George Winslow Memorial Regatta 7/28/07 Results

Despite the forecast for light rain and possible thunderstorms, Saturday was a perfect day for racing with mostly sunny skies, and wind out of the south-south-west initially at 8-10 building to 12-14 by the completion of racing. John Bonds set the line just south of Gould and ran three long courses up to the Dumplings (two to Romeo, and one to Zulu) with a leeward finish. Conditions were tougher than expected for the skippers, with the forecast flood current never measuring up to the expectations of the skippers who played the Jamestown shore (I was one of them), and everyone wondering which side of the course to favor once they passed under the Newport Bridge. The boats that played the middle had either more pressure (though there was plenty on the Jamestown shore) or the remanents of the ebb (especially for the first race) and faired better. Andy Burton in 201 had a ton of speed and was just plain tough to catch, as he really legged it out in races that were about 65-70 minutes in duration. My thanks to everyone who came out, as fourteen boats made this largest turnout we've had in at least five years. Ron Oard Shields #15 Race One Race Two Race Three Final scores 1. 201 1. 201 1 . 201 1. 201 (3pts) 2. 138 2. 224 2. 138 2. 138 (7pts) 3. 232 3. 138 3. 59 3. 224 (10pts) 4. 224 4. 232 4. 224 4. 232 (18pts) 5. 245 5. 160 5. 127 5. 59 (19pts) 6. 127 6. 59 6. 14 6. 127 (20pts) 7. 121 7. 164 7. 245 7. 245 (24pts) 8. 15 8. 121 8. 17 8. 160 (27pts) 9. 17 9. 127 9. 160 9. 121 (27pts) 10. 59 10. 17 10. 15 10. 17 (27pts) 11. 164 11. 15 11. 232 11. 15 (29pts) 12. 14 12. 245 12. 121 12. 14 (31pts) 13. 160 13. 14 13. 164 13. 164 (31pts) 14. 29 14. 29 14. 29 14. 29 (42pts)