by daramos » Mon May 02, 2011 5:02 pm
What a BLAST!!!
Newport always delivers and this year was no different.
Sat was mid to heavy A Rig, throw current into the mix and you have some great sailing.
Sunday was some of the greatest sailing I have had in quite a while. The high winds, B Rigs and chop combined with the occasional roller had these 12's flying down wind. When was the last time you saw an EC12 surf down a wave under full control and close on a leading boat that used to be five boat lengths ahead 3 sec. ago?
This is the only location I can think of that we get these conditions of wind, waves, current and high vantage point and not be thinking of yanking the boat out of the water and running for the car to calming the nerves with Rum.
As Sunday went on all the skippers really started to get the hang of sailing in that washing machine, powering the boats up and getting off the line clean to do battle up the first leg.
When you take a look up the course and see full size lasers flip and do death rolls you know life is about to become more interesting.
Thank you to Chuck, Jake, Ken and everyone that helped put this regatta together and run it. Dinner Sat night was great and thankfully we skipped the VFW this year. It would not have been the same with out Doc Greer and his family.
Welcome to John Skerry that blew me away when I found out he was sailing the EC12 for the first time. Well done!!! Fantastic job. It was a pleasure sailing EC12's with you.
For those that have never been to Newport give it try you will remember it thats for sure.
Dave
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David Ramos
Chesapeake Performance Models