Thanks to the Ida Lewis Race Committee for pulling off a race in yet another challenging evening. So, after an AP, two generals, a major wind shift, a line and course re-set, and the dreaded I Flag, we got in a good race. Congratulations to Peter Denton and the Ultimate Pressure team on 226 for the [...]
We were excited to see our biggest fleet yet on the water last night, including Q&A, Hawk and Virginia for their first outings. We had a good breeze for the first race and enough wind to get around the course for a second race. In a relatively weak flood tide, Bill O'Hanley's RC laid out a [...]
That was one strange weather map yesterday, with plenty of weather trying to spin counterclockwise onto the Bay and ruin our race day. Fortunately, the black clouds kept to the West Bay, and then it cleared up and we were able to do some sailing in a modest southerly. PRO Bill O’Hanley of the Ida Lewis [...]
Ida Lewis Yacht Club kicked off the 2020 Shields Wednesday Night Series last night with a great number of boats and a beautiful night of racing. What was forecasted to be a partly to mostly cloudy night went away as Newport delivered an amazing evening. With clear skies and a steady 12 knots of breeze, the [...]
The Fleet 9 blog has been quiet for the last month, but there’s been plenty of action on the water, with 21 boats now registered and having completed at least one race each. June 19th—Peter Siegl’s Hawk (245) picked up the pace as the spring series went along and won the finale after scoring a second [...]
Last week, Fleet 9's foggy racing ended early with the race committee signaling code flag N (November) over A (Alpha), sending the fleet home in mid-race for safety reasons. On the next Wednesday night, after one general recall, principal race officer Robin Wallace flew code flag U (Uniform) at the preparatory signal, which sent the fleet [...]
The 8- to 10-knot northeasterly breeze on Wednesday night was supposed to shift right, and that's what it did on the first beat. Yet the boats that stayed left gained either due to better current or a pressure advantage, probably both. For those who were over early or bailed out quickly from the heavily favored windward [...]
This was one of those nights where you couldn't flinch, said Peter Shope, who was steering 74. Particularly in the second race, a short double-lap sprint with .6-mile legs, the racing was so tight that the smallest error could cost you half of the 15-boat fleet. Few boats were able to record consistent finishes on the [...]
We were greeted with a flat calm for yesterday's evening race, and even the most optimistic had low expectations of running a race. But we climbed on our boats and sat on the moorings just in case, and suddenly about 1700 the southerly popped over Newport Neck and filled out through Brenton Cove. The race was [...]
We don't remember the last time 121 started the first race of the season, but with fresh-painted topsides, it was a good look for Dave Bush-Brown and crew last night during Fleet 9's Wednesday night opener. Ted Slee's mighty Maverick (33) punched out ahead of the fleet on the tricky little Rose Island dogleg that Dr. [...]
