Star Class Honoring the Past, Leading the Future
Sailed at the Cedar Point Yacht Club.
Twenty-one boats from 5 of the 6 active 1st District fleets participated in the 1st District Championship, held at Cedar Point Y.C. in Westport, CT. At the request of the organizing committee, Star Class Course Format B was used even though there were less than 30 boats participating.
While 5 races were scheduled, with 2 on Friday and 2 on Saturday, the wind was not wholly cooperative and only 4 races were run.
Two races were run on Friday in relatively light winds out of the southeast. Fotis Boliakis / Mike Nichol sailed most consistently and ended up with a 1,2. The son-and-father team of Tomas and Luis Hornos scored a pair of fours to come in second for the day.
Saturday began in a very light southerly. The first race proved to be a bust, since no one rounded the windward mark before the 40-minute time limit. This was just as well, because shortly thereafter the wind shut down completely. There followed some hours of waiting around, during which there was quite a bit of socializing between the various boats. Carroll McCallum and Trevor Nederlof in particular were more in the water than out and had a good time swimming from boat to boat. When the wind finally did come in a nice course 3 race was run in a southeasterly. However, during the final leg upwind there was a substantial right shift which put some boats nicely ahead and others in the cheap seats. After a difficult first day Ben Cesare and Bjorn Wisecup were able to put it all together to win race 3.
Sunday also began in a fairly light wind, but this time out of the southwest. In fact, the wind was so light that a couple of boats didn
