Barnstable Green Fleet Regatta

Next Tuesday 8/4 Barnstable Yacht Club will be hosting the annual green fleet ONLY regatta. This is great regatta for our first year racers to attend. If you are interested in sailing, please ask your instructor if your child is ready to race.

There are registration forms outside the office next to the blog binder. Coach DJ will be attending if there are at least four sailors. Please sign up on the opti regatta sheet if you are planning on going.

Report Time: 7:45
Registration: 8:00

420-A Sails Fast at VHYC Regatta

-VHYC Regatta pictures compliments of the Goggin's-

As they left on Sunday to tow the boats over to Vineyard Haven, the chopping conditions didn't interfere with the WDYC tow. As they arrived on the island, they rigged their boats and prepared for the two day SMSA regatta.

Early Monday morning, the wind was blowing but it was a breeze for our sailors. They had five races total the first day and during the fourth race, coach Mildred was thrilled as WDYC rounded the windward mark in 3rd, 4th and 5th.

Tuesday morning the light breeze resulted in a slow start. The race committee could only get 2 races off before the fog started rolling in and the breeze completely died. Even though it was light, we had some great finishes the last day. Awesome job race team!

A BIG thank you to Mr. Warner and Mr. and Mrs. Goggin for helping tow the boats over and transport the sailors and their gear. Another big thanks to Mrs. Daly, Mrs. Sullivan and Mrs. Warner for chaperoning the regatta.

The team will be practicing in Hyannis today in preparation for the three day Hyannis Yacht Club regatta. Good luck and sail fast!

Results:
http://www.regattanetwork.com/clubmgmt/regatta_uploads/2245/VHYC410Regatta2009.html

Spinnakers are flying!

This week at WDYC our 420 beginner and intermediate classes have been working on flying spinnakers. They first learned how to fly them on land and then moved to the water to practice their new skills. The light wind day was perfect for a trial run.

The beginner opti class was so confident in their points of sail that Ali gave them a written test this morning. They were a little rusty on their test taking skills, but that's expected in the summer! They are headed out this morning to continue working on the different points of sail.

Patrick is out with the intermediate class playing tag and working on avoiding collision. I'm sure we will hear them yelling, "tiller towards trouble!"

Brooke is at the Wianno Opti Invite with the race teams today and tomorrow. There were 100 championship fleet boats registered so it will be great experience for sailing in a large fleet. The green fleet will be sailing today only and there were 66 boats registered. I'll keep you posted on the results.. GO WDYC!

THANK YOU FOR BAILER DONATIONS!

A BIG thank you to all of the parents who have dropped off empty laundry detergent jugs that we have turned into bailers. We really appreciate the donation, thanks a lot!! Keep the bailers coming!

SMSA Standings!

Each year the Southern MA sailing association designates 8 regattas as sponsored by SMSA. The best 4 out of 8 finishes are calculated into an overall SMSA standing. They have just been posted and our sailors are doing great! Check it out:

Skipper- http://www.southernmasssailing.com/userfiles/2009%20C420%20Skipper%20GP.pdf
Crew- http://www.southernmasssailing.com/userfiles/2009%20C420%20Crew%20GP.pdf

Our 420 team has participated in New Bedford, Edgartown and Vineyard Haven (all SMSA sponsered) and will be sailing in Hyannis and Beverly that are also SMSA sponsored.

Wianno Plan

Green Fleet: Eddie, Chloe, Carly, Joe
Championship: Sebastian, Shamus, Brad, Matt, Brett

Green fleet sailors are to report at 7:30 on Wednesday to check in. You will rig and have Brooke check your boat before the skippers meeting. The skippers meeting is at 9:00 and harbor start at 9:30.

Championship sailors are to report at 10:00 on Wednesday. You will rig and check in (Brooke will be on the water with Green fleet so stick together and work as a team to check over each others boats!!) The skippers meeting is at 11:30 and harbor start is at 12 :00. They usually require coaches to tow their team out to the champ line so Brooke will pop back in and grab you guys so make sure to STAY TOGETHER as you leave the beach.

Thank you to Mrs. Seferian and Mrs. Sweeney for providing water and snacks for the regatta! Sail fast WDYC :-)

420-B PARENT MEETING!!

Attention all 420-B parents!
We are having a mandatory meeting at 4:30 to discuss logistics for Scituate and Belle of the West. See you there!