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| District 1 Regatta Report | Sat Sep 20th, 2003 through Sun Sep 21st, 2003 |
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John MacCausland, holding the Nash Trophy, and Brad Nichol, holding the Nutmeg Trophy |
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| All eyes were on hurricane Isabel all week leading up to the Nutmegs. Where it would make land fall and when would have a big effect on everybody's plans. Fortunately for us in the Northeast Isabel made land fall in North Carolina mid-day Thursday and took an inland course and missed Connecticut. It did however do a lot of damage from North Carolina through the mid Atlantic states. The Chesapeake Bay took a big hit and most of the damage was done by the storm surge. So the weekend was free and clear of bad weather and we were able to have the Nutmeg regatta. Twenty boats arrived for some very good sailing and really nice weather. The schedule was to race three races on Saturday and two on Sunday with a drop. But with a little light wind on Saturday morning we got off to a late start and were only able to sail two races. The racing was close among the top six or seven boats in each race. By the end of racing John MacCausland with Brad Nichol were clearly on top with a 1-1. Second through seventh were only separated by a few points going into racing on Sunday. As usual Milford Yacht club put on a great dinner for all of us on Saturday night a good time was had by all. Sunday morning started off clear and crisp with a nice Northerly breeze. As we all sailed to the racecourse the breeze started to show signs of dying. In an effort to get two races in the committee set a course in the northerly breeze. The fleet got off on the first start but the breeze really stared to fade away and the race was abandoned half way up the first leg. We all waited for the sea breeze to come and after about an hour it started to fill from the Southwest. Off we went for what surely would be the only race of the day. Pete Cusick and Serge Leonidov lead at the first mark never to look back with a wire-to-wire win. John Lombard and Kip Gardner were second through out the race with Steve Braverman and John Carney nipping at the leader’s heels. Regatta leader MacCausland was deep in the fleet at the first mark. With the point spread it looked like a sure bet that Pete and Serge would win the regatta. As the race progressed with wind was building just a little John and Brad were able to slowly work their way through the fleet. By the finish MacCausland had crawled his way back to third and saved the regatta win. Winning the last race secured second overall for Pete Cusick and Serge Leonidov. Rounding out the top three was John Lombard and Kip Gardner. |
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