Tuesday, September 4, 2012

2012 Season Finale

Labor Day weekend is the traditional end to the sailing season. This year the weather was not as cooperative as we hoped. We did get 3 E-Scow races in and 4 MC-Scow races in. The results were typical of the year. KU-1 won Sunday's only race and finished 1, 2 in Monday's racing. And I finished 1, 1, 2, 4 in Monday's only MC-Scow sailing of the weekend. but it was great getting 12 MC-Scows on the line.

Overall, George Welch won the season for E-Scows convincingly with 12 wins in 16 races (.750 winning percentage). I won the MC-Scows with 9 wins in 14 races (.643 winning percentage). So from that perspective he is a better sailor than I. However, if you look at the percentage of boats bested in each race, George beat 63 out of 84 or finished in the 25th percentile on average. But I beat 90 out of 111 to finish 19th percentile on average. (My job is to spin stats! There is always a way to look better.)

I also like to think some of his 12 wins this year were somewhat due in a small part to his crew, namely me.

Bob Cole finished second in E-Scows with 3 wins and lots of seconds. By far the most improved sailor at the club this year was Brent Penwarden who finished third in E-Scows and second in MC-Scows. The drama was for third overall in MC-Scows where Sean Treacy and Steve Bender were tied going into the last race of the day on Monday. Sean won the race and Steve was deep in the pack settling that score.

All that is left this year is the nor'Easterns regatta at Keuka. Then the boats get packed up and put to bed for many months. It seems a waste. The wind is good and the water temperature is still only 1 degree cooler than its peak. We should be able to get a few more weeks of sailing in with no problem. September series sailing has somehow fallen by the wayside.

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