2003
Spring Series
(Overall Final Results Here)
Quinte Model Yacht Club Race Results
We
are now racing two fleet, the Soling 1 Meter and the new Mini-12
The following are the weekly racing results as pasted from Don D.'s email summaries.
2003
Spring Series
(Overall Final Results Here)
| May
11 The first racing day for 2003 was held at the Bay of Quinte
Yacht Club at 1.30 on Tuesday April 29th. The wind was light in the beginning and more or less from the north, however by the end of the afternoon we had experienced some heavy gusts and the wind had switched leaving us with a downwind start and a fighting tack back on the final leg. |
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Solings
The
final Soling race marked another first - three boats locked-up on the
first leg, but Peter Cox in the dinghy rescued them so that they could
continue...
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Mini-12
1 Terry Doble 6.75
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May
6: After the first couple of races the rain came - then the
wind dropped but the rain quit - then no wind - then light wind - more
rain - now heavy rain and no wind. Didn't get all the races we'd like,
but enough for counting. |
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Solings
- 5 races completed 1. Len Ricco 10.5 2. Heinz Czychun 15.5 3. Pat Calnan 16.0 tie 3. Norm Struthers 16.0 tie 4. Peter Savidge 16.75 Congratulations to Peter who managed a first and a second on his first day at the races - watch this space..... Len Ricco - what can I say - old faithful Heinz go off to a flying start and Pat had a great 2nd and 3rd. |
Mini-12's
- 4 races completed - all races same finish positions. 1. Terry Doble 3.0 2. Brian Credico 8.0 3. Jill Cox 12.0 4. Peter Sly 16.0 The first three boats seemed to have about the same speed. Better starts, mark roundings and helming made the difference. Peter's mini 12 did seem a little slower as the mainsail didn't seem to set right. With the lighter winds the boats did not often make hull speed so tuning and sail set would be more critical. |
| May 13:We had another great day racing despite threatening weather. We raced 2 successive races for each class and it works out very well - all boats are ready to go and come out quickly - then there's time for adjustments and to heckle the other class. You can learn a lot also by watching the races - it's also quite a bit more social - less stress and time to relax. | |
Solings: |
Mini 12 1. Terry Doble 7.75
pts Peter has the trim
improved on his Mini 12 and there were no boat failures this time |
| May
20: marked the fourth day of racing for the Spring series - the half-way point with 4 more days in the series.The winds were high and a very short start line for 10 boats - the wind sometimes favouring a port tack plus a short run to the first mark resulted in a higher than normal number of collisions. |
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| SOLINGS
1. Len Ricco 11.25
pts Unfortunately, Irmgard's
boat had a half inch hole punched in the side - a |
MINI-12'S
1. Terry Doble 4.5
pts Peter Sly's Mini-12 was dismasted - these boats may need a stronger rigging but I'm sure Terry is monitoring the situation. Brian certainly learned that you can't come-about with a mini-12 unless you have lots of speed, therefore don't try to change tack close to a mark or you'll be in irons for quite a while. Terry won every
race but the others were fighting it out until Peter's |
| May
27: I would say that today was a very satisfying day of racing
- the winds were fairly light but strong enough that we managed to finish
12 races in a little over an hour and a half.
I think we are all discovering the fun of watching the other class
race -it provides half time for relaxing and counteracts the tension
of continuous |
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| SOLINGS
1 Peter Brister 15.5 pts |
MINI
12's
1.
Terry Doble 11.25 The Mini-12's provided great entertainment - note how close the scores are this week - each racer managed a first, a second, a third and a fourth which means that the results in the other four races determined position - very nicely done all |
June 3: Very light winds - but we managed to complete all races - a couple of short races - but we experimented, in some of the races, with the Mini-12's taking off a minute ahead of the Solings so that all boats were racing simultaneously - a bit of a problem with the scoring, but worked out OK and is useful when winds are light and races take longer to complete. Here's some shots of the Soling racers' concentration... Brian took these while waiting for the Mini 12's turn on the course. A change from boat pics! |
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| Solings 1. Don Demeza 13.25 2. Peter Easterbrook 17.5 3. Pat Calnan 20.75 4. Peter Brister 22.0 5. Peter Cox 25.0 6. Marg Brister 31.0 7. John Pearson 38.0 |
Mini
12's
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June10:
Reasonable winds today and a good time was had by all.
The
Soling competition is open for anyone to win. For example, no racer |
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| Soling
Results: 1. Peter Easterbrook 15.75 2. Len Ricco 25.75 tie 2. Don Demeza 25.75 tie 3. Peter Brister 26.0 4. Pat Calnan 26.75 5. Marg Brister 29.75 6. John Pearson 36.75 7. Norm Struthers 42.0 8. Heinz Czychun 44.0 |
Mini
12 Results:
1. Terry Doble 8.0 |
| June
17: We had another good day at the yacht club - the odd small
weed showed up but I think we'll be okay at the same location next week.
The water was calm but amazingly there was a pretty consistent breeze
so the racing went well - we again put all the boats on the course together
for the last two races Very interesting as the Mini 12's were crossing the finish line just as the 9 Solings were going through in the opposite direction, having completed the triangle - the Mini's, all three of them, were very polite and went around the Solings. Here's how we did on the last race of the Spring 2003 series: |
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| Solings 1. Len Ricco 18.5 2. Peter Easterbrook 19.75 3. Don Demeza 20.0 4. Marg Brister 24.75 5. Pat Calnan 25.5 6. Peter Brister 26.0 7. Heinz Czychun 39.0 8. John Pearson 46.0 9. Norm Struthers 49.0 |
Mini-12's
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Final Results for 2003 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:
first races April 29th - 8 racing days:
1. LEN RICCO 8.94 pts |
Mini-12:
World's first Mini-12 series formal club regatta
1. TERRY DOBLE 7.76 - Worlds first, first |
June
24: The count was down a bit with 6 Solings and only 2 Mini 12's
so the boats raced together - the results seems to prove that they really
do go at the same speed but then again with the Mini 12's being so much
heavier and stronger - guess what - a Mini 12 managed to punch a hole
in the side of a Soling - I guess that is the problem.
Any way everything is repairable so here are the results: |
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Solings
1. Peter Easterbrook
7.0 Congratulations to Peter Easterbrook - Peter has been pushing that first place for a while and managed to take it away today with no less than 4 firsts. Pat was very consistent also with four seconds - nice going. |
Mini
12's
1. Terry Doble 7.0 Brian was away on a sailing holiday (in his full sized boat!) and it was too hot a day for Jill. They'll be there next week! |
July
1: We only had 5 Solings and 2 Mini 12's so we all raced together.
Interesting to note that the Solings were first in 4 races and the Mini-12's
in 2 races - one each for Brian and Peter Sly. The Solings big advantage
is their ability to come-about on a dime but the Mini's are a bit faster
on course with a good wind. |
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Soling It really costs you Norm when your boat is unserviceable for four races -that's 24 pts for the four races not sailed |
Mini-12's
1. Peter Sly 7.0 pts Brian found out how having to take penalty turns and doing early starts really doesn't help your race! |
| July
8: Today we had a windy day at Don Leslie's cottage on Oak Lake
- actually we sailing in front of Bob Leslies cottage next door to try and
take advantage of a little shelter - that gave us a diving raft in the middle
of the up wind leg - decision - which side of the raft to take. We were glad to see our founding Commodore, Ken Douglas on the sidelines. We're keeping up the tradition Ken - you must be pleased. |
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| Solings
1 Don Demeza 8.0 pts Norm is having server problems - a DNS for four races is pretty deadly on the scoreboard |
Mini-12's
1. Terry Doble 4.5
pts We were all cheering for Peter - Terry also - and you gave us some exciting moments Peter - thanks for that, but a broken boom vang in those high gusts didn't help. |
July
14: A good day of sailing at Oak Lake. Welcomed as always by
Don and Tommy Leslie - the winds were pretty well directly on shore but
with Don's dock sticking directly out into the wind the start line was
clear to the judge although not to the skippers - however - 12 races and no one over early - how cautious we can be when we can't see the start line. |
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Solings
1. Peter Brister 11.25 pts |
Mini-12's 1. Terry Doble 8.25 pts 2. Brian Credico 9.25 3. Peter Sly 17.0 We were cheering pretty hard for Peter Sly and he almost pulled it off three times but then there was that fatal mistake - can't afford mistakes with Terry and Brian, each of whom got three firsts each. |
July
22:
We didn't think that we'd manage any races today due to the lack of wind
-however - it was a bit fluky but we did manage to complete the full schedule.
It was anyone's day - here are the results: And the setting at Don L.'s
cottage on Oak Lake was beautiful. |
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| Solings
1. Don Demeza 15.5
pts
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Mini-12's
1. Peter Sly 8.25
pts T
Peter and Brian alternated
first a second - so we end up with 2 boats and 2 firsts - Terry where
are you?? |
July 29: I think we could call today a perfect day for racing - sunny - cumulus cloud and a pretty consistent wind most of the time. I almost missed the racing as my watch was somehow a half hour slow - say the marks were all in and everything was ready to go exactly at 1.30. The usual courteous welcome from Don Leslie and his help to set out and recover the marks. |
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| Solings
1. Peter Brister 13.25 A consistent wind today and as a result a number of our members discovered that their skills have improved considerably, for example: John Pearson barrelled
out with a 4th in the first race Peter Easterbrook had two 2nds and a
3rd Peter Brister just squeezed me out despite a 5th in one race Pat had
a 2nd but it should have been a first - Pat was so far out in front she
thought she must have missed a leg so kept on going instead of heading
for the finish line Norm Struthers had an excellent day with three 3rds
in a row - keep it up Norm - just a matter of keeping the boat moving
at all times. |
Mini-12's
1. Terry Doble 7.0 I think the Mini-12 sailors will probably sail their Solings for the Fall series so we all have two more race days to hone our skills before the top-dawg's return. This was the 6th race day of the Summer Series - two to go. |
| August 5: The winds were very light but the gusts were sufficient for us to complete 12 races. | |
| Soling 1. Don Demeza 10.25 pts 2. Peter Easterbrook 21.5 3. Peter Brister 22.75 4.Tie Pat Calnan 25.0 4.Tie Heinz Czychun 25.0 5. Marg Brister 30.0 6. Norm Struthers 33.0 |
Mini-12's
1. Terry Doble 7.0
pts During the Fall series these three skippers will be racing their Solings |
| August
12: Another excellent sailing day at Oak Lake. We welcomed Willy
Pullen, a visitor from Ottawa with his Mini-12 and also Norm Struthers introduced
his Mini-12 to the water. There were some fluky winds at the first mark and also weeds are beginning to show at Oak Lake. The wind was from the north which is off-shore so it winds around the corner from the east making the first tack a bit variable - have to watch for the opportunities. Thanks to Willy for the photos! |
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| Solings
1. Peter Easterbrook
9.25 pts Heinz had winch problems which made it pretty difficult to compete.  Fleet coming up on the mark.  Don shows his rounding technique.  Pat and Peter round. |
Mini-12's
(with guest included)
1. Brian Credico 10.5
pts Willi did very well with a first and two 2nds. This was Norm Struthers first try with his mini-12 and I'm sure he found it quite a bit to get used to. Mini-12's (club members only) 1. Terry Doble 8.0
pts Norm Struthers will
not, with only one race, do very well in the Summer series for the Mini
12's but he will be the only club member who will have raced in both the
Soling and the Mini-12 series during the Summer. He will |
2003 Summer Series Overall Results Congratulations to
all who sailed in the Summer series from June 24th to Just as a reminder - here's how we score: The points recorded
for each individual day of racing are divided by the This adjusted score is recorded for each of the race days in the series. There are 8 race days
in each series and for each participant we count the 5 Here are the final results: |
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| Solings
1. Don Demeza 8.04 |
Mini-12's
1. Terry Doble
12.16 pts Trim up for the Fall
series as it will be a full Soling turnout - the |
| August
19: It was all Solings racing today but we were missing Terry and
Pat so we had 8 boats. The wind was great and in the right direction for
a good visibility start line. The results were all over the clock as the
odd weed showed up and there were a number of boat problems - 2 boats locked up and headed for the far shore - Peter Sly and I both had firsts but ended up locked and ran under the dock for a graceless DNS - Heinz had server problems and Marg had boat problems. That's all I can remember but it seemed that someone was always in trouble and the results show that. Congratulations to Norm Struthers - placed well in all races and ended
with |
| Solings: 1. Brian Credico 16.5 pts 2. Norm Struthers 23.0 3. Don Demeza 23.5 4. Peter Brister 26.0 5. Peter Sly 27.75 6. Heinz Czychun 30.0 7. Peter Easterbrook 37.75 8. Marg Brister 42.0 |
| August 26:
Our last day for this year at Oak Lake wasn't too bad - bit difficult to
seta start line and one of the markers came apart so Heinz gave it a jury
rig.
Terry was adjusting
a new boat so that left the field clear for Brian and as Congrats to our ladies
as they each scored a first - if it wasn't Brian it John Pearson managed
the perfect score - number of boats plus one for 6 |
| Solings: 1. Brian Credico 9.0 pts 2. Don Demeza 21.0 3. tie Terry Doble 24.0 3. tie Peter Sly 24.0 4. Marg Brister 28.75 5. Pat Calnan 33.75 6. Heinz Czychun 37.0 7. Peter Easterbrook 39.0 8. John Pearson 60.0 Just a reminder as to how we score. First = .75 (so that means that Marg |
| September 2
The winds seemed great when we arrived but during the races we experienced
mostly light winds and at times dead calm - the boats were actually drifting
backwards at times.
We had 10 Solings on hand so we took turns at scoring - Those who won a race were next to score and thus miss a race. This system works very well because we race 7 races instead of six and the end result is that those who did not earn a scoring job were able to have their highest score eliminated from their final tally. |
| Soling: 1. Terry Doble 8.75 pts 2. Brian Credico 11.75 3. Peter Sly 22.0 4. Peter Brister 24.0 5. Heinz Czychun 28.75 6. Peter Easterbrook 30.0 7. Don Demeza 32.0 8. John Pearson 39.0 9. Marg Brister 40.0 10. Pat Calnan 42.0 Terry and Brian both have their boats tuned to perfection and the very low scores show how they are able to take advantage of well trimmed boats. Terry had 5 firsts and a 5th and Brian had 1 first, 4 seconds and a third - very consistent performers these two - a mark to shoot at for all of us. |
| September 9:
What a great day - good wind and we had 12 boats out - Congrats to John
Pearson, 6th place 4 times and last week was the first time John has managed
to sail in all races in one day.
Welcome back to Len
Ricco - we missed you Len - your day wasn't that good Everyone must have
been having an ups and downs type of day because I |
| Solings: 1. Terry Doble 15.25 pts 2. Don Demeza 17.75 3. Peter Brister 18.0 4. Brian Credico 19.75 5. Jill Cox 28.0 6. Peter Sly 32.75 7. John Pearson 41.0 8. Marg Brister 42.0 9. Pat Calnan 45.0 10. Peter Easterbrook 52.0 11. Len Ricco 53.75 12. Heinz Czychun 67.0 |
| September
16: I guess this was my kind of day - ever since we had some wild
winds on Doug Last's pond and I did well in them - high winds are for me.
John Pearson ran an
amazing first race - an easy first and his boat was Brian was struggling today with a weak sail servo- just goes to show that everyone has problems from time to time. The gusts were so strong at times that the boats would become totally submerged downwind (submarine) as well as not come up through the wind. As a result several boats ended up on the rocks (me included) because the upwind mark was pretty close to the shallows. |
| Soling: 1. Don Demeza 9.5 pts 2. Peter Brister 15.75 3. Len Ricco 18.75 4. Peter Sly 20.75 5. Jill Cox 21.75 6. Heinz Czychun 30.0 7. Brian Credico 36.0 8. John Pearson 47.0 9. Marg Brister 54.0 |
| September 23:
TOO WINDY!! Well all I can say it that, "we tried". It was a nice day but the winds were beyond what our wee vessels can handle. Brian
tried first and watched his Soling struggle across the lake - it Heinz tried
next and did pretty well - pretty pleased with himself as he I tried and
ended up with the same problem as Brian - I ended up holding a |
| September 30:
TOO WINDY AGAIN!! Gusting to 30 knots. Racing was cancelled again. |
| October 7: After having been winded out on the last two race days - today was pretty reasonable - the wind was a bit high at the beginning but did moderate as the afternoon progressed. It was sunny and warm so a very enjoyable day, in fact, we tended to hang around and enjoy the sun and conversation after the racing. |
Soling: |
| We missed two days of racing therefore we had a total of 6 days of racing in the series. The best 4 days for each member counts for the series. If you didn't race the minimum of 4 race days then for the days you missed to give you a total of 4 days scored you are scored the highest score which was counted during the series. Remember that the scores used for the series are not those shown daily because each days score is divided by the number of boats racing on that day - follow all this?? |
| Soling Final
2003 Fall Results: 1. Terry Doble 5.92 pts 2. Brian Credico 6.15 3. Don Demeza 7.19 4. Peter Brister 9.14 5. Peter Sly 10.40 6. Jill Cox 14.19 7. Heinz Czychun 14.38 8. Len Ricco 15.53 9. Marg Brister 16.70 10. Pat Calnan 16.74 11. Peter Easterbrook 17.17 12. Norm Struthers 17.54 13. John Pearson 18.17 |
| Final
Regatta, Founder's Trophy: What a great way to end up the season - the weather was great and the wind went beyond limits just as we finished the racing. We tried a new format for the final regatta and, in my view, it worked very well. For the first time we used a handicap start - the tape counted down to zero for the first start and then counted off each second up to 20 for the second start. The selected handicapped participants were those who would be receiving 2 or more trophies for the year. The results, assisted by the handicap, were all over the clock and it was impossible to determine the winner until the points were assigned - that was the first very positive observation. The handicap time seemed to be about right as the late starters won a couple of races. Also, except for Jill Cox and Peter Brister, who were unable to continue racing, the scores were much closer than they have been in the past. Additionally there were two ties so I used a tie breaker technique for the final results. |
 Competitors L-R: Peter B., Marg, Peter S. Jill, Heinz, Brian, John, Don, Len |
| Results: 1. Len Ricco 10.5 pts 2. Heinz Czychun 12.75 3. Don Demeza 12.75 4. Peter Sly 13.75 5. Brian Credico 13.75 6. Marg Brister 19.75 7. John Pearson 22.75 8. Jill Cox 33.0 9. Peter Brister 48.0 |
| Peter
B. had his boat holed in the second race so withdrew and Jill had an intermittent switch so withdrew after the fourth race. We raced 8 and counted the best 5 for each. I think we will
use this handicap start next year as it worked very well. We John Pearson, who
we manage to mention from time to time, was first - that's TIP - watch the
other boats - if halfway to the first mark it is obvious Nice to finish with a great day! |
2003
Awards and Club Championships Dinner
World's
First Mini 12 Series: QMYC had the world's first Mini 12 series during 2003. These four sailors are recognized and awarded the Mini 12 Club Championship as per the overall results of the two Mini 12 series. |
Soling
Club Championship 
Brian (L) presents Don D.(R) with the Soling Club Championship Second was Peter B. and third was Peter E. |
Most
Improved Racer in 2003 
Don presents Pat with the trophy for showing the most racing improvement during 2003. |
We're
looking forward to a great year in 2004 - have a good winter!!
Don Demeza, your scribe and
race committee chairman.
Maybe
if I hold my mouth this way the Soling will go faster..
Peter
and Peter (yes we have at least FOUR Peters in QMYC)
Note
the similarity of the scores - the kind of a day when everyone moved
