I took the barrel screws off the spreaders for the last race of the High Sierra regatta and it was a disaster. The sail was too flat, we were not able to go upwind with the others. Our down wind performance suffered as well. So I’ll put them back on and try something else. P. Root is willing to help me go out on the boat tomorrow and offer suggestions. As a result of this, I'm convinced we belong in the 'B' or Presidential fleet for the NACR. Adn that's cool. We have one start with the 'A' fleet, so it's not like I won't get to sail starts with the big guns.
We'll play with the rig tomorrow. Maybe we can get Surprise moving.
The governing board meeting went well,
M. Boone will get the Hans Gottschalk DSA Merit award, which I’m glad for. He's done a lot of great work helping the owners of the Day Sailer boat as well as the class association.
Mary Heimer will be the new executive VP. Great choice, she's got a lot of talent, and works well with people and knows how to lead. A far better choice than this individual writing, although I was glad and honored to do the job.
Bob Damon has agreed to be class measurer, and may God be with him. It's one tough job, since it deals with the issues nearest and dearest to peoples' hearts in this association. I'm confident he will do well.
Posted by Bob at July 10, 2005 09:11 PM