We had a great turnout for the start of WINSA's SUMMER SERIES !

Thanks to the participation of the 8 skippers of Slingshot, Blue Bayou, Lucky Jim, Grins, Blue Moon, Aileron, Tango, and Rossinante, we have enough boats for two classes, and the race is on for the trophies of the Summer Series!

At 5:30 the water was pretty glassy, but Committee found the wind at the mouth of Penn Cove and set a great course and by the start time, we had great steady breezes to set up our starts and take off!

Race 1 began successfully with a clean start, almost all the boats on the line, and there was a good race to the windward mark, after which the two classes distinguished themselves immediately, the racing class flying their kites and the cruising class going wing & wing.  The racers were all done with the leeward mark by the time the cruisers used it and the racers were milling around waiting for the next race when the cruisers had their finish, which was a close battle between Aileron and Rossinante, with Rossinante edging across with the class bullet!

Race 2 began with the racing fleet causing some excitement ... each boat making contact with another, shouting was heard from one boat to another, and what has been passed along to me is the following descripton, as seen from the committee: Grins came down on Lucky Jim, who was coming up to do his point, Sling Shot was forced up and he came up into Blew Bayou, who wasn't sheeted in under control yet so he couldn't react....of course our good natured skippers took the fair responsibility and Dave did his 720 penalty, though the WINSA rules only required a 360, and Nate did his 360 towards the end of the race, so no protest flags were flown, but we don't have a protest committee anyway, and WINSA racers operate under a fair play honor system, and our skippers play by the rules voluntarily. Good job, and good spirit, folks!

The second race proceeded and concluded, for the cruising class, anyway, almost identically to the first race, in order and placement. Official Order of Finish for each race was as follows: