September 6, day one of racing. Let's move all posts here. Pre-regatta press release attached.
Day 1 is in the books. Release attached, results posted.
Leighton's Photos:
http://leightonoconnor.blogspot.com/2012/09/2012-viper-640-north-americans-at.html
Day 2 release attached.
Best viper regatta to date!!! One more day...
How has the wind been? Did you guys get some of that storm that came thru New England today?
Day 3 release attached. Photos by Leighton O'Connor on the Viper 640 Facebook page.
Final press release attached. Stay tuned for more photos, videos and stories once everyone has recovered.
Home. Exhausted and happy.
I'll second Brad's comment. Best regatta yet.
well done to the Rondar boys for getting boats on the water.
the RC did a good job with start line length and calling boats over.
last race was a bit much for me but the best team won.
shout out to Brad & co for all top 10 scores, always great blokes
on & off the water.
in that last race, half way up the first work, Brad had both trophies,
Piet was about 10 and we were 15th.
top mark
Piet had NAs, & brad had EFG.
last top mark we were 2 boats away from the EFG win.
at the finish we just snuck in.
I think thats cool to have the EFG series to come down to the final
leg after a full season!
same thing happened in Sarnia
A huge thanks to Daan Goedkoop and his stellar Marblehead team both on and off the water, EFG, Rondar and the long list of sponsors for a great event.
Pat, the bar has been set for next year in Houston.
Epic rides on Saturday in those ocean storm rollers and big breeze.
Best regatta I have ever been to. Everything was fantastic. Thanks Daan, Dan, RC, and all that made it happen. Glad I own a Viper for sure. We had a blast.
Quote from: David Chapman on September 10, 2012, 01:46:31 PM
well done to the Rondar boys for getting boats on the water.
the RC did a good job with start line length and calling boats over.
last race was a bit much for me but the best team won.
shout out to Brad & co for all top 10 scores, always great blokes
on & off the water.
in that last race, half way up the first work, Brad had both trophies,
Piet was about 10 and we were 15th.
top mark
Piet had NAs, & brad had EFG.
last top mark we were 2 boats away from the EFG win.
at the finish we just snuck in.
I think thats cool to have the EFG series to come down to the final
leg after a full season!
same thing happened in Sarnia
That final downhill in the final race, while not one of the highlights of the regatta's sailing experiences, was exciting light air close racing. They don't call Chappers the "Closer" for nothing.
A pack of eight boats rounded the windward mark and immediately gybed with Furry Lance in the pack. Then the downhill was all about trying to catch every puff, sailing high for some, low for others and gybing only when you could catch a ride across on a puff and avoid getting jumped . Somehow Furry Lance emerged at the final gybe at the finish. The EFG Pan Ams was won five boat lengths from the finish. Half way down that final leg, they were in 3rd for the Pan Ams.
Well done the lancers and we'll see you again in Miami.
Justin,
Where can I find the full results for the EfG Bank series?
That's probably on me, will see if I can get the full, final scores up on that later this week.
Photos from Friday and Saturday from Eastern YC's commodore:
Friday: http://www.easternyc.org/page/6619/3175
Saturday: http://www.easternyc.org/page/6619/3174
Leighton is still working on getting his videos uploaded -- there will be hundreds more.
On behalf of Daan and I and all of the event volunteers, thank you all. I think we were too busy to appreciate if it was all well done or not. We're glad you all enjoyed yourselves!
Photos posted from all 4 days of racing: http://www.leightonphoto.com/Sailing-Regattas/2012-EFG-Viper-640-North
Well the Aussies have just made it home (and back to work) in the last few days. 30 hours flight/airport time.
We followed up the regatta with a trip to the Hamptons where we ate and drank too much and surfed very small waves at Montauk. (you should have been here yesterday)
Then....back up to Boston for shopping (bribes) for the wives.
Far too much money was spent on alcohol, lunch and dinner in our last week. We needed to be sailing instead.
Rod's speech at the presentations was concise.... The question about Who's Alice is still unanswered....
He's a man of few words... in front of crowd....
All of the Australians would like to thank:
Paul, Paul, Ben, and Dan from Rondar and WhiteCap Composites for the boats -awesome.
The organizers, race committee and volunteers for a great job. Thanks Daan in particular.
All of the viper sailors who made us welcome. What a great group. You all love sailing..... And in particular, love sailing vipers.
Brad Boston - Great sails, straight up
This was a fantastic beginning. There will definitely be more Aussies attending regattas in the US and hopefully we will see more international Viper sailors in Australia.
If any Viper sailors are in Australia, particularly in Western Australia, please don't hesitate to contact us. We would love to reciprocate the hospitality you have shown us by showing you the best of WA.
Thanks again...