Bill,
Nema hasnt posted the results for some reason.
http://www.nemasail.org/racing04.htm#unlimitedSaturday started out with 18-22knt plus and higher gusts and it and built into the afternoon. It was a grey, foggy day with very limited visibility. We had trouble just finding the starting line. Reported wind gusts of 30 and higher from some of Fboats. That F41 went over forward, bow in the water with the chute up. This was caught on film by someone. A F31 went over also and broke the rig.
The A cats didnt show up. 6 HT's showed and 6 N6.0s showed. Most everyone came in early on Saturday. The RC set the course North of the Newport Bridge, east of Prudence Island. The top mark was at the Bridge, so the legs were like 4 miles long and given the conditions most of smaller boats came in early. I think one of the 6.0's sailed both races on Saturday. It took most of the afternoon to get off 2 races due to the long course.
Sunday was a different story, started out 15knts and sunny and died off and then the seabreeze built in. The race was around Jamestown. Bob Hodges & Chris Brown on an HT and Mike Ferarra on a 6.0 claimed they finished first. Mike says he was first and Bob says he was first, so I dont know the real answer. Supposedly it was very close. Either way it was a great day on Sunday.
The HT results from Sunday
1st Hodges/Brown
2nd Hugh Piggins
3rd Brandy Wood/Doug Kirby
4th Vining/Burley
5th Mark Murray/Charlie Barmonde - DNF
6th Hunt and Kris Stookey - DNS
N6.0 results
1st - Mike Ferarra
2nd - ?
3rd- ?
Bill