November 14th must have been the best day for sailing in 2009 with a temperature of 70 degrees, a steady 10 knot breeze from the west, flat bay waters, and a clear blue sky. Fleet 86 saw seven boats meet up for the J-Vemberfest regatta at DIYC. Since this was not a series-counting event, competitors enjoyed an informal afternoon on the water.
Although this was intended to be a casual "fun" race, you would have never known it based on the tight finishes. During the 3 hours of racing, the fleet completed six practice starts and four races. For the practice starts, Irish was the most consistent with good position in almost every case. Supernatural Fishslapper led the fleet with bullets in every race. Going into the fourth race of the day, Team Camp and Irish were tied for second place. However, Team Camp secured the trophy for second place overall with a strong finish.
After the race, the crews met up for a sunset potluck cookout. Special thanks to Hank Pomerantz for his race committee work, Rob Wetmore for being grill-master, Jason Chavez for the excellent Public Relations work, the Fishslapper crew for showing us what we should be doing, everybody for bringing the great food, and all of the crews, spouses, kids, and friends that joined us for the cookout.
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