Day Sailer Fleet 123: November 2013

Fleet Racing Saturday, November 23, 2013

Check out this gourmet dessert

The wind finally came in at 8-12 so the racing got started about 1:45 pm. We had the best showing with 8 boats on the starting line and we got in 5 races. Great Day. Finished the day at Magio's for dinner. (Sorry no sailing pictures-forgot the camera)

Florida State Day Sailer Championships 2013

The Florida State Day Sailer Championships were held November 9^th and 10^th, 2013 in the beautiful Boca Ciaga Bay hosted by the friendly Boca Ciaga Yacht Club. Mark Rother, skipper of “This Side Up”, did a fabulous job organizing the event and as always was an outstanding emcee. Next gig is the Academy Awards. Stand aside Billy Chrystal.

We had two days of great racing. Day 1 was breezy with winds 19-20, but warm temperatures in the high 70’s. Day 2 was lighter with winds 8-12. After Day 1, the Kelly’s were tied with Mark Rother and crew Lil Epstein. Bob Holsinger and Angie Stieren were in 3^rd. Day 2 started with the Kelly’s getting bullets in the first two races. They were in the lead in the 3^rd race and it looked like another 1^st and a clean sweep for the day. Mark and Lil found a private wind and scooted to the finish line, shooting the committee boat for a 1^st. Final results were Kelly’s in first, Mark and Lil in 2^nd. Stu Smith and crew---came in 3^rd upsetting the previous days standings.

Thanks to Stu Smith and Ellie’s Sailing Shop for donating the trophies. Stu made the beautiful replicas of the Day Sailer for the regatta trophies.

	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5	Race 6	Race 7	Race 8	Total	Place
Kelly	1	1	2	(3)	1	1	1	2	9	1st
Rother	2	2	1	1	2	2	(2)	1	11	2nd
Smith	4	3	(8)	2	3	3	3	3	21	3rd
Holsinger	3	4	3	4	4	5	(5)	5	28	4th
Epstein	6	7	4	5	5	4	(9)	6	37	5th
Kruetzer	5	5	6	7	(7)	6	6	4	39	6th
Webb	8	6	5	(9)	6	7	4	7	43	7th
Richardson	7	8	7	6	8	8	(9)	8	52	8th