Next
Big Thing:
Singlehand
Race & Twilight
Series #3
The
annual Singlehand Race is August 2nd. Meet on the docks at noon for
the skippers meeting. Racing to start about 1:00. James Carson
is the RC, so see him for details.
The
Twilight Series rolls on with episode 3 on August 16th. The first
two races have had a lot of really nice steady light air sailing and
a little swimming when the breeze shut off. Our islands are emerging
from the gloom, so the rest of the series will be island races of some
sort, as originally planned. This should be the most spectacular,
astronomically speaking, of the Twilight races since the sun sets and the
full moon rises at about 8:00 pm. If the weather is decent, this
could easily be the most memorable sail of 2008, even if you don't care
about the race at all. So join us late in the afternoon (around
5:00) on "Q/R" dock for some swimming, cold beverages, and a
bite to eat. We'll look at the conditions then and decide how far to
sail. Race will start about 7:00.
Halfway
There
The
first half of 2008 has been more challenging than we'd hoped. The
combination of high gas and high water (plus some health issues, tee
ball, vacations, etc.) has conspired to keep us from fully implementing
some of the activities we had planned. That's unfortunate, because
we've really had some nice conditions. We can't help you with the
gas, other than to remind you that sailing doesn't use any, but we can
report that the lake is getting back to normal. We're into our
Twilight Series and still have half the summer and all the Fall to
go. I know that I've got some lost time on the lake to make up, and
most likely, so do you.
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Helping
Hand
Big
thanks to Garry, Vince, and Allan! We all teamed up on a very hot day
to get Assailant taken care of. Lots of sweating, but lots of laughs
and we got 'er done. (FYI, it is very difficult to scoot a 26' boat
forward on the trailer using the "quickstop" method in a vehicle
that has antilock brakes.)
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Lake
Level Update
The
talk of 2008 has obviously been the water levels. We can finally put
this one to rest. The Corps of Engineers has spent the summer helping
those of us who like to trout fish refine our high water tactics on the
Little Red. This week, they started closing the spigot for a few hours
each day for the first time all summer. The lake level is back to
within the normal range and everybody needs to go back to discussing the
weather, or better yet, sailing.
Your
Commodore goes to Sea
I
will be delivering a Pacific Seacraft 44' from Hawaii to San Francisco
during the month of August. So you all get to look to Vice Commodore
Bill Lammers for off the cuff rulings about activities at the lake for a
bit.
For
those who have an interest in keeping up with my first major bluewater
passage, I'll be trying to post notes from the log here: http://jessejamessailing.blogspot.com/
Keep in mind that I'll be doing this via Satphone at weird hours several
time zones away. So the reports you get will be delayed somewhat, if
they get there at all. If technology fails us, I'll have plenty of
stories when I get back.
Thanks
for the pics
Old
school GFLYCer turned new again, Rod Linder, has jumped into the fray quite
nicely this year both in terms of participating and contributing to our
general enjoyment. Here are some Bikini Cup pics courtesy of Rocket
Rod: http://picasaweb.google.com/RocketRodLinder/GFLYCBikiniCupClassic08
Race
Results:
Frostbite
Series Spring
Series Herbert
L Thomas Cup Bikini
Cup Twilight
Series
 
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