THANK YOU guys for all the info and help, in getting me caught up a bit, on the
new "City League" program. I have very little (almost none) experience with
sailing in the Sound... But I'll be back :)
The Des Moines marina park area that you use works very well.

This was my first City League race in more than 10 years, and it was fun!! And
the conditions were very favorable to my 15 year old Bic Bamba and UP 8.2 race
sail. Was I the only one there with an alum. boom? That's 15 years old?
Well hey! at least I have a carbon mast :)

It was obvious that I haven't sailed much in the last 10 years... and I REALLY
WISH I was in better "sailing shape" for last Wednesday's race. Five races were
run: starting out the evening with winds in the 10 to 15 range, and ending up
with at least 15 to 20.

Of course, this is nothing for regular Gorge sailors, but for out-of-shape me,
this was a marathon! Even though, I felt my harness lines were adjusted
properly, my arms and hands were shot during the 4th race. I never should've
even started the 5th one... which I couldn't finish... And was just VERY
THANKFUL that I even made it back to the beach.

Thanks Bret - for helping to get my gear out of the water.
Thanks John - for all the pre-race beach info.
Thanks Leslie - for the link to all those pics.
Thanks Glenn, Mark and Rick - for the help and info and setting this up.
And Glenn, thank your wife again, for braving the cold and windy conditions up
on the pier to handle the starts, etc.

I'd encourage any W. Wa. windsurfers to get to Des Moines for any of the
Wednesdays in May and June to participate in this. It's free and you'll have
fun. This is a very nice and helpful bunch that is the core of City League
now... and they're just wanting to have fun. The focus is much more on everyone
enjoying an evening sailing together... as opposed to overly aggressive
competition and arguing about rules. And you don't need: expensive, fancy, new
gear... I used 15 year old, heavy, recreational equipment. I mean, my gear
wasn't even state-of-the-art in 1993... so I'm sure that you have something in
your garage that would work just fine :)

I'll be back - thanks!!
Greg Mejlaender


To: NW-WINDTALK@...: segler@...: Fri, 9 May 2008
14:35:59 +0000Subject: City League Raw Results




Raw data from Cheryl's notes, in finish order:Race 1:Mark, Glenn, Greg, Bret,
Leslie, JohnRace 2:Mark, Glenn, Greg, Leslie, John (DNF but scored 10 points
finish like we described), Bret DNSRace 3:Mark, Greg, Glenn, Leslie, John, Bret
DNSRace 4:Leslie (started inside green buoy but we gave him the start), Glenn,
Greg, Mark, John DNF for 10, Bret DNSRace 5:Glenn, Mark, Leslie DNF for 10, Greg
(3 boat lengths over early and DNF so we DSQ'd for 10 points), John DNS, Bret
DNS--Rick-------------- Original message ----------------------From: "Glenn"
<glenngjr@...>> 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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