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Canyon Lake Regatta, Last 2016 Circuit Event for the J/24s
Three of DCYC’s J/24 teams made their last stand for 2016 at Lake Canyon this past weekend.
Congrats to James Freedman and Team Miss Conduct on their second place finish!
Team Bad Moon pulled out an eighth place finish and Tim Johnson with Team Graywolf finished in eleventh.
Way to represent, everyone!
Final Day of the Fall Racing Series
Today, after an emotional but uneventful annual meeting, the fleet went racing to wrap up the Fall Series. While it is still rough to go out racing without our friend Kelly, it was a beautiful day on the water and the racing was (slow, but) intense!
We got on the water an hour later than we usually would have due to the annual meeting, and the wind was variable and from the east, which meant that a little tactics and a lot of luck would have a hand in determining today’s race winners. Frank Heidlberger on race committee had an interesting time setting a square course, with the wind regularly shifting up to 30° every few minutes. Finally, a course was set and the racing began.
The first race was a pretty uneventful four-legged race and although it was tight, Matt Harden and crew on the Viper came in first in both real and corrected time. Dick Peters on Noble Savage was hot on their heels though, with just a 7 second difference in corrected time.
The second race was only two legs (pay attention kids, this will come in to play later in the story), but the wind decided to play fickle with us on this one. All of the boats made it to the weather mark without a hitch, but that is where it started to fall apart. The wind would, by turn, give some boats a little lift while completely ignoring others. Thankfully, it was a beautiful day to sit and wait on the wind. Finally, at the end of the race, the wind had once again picked up, and it was a tight race between Randall Massey on Shotglass and Dan Wolf on Scoots… until Shotglass rounded the pin (rather than go through the finish line) and Scoots got the horn! First across! By the time Shotglass had unwound and crossed back over the finish line, both Harden on the Viper and Peters on Noble Savage had crossed the line, giving Shotglass a 4th place finish and knocking them out of 1st for the series.
Congratulations to Dick Peters and Noble Savage for winning the fall series and we look forward to seeing you all out on the course for our Winter Series!
(Thanks to Fleet Captain Heather Fahle for this report!)
Club Safety: Know How to Use a Fire Extinguisher
Safety is a paramount concern at Dallas Corinthian Yacht Club. Please take a moment to review how to use fire extinguishers.
Wurstfest: Lucija claims first place among girls and second place overall
According to her dad, Nino:
“Lucija got second overall, first girl in Wurstfest Laser 4.7 regatta at Canyon Lake. The conditions were really tough: rain, very light wind (3-5) swirling around 50-60 degrees.”
Right on, Lucija! Keep up the stellar on-the-water performances!!! 😀
http://www.regattanetwork.com/clubmgmt/applet_regatta_results.php?regatta_id=13299
Chizzywinks: A Naturalist Report from John Lusk
From DCYC’s Naturalist, John Lusk, on the flies: You’ve seen them. Here is what they are.
- Common names include: lake flies, bay flies, sand flies, muckleheads, muffleheads, Canadian soldiers, American soldiers, blind mosquitoes, and chizzywinks.
- The are not mosquitoes
- Known as one of the indicator organisms
- Larvae and pupae serve as important food sources for fish
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chironomidae
Photos from Terlingua-In-Exile, 2016
Huge thanks to John Pherson who spent two days on the water photographing the event. Sailors can check out the nearly 1,000 pictures he has shared at this website:
https://dcycterlinguainexile2016.shutterfly.com/
Password: 2016
Thank you, John!!
J-Fest Southwest Results
Four J/24 teams from DCYC raced in J-Fest this past weekend.
James Freedman and Team Miss Conduct carved out a second place finish and did so in great style! Congratulations on the stellar performance, you guys!
Christopher Holmes and Tonja Sanchez-Holmes-Moon raced Bad Moon with her rock-star team, Chris Pittman, David Hayslip, and Victoria Hielscher. Special love going out to this team. It was great to see you on the water. Team Bad Moon placed sixth, an excellent performance given this regatta was the first time this crew configuration has sailed together.
Team Navy Blue Faded Lady made her second circuit appearance for 2016 at J-Fest. Peter Brigaitis and his Quarantine Crew had a rough first day, but dialed things in better on Sunday and ended the weekend with a fifth place finish in the last race. Team Navy Blue Faded Lady finished ninth overall.
Tim Johnson and Team Gray Wolf had a great weekend and finished 13th overall.
Kudos also going out to friend of the club, Mark Smith and Team After Midnight for their Third Place finish! Bravo, guys!
Additionally, in the J/105 fleet, DCYC member Justin Adams crewed on AYC-based Aftershock which took second. Congrats, Justin!
See full results here:
http://www.regattanetwork.com/clubmgmt/applet_regatta_results.php?regatta_id=12777
CONGRATULATIONS TO LUCIJA RUZEVIC, THE NEW TSA LASER 4.7 CHAMP!!
Well done, Lucija! We are so very proud of you!!
Check out Lucija’s bullet list here:
https://www.regattatech.com/events/TSA/LYC16/scoring/showResultsRoster
AWARD CEREMONY
CHAMPION OF THE TEXAS CIRCUIT FOR 4.7 LASERS
AWARD CEREMONY
RACING ON SATURDAY
LUCIJA IS THE NEW TSA LASER 4.7 CHAMPION FOR THE TEXAS CIRCUIT!
SINGLE/DOUBLE HANDED RACE RESULTS
Congratulations to Peter Brigaitis who took first in the Saturday’s Single/Double Handed Race. Congratulations go to Dan Wolf and James Ryan who took second and third places, respectively. Great job, everyone!
Lucija Ruzevic leads the pack at the End of Year Regatta for lasers at Lakewood
We have word from Nino and Lara that Lucija is having a strong performance at the End-of-Year Regatta in Lakewood this weekend. She finished Saturday in the lead.
GOOD LUCK ON SUNDAY, LUCIJA!
SAIL FAST!!
https://www.regattatech.com/events/TSA/LYC16/scoring/showResultsRoster
Lucija Ruzevic Won a National Regatta!
Lucija took top honors with her laser at the 2016 Laser Gulf Coast Championship held at Texas Corinthian Yacht Club : October 15 – 16, 2016.
This regatta was a national level regatta in which Lucija competed against kids from all over the US.
Next week, Lucija will compete in the final event for the Texas Sailing Association circuit. If she wins at Lakewood, she will win the Texas circuit.
CONGRATULATIONS, LUCIJA!
Good Luck at Lakewood!
At the Awards Ceremony
TERLINGUA-IN-EXILE RESULTS
Great weekend, everybody! Huge thanks to our regatta chairs, Peter Brigaitis and Heather Fahle. Thanks, also, to Karen Johnson for all her work with the food and entertainment.
Results for the regatta can be found here.
Pirates of the Corinthian
DCYC’s annual youth regatta, Pirates of the Corinthian, was held October 8-9.
Results can be found here.
More pictures of the youth regatta to come.
Great Finish for UNT Sailing Team
UNT Sailing Team took 3rd place (out of 17 boats) this weekend at the Owlapalooza race at Lakewood Yacht Club.
We are so proud of our UNT team!
UNT Sailing Team
Lucija Ruzevic takes 1st Place at FWBC’s Old Man and the Sea TSA Regatta
We are thrilled to share that Lucija Ruzevic, daughter of Nino and Lara Ruzevic, took 1st Place at the Old Man and the Sea Regatta this weekend. In case you missed it, Lucija is on a bit of a roll with her wins. She also brought home trophies for 1st Place wins at Rush Creek and White Rock events.
Way to go, Lucija! We are so proud of you!
Race One of the Fall Series
With fair winds and somewhat balmy temperatures (okay, it was hotter than heck out there), the fleet kicked off the fall series yesterday with some beautiful racing. The day also held its share of adventures and misadventures!
With fifteen minutes before the start of the first race, Dan Wolf on Scoots had a spinnaker halyard malfunction. While Dan was discussing the merits of the various ways to race without a spin halyard, Pauline Chetelet talked him into hoisting her up the mast to retrieve the wayward halyard. “Send you up the mast after the halyard? Sure, that would be great”, says Dan, rather unconvincingly, “except that I have no bosun’s chair. Sorry” Nevertheless, crew member Mike Barone quickly devised a harness from sail ties and up she went. While she was aloft, the hail flag was raised and it was time to check in. Scoots headed for the committee boat. “Is it legal to check in with a crew member up the mast?” Apparently, it is; although Scoots didn’t have to test that rule. Pauline, with spin halyard successfully in hand, was back on the deck before check-in.
The first race got off pretty much without a hitch except for a couple of over early starts. The second race was a little more eventful. With two protests at the start, it was shaping up to be a little more exciting. As the winds picked up and the race heated up, Matt Harden and crew on Fang found their wind. Fang was really moving. On the wrong course. Oops. Apparently, they had fun regardless of the DQ.
All told, it was yet another day of successful racing!
— Heather Fahle, Fleet Captain
Solid showing by our J/24s at the HOOD
Fifteen J/24s arrived in Houston to race this past weekend. At the end of the weekend, our four teams secured four of the top seven places. Congratulations to James Freedman and Team Misconduct (2nd place), Kelly Holmes-Moon and Team Bad Moon (4th place), Peter Brigaitis and Team Navy Blue Faded Lady (6th place), and Tim Johnson and Gray Wolf (7th place).
Huge congratulations also going out to fellow North Texans and friends of DCYC, Mark Smith and Team After Midnight (of FWBC) for their stellar weekend and 3rd place finish. Our own Tonja Sanchez Holmes-Moon crewed with Team After Midnight. Congrats, you guys!
Special kudos must go to Team Navy Blue Faded Lady, a team that has competed together on a J/24 only once before. They showed up on a borrowed boat and left with a 6th place finish. Way to go, Peter Brigaitis, Tim Kraft, Matt Harden, and Tim Ponter!
Congratulations, everyone!
Four DCYC J/24 Teams Headed for the HOOD
After what seemed an extremely long break in the Texas Circuit action, the racing returns with our 5th stop in the Texas Circuit: 2016 HYC HOUSTON OPEN ONE-DESIGN (HOOD).
Representing Fleet 163 are:
- James Freedman on Miss Conduct, bow # 01, in 2nd overall and 6 points out of 1st,
- Kelly Holmes-Moon on Bad Moon, bow # 03, in 3rd and 5 points behind Freedman,
- Tim Johnson on Gray Wolf, bow # 60, in 5th and 16 points behind Holmes-Moon, and
- Peter Brigaitis on Navy Blue Faded Lady, bow # 94.
This is a debut appearance for 2016 by Navy Blue Faded Lady, as she has been out of commission since May of 2014. She is affectionately referred to by the rest of the fleet as the “Nuclear Meltdown” and it is great to see her return.
Go Fleet 163 – Beat 21.
Thanks to Tim Johnson, Fleet Captain for Fleet 163, for the update!
GRAYWOLF, READY TO RACE | Courtesy of Tim Johnson
BADMOON, HOOD-BOUND | Courtesy of Tonja Holmes-Moon
NAVY BLUE FADED LADY, SOUTH BOUND | Photo courtesy of Pete Brigaitis
MISS CONDUCT, ON THE ROAD | Courtesy of James Freedman
GOOD LUCK, EVERYONE!
Congratulations to DCYC’s Racers
1st Place Finishes for Drake and Lucija!
Our own Drake Ditmer and Lucija Rucevic landed 1st Place finishes for Laser 4.7 and Laser Radial divisions at Corinthian Sailing Club’s Rock the Rock Regatta! Well done, Drake and Lucija!
Stellar performances at North Americans by Freedman’s crew on Miss Conduct!
Miss Conduct had a great regatta in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada at the J/24 North American Championships, finishing in the top third of the fleet in 14th place. Great performance, James & Crew!
Per Tim Johnson, J/24 Fleet Captain:
“James Freedman & Team Miss Conduct, Bow # 8, finished 14th overall at the J/24 2016 North Americans in Mississauga, Ontario Canada. Their best finish was 3rd in Race # 1 (out of 46 boats). Other boats in the Texas Circuit: Giggles (Natalie Harden – AYC, Bow # 6), finished 16th, and Chupacabra (John Parker – AYC, Bow # 7), finished 34th.”
Tim Johnson
Captain, J/24 Fleet 163, Texas District 14
Photo Courtesy of John Crawley
Port Credit Yacht Club
Race # 5 – Saturday, Sept 10
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