Pics will be posted at http://www.walkerphotography.ca/gallery/8963691_xAVNu/1/596690937_DxkrX

Results should be up shortly on the Cork web site at http://www.cork.org/results_2009.html.

What a great event so far. The people are amazing and the weather has been wonderful. Even today where the wind forecast was questionable, the Kingston Doctor kicked in for some great winds from the west at 10 knots or so.

Racing is still going on as I write this, but the Cork crew is posting results almost real time. You can see the results from 2 races already.

(Mike L, before you respond in 9 minutes or less, don't you have a real job?)

If you decided not to come, you are missing an amazing event.

You can watch the wind at KYC which is just about a mile to the east. http://kingstonyachtclub.com/wind/

Mike

Great Turnout... 54 boats in a down economy.... great job.

Kingston is one of the top place in NA to go racing. Enjoy!

I think it was 7 minutes last time Mike, but that was just a coincidence...

I'm completely disgusted about the fact that we aren't there, but that's my wife's job's fault.

Anyway, as you know, this is like crack to me, you can't possibly post too much information!!!

One question, obviously, Erika isn't sailing both with Tom and Sue?

Mike

Off the top of my head, she sailed with Mom in the Ladies and Tom in the open.

Some amazing places to eat here. Kingston is a old town with some of the buildings downtown built in the early 1800's.

If you check out my blog, you can see I actually was in the water! http://walkerphoto.blogspot.com/

Not only that, check out my internet speed. LOL

What's the scoop with the FIGUEROA name?

3 of em in the top 10 4 in the regatta.

Are they all related to Enrique?... and it's just in your genes to sail fast... or is Figueroa a common last name in Puerto Rico?

Witness protection program?

On a serious note, how the hell did Matt get OCS in the first two races???

Mike

NO!... we have to wait for him to return to the keyboard and have a chance to defend himself! Should be much more entertaining

Of course we could speculate on what Matt was thinking...

"Hmm.. I wonder where they call the line on a Canadian committee boat ...

Didn't you see Mike's pic of the signal boat? They have a giant f-ing ARROW!!! Might as well hold up a sign that says, "Start Here Stupid!!!"

Can you tell I'd rather be there???

Mike

Hilarious, I wish I was there too. My boy Madge is kicking butt and taking names.....

Mike, where are you guys hiding the live updates? Mark roundings, prelim finishes, etc?

Mike

Do you think I posted that picture by accident!

Someone up there needs to do something about those easterlies that seem to only show up for 16NA open events (ghost of 2000?)...

Mike

I raced against Francisco Figueroa last year at Spring Fever. He's in his 20's and I think is a nephew of Enrique. Francisco had won the NA H16 championships that year and he was sailing a F18 to prepare for the Alter Cup. He came in 5th at SF but was up against some stiff competition. I think everyone in the top 5 competed in the AC. Nigel, Krantz/Leonard, John Casey, David Ingram.... I remember Francisco well cause we seamed to get tied up at mark roundings several times.. Unfortunately he got he best of me.. I came in 6th overall that weekend.

One OCS (2nd race) I was waaaaaay over. Pictures prove it.

First race OCS I took to the room when I found out the RC's voice recorder wasn't working and the pin didn't have me. I still lost.

Guide to Puerto Rico:
Enrique (Queque - pronounced KEY-kay) Figeuroa is the multiple NA, Nationals, etc. champion. In his late 40's. Sailing with young Victor

Enrique (Keke - pronouced KAY-key) Figeuroa is not related to Queque. In his 30's. Sailing with the lovely Natalia.

Francisco (Faccio - pronounced FA-key-oh) Figueroa is last year's NA champion and Queque's cousin. In his 20's. Sailing with Jolliam (Jolli - pronounced JOE-lee) Berrios

Alfredo (Fredo) Figueroa is Faccio's father.

There's also Pedrin, Kuko, Julio, Rita (Kique - KIE-key) - Pedrin's wife) and a few others.

Light air today, one race (no, I was not OCS). Sat around almost 2 hrs waiting for wind to fill. Mark sent us in at 3:30.

There was a big protest brewing between Tom Korz, Jason Hess and I think Bob Merrick when I left. Tom was tired of people coming in on suicide port and tacking in front of him. If he wins, and Jason Hess gets tossed, that will mix things up a bit. Jason already has an OCS as his throw out.

Thanks for the update Matt!

Plenty of proof that light air rots the brain...

Mike

Jason Hess and Bob Merrick got tossed on the protest. That shakes things up a bit as Jason already had an OCS as his throwout.

Results after 7 races.

Don't see a link to the SIs. I assume there's only one throwout, regardless of how many you get in?

Mike

I see Greg Raybon is closing the gap on his kid. I see Mike Madge is doing well (go D7)
and I see Bounds is sailing really well too (when not scolding me via email)

For the rest of the class, can you talk about the Protest Committee's findings? What rule was broken?

I had dinner with Mike Walker, who is on the jury (but not in this case, since he provided photographic evidence).

The basic scenario was this:
Wind about 6 kts, light current running upwind. Tom K. coming into the mark on stbd. Because of the current, it was easy to overstand. Tom was probably cracked off and footing to the mark.

Jason Hess and Bob M. were coming into the mark on port. Jason was to weather of Bob and overlapped from behind.

Jason tacked, and Bob tacked about a second later, well within the zone.

Tom had room to duck beneath them and still make the mark, so 18.3a didn't apply.

The jury found that Jason and Bob broke rule 13 (While Tacking) and tossed them both.