Thank you to Bill O’Hanley and the ILYC RC for getting a race in under constantly changing conditions. We were out early on 39, and from 4pm to 8pm, I am pretty sure we had the wind clock a full 360. Challenging for sailors, but imagine the frustrations of the RC. Kudos and thanks for sticking with it.

Shields Fleet 9 Close racing off Fort Adams Newport RI

Close racing off Fort Adams. Alice Athay-Croasdale photo

Congratulations to David Bush-Brown and team 121 for making the right calls and winning the night. (Read 121’s bullet blog below.)

Full RESULTS HERE

Overall, 156 is holding steady with the top spot, followed closely by 254 and 107 for the series. In the Captain Chris Withers awards, (following 156) there is a tie between 201 & 181, with 121 not far behind after his big win this past Wednesday.

—Bill Doyle (Defiance/39)

Bullet Blog: 121 for the win…
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David Bush-Brown (121/Mahi) writes:

Lucky and left won the night for us.  The 90 degree wind shift to the SE and the racecourse being moved to south of the bridge meant it was a big reset for all. With AP flying, we sailed deeper than most up into the new course to get some more data.  We saw some bend in the wind and current lines that favored left side of the course. The tide had not been much of a factor previously, but it was beginning to build and the Rose Island cone was coming into play.

Shields Class Fleet 9 at Fort Adams Newport

Mahi (121) to windward and Tinky (258) to leeward, lead the fleet into Newport Harbor for a round at red nun No. 2 off Fort Adams. Alice Athay-Croasdale photo.

We chose the pin for the start, but so had others and it was crowded down there in the last couple of minutes before the start. Consequently, we hung back and found a nice hole a third of the way up the line from the pin.  Shortly after the start, the herd ahead of us decided to tack and head downstream.  It was a real stroke of good luck for us when they all cleared out!  With the Deutsch/Hood/Read (D/H/R) contingent on 258 just below and slightly ahead of us, we stayed with our commitment to the left side. They tacked and we decided to let them go, as we felt it was not yet time to tack. We dug a little deeper into the left, found a meaningful header and flipped over. From there it was port tack all the way to a couple of boat lengths from the first mark.

We did a huge duck around (258) D/H/R, in first place on starboard and went a boat length further to get a better angle for passing around the mark. Todd McGuire and Johnny Gieseke executed a brilliant no pole spin set to get the kite filled and pulling early.  With more speed and to windward, we were able to get past D/H/R just after the mark. Another stroke of luck was that we had clear lanes all the way to the second mark as the fleet separated and the breeze came right down the middle for us.  The final bit of luck was that the last leg was a close reach to the finish, so it was a drag race to the end, making it easier for us to protect our very marginal lead over the front pack.

Thank you to Bill O’Hanley and the ILYC RC for getting a race in under constantly changing conditions.