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JUN. 10-DF95 & IOM POINTS

San Diego Argonauts welcomed new member, Len Bose, to our group. He will be sailing IOM and DF95. We hope to see him often!

This is starting to sound like a broken record! Our June overhead is still very grey!
Despite that rather chilly detail a good group of skippers turned out for DF95 and IOM Points races. Light winds ruled our pond and in fact became lighter as the afternoon progressed. Chris Staiger set the marks and Kim Robbins managed collections while Gil scrambled back home for his missing transmitter :{ RD Gil got the DF 95 fleet on a short clock a few minutes after noon, with a mixture of 4 medium, 1 long and 1 short courses to complete six heats. Nice sailing!

Sean O’Connor was our volunteer Race Director for the IOM fleet today. Thank you Sean!

Our IOM fleet was about 5 skippers short today, as they are competing in the Region 6 Regatta in Foster City. We missed them on the starting line and wish them good luck!

Volunteers make this all possible! Lend a hand when you can!

Thank You Volunteers!

Sean O’Connor, Patt Nevitt, Steve Ross, Kim Robbins, Chris Staiger and Keith Sternal

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Smooth Sailing, Gil

MAY20 Points-IOM/DF95

Cruising through May Gray continued..

The Argonauts had a healthy turnout of IOM & DF95 skippers despite the prevalent overcast conditions. Winds were about as predicted but came up early with a surprising consistency. Ben Reeve-RD did a fantastic job managing the fleets and kept crews on their toes with a variety of courses. It was a good day on the water if you were lucky enough to avoid our floating green paddies!

Special thanks to everyone that pitched in today! I know Bob Williams was calling sail numbers. Pat Nevitt, that is only a day out of surgery, produced these beautiful score sheets.. We appreciate your dedication and hope too see you back on the water soon! If I missed anyone that helped-I’ll do a circle for you!

We are getting good participation with our club races and volunteers staff. That said we would like to reach out for more helping hands to share the load. Don’t be shy.. It’s actually more fun when you contribute to the activities..

A Special Report from todays Race Director:

Hey all – I little regatta report from todays’ event.  

All went very well today and very improved sportsmanship from all competitors.  We had 11 IOMs and 16 DF95s on the lines today.  The biggest worry was slipping and falling.  Three skippers took a fall on the slippery shore.  We really need to organize another big RAKE FEST.  I promise to bring the donuts (even though I can’t have any) if we want to set a day soon to do it.  

We had fair to good wind and a number of different bullet owners today.  Pat is working on the scoring and it will be out soon I am sure.  We mixed up the courses a little to try and keep the skippers on their toes (and not their butts from slipping).  I personally want to thank Steve for getting the shed ready, David helping with the boat setup, Gil for setting the marks, Bob and Steve with help scoring, Pat for scoring totals, and Chris and Steve for boat removal and clean up.  With all of this help the day went super smooth and ended quickly. 

Below are some photos from the little point and shoot camera I had at the pond last month.  Cheers! Ben

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Smooth Sailing, Gil

May 13 Points-Soling 50 & ODOM

We had a successful day of racing thanks to a good crew of volunteers. This would not be possible without these eager hands that contribute to our pond sailing.

Pat Nevitt 

Steve Ross 

Kim Robins

Bill Bridge

Gil Jansky

Grey weather seems to be intrenched on the beaches, so sunscreen was optional today. Sea breeze was pretty much coming down the center of the pond in the low to mid single digits with a random gust to 8mph.

During our skippers meeting Pat Nevitt stressed the need to follow the rules, call fouls properly and sail in the Corinthian Spirt. So.. when you foul-do your turns!

Highlights from Soling50 Race 1- Finish would be a good topic for a Rules discussion.

2023 Combined Calendar

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See You at the Pond, Gil

Earth Day 2023…

Looking back at our beautiful Blue Planet.. It’s a good time to stop and appreciate the fragile space we think we possess.

APR. 29 Points- DF95 & IOM

Grey weather has been dominating the coastal regions while sunny skies slowly tease their way west. Today was no different with DF95 and IOM skippers sampling cool shifty breezes and spirited competition. The DF 95 fleet started shortly after noon in highly unpredictable breeze in the 2-6mph range. Medium and short courses were called by RD Kim Robins. Six heats and lots of fun!

We had a comfortable attendance on our IOM starting line. Dave Woodward traveled from Arizona to jump into the action and it was great sailing with him. The wind increased a notch or two for the six IOM heats, but substantial shifts still snagged most skippers. Scott Harrison managed the honor of RD and ran medium and short courses.. Great Sailing Guys!

Drone footage IOM RACES 1 & 2- Thank You Kerim Baran

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Special thanks to all our volunteers that make our race day possible!

Steve Ross

Patt Nevitt

Kim Robbins

Scott Harris

Jason Brooks

JON ROGERS-SAILING RULES REFRESHER

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SMOOTH SAILING … Gil