Rick,

Do you still have the details on how everyone placed in each race?

It is a little fuzzy in my mind how we finished in each race. The
races in the middle of the evening got all squished together in my
memory.

--Glenn

--- In NW-WINDTALK@yahoogroups.com, segler@... wrote:
>
> City League standings after 5/7/08, 5 races, below. Scoring is a
high-points scoring system similar to that of the National Racing
Tour. It rewards participation.
>
> Racers will receive points equal to the number of competitors in
each race minus their finish place. In addition, they receive 10
bonus points for participation. DNS is zero points. DNF is 10
points if the sailor makes the start. To be scored at all a sailor
must complete at least one race for that day's event.
>
> Example: a racer that finishes 5th of 17 competitors would receive
17-5+10=22 points.
>
> Since last place is the same as a DNF for a 10-point score, we
started the practice of starting the next race sequence before the
last-place finisher has crossed the line as long as we could see
that he would eventually do so, and that he is already in a good
position on the water to make the next start. This improves overall
productivity by a couple dozen percent, it appears.
>
> Z-245 Mark Dix 66
> US-5144 Glenn Reichenbach 65
> UP Greg Mejlaender 60
> XXX Leslie Nixon 58
> XIX John Mackenzie 40
> USA-376 Brett Altmyer 12
>
> We race again next Wednesday. Skipper's meeting is at 6:00pm.
Mark has alerted me that a new, and interesting, challenge awaits
the fleet next week.
>
> Can't forecast the weather that far in advance, but we do know
that the tide swings will be very small, only 5'. So, tide currents
will be very minor. So, come on out and try some fun racing. Pray
for warm.
>
> --Rick
>
>
> -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: segler@...
> > Leslie,
> >
> > Wonderful. Thanks.
> >
> > Will we be permitted to download a few off the Flickr site and
keep for the City
> > League archive? (Well, I don't know that we have an official
archive, but we
> > could cobble one together.)
> >
> > --Rick
> >
> > -------------- Original message ----------------------
> > From: "Leslie" <kingfool67@...>
> > > Rick,
> > >
> > > The guy with the camera was my buddy Kevin. I had a fun time
looking
> > > through the pictures he took this morning. Tonight I will try
to get
> > > them all loaded onto my flickr account. When I do I'll send a
link out.
> > >
> > > -Leslie
> > >
> > > --- In NW-WINDTALK@yahoogroups.com, segler@ wrote:
> > > >
> > > > To summarize at the beginning: they were animals out there.
> > > >
> > > > 6 guys raced 5 races last night. I wimped out when the air
> > > temperature dropped to something more like February than May.
> > > >
> > > > WSW winds continually built thoughout the evening. This is
the
> > > reverse of the usual pattern of wind fading as the evening
wears on.
> > > By race 5 I was measuring a solid 18 mph on the pier. Gusts
to 22.
> > > However, I didn't notice much gustiness on the pier. The guys
will
> > > probably comment.
> > > >
> > > > Holding on to 10.8, 10.8, 11.0, 10.7, 8.0, and such sized
sails on
> > > big heavy longboards is something that even the most animal-
like of
> > > those guys started to have trouble with by race 5.
> > > >
> > > > 4 were on longboards (Mark, Glenn, Greg, Bret) , 1 on a
Prodigy
> > > (John), and 1 formula board (Leslie with 9.5). For the first
2 races
> > > the wind was too light for the formula (FW) board. However,
once the
> > > wind came up by race 3, the FW board hit its stride, and
Leslie was
> > > flying around the course in fine fashion. He even won race 4.
> > > >
> > > > There was some really good racing, with some pretty close
finishes.
> > > It was great theater on the pier. Some guy up there with a
> > > long-lensed SLR camera took a couple hundred pictures.
> > > >
> > > > Cheryl, our intrepid scorer, stayed warm with 6 pairs of
pants, 4
> > > jackets, and a head wrap. She's been there before.
> > > >
> > > > Once I tally the scores, I will post them here.
> > > >
> > > > --Rick
> > > >
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