Hail to the RC! Thanks so much, Steve & Amanda. You guys rocked it (writeup
included).
Go get em at Nationals Matthew!
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On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 3:53 PM, Steve Kleha <skleha at gmail.com> wrote:
> My fellow v15 brethren, behold! A new fleet champion has been crowned!
> Sally Madsen and Adam Rothschild were our victors over the weekend (with
> pit support by Tom). Separated by 1 point, Sessions, Sessions Jr. and Jack
> took second. Avery and Maddy took a well earned third. See the full
> results here <http://vanguard15.org/schedule/817#Result>.
>> Saturday was a real honker of a day. Breeze built to around 20. (Lyzz
> shared data that recorded puffs of just below 30, but I'm skeptical.) We
> had cranked off 11 races when a few competitors told me their legs were
> about to fall off, and it looked like Pete Trachy was suffering from
> hypothermia. I took pity and called it a day.
>> Dinner on Saturday night was pleasant and civilized. Dinner topics ranged
> from the heyday of the Bradford Island Classic to a lengthy discussion of
> Michelob Ultra. The after party at the campsite got a little crazy. (e.g.
> I decided to put all the wood that Sessions brought on the fire, creating a
> flaming inferno of death.)** A true highlight was Drew, Sam's crew, which
> freestyled to guitars played by Adam, Kevin and some random dude from
> another campsite. (Was he French?) Drew, new to the world of sailing,
> took a single word, e.g. "downwind", and created an ad-lib song around it.
> He had the campsite in stitches.
>> Sunday presented the usual Inverness mystery breeze that challenges and
> indeed conquers race committees of smaller stature. There were significant
> oscillations that confounded some. There was an extraordinarily long
> anchor line off the race committee boat that snagged others. The Purdy's
> kicked a$$ for the day (how do they do that each year?), but the day
> belonged to Sally/Adam and Matt/Jack who competed until the very last race.
>> Boat loading was made easier by pitchers of margarita supplied by none
> other than the a$$ kickers themselves (Melissa/Tom Purdy). Real awards,
> kinda like the ones you used to get as a kid, were given to the victors.
>> Special thanks to Inverness Yacht Club and Shawn Kelly who endured my
> numerous emails. Sarah Deeds who towed the three boat trailer to
> Inverness. Sessions who brought the firewood which was, as you would
> expect, some of the highest quality firewood I have ever burned. Musical
> stylings were provided by Kevin Richards and Adam Rothschild. Drew, who,
> while not a sailor, should still be a part of the V15 family anyway.
> Nicholas Sessions who yelled to competitors "Free Beer!" at regular
> intervals and participated in the Race Committee's mandatory "share and
> bond" conversations. Kevin and Ben for conducting the three minute justice
> for the regatta's one and only protest. Kevin and Ben for throwing both
> parties out. And last but not least, my illustrious wife, the Lieutenant
> Principal Race Officer, Amanda Kleha for working diligently alongside me
> during this whole program and being eye candy for the weekend.
>> Until next year,
> Steve
>>>>> **No one died.
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