Quinte Model Yacht Club Race Results
We
are now racing two fleet, the Soling 1 Meter and the new Mini-12
Peter's Mini 12 racing in Cancelled First Spring Series race. WINDY!!
The following are the weekly racing results as pasted from Don D.'s email summaries.
Click on series to go to results as they become available
2004
Spring Series
(Overall Final Results Here)
| May
11: Our first race of the year may have been a bit of a disaster
but the second race of the Spring series, today, certainly made up for
it - sunny - warm - and reasonable wind from the south. Everyone pitched in - I had lots of help and as a result it was a relaxing and fun day for me. Now a couple who had difficulties may not agree but at least we were warm. A special welcome to Chris Wyvill who purchased a Soling from Ken Douglas. Chris made an outstanding start in the first race but after that he discovered the problems of "depth of field" etc. etc - we've all been through it. It's a matter of practice Chris and then it's trim trim trim. My boat was behaving badly for the first couple of races - I shortened the slack on the foot of the jib by a quarter of an inch - presto - three firsts. It never ceases to amaze me - the importance of trim - it took me three years or more to learn that. Anyway it was a great day and here's how we did: |
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Solings
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Mini-12 1.
Terry Doble 5.75 pts |
May
18: Cancelled due to weather |
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| May
25:There was little wind but Jill Cox reigned supreme under those
conditions - first in every race - nice going Jill. As I hear it, the
wind was so slight that the group felt that they would never finish the
remaining races so four only raced and counted. |
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Solings: |
Mini
12 Terry managed
to win another - but this time only a single first. |
| June1:
we seem to be working with extremes this Spring series. This day the winds
were up to 20 kts with a threat of a thunder storm - consensus was to
stop at four races before more boats were damaged. Len and Jill did well
with two firsts each - Peter Easterbrook stayed in the first three and
Chris Wyvill managed two seconds - well done under the conditions experienced. |
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| SOLINGS 1. Len Ricco 8.5 pts 2. Jill Cox 10.5 3. Peter Easterbrook 11.0 4. Chris Wyvill 13.0 5. Pat Calnan 20.0 6. John Pearson 21.0 |
MINI-12'S 1. Terry Doble 5.5 pts 2. Brian Credico 7.5 3. Norm Struthers 15.0 4. Peter Cox 16.0 5. Peter Sly 22.0 |
| June
8 : This was our 6th racing day of the Spring series and another
bit of a disaster - the winds were strong but the major problem was a
breakdown of boats. The Soling races held will not count in the series as by the end of three races we only had one vessel left for the 4th race - my old faithful "08". We began with 7 vessels, however two were very new members with untried boats. Here's the story - Jim Temple with a new boat sail #28 - Chris Wyvill sail #17 (servo broke loose in the boat) and no sail number Rob Michael was not really ready for a race, That eliminated three vessels before the racing began. We had three vessels in the first race - Jill #16 - Peter Easterbrook #25 - myself #08. Peter's rigging failed in the 2nd race leaving two - Jill's batteries gave out after the 3rd race leave one. To the new members - I would strongly suggest that you sail your boats for a couple of hours before attempting a race and also remember that we are pressed for time to complete 6 races with each of two classes - everyone will help but very difficult during a race. After the races are finished any member will help a newcomer, or better still, ask a more experienced member to join you in a practice session when the winds are moderate and without the time contraints of a race |
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| SOLINGS
See above |
MINI
12's Completed
6 races without difficulty. |
June
15: Well we finally had another good day of sailing - the second
only on our sked Tuesdays. |
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Solings |
Mini
12's |
June
22 :I think we can consider today one of the best racing days
we have experienced - the wind was mostly reliable and moderately strong
- none of our boats experienced any major failures - and some of our
less experienced had some great results - let's hope we have similar
conditions for our first Mini-12 regatta next Saturday. |
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Soling
Results: The
Soling races were great and should provide a number of members with
encouragement. Marg Brister won the first race and a 3rd on the second
race - very nice sailing Marg. John Pearson outdid himself on the first
race with a 2nd and then tried a close start in the second race - it
didn't work but he got it back together again by the 4th race for a
2nd. Jill had two excellent races (two firsts) but couldn't hold it
for the entire series. Peter was my challenge but his 6th in the 4th
race sealed his fate. Chris is learning fast - his boat was out of trim
but by the 5th race he got it under control and managed a 2nd - that
was great Chris for your first few days of racing |
Mini
12 Results:
1. Terry
Doble 8.25 pts A
tie is interesting - we are simply using points therefore no problem
but suppose it was a single race and we wanted to break this tie - we
have two options - Norm had two 3rds so on this basis he would win -
on the other hand Norm had three 5ths and on this basis he would lose
- interesting what these rules can do. |
Final Results for 2004 Spring Series
| Best
5 race days count - for every day missed in order to have 5 counting days
- add the highest score counted for the series, which in this case is
6.0.
Also, remember that the raw points used for each race day are divided by the number of boats racing that day. |
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Solings: Only 5 race days were completed. Inasmuch as the majority of the participants had raced on 5 days I elected to use "best 4" for the series. 1. Len
Ricco 7.36 |
Mini-12: There were only 6 race days instead of 8 therefore 1/2 plus one means that a participants 4 best days are counted 1. Terry
Doble 5.45 pts |
| July
6: This is a very strange year. We missed the first race of the
Summer series due to high winds and then on July 6th the winds were so light
that we gave up after five races. This was our first day at our summer sailing site at Don Leslie's cottage on Oak Lake. As usual we were welcomed by Don and Tommy as well as daughter Jennifer and grandchildren. The winds were so light that we finally had one race with the combined fleets - very interesting - although a Mini-12 was first, the Solings and Mini-12's alternated in crossing the finish line.
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Solings: 1st Marg
Brister 9.75 pts |
Mini-12: 1st Terry
Doble 3.75 pts Terry monopolized
the firsts! He did a great job determining which way the wind was coming
from at that moment. Brian was far ahead on one race, but missed a subtle
wind shift, got in irons, drifted backwards,a nd Terry passed him. |
July
13: I don't usually give the positions in each race but I will
today as the two classes make it interesting - also, with 10 boats and
2 classes it was sometimes difficult to know how an individual boat
placed within it's class. Here are the race results: (The mini-12's are in bold) |
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Solings: 1st Don
Demeza(08) 11.25 |
Mini-12: 1st Terry
Doble (34) 10.25pts
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July
20: Very nice wind conditions at Oak Lake - for a change -
but we are beginning to pick up weeds, and this is very early in the
year from what we have previously experienced at Oak Lake. Perhaps we
won't have to be concerned as more and more Mini-12's are appearing
in the club. Peter Easterbrook showed up with a new Mini-12 - sail #62
and on channel 66. |
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Solings: 1 Don Demeza
14.25 pts |
Mini-12: 1 Brian
Credico 11.5 pts Terry suffered
a dismasting in the first race and as a result missed the first two
races - almost made it up with three consecutive firsts.
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July
27: Racing cancelled due to rain and thunder storm. |
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Solings: |
Mini-12: |
Aug
3 : It was a a bit tricky trying to decide whether or not to
hold the races - rain in the morning - however we had a good day and
the rain began again just as we were leaving. |
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Solings: |
Mini-12: |
August
10 : It was a windy and uncertain day, however, five boats
showed up to race. There was some doubt so I tried my Soling and it
was able to handle the wind. John Hutchings had the only other Soling
- we tried a race but the wind was too strong for John's experience
level so he decided to practice sailing under such conditions and I
raced with the Mini-12's just for the fun of it - I raced with the three
Mini-12's for four races - managed one second and three 3rds - it was
pretty wild at times. We were
finished in an hour and none too soon as the wind promptly became impossible. |
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Solings: No racing
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Mini-12: 1. Brian
Credico 8.25 pts |
August
17 : Great winds coming mostly onshore resulted in a first
mark directly off shore - depth of field problem meant that many times
vessels turned short of the mark. |
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Solings: 1. Don
Demeza 5.75 pts |
Mini-12: 1. Brian
Credico 10.0 pts |
2004 Summer Series Overall Results |
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| Solings
8 race days in series
- 6 races each day |
Mini-12's
6 race days completed |
August
24: First race with all Soling fleet.... no Mini 12s. Decided to cancell the racing and ignore the results. We either need everyone sailing Mini 12s or a Fall venue that does not have too many weeds. Although not ideal, we'll try back at BQYC for next week. |
 We
tried to race but it was just total frustration due to all the floating
weeds about. |
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August
31: Venue is BQYC. Well we thought it would work out but in the end I guess the weeds won. The entire group of 11 competitors were very patient and held out through 7 races despite the dragging of five foot long weeds and sitting in a weed patch until the wind cleared the boat. Marg Brister is to be congratulated as she consistently managed a good race - nice going Marg. |
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| 1.
Marg Brister 18.75 pts 2. Brian Credico 21.5 3. Terry Doble 22.25 4. Peter Brister 23.75 5. Peter Sly 26.0 6. John Hutchings 32.0 7. Peter Easterbrook 32.0 8. Pat Calnan 38.0 9. Don Demeza 43.0 10 Rob Michael 46.0 11 Chris Wyvill 58.0 |
We
raced 7 races instead of the usual 6 because we needed one each race as
scorekeeper. Those who did not score and raced all 7 had their highest score
dropped. I think it is becoming clear that we will race Solings in the beginning of the year and Mini-12's during the Fall weed time. |
September 7
cancelled due to high winds
September 14:An excellent race day - our first at "The Lake on the Mountain" - 9 Solings, so we took turns scoring and ran 7 races - best 6 to count. It was a pleasure to not check for weeds during an entire afternoon. Many thanks to the Lake on the Mountain Resort for providing the facilities including the mark set boat. This resort is a great spot to send a couple of days or a week in the heart of the County. Call Gilles or Joan at: 613-476-1321 for information.
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| 1.
Brian Credico 12.25pts 2. Don Demeza 18.0 3. Peter Sly 22.5 4. Peter Easterbrook 25.0 5. John Hutchings 25.75 6. Pat Calnan 27.0 7. Terry Doble 31.75 8. Peter Brister 32.0 9. Rob Michael 44.0 |
Congratulations to Peter Easterbrook for one second and two thirds - Also to John for nailing a first in the last race. Terry managed to run into the raft and dismast his boat before the first race - didn't join us until the fourth race and immediately scored a first and two seconds. Chris also
launched his new Mini 12 for the first time. it looked and sailed beautifully!
A mast stay swag gave out after a bit, but an easy repair and Chris is
good to go for next season! |
September
21 Excellent conditions at Lake on the Mountain and had eight
boats out. Light
The winds
were steady and here we see the concentration of four of the racers. |
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| Results: 1. Peter
Easterbrook 12.5 pts Congratulations
to Peter Easterbrook - he's been working his way to the top all year and
had a clear victory with two firsts and two seconds. Peter Sly had a bad
day with equipment failure - that will be a throw away day Peter. |
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| September 28: Very strange race yesterday - off shore winds which as Brian says - "seem to be circular" - sometimes a tack but could be a run on the same heading. A real challenge requiring a close watch on the sails all of the time and under these conditions Terry demonstrates that he is conistently better at this than any off us - nice going Terry - we will be rooting for you at the next Mini-12 regatta | |
| 1st
Terry Doble 10.25 2 Peter Brister 21.5 3 Don Demeza 22.75 4 Brian Credico 36.0 5 Peter Easterbrook 39.0 6 John Hutchings 39.0 7 Marg Brister 41.0 8 Peter Sly 42.0 9 Pat Calnan 46.0 10 Norm Struthers 48.0 11 Rob Michael 49.0 Peter and John were tied, however, place 2nd in the 2nd race so this gave him the lead position. |
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| October
5: Light and flukey winds but as we were packing up at 3.00 p.m.
the winds came up just as Brian had predicted earlier. The Lake on the Mountain is proving to be an excellent site. For the last two race days we have had a start line parallel to the shore - it's amazing how 9 boats can be kept out of each others way in the narrow space between the start line and the shore - all because we have perfect visibility and low winds |
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 Don is happy. That's Brian's Soling in the background as he does RC and takes photos. |
 Marg is calm. |
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Terry Doble 8.25 pts 2 Peter Brister 17.75 3 Don Demeza 20.0 4 Marg Brister 26.0 5 Peter Easterbrook 29.0 6 Brian Credico 30.75 7 Peter Sly 33.0 8 Jill Cox 33.75 9 John Hutchings 43.75 John was doing well with a first in the third race and then experienced a rudder failure which he was unable to repair. |
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| October 12: The sun was warm but the winds were again flukey and off-shore. We had an excellent turnout |
| 1 Terry Doble
12.5 pts 2 Jill Cox 20.75 3 John Hutchings 23.0 4 Brian Credico 24.5 5 Peter Easterbrook 24.75 6 Peter Brister 29.75 7 Pat Calnan 35.0 8 Peter Sly 35.0 9 Marg Brister 36.0 10 Rob Michael 53.0 11 Chris Wyvill 56.0 Congratulations to John - consistent racing for the day provided a third Pat's best was a 3rd so it broke the tie with Peter The firsts were well distributed |
| Well,
here it is - what we've been working towards all Fall For the benefit of new members - here's how the scoring works: - Each individual race day points are the result of .75 for a first, 2 for a second, 3 for a third etc. - The total points at the end of each race day are divided by the number of boats racing that day so that the score carried forward to the end of the series doesn't depend on the number of boats racing on any particular day. - During this series we only raced on 6 of the race days - we count your best four scores (so an advantage to racing every race day as you get to throw out some of the bad days). If you did not race at least four days then we add in a default score for each of the number of days you need to score four days. The default score was 5.0. The result is to two decimal places and I simply drop the decimals. Simple isn't it - here's how it worked out for the Fall Series - Solings: |
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Terry Doble 513pts 2 Brian Credico 870 3 Peter Brister 876 4 Peter Easterbrook 1035 5 Don Demeza 1084 6 Marg Brister 1086 7 John Hutchings 1226 8 Peter Sly 1258 9 Pat Calnan 1429 10 Jill Cox 1582 11 Norm Struthers 1911 12 Rob Michael 1985 13 Chris Wyvill 2140 |
We
are fortunate to have a couple of members who are consistently at the top
of the list and who are always willing to spend time with those who would
like to improve their skills, either in boat maintenance, boat trim or sailing
techniques. I would suggest that new members or those who would like to
improve their sailing, to take advantage of the skills within the club membership. Congratulations to John Hutchings, who, as a new member this year is making his mark by increasingly consistent sailing. I know what it feels like to be at the end of the pack - I held that position for a few years until I discovered what a little more attention to detail could produce. It was a great series and we all had fun and that is really what it is all about. |
| October
19, Final Regatta, Founder's Trophy: We had nine Solings out for the Founder's Trophy. Ken also showed up to watch. The winds were strong from the NE, i.e.offshore, with the result that the winds were gusty and circular. Took a lot of concentration to keep a boat moving as winds would shift 180 degrees over a few feet. But at least there was wind. Only Peter Sly had equipment problems. We all
agreed to do eight races and have best of six count (two throw-aways).
Peter Cox, who was not racing, did all the RC work so everyone had the
opportunity to race 8 races. |
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Final Results, with drops: 1
Brian Credico 8.25 pts |
Rob
and Peter tied - both had a single third but Rob had two fourths against
Peter's one to break the tie listing. Congratulations to Brian but also to John Hutchings and Rob Michael as you both experienced your best day of racing this year. John had a first and two seconds. nice going all. One of our "stars" will probably be working on his Soling this winter - right Peter S? |
Following is a listing of all eight races so you can see how you did in each one: Race1:
27, 71, 72, 25, 87, 75, 835, 828, 16DNS |
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2004 Awards and Club Championships Dinner
The 2004 QMYC Awards Luncheon presented a grand total of 27 trophies and plaques to the intrepid Soling One Meter and Mini 12 racers. The celebration was well represented with most QMYC members and spouses or guests. Besides the excellent food and wine at Isaih Tubbs Resort, West Lake in Prince Edward County, there was good company, conversation and congratulations to both the racers and organizers QMYC
runs club Spring, Summer and Fall series regattas, as well as the final
Founder’s Trophy regatta. The Soling One Meter class is represented
in all regattas while the Mini 12 was included in the Spring and Summer
series. There were first, second and third place plaques for all series,
as well as trophies for season overall Soling One Meter, Mini 12, Founder’s
Regatta and for the most improved sailor over last year. |
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Our 2004 Winners!
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| Spring
Series: Solings 1. Len Ricco 2. Jill Cox 3. Peter Easterbrook Mini 12 |
Summer
Series Solings: 1 Don Demeza 2 Peter Brister 3 Jill Cox Mini 12 |
Fall
Series Solings: 1 Terry Doble 2 Brian Credico 3 Peter Brister |
| Overall
Soling Club Championship for the 2004 season: 1. Don Demeza (Trophy) 2. Peter Brister 3. Peter Easterbrook |
Overall
Mini 12 Club Championship for the 2004 season (no surprises here!) 1. Terry Doble (Trophy) 2. Brian Credico 3. Peter Sly |
Season
Final Regatta Founder’s Trophy: 1 Brian Credico (Trophy) 2 Terry Doble 3 Peter Brister |
The
trophy for the most improved racer over last year was
Jill Cox. Jill had 5 firsts in 2003 and 15 firsts in 2004, twice as
many seconds and twice as many thirds - Jill was fourth in the Soling
Club Championships - nice going Jill. |
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Wild up
wind mark rounding 
SW
wind, that built a bit as the racing progressed, and sunny skies.
