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Shields Class Fleet 9 at Fort Adams Newport

John Dory Wins Spring, Plus Mid-Season Highlights

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.

July 24th, 2019|

Maverick’s Night and Uniform Disappointment for Three Early Starters

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 diving for the sailing instructions and rulebooks to interpret the code. Several boats apparently didn’t find it right away as the second start also resulted in a general recall. Perhaps the windward end of the line was a little too favorable for too many boats wishing to tack and hitch a ride in the building ebb, but they got the message by the third start.

Photo 1: The fleet approaches the line with flag Uniform flying.

The line is still clear but 217 is getting close.

 

The starting signal has sounded and the fleet is accelerating, but apparently the leading three boats were over early. Photo sequence by Andy Segal

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On the first beat, the reigning national champ, 33 Maverick, steered by Andy Green, came off the left side of the course on a nice shift and seized a lead they wouldn’t give up. Pete Denton’s 226 Ultimate Pressure also worked the left side and controlled second place.

Three national champion boats lead at the second weather mark: Maverick (skull and cross bones), Ultimate Pressure (white/gray chute), and Aeolus (254).

Behind them, 254 Aeolus (Kyle Martin/Tim Dawson), 217 John Dory (Jamie Hilton), and 74 Karasalet (Peter Shope/Bill Shore) traded tacks and wound up in third through fifth, but then all three found themselves disqualifed for premature starts. This moved 107, 156, and 181 into the top five just about the time those teams had their first drink at the bar. Results

Ted Slee’s Maverick (33) takes the gun.

June 12th, 2019|

A Fading Easterly Turns to Drizzle, and Grace Likes It

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 end of the line, this was not a particularly welcome development.

A pack of Shields vie for the favored weather end off Fort Adams. Andy Segal photo

Bill Shore on 74 sailed nearly to the Pell Bridge before tacking in toward the Point to round special mark D in the lead, followed by Robin Monk, 160, and Peter Siegl, 245.

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Shields Newport Grace Hawk

Grace and Hawk reach the leeward mark near Jamestown in first and second. Andy Segal photo

With the right shift, the race committee had changed the leeward mark to the special mark Z by Jamestown Boatyard from the R mark at Clingstone, and followed that with a beat back to the A mark by Goat Island. For many in the 17-boat fleet, it was a port-tack parade back across the now-ebbing tide to the Newport side, and the course was shortened at A, with 107, 245, 74 and 160 taking the first four places.

May 31st, 2019|

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