From Roy Sherman (Race Organizer):
Six boats arrived at Corsica River Yacht Club on Sunday to compete in the Fun Race. They joined others at the club that were attending and facilitating the open house. The wind started strong but settled down after a short light rain passed by. PRO Marcey Sherman postponed the start 20 min to allow late arrivals to the starting area time to get ready.
New members Ralph and Sandy Sponar had a good start and sailed away to an early lead that was never challenged. Both Erik Arnesen’s Windmill, with crew Roy Sherman, and Elizabeth’s Laser were over early and had to go back to restart. This gave Tom Millies and crew Rick Bisgyer a good lead on them both. Elizabeth decided to take a quick swim on the second leg which led to her being behind, but she pressed on to complete the 6-mile course. On the last leg Erik, also a new member, was able to pass Tom but it was too little too late to save the time needed to beat him on corrected time so Tom and Rick, finished second behind Ralph and Sandy.
Special thanks to the RC Lance Wiliams and Sue Caswell on Safety/Chase boat and Marcey Sherman with Peter Jayne on Signal boat.
A good time was had by all and the rum drinks flowed at the awards after racing. All said they would return next year.
