CRUISING SAIL FLEET By Tom Falck, Past Chair, Cruising Sail Fleet While sailboats provide the perfect venue for social distancing, the Cruising Sail Fleet is about socializing as well as sailing. Unfortunately, both were in short supply this past summer. The fleet had great plans for the season, including three cruises, two community service cruises, several casual boat parties, and the Lady Skipper Race. Except for the Lady Skipper Race, all our planned summer events were canceled due to COVID restrictions and replaced by several CSF Virtual Happy Hours. The Cruising Sail Fleet’s Lady Skipper Race attracted a record 10 boats competing this year and coincidentally became the CYC sailboat racing season opener. The annual Lady Skipper Race, sponsored and promoted by the Cruising Sail Fleet, is open to any sailboat owned by a CYC member and helmed start to finish by a woman. Our congratulations to all the participants. The 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners were awarded at the End Of Season celebration outdoors at the Monroe fire-pit on October 17th.
2020 Cruising Sail Fleet Open Lady Skipper Race June 27, 2020 PLACE BOAT
SAIL NO.
BOAT TYPE
LADY SKIPPER
NONSPINNAKER HANDICAP
START TIME h:mm:ss
FINISH TIME
ELAPSED TIME
CORRECTED TIME
h:mm:ss
h:mm:ss
h:mm:ss
1
Skidmarks
40900
Tartan 10
Megan Sunderland
126
12:03:31
12:51:22
00:47:51
00:46:01
2
Retention
410
Tartan 10
Aimee Smith
126
12:01:26
12:50:51
00:49:25
00:47:31
3
Ob La Di
1414
J35
Marian Liautaud
81
12:05:44
12:52:17
0046:33
00:47:57
4
Waterworks
26302
Tartan 10
Anyssa Van Horn
126
12:01:42
12:51:41
00:49:59
00:48:04
Carolina Sandoval/ Beneteau 36.7 Sonia Sandoval
78
12:02:34
12:51:32
00:48:58
00:50:41
5
Karma
55367
6
Amateur II
15630
7
Flash
8
Intangible
52239
9
Ali Gusto
50
10
Wine Knot
Tartan 10
Felicia Platzke
126
12:01:25
12:54:26
00:53:01
00:50:59
Tartan 3400
Lynda Lane
174
12:01:54
12:59:56
00:58:02
00:52:06
Tartan 3700
Mary Falck
114
12:06:18
13:01:56
00:55:38
00:54:28
Catalina 445
Lisa Haag
135
12:02:29
13:02:41
01:00:12
00:57:07
Beneteau Oceanis 41
Sally Jo Rudnick
120
12:07:23
13:15:29
01:08:06
01:06:04
At the Cruising Sail Fleet Annual Meeting September 23 rd, the fleet committee members elected Peter Ellis as Chair and Jerry Gurthet as Vice Chair. Initial plans for the balance of the year and for 2021 were presented by Peter and Jerry and discussed by the committee and will be communicated to all CSF members and the club as the calendar is firmed up in coming months. As outgoing CSF Chair, I thank the members of the Cruising Sail Fleet, the CSF Committee, and CSF Steering Committee members Lisa Haag, Cynthia Szczepanski, Eric Moore, and Vice Chair Peter Ellis for their support over the last two years. Most importantly, I thank and recognize my wife Mary for being the true force behind the past two years of CSF successes. Mary’s tremendous support, insight, guidance, determination, research, planning and execution of CSF events and communications were invaluable. I look forward to enjoying 2021 CSF activities under the leadership of Peter and Jerry.
Blinker | COVID Edition 2020
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