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Harv’s Diner SPORTS Spring Sail Racing

Season Ends in Surprise

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By Christine Ouellet
LOTS OF WORDS

C R I N G E E K K R E S C I N D L M L E
he 2019 Sail boat racing spring series ended on Sunday June 23. All six races
I O R R E H N S H N E T S A H E A A H L Twere held as planned, but the sixth race was discarded due to technical problems.
The over all winner was Cloud Nine, a Tanzer 22, skippered by Doug Mackenzie
Y R E N V F S U E D T W B J H Q C Z E B
with Sandy Melchin and Frank Clark as crew.
H E S M E A C O A G W Y V T T H E O D I The weather was a bit challenging this spring,as it was generally cold with
some races taking place in pouring rain, others in very light winds. While in race
A T U O I R O I D E R L I E R A R B O S # 2 all boats encountered very strong winds with gusts up to 26 knots (40 km/h),
strong waves and very choppy waters. Cloud nine was knocked down by a gust but
U S R N R O N M S Z V L D Y B M A F N U recovered to win the race. Beethoven lost control a few times as the rudder kept
coming out of the water during the heavy gusts
G U T E P H C E T M B I M S I Z T U I A Doug MacKenzie commented: “As the series continued, it became much more
competitive. New people who had never raced before joined and developed their
H L S V E T E T R L U O T S L I I S S L
skills dramatically, resulting in close adreniline pumping finishes. New boats that
had never raced before such as Mar-soleil, Beethoven and Jenna’s Journey were not
T K B N R E R S O M S A E C K E O C M P
only keeping up with the pact but often challenging for the lead. This spring, the
I C A E M L L B N E I J M S E R N A B L Tanzer 22 class, did very well. It seems that the weather conditions were good for
them. But that’s racing, some boats do better in some conditions than others.”
N A N R Y P H A G N H A P S M J O T B A Summary of the spring 2019 race season
Race Winning boat Timing
E L E L B A T I D E R C E Y C F B E A C #1 Rosalita 55.30s #4 Chinook 1.44.00s with Spinnaker
#2 Cloud nine 1.16.23s #5 Mar-a-Logo 1.21.03s
S F N A M S I L A T P Z R N G H D O B E #3 Cloud nine 38.16s #6 Discarded due to technical problems
MacKenzie added: “The goal of these regattas is to get people out on the water
S E P G B L U N D E R B U S S N U C R R
and work as a team to discover the excitement of racing and develop a competitive
J L G E N U N C I A T I O N O W R I A A fleet. In that sense, this series was successful, sailors joined in, learned a lot and had
fun.”
V B L A T A N T E T A R U D B O A N S T Borland Race
In July, the famous Borland race is on schedule. This race consisting of two legs
N A C R E D U L O U S T F G Q N T O I I taking place over two days. It starts at Stormont Yacht Club and goes all the way up
to Crysler Park Marina where the crew spends the night, the second leg takes place
L I L Q X P I B L I G H T E D E E C V O the following day, back to the Club.
This course is challenging: no engine allowed, it takes sailors into the Seaway,
U L C D R D U O R H S N E S I R U A E N
the skipper must navigate through narrow cuts, avoid shoals big lakers and this year,
cope with the current which is particularly strong due to high water levels upstream.
O P N R A L U C S U P E R C J J U L M C
Stowaway story
ABRASIVE HASTEN RESCIND The talk of the town for the past two weeks at SYC is the discovery of a bird’s
ENSCONCE PLETHORA CREDITABLE nest on the swim ladder of Cloud nine. It appears that a small fly catching bird built
OBDURATE BLATANT LACERATION a nest there. On that Sunday, the crew raced and didn’t disturbed the empty nest. But
ABSTAIN HAUGHTINESS OBDURATE much to their surprise, the following week, they found 3 eggs in the nest. Again, they
ENSHROUD PLIABLE TALISMAN didn’t disturb the nest which remained on the swim ladder for duration of the race.
OBFUSCATE BLIGHTED CREDULOUS When they returned to the slip after the race, and began to put the sails away, they
saw the mother bird rejoining her nest and sitting on the eggs.
ABSTEMIOUS HEADSTRONG LACHRYMOSE The crew was amazed by this phenomenon and will be checking on new
ENUNCIATION RENOWN TEDIUM developments. Luckily racing is over for a few weeks which should give the small
OBJECTIVE BLITHE CREPUSCULAR eggs time to hatch and let the chicks grow up and fly away from Cloud nine, their
ABSTRUSE HEDONISM LACKLUSTER host boat.
ENVENOM REPRIEVE TEMPER
PLAUSIBLE BLUNDERBUSS CRINGE
BILK LACERATION LACONIC

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