Wanted crew for 525

Wanted for 2012 season:
A KYC member or family complete with crew to sail or race Santana 525 "Margarita" for the 2012 season..
Treat her as your own personal boat. KYC moorage included.
Not a KYC member yet? That's easy to fix.
call James at 250-763-6012

E5, 2011

And the breeze was on in a big way!  What started off with little to no wind wind during the first 5 minutes or so quickly turned in to a nuking breeze out of the South.  We had an interesting course for today's race with SPTDPCAF on the menu.  We knew something was happening when from behind us we heard Aussie Dave and crew howling with delight as the fleet got slammed with about 25 knots out of the South during our first beat to the pump house.  Many brave souls tried to fly their kites in the very shifty and puffy conditions which lead to some truly beautiful broaches.  We took the conservative route and just jib reached for the first leg until we could get a better read on the wind and did not regret it.  We managed to hang in there with the leaders for most of the race until that crazy bunch on the J29 once again found their overdrive gear and blasted well ahead of the pack.  We had some truly awesome condition for today's race that kept us all on our toes the entire time.  The finish found us less that a boat length behind the M244 who were a couple of minutes trailing the race leader, once again the J29.  That concluded the end of the regular season believe it or not.  Racing starts next week in Hot Rum series 1 with just one combined start for everyone.  That should surely make for an interesting start line, see you there.

September Shines

After a few weeks of light air we finally got a little more breeze for this weeks race. The fleets were pretty thin with many competitors out on the lake sailing in the end to end race this weekend. Under partly cloudy skies we had a steady 10 knots out of the North and finally got some much needed variation in our race course for today. It was to be SPCDCAF for the first time this year. There were only 6 boats on the start line for fleet 1 so finding a good lane was not going to be a problem today. We had a good start but quickly got over run by the J29. It was a series of short tacks with most of the fleet staying close to the Eastern shore hoping for the lift normally associated with a Northern breeze. It was a nice back and forth on the race course but we just couldn't find the breeze to get us moving fast. Another good showing by the J29 who have proven themselves as the boat to beat.