Road To The Cup ­ Week 15

 

They blew off three at the last Twilight of the season, bringing to an
unceremonious end Twilight Series 2 and lowering the curtain on our 2015
Twilight season. Our scorer spent the weekend getting a little R&R with
his family and I didn’t have the heart to bother him. So we’ll get you the
Twilight results next week.

Aside from that, there’s not a lot more to report as fleet members
scattered to the winds to enjoy a well-deserved weekend off. The absence
of MRA didn’t stop some of us from getting out on the water. I know 2015
nationals champ *Dave Nelson* sailed his J105 in the One Regatta. *Charlie
Pendleton, **Frank McNamara* and I assume several others also participated
in that event. I spent some quality time bonding with my laser, which in
case you’re interested, is improving ever so slightly. To be clear, I
still suck, but I’m sucking a little less. The presence of bluefish
striking around me certainly raised the bar on staying upright, though I
don’t need a lot of extra motivation there. I did, however, learn that
it’s a good idea to leave your phone in the car when sailing lasers – don’t
bother calling my cell or texting me for a few days.

So, in Cup competition, nothing changed again this week. The top-10 are
listed below.

1st

1210

Hourihan / Frisch

208.29

2nd

1217

Pendleton / Raisides

222.75

3rd

982

Team Pandapas

254.86

4th

2585

Steve Uhl

279.86

5th

3172

Dave Nelson

293.00

6th

1683

Matt Hooks

308.00

7th

2623

Mike Lane

315.57

8th

2692

Team Heffernan

331.00

9th

1316

Fava / Mazareas

335.00

10th

1926

Team Taylor

336.00

Week 16 racing will include the Saturday-Sunday of MRA Series 4 Labor Day
Regatta. You should have received an evite for our traditional Labor Day
party, which this year will be held on Saturday September 5th at 6:30 at
the home of *Sloan & Charlie Pendleton*(thanks Sloan & Charlie). Like most
of our parties, this will be potluck, though Charlie has been known to
break out the grill and do burgers too. And thanks to *Elise Mazareas &
Mike Nash*, the fleet bar will be fully stocked and ready to go. Please
RSVP at your earliest convenience. –kp

*kpandapas@comcast.net* <kpandapas@comcast.net>