Hi Guys and Gals,

It's taken a few days to get caught up on my other responcibilities after the RHYC Hobie Regatta. So I want to thank all the sailors in Hobie Div11 that attended and help make the event a big success. And of course the members themselves of RHYC that opened their club for the second year in a row to host this event and volunteer to help make the event possible. Without both groups sailing events like these just wouldn't happen. And there are also our "friends" who are not RHYC members or Hobie sailors who just show up and volunteer.

The competitors started to show up Friday afternoon and continued into the night ... the registration table/check-in opened w/ RHYC's resident geek Mrs Connie Ranney solving computer issues and solving problems (she is our secret asset !!!!) .... with Ms Kathy Jane manning the bar, staying several hours past normal closing time. Saturday started as a beautiful day ... the skipper's meeting was held on the deck overlooking the Chester River/Race Course ... and the racing commenced ... (5)races were held while during the fifth a few "sprinkles" rained down to give a fore-taste of what was to come .... we all retired to the beach and dropped our sails ..... then it started to rain ....

A delicious dinner was served in the clubhouse's dining room .... after the dishes were cleared Mr Geoff Becker hosted a Sailing Rules seminar that lasted till almost 10:00pm .... we then adjourned to the "Log Canoe Lounge" to watch the Penn State-Iowa football game (Boo-Hoo, Boo-Hoo ...)

It POURED and POURED all night ..... and stopped at approximently 6:00am ..... Yaaaa

Under cloudy skies the racing resumed at 10:00am ... by 12:00 noon we were racing under partly sunny skies w/ white fluffy clouds ...

In the end (8) races were held for the H16 and TheMightyHobie18 fleets with the H17's having a "bonus" (9)th race. The competition in all fleets was close with no-one dominating.

The Race Committee was excellent: PRO-Mr John Macielag, Mrs Lynn Flannigan, Mr Mark Schnieder ... Windward Mark Boat Mrs Connie Ranney, Equipment/Gate Boat- Mr Tom Tontarski/Mr Lee Urbani .... Scoring- Mrs Connie/Mark Schnieder

And Thank You to Mr Geoff Becker for sharing his in depth knowledge of the "Racing Rules of Sailing. (Parts of Geoff's talk are posted on YouTube ... "rolltak's channel")

I won't list result's here as "Pic's and Results" are posted at www.rockhallyachtclub.org

Harry Murphey
TheMightyHobie18/#9458
Fleet54/Div11
RockHall Yacht Club

Ps: Mike L, What flag would you suggest, sir??? From my position on my TheMightyHobie18 I didn't even see the change flag the first time .... the second time was a bigger windshift/course change and I finished just in time to see the H17 sequence start .... all I know is it worked flawlessly/seemlessly. We are going to re-work RHYC's SIs over the winter, would you like to check w/ US Sailing's Rules Commitee and ask them for a recommendation as to which Flag and wording for the SI's. I think something like this, it's best if it is standardized to prevent confusion