Race 1 'A' Fleet 05/24/10

The first 5 teams stay in the A fleet. The bottom 5 teams will go into the B fleet and go back out onto the water.

Actual Start Time: 11.55
Conditions – Blowing between 11 and 14 Knots, lumpy
Windward Mark – Easton, Schafer, Melvin, Glaser, Casey, Tomko, Marshack, Ingram, Hoog, Gillespie
Roundings at the bottom: Easton, Melvin, Schafer, Glaser, Tomko, Casey, Marshack, Ingram, Gillespie, Hoog
Windward Mark: Easton, Melvin, Schafer, Tomko, Glaser, Casey, Ingram, Marshack, Gillespie, Hoog
Sailor in the water at the top turned out to be the defending champion John Casey. Unfortunately that made them slip from 6th to 9th place. As he says though –'the day's not over yet!'

Finish time: Approx 12.25

Finishing order:
Position Skipper Name Notes

1 Easton
2 Melvin
3 Schafer
4 Tomko
5 Glaser
6 Marshack
7 Ingram
8 Gillespie
9 Casey
10 Hoog

Protests – Gillespie seeking re-dress – updates to follow.

Other:

Tartaglino will not get re-dress for a bungee breaking that was holding the tack line. A picture of the judges deliberating.

Easton team looked very strong out front – see picture of Mike Easton and crew Tripp Burd