2008 Season
The
first races of the year are now under our belt, so far so
good. A brief summary below, click on the link for the race
for detailed results.
2008
Wednesday Night Racing
5/21 -
Series I, Race 1 - A third-place overall,
finishing behind The Cone of Silence and
Scheherazade
in a wind-shift filled night.
5/28 -
Series I, Race 2 - A port tack start where we crossed
the fleet sent us towards the better breeze and while we
were fourth across the line we were close enough to correct
on all the faster boats for a first-place.
6/4 -
Series I, Race 3 - Another excellent Wednesday Night
race, we
went out, nailed the start and sailed the boat very fast
all night long (thanks to the excellent 100% attention
of Kyrre to the Genoa trim), in what was usually 5-6
knots of true. We were able to use our reacher spinnaker
almost like a Code 0, which allowed us to stay close to
Shout and Scheherazade who
were in front of us, and keep The Cone of Silence
and Agora far enough behind us for the
first-place finish. No problems
with the sail handling, as Steve and Karen kept the crew
work on the hoists and douses perfect.
6/11 -
Series I, Race 4 - Steve's first race on the helm, we
had an excellent start, sailed into the big lefty by the pin
and tacked over to starboard, 40 boat lengths ahead of the
fleet. Our decision to sail underneath the schooner out for
a tour on the harbor cost us, however, when they tacked
right on top of us. This slowed us down enough that
The Cone ended up beating us by 4.4 seconds. That
gave us a second-place finish
for the night
6/18 -
Series I, Race 5 - Just after we crossed the finish
line behind only Vanish, the race was
abandoned because and LNG tanker was due to come out the
channel. Darn!
2008
Weekend Regattas
5/24 -
Memorial Day Regatta -
After missing first overall last year by 18 seconds,
Superstition did not disappoint in 2008, with a second
and first place finish on the two races to lock up a
first-place finish for the day.
6/1 -
Lambert Ocean Race - We were first across the finish
line, and ended up in second-place
after time allowances to Sirocco, a J33
skippered by Ward Blodgett, who sailed a great race.
6/8 -
Summerset Regatta -
A bit of an off day for us, we struggled with speed and
wind shifts, and in the end had a second and a third in the
two races, giving us a second-place finish for the day.
6/14 - Constitution Yacht Club Spring Regatta -
A fun day of sailing in the outer harbor, while we ad
the boat going very well, The Cone of Silence was just too
fast for us, and we ended up with second place in both of
the races, giving us a second-place finish for the day.
6/15 -
Hospice of the North Shore Regatta -
A really great race for us, not only did we end up with
a convincing first-place finish for the day,
but we were selected to represent Marblehead in the
National Hospice Regatta next May in Annapolis, which is
a pretty big deal for us.
6/21 -
Patton
Bowl - Even with an over early in the first race, we
were able to stay focused and come back to score a bullet in
each of the two race, giving us a
first-place finish for the day.
