The second NAASA weekend is in the books and we have passed the midpoint in the season.  It was a super nice racing weekend – wildly exceeded expectations. 

Big thanks to the RC team of PRO Cushing Anderson, Bob Hunte, Vincent Pattavina, and Bella Holmgren.  They had the longest days and kept the fleet off the water until the sailing was good – then ran 6 great races.  Also a shout out to Tripp Burd, who organized a great social at the Surf Club Saturday evening!

On the racecourse – it was all Surf Club as well – as they shot a perfect 6 for the weekend – even though the team split up to do some coaching.  Sign of what to expect as the team changes for the rest of the season?  Team Fastnet continued their winning ways – placing second for the weekend, followed closely by Skip and Alex.  Weekend results and debrief are below.   The F18 League season standings have shifted a bit – Surf Club still leads, Fastnet has moved into second, followed by Skip/Alex who just pipped Valante Mechanical by 2 points. 

While Surf Club will be hard to pass – the rest of the scoreboard is tight and won’t be settled until our last weekend.

F18 League Weekend #2 Results
		Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5	Race 6		Total
1	Surf Club	1	1	1	1	1	1		6
2	The Fastnet Pub	2	3	2	3	3	2		15
3	TBD - SW	3	4	4	2	2	3		18
4	Valante Mechanical	5	7	3	4	4	4		27
5	GT3 Creative	8	5	5	5	5	5		33
6	Ronstan	4	6	7	6	6	12		41
7	Fly Tradewind	6	11	6	7	7	6		43
8	Payne Capital	10	2	9	9	9	7		46
9	DPS	9	9	8	8	8	8		50
10	Ernst & Young	7	8	12	12	12	12		63
11	Guck	12	12	12	12	12	12		72

Surf Club notes:

Saturday:

Diamonds 37
Shrouds 26
Rake 5.1
Jib traveler - inboard edge of the car aligned with the outboard edge of the post
Dagger UW - full down
Jib Clewboard - middle 

Rotation - active
Downhaul - active
Hull trim - knuckle in 2"

Sunday:

Diamonds: race 1 37, race 2-3 40, race 4 38
Shrouds: race 1 26, race 2-4 28
Rake 5.1
Jib traveler - inboard edge of the car aligned with the outboard edge of the post
Dagger UW - full down, race 2-3 up 20cm, race 4 down
Jib Clewboard - top, race 2-4 middle
Rotation - active
Downhaul - active
Hull trim - knuckle in 2". Once wiring weight back when approaching waves

Fastnet Settings:

Saturday:

Diamonds 37

Shrouds 26

Jib traveler - middle of post (we think this was slow, should have been farther outboard)

Dagger UW - full down

Jib Clewboard - top

Rotation - active

Downhaul - active

Sunday:

Diamonds: start 37, end 38

Shrouds: start 26, end 28

Jib traveler - middle of post (we think this was slow, should have been farther outboard)

Dagger UW - start full down, end 10-20cm up

Jib Clewboard - top (should have tried middle)

Rotation - active

Downhaul – active

As always – thanks to our sponsors