Winter #1 Race Results Posted

The 2012 Sequoia Winter Race Series got off to a great start on Sat. Nov. 19 with race #1. This year the series has both a spinnaker and non-spinnaker division. There were 13 boats in this first race, 10 in the spinnaker division and 3 in the non-spinnaker division.

Both the NOAA Marine Forecast and SailFlow had bleak forecasts for the day, with wind predictions of only 5 knot winds throughout the afternoon. But luckily the forecast was wrong and we enjoyed winds closer to 10 knots throughout the afternoon. The direction, however, was from the SW, which made for an interesting start. Winter sailing is indeed upon us.

A twice-around course of 3/4 - Sp -Ys - 3/4 was selected for a total distance of 7.54 miles. Congratulations  to Pizote (John Ryan) for taking first place, and to Frequent Flyer (Stan Phillips) and Relentless (Tracy Rogers) for taking second and third place in the spinnaker division. Congratulations also goes to Linda Carol (Ray Collier) for taking first place, and to Sweet Pea (Tim Petersen) and Mistral (Peter Blackmore) for taking second and third place in the non-spinnaker division.

Race results are posted on the bulletin board at the club, and on the Sequoia web site.