News from the Star Fleet

There were many tired Star sailors on Saturday afternoon! The wind was quite strong for the first 2 races. Crews and skippers alike got drenched and had very sore muscles after three long races. It was a great day; Andy Ivey and Reid Krakower took first twice and are currently leading the August Series, and Scott Beckman and Chip Nolin took first in the 3rd race. Peter Follansbee continued his good skippering this season with Duane Delfosse as his crew. John Wulff with Joe Richter and Chris Eldrige with Mike Miramonti both had exciting days and are currently tied with each other in the August Series. Mike and Erin Kelly also did well and enjoyed their day of sailing, and Michele Wood returned to Star sailing, with Mike Wood as her crew, for the first time in 2 years! We're glad to see her back. In all there were 7 boats; a fantastic showing that made for a good day of competition. Thanks always to the race committee!

The star open/districts are this Saturday and Sunday with 24 boats registered. The Next Gen Junior star event is this Friday with 9 boats registered. Please reach out to the Star Fleet Secretary, Lovelynn Ivey [email protected] to volunteer to house a Star crew, provide spectator support, or volunteer in other ways.

No races last weekend for the Cruising Fleet. However, they did manage to sail a light air event last Wednesday. Division 1 (spinnakers division) had 8 sonars on the start line with 7 more boats in division 2 (no spinnakers division). John Gedaminski won division 2 for the night.

Overall, many boats were out on the water sailing for fun or practicing. The juniors were seen out practicing in a Sonar mid-week. They received a flyby from a Viper 640. This past week had good wind on a great lake. Sailing out of an awesome club with availability to all to come out and sail or race.


 

 

Another great week of weather and sailing at LSYC is in the books.  First off - a big congratulations to Kelson Shea and Crosby Nolin for representing the LSYC at the W.A.R. last Thursday. They finished a very respectable 4th out of 9 boats in the 420 fleet. They learned a lot and will be ready to compete in the Rig It Up August 11th!  The Star Fleet finished the Summer Series this weekend. Congratulations to Andy Ivey for winning the series with crews Paul Skarin and Jason Peters. Peter Follansbee and Nat Cook were 2nd, while Chris Eldridge and Mike Miramonti finished 3rd.  The Cruising Fleet had a hot and low wind race Wednesday night. Brian Doyle and team took 1st place, with Terry Fletcher in 2nd, Besty Cetron in 3rd and David Heckel finishing 4th. Remember, we have packed the summer with amazing events Lake Sunapee Open and 12th District Championships (August 6-7), Western Hemisphere Championships (August 21-27), Rig It Up (August 11), Next Gen (August 5), along with the seasonal schedule for both the Cruising and Star Fleets. Please make your reservations early (we have a lot of off lake sailors coming) for the fleet development stories after the NextGen Star Regatta Friday August 5th, and the Infamous Annual Steak Dinner Saturday August 6th, “Open seating”. If anyone is interested in hosting families or being a spectator boat, please reach out to Andy Ivey at [email protected]

Whether you do or whether you don’t often depends upon the weather! This was the case for this last weekend.  It was warm, dry, and there was no wind. Star and Sonar races were canceled for Saturday and Sunday. Without any wind, many sailors were seen fine tuning their boats chasing the next speed advantage. For star boats, tuning might be an essential key ingredient to compete well against an international star fleet coming to the club soon.   How do you get a chance to skipper a star boat? If you are under 25 years old and have a keen sense of racing, then come race a star on Friday August 5th. This will be the first annual “NexGen under 25 Star Open Regatta”. This one-day event will give the younger sailors an opportunity to sail in a low-key, fun star race with an experienced star crew and boat owner. If you are under 25 and are interested in sailing, please contact Jenn Nolin. Follow up your race day at the club on Friday night, August 5th, for an Italian buffet and “Stories from the Stars” followed by live music in the bar.  All are welcome to come out and support the youngsters. The Lake Sunapee Star Fleet is rigging up for its annual Lake Sunapee Open Regatta, August 6th through 7th. LSYC is hosting the Legendary Sailor’s steak dinner on Saturday August 6th which is open to ALL club members. This year it is being run in unison with the 12th District Championship. We hope you will join us and meet the international sailors that will be enjoying your club’s hospitality.  Click here for Lake Sunapee Open Dinner Reservations The Juniors have their Winnipesaukee Annual Regatta (WAR) this Thursday, July 21st. Teams are busy training for this event. We cannot wait to see our young juniors show their skills.  Let’s say a prayer for more wind!

class="" style="vertical-align:top;width:740px;" >   Many thanks to Robin and Dave Cook, the Sailing Race Committee for all their hard work. Sailing is on at the Yacht Club and another beautiful and busy week is put into the memory bank!   The Junior program is in full swing with the Adventure Sailors taking a fun trip to Soo-Nipi, and the Advanced 420’s starting their racing season.  This week the Advanced 420’s will be prepping for W.A.R., the team will be headed to Lake Winnipesaukee next week for their first off lake regatta of the year. The Cruising Fleet and Sonar’s hit the water Wednesday night and Sunday.  While it was a blue sky day Sunday, the wind didn’t want to cooperate for good sailing.  Those are the breaks with sailing on Lake Sunapee, but I am sure no one would have rather been anywhere else. The Star Fleet went out for another beautiful, sunny day of racing on Saturday.  The wind was quite fickle, and the sailors did their best to read and adjust to the constant changes.  It was a very fun day with 5 boats racing, two father-daughter teams, a crew new to the lake, and a Sonar crew trying out Star racing.   With the shifty wind, the windward mark had to be adjusted before racing even began, and the fleet was in great hands with Robin and David Cook on the Race Committee boat.  They adjusted as necessary and patiently waited for all the sailors to cross the finish line – longer than normal with the wind conditions!  We appreciate their efforts virtually every Saturday, and the fleet benefits from their patience and guidance.  Andy Ivey, whose boat was skillfully crewed by Sunapee newcomer Jay Peters, came in first twice, and traded leads with Peter Follansbee and Nat Cook, who took first the other of the 3 races.  Jon and Kiersten Wulff and Mike and Erin Kelly were the father-daughter teams, and Chris Eldridge also skippered with Mike Miramonti, who usually crews on Sonars.  Remember, we have packed the summer with amazing events Lake Sunapee Open and 12th District Championships (August 6-7), Western Hemisphere Championships (August 21-27), Rig It Up (August 11), Next Gen (August 5), Sailing with Stars (July 23) along with the seasonal schedule for both the Cruising and Star Fleets. Please make your reservations early for the fleet development stories after the NextGen Star Regatta Friday August 5th, and the Infamous Annual Steak Dinner Saturday August 6th, “Open seating”.

Another great week with excellent weather and great sailing on Lake Sunapee. If you were at the club on Wednesday for dinner you saw spectacular sailing from the Cruising and Sonar Fleets and enjoyed another great meal from chef Tim Burke. Good food and good sailing are winning combinations for the club. Fifteen boats were racing right up to the club last Wednesday. Betsy Cetron had a solid night of sailing in the Sonar in a strong 6 boat fleet. Last weekend Brian Doyle raced at New York Yacht Club against top notch sailors. That left Terry Fletcher to win the day (1st and 2nd) on the June 26th Sunday Sonar race.  Star fleet was on the lake for the beautiful 4th of July Star weekend series. The stars launched on Saturday and Sunday for their annual 4th of July series in a beautiful sunny prevailing southwest summer breeze.  Great star racing ensued with a perfectly square starting line, set by Robin and David Cook leading the boats up to the weather mark off Loon Island Lighthouse. Dag Lidbeck with Peter Pike as crew, Nat Cook with John Robinson and Andy Ivey with Lovelynn Ivey exchanged leads throughout the day. Whoever got to the wind first coming from the left or right side of the course gained the advantage. Same happened downwind as each boat jockeyed their positions. Andy and Lovelynn Ivey took three bullets (1st place) on Saturday in real nice sailing conditions. Persistence with racing pays off as Mike and Erin Kelly won the weekend series with 5 boats. Katie Ayres was spotted teaching kids at the Lake Sunapee Junior Yacht Club. After a long day of teaching, she was back at work in the evening preparing the club Sonar for more racing with the kids.  The Sonar fleet truly enjoys having a Sonar filled with Junior sailors on the starting line.  Katie’s passion for sailing is inspiring and I hope contagious. Katie, thank you for helping the LSJYC program get off to a great start!