Coasters Harbor Navy Yacht Club

Well, we're off and running...!! Three CHNYC boats sailed in race 1 of the JYC Spring Series on Tuesday. Wind was great and CHNYC was represented in all three of the fleets.

In A Class, EC Helme & his SPIRIT crew sailed to a 5th out of 8 boats in the hot big boat class.

In B Class Bill Kneller & his RHAPSODY gang were 3rd of 6 with RHAPSODY[/b] being the scratch boat for the evening in the all J boat class (for this evening) and making the J-22s & J-24s chase him down. Only two of the J-24s managed to correct out ahead of Bill.....good job!

In C Class, Tripp & the SUMMER WIND boys showed greatly improved speed. Though they finished 5th of 5 boats....they were only 1:42 out of first place and managed to cross last year's 2-series winner LYNX twice on the first weather leg to round just behind them at the weather mark. Lynx gives SUMMER WIND 49sec/mi. so that haulout and extensive bottom sanding has paid off....so far!

The next race day is this coming Tuesday, 20 May. Good luck guys!

(the rest of you CHNYC PHRF sailors....get out there soon, you're missing the FUN!)

Tripp
Tripp Alyn, CHNYC PHRF Fleet Capt...

We completed the 5-race JYC Spring Series with those quirky starting lines off the dock in Jamestown and, so far, everyone's still afloat with no major collisions to report.

Congratulations to Bill Kneller as his RHAPSODY crew for their top performance by a CHNYC boat in the series. Bill carded a nice 2nd & 3rd in the series to end up 6th of 12 boats in B Class.

EC Helme and the SPIRIT gang finished the series on a high note with a close 4th place finish (by only 15 secs!) to tie for 7th in the hotly contested A Class fleet of 10 boats. SUMMER WIND was slow out of the box this year and finished 6th of 8 boats in C Class.

The JYC Summer Series begins tonight (17 June) and we're still waiting to see when the SPIRIT crew begins their traditional apres-race nocturnal swim thang! (water temp is now up to 64F....c'mon!)

Tripp Alyn, CHNYC PHRF Fleet Capt...