Who else is thinking of going?

What boat are you bringing?

thinking bout the 16 w/Erika.

Still debating Canadagua though. Only 45 min from home and more boats.

Tom,
round up the troops and come on down! Looks to be a great weekend with the alter cup plus one design classes from the A-cats coming from Bristol, RI, F18's, and N20's all with strong attendance. Hope to see you there!!!
Great venue and always a good party on saturday night with lots of beer and steak dinner.
NOR at: http://www.rotonpoint.org/sailing/regatta/index.html
Chris
www.acceleratedchaos.com

Yeah, I thought it would be tough for you to be in two places at once, since you said you would be at CMOR.

Tom,
I'll be there too!!! I know that definitley means you want to come now!
See ya this weekend!

Roton Point's 49th(!!!) annual fall regatta is shaping up as a classic! Looks like honkin' winds, some big fleets, & a secret full wing A boat. The saturday night full on steak dinner & party is legendary, along with both mornings breakfast treats. Tent camping in the grove & RVing is welcomed, hot showers, a cool beach scene for the pit crews have always made this event at a private catamaran club one of the best on the east coast. The party begins friday afternoon around 5 pm. BE THERE!
(see attachment)

Sat
SW winds 5 to 10 kt...becoming NW 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 25 kt in the afternoon. Seas around 2 ft. A chance of showers in the morning.

Sat Night
NW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 25 kt...becoming N 5 to 10 kt after midnight. Seas 1 ft or less.

Sun
NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 1 ft or less.

Bob,
Sounds like perfect conditions to break out your 14?
-Todd

I have been working in NYC all week and will be there Friday. Looks like I will put all of the fine dinners all week to good use. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />

No 14ing for me this year. We will be in Spray Beach. It looks like we are contenders for Div 11 high points this year, which would be quite a big deal to us if we can pull it off.

Where are the results being posted?

Should be up on the Roton Point web site soon.
Awesome weekend overall... Saturday 2 races were held with numerous boats flipping. Then the wind really started to blow with steady breeze at 20 with long and frequent gusts to 25-30. Races were called for safety and we tapped the keg soon after hitting shore.
Bob Merrick showed up and won both races in the qualifier Saturday and then left leaving only a Hobie 16 competing (an automatic win really) for the chance to go to the Alter Cup.
Most classes chose to not race in the qualifier and race one design including the Nacra 20 with 6 boats,4 A-cats, and 3 F-18s; in the open class were 2 Hobie 21's, a Hobie 18, and a Prindle 19.

Sunday saw extremely shifty conditions, we got a few races in before the wind did almost a complete 180 (we sailed to both the windward and leeward mark with our spin up in the same race). While it was making up it's mind where it wanted to come from it was very light and the strong current made things interesting.
Eventually it filled in around 8-10 knots steady for 2 more short races.
The only results I remember are:
N20
1-Joe Valente
2-Rick Bliss
3-Chris Titcomb
4-Barry Moore
5-Mike Ferrara
6-Charlie Barmonde (sp?)

F-18
1-Greg Ferrara(Nacra F-18)
2-John Eprecht(Nacra F-18)
3-Scot Spinoso (Inter 18)

Alter Cup Qualifiers
1- Guy on H-16
2-Bob Merrick

Open
1-Pete Guiliano & John Harmuth sailing the late Joe Manganello's Hobie 21 "Wild Thing"

Pete and John had been students of Joe and sailed his boat in this regatta in memory of their former mentor. Joe had taken them to this regatta with the "Wild Thing" in years past. It was great to see this boat racing, i'm sure Joe is extremely please by it as well.

Out of all the participants in this regatta all knew Joe, most had raced against him, and 10 were taught how to sail by him.

Todd, Thanks for the report and results! Sounds like a great weekend!