Thirty six teams arrived at the US Sailing Center-Long Beach this morning along with a classic Southern California Santa Ana weather pattern. The traditional onshore sea breeze that Long Beach is famous for was battling with the offshore Santa Ana winds and unfortunately for the sailors the race course seemed to be ground zero for that battle. Both fleets were postponed on the water until a little after 12:30 while we waited for the sea breeze to overtake the offshore flow and provide us with the steady winds to race. By utilizing a modified trapezoid course the committee was able to keep both fleets racing at a constant pace for the rest of the day. Six races were ultimately completed in both divisons and both fleets. The judge team led by Don Becker and consisting of Don, Chris Petracco, Katie Maxim, Vicki Sodaro and Glenn Oliver were kept extremely busy all day between the close action on the water and the 14+protests that were filed and heard during the day. Once everyone made it back to the US Sailing Center the hospitality committee treated the group to a Mexican taco bar with carne asada and pollo asada. Report time tomorrow is 9am and the last race needs to be started before 5pm so the sailors should be resting up for another long day.
Western Semifinal Results: http://scores.collegesailing.info/s11/icsa-coed-dinghy-west-semis/ Eastern Semifinal Results: http://scores.collegesailing.info/s11/icsa-coed-dinghy-national-champions/ Event Website: http://2011semis.collegesailing.info/ Danielle Richards Conference Commissioner Pacific Coast Collegiate Sailing Conference www.collegesailing.org/pccsc cell.619.322.7512 office. 619.222.0252 fax. 619.222.0528 skype. danielle.richards email. [email protected] ________________________________________________ icsa mailing list [email protected] http://www.collegesailing.org/mailman/?listname=icsa Unsubscribe: Send a blank email to [email protected]
