Youth will be served!
Congratulations to Matt Keenan of Fleet 250 for his great performance this weekend at the Miles River Yacht Club for the Area C Alter Qualifier. Matt sailed a Nacra I17 R to 4 bullets and a third. Mike is a senior in high school and kicked the butt of us old Farts!
Rumor has it that John Sullivan and Dan Kulkowski of Fleet 250 have had a hand in teaching Matt all of their tricks…. Next year…. they will have to come down and get spanked by Matt as well!) Kudo’s to all.
Complete Results are found at:
Area C results CRAC and myself would like to thank our host at the gorgeous Miles River Yacht Club, Ernie Becker. Ernie assembled a great team to staff two marks boats and a race committee 40 footer for 5 races on Saturday ! Unfortunately, the wind failed to cooperate on Sunday.
The Miles River was just spectacular this weekend. The fall foliage is in full glory and flocks of migrating geese were scattered by cats having a great time in the absolutely perfect 8 to 12 knots during the day. A 19th century schooner slowly paraded up and down the river with tourists on board. Family spectators were able to catch all of the action in front of St Michaels as well. We took a break on the water when the marks boats delivered lunch of a wrap, chips, oranges, candy bars and water. After racing we extended the party into happy hour in the club bar and then joined a group of sailors from the Singles on Sailboats cruise in the Tiki Dock Bar. (What happens in St Michaels stays in St Michaels) We headed out to dinner. Sunday’s lack of wind was balanced by a close examination of a couple of 100 year old log sailing canoes of Judge Murphy. Greg was not able to convince him to let a bunch of catsailors try to really make Island Blossum fly if we just “heated it up!” Trophies were awarded in the Tiki bar amidst a carpet of peanut shells and hot ordure’s.
Thanks again to Commodore Gordon and PRO Ernie Becker for their wonderful hospitality and great racing.
Take Care
Mark Schneider
