Monthly Archives: July 2011

Today is the end of a great week long regatta. It is also looking like we may or may not have any wind. Many are praying to the wind gods to get one more in and those at the top of there classes are feeling secure about now.

Wind for the first day brought a delay for the start at noon. The fleet is in Penn Cove and many are working over to Coupville to get some extra beer or Ice Cream. The tradition of changing boat names once again happened last night and many are very interesting. Some not so PC and some just down right funny. I will post some pictures of the ones I can.

After 3 hours of drifting around Charley sounded the 3 hours and the sailing portion of the regatta is over….

Party will start at 6pm and awards shortly after.   Today is brought to you by Fisheries Supply and Pressure drop.us

posted by wirw admin at 9:19 AM.

Looks like we are going to be racing in Saratoga today. Southerly winds right now and it might switch to a Westerly in the afternoon. Tonight is Regae Night with Andy-O playing here and over at the Navy Base after our party.

Racing was great today! Nice easy southerly in Saratoga Passage all classes got two races in. Most were heading in about 4pm to the docks. Current was interesting today as it was fickle in the direction and strength. Making tactics a premium today. It will be interesting to here the stories at the evening party.

Today is brought to you by Ullman Sails.

posted by wirw admin at 9:12 AM.

Today was a Saratoga Passage day with 5-10 knot winds from the south. Races started right at noon and we were able to get to good lighter air races in. Fun in the sun now as it has popped out for the later afternoon. The Party will start right at 6 pm tonight. Pictures to follow…..

Todays action was brought to you by Northwest Rigging!

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posted by wirw admin at 10:12 AM.

Sunshine and wind filled in from the west at about 10-16 knots for the entire day.  The race committee poured on the racing with 3 races for everyone except the SC 27′s got a fourth race in by the completion of day 1.   A few boats found out that the north side of Penn Cove gets a little shallow and did some deep roll tacks in the mud.  Only one boat had to be pulled off the muddy bar.    We had several boats pull off a port start on the start line one of which was Little Dune Buggy in the SC27 fleet.  Happy Faces in the party area after a great day on the water.

And they are off!!

posted by wirw admin at 9:02 AM.

The 29th Annual event kicks off today. 107 boats are excited to get off and going this year. Winds are looking very good for day one. Currently it is blowing about 15 knots in the marina. Reports will be coming from the water today so stay tuned for more updates. Pictures will be posted in the gallery tonight.

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IMPORTANT NOTICE – NO BRIQUETTES AT TENT CITY…. ONLY PROPANE ALLOWED THIS YEAR. Navy has a change of command and this just came down as something we all have to comply with. Above ground fire pits are going to be ok again this year but you will have to get a permit from the Navy Fire Department. They will be available on site to issue these permits. Sorry for the inconvience but we must comply with the Navy rules.

posted by wirw admin at 10:58 AM.