B3, 2013

Ouch!  Tonight really did hurt.  We had many challenges tonight, not the least of which included my head not being even close to in the game due to another boat related matter.  It was great winds for the prestart with perfect 10 knots out of the North with steady pressure across the lake and no big shifts.  All that changed about 5 minutes after the gun.  We had a decent midline start and tacked to port with the rest of the fleet heading towards Sutherland bay.  we saw what looked like a big header hit the fleet ahead and decided to do a quick tack back to starboard to take advantage of the lift heading our way.  Unfortunately this is when the wheel fell off of our plan.  We were dead in the water with zero wind as we watched all of those boats who had continued East ride the nicest little breeze all the way to the beach and tack to starboard heading Northbound.  There was nothing we could do except try not to freak out (ok maybe just me) as the fleet crawled away.  We were still sitting in much the same spot as the lead boats sailed into our doldrums after rounding P mark and started to float.  The breeze started to fill back in, in puffs of 15 knots and lulls of 0 which made for some very frustrating racing conditions.  We had one fun leg with the kite up as we sailed a very hot angle from P to D in about 15 knots of breeze.  We would start to plane but as I brought the bow back down to a proper angle it was clear that we were dropping too low on the mark and the kite had to go.  We rounded the B mark in the middle of the entire Santana fleet with a few fleet 1 boats and it was a very vocal and crowded rounding with more than a few boats trading paint.  Finally a solid beat back to finish at D mark with winds steady about 13 knots and very dark skies due to a several looming thunderstorms.  Was it a successful evenings sail for us?  Not even close, but it sure beats a day at work!

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Santana BBQ

Santana Potluck & BBQ:
Sunday, July 28th, 5pm

Hey there sailor! ,

Got a Santana?, Have you EVER CREWED on a Santana ?
Have you ever WANTED TO CREW on a Santana ?
Have you even SEEN a Santana 525,
or a Santana 20 or a perhaps a 23D?
Does the mere thought of being on a Santana
keep you awake at nights?
Then come on out and join us for
the Santana BBQ and potluck party.
at the home of James Anderson, 1640 Gillard Drive,
on beautiful Redlich Park in Glenmore.

BYOB, and something for the BBQ,
plus a favourite dish to be shared with your friends.
(Local corn and baked potatoes provided.)

We may have lost the famous KYC pot-luck awards banquet,
but we can have just as much fun on our own.
No rsvp's required, just come on out. 5 pm, July 28th.
Tell your friends.....

James and Barbara. tel 250-763-6012, email ja6012@telus.net
1640 Gillard Drive, on beautiful Redlich Park in Glenmore.

B2, 2013

Tonight was the first night that we could really put Eclipse to the test. It was a beautiful evening for a sail with nice 10 to 18 knot breeze out of the SW. I was worried it would veer to a Westerly and prevent any kite work but it held on to the SW direction and allowed us to get one solid downwind run. The course was SAPFGB and unfortunately was mostly reaching and beating legs. A fleet had a general recall and got shoved to the back of the sequence. We went for a midline start but unfortunately got squeezed between Shadowfax and GR and had to tack out to find a lane. We hit the top mark second just behind GR and ahead of J and hung on for an awesome run downhill. We had good angles but found the pressure a little light. We would hit high 12's in the puffs but then soak back into displacement mode after it rolled through. I probably had the rig too tight as I set up for worse case scenario of 19 knots. We managed to sneak ahead of GR approaching pump house and held onto a narrow lead on the beat to F. We hoisted the kite and tried to hold it heading for G but were very quickly getting blown down range. It was a douse and jib reach rounding G with the lead Santana's. we sailed a respectable beat to B mark and spent some time covering GR who were making gains from behind. We crossed first with just enough distance to cover the spread but then noticed J finish out of nowhere very close behind. They had us. We had a blast and were satisfied with our initial heavy air performance on the Melges. Hope everyone had fun tonight and I am still dreaming of that perfect windward leeward 15 knot course. I know we will see it yet.

2013 Vernon Regatta

Congratulations to the winners of the 2013 Vernon Charity Regatta.

TOM NAYLOR OF KYC ON LA PAPILLON WINS THE OVERALL TROPHY AT VYC REGATTA 2013
GRANT HARDISTY OF KYC ON GHOSTRIDER WINS A FLEET
AARON LESOSEK ON THUNDERSTRUCK WINS B FLEET
TOM NAYLOR ON LA PAPILLON WINS C FLEET