	full	276	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS		54	45
6	Joan	4.7	none	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS		54	45
6	Billy N	Radial	BB	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS		54	45

A special thanks goes out to Joan and Sarah for securing prizes from local businesses - they were awarded to the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners...   and Thank you,  as always for those who came out -- especially on such a challenging day.  Next Saturday we will continue with our Spring Laser series - we only have three more weeks until commissioning of the BWYC for 2015, and our move back to Noyac bay. Hope to see you all again soon --    Marty

Lindsay took a bunch of nice pics during winter sailing at Seawanhaka on December 7. Click HERE for the album.

I find this pretty amazing - go to https://www.windyty.com/?surface,wind,now,43.469,-74.180,5 - its an animated wind map that really paints out the wind flow around the highs and lows - and, you can zoom in and out.

Frank found a link to a site with a nice mention of the Laser Masters Worlds - go to: http://www.sail-world.com/USA/Record-participation-for-2014-Audi-Laser-Masters-World-Championships/127269
Also, try the ILCA site at: http://events.laserinternational.org/en/events/overview/100z106

The results are in from the Laser Masters Worlds at Hyeres, France:

Mike Matan was the top US scorer in the Full Rig Masters with 25th place.

Lindsay Hewitt was 25th in the Great-Grand Master Radials.

Good job guys! For the event webpage, with full results, go to: http://lasermasters.coych.org/

'The Frostbiters'

Those of you who sailed when Thurston Smith was filming, will be pleased to see the following . Several members were interviewed and will appear in the film which will be released shortly.  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiJypz7wFmk 

A note from Bob - Over the years, every now and then, I get a note from someone asking how to join a race. The short answer - just show up! We'll get you signed in at the site. We don't need advance notice, and we don't hold anyone responsible if they can't make it at the last minute (flashback to last years Southampton YC Regatta, when the alternator on my tow vehicle failed halfway there!) There may be an Invitational or some other event that requires qualifying, check the Schedule, but the vast majority of our events have no pre-registration. Anyhow, just bring your boat to the next regatta that looks good to you and you're in!

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