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 a couple of weeks earlier, good for a series 7th. Maverick (33) finished second, which lifted Ted Slee’s team into second for the series on a tiebreaker with Grace (107), which sailed a decisive throwout, finishing the race in last place. John Dory (217) skippered by Jamie Hilton wrapped up a dominant spring series with a third place finish and an 8-point lead over 33 and 107.

Peter Siegl’s Hawk leads Ultimate Pressure en route to a Wednesday night race win. Andy Segal photo

June 26th—Two races were held on the first Wednesday night of the summer series, and Maverick put up the best numbers of the night with a 2-1 scoreline.. John Dory earned a 3-3 for 6 points total, and Grace finished 5-2 for 7 points. Tom Hirsch and Tim Dawson in Aeolus (254) won the first race but slipped to double digits in the second.

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July 10th—Ron Oard, skipper of Glory (158) drew extra special race-committee duty on this night, leading a squad that did a good job substituting for Robin Wallace’s crew, which was given the night off after running some nearby 12-Meter event hosted by Ida Lewis. The course, which Fleet 9 hadn’t seen since pre-9/11 days was set up along the Coasters Harbor side of the Bay in a strong ebb tide. After Tim Dawson and Tom Hirsch aboard Aeolus (254) and Bill Shore and Nicole Alio on Karaselet (74) led on the first lap, John Burnham and Reed Baer on Grace (107) sailed well offshore into the ebb, took the lead and won the race. This move is rumored to be from a well-thumbed page in the late ‘90s “formula” playbook borrowed from Burnham’s old skipper, Charlie Levy. (Who else remembers Stinger (89)?)

Shields Fleet 9 Aeolus, Ultimate Pressure and Maverick

Aeolus, Ultimate Pressure and Maverick lead the fleet at the leeward mark in a July Wednesday evening race. Andy Segal photo

July 17th—We had a great breeze but threatening weather for this evening of racing, so our PRO Robin Wallace set up closer to the bridge than usual and limited the fleet to a single-lap race. Given that the fog rolled in after the finish and required a bit of navigation to get home and that a wicked looked thunderstorm went close by after we’d gotten ashore, Dr. Wallace looked even smarter than usual. During the race, Aeolus (254) continued its summer improvement program with a good win, starting right and then working left after the bridge and taking the port-tack layline approach to mark F, the last Jamestown channel marker. Pete Denton’s Ultimate Pressure (226) made an early jibe and came close to Aeolus on the run but couldn’t get by. This was the fifth race of the Summer Series, so a throwout kicked in, putting Aeolus a point ahead of Maverick, which finished third in the race.