Round The Rocks Regatta 2008
Selected e-mails from Victoria
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Brig North wrote:
Thanks very much to the Austin MYC for a fun, one day
event. To say the conditions were challenging would be
an understatement, but David did a masterful job of
setting a fair course and keeping it moving to get in 12
races in one day!! We all thank him for his efforts!!
The great news is that we had some wind! August in Texas
is normally 100+ degrees and NO wind, so it was great to
have a few out of control runs toward the end of the
event.
Of course this is the last Texas event before what will
be the event of the year in Victorias, the Nationals
held by our friends in San Antonio, Texas, the Woodlawn
Sailing Club. Those guys put on a whale of a show, and I
know that will be a super regatta.
Thanks again to David, Mitch and the rest of the folks
at AMYC for a fun event. We all appreciated the water,
cokes, good food and tough racing!
Brig North
Dallas, Texas
Mitch Martin wrote:
Today 22 of the best Texas Victoria skippers got
together and sailed in the 4th Annual Round the Rocks
Green Chevron Regatta. A small storm front came through
during the night and our normal wind was not to be found
all day. The course had to be set approximately 150
degrees from its normal direction which caused much
trouble at the windward mark in the lee of some big
trees. We saw huge wind shifts and the
skippers who sailed the best in these shifts did very
well. The morning wind speed was light, but after lunch
the wind picked up and tested the strength of some of
the rigs. One race we had two dismastings and AJ's boat
sunk at the leeward mark. Good thing he had some foam in
the bow!
All in all we completed 12 races with two throw outs.
Congratulations to JK Kuc for 3rd place, Chris Malusco
for 2nd and Mr. Texan himself Brig North for 1st.
Thank you to all who attended and made the drive to the
Austin area and thank you to Race Director David Rogers
for RDing when he would had rather been sailing.
Mitch
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