CYC Race Committee Volunteer Training
CYC Race Committee Volunteer Training, (Photo by Bill Blevins).
Tracy and I attended a race committee volunteer training course this morning at the Canandaigua Yacht Club. It was pretty much like all of the other RCs we’ve worked with in the past except for a cool computerized horn system that automates the audible signals with the timing sequences. It has a nickname which is slipping my mind at the moment.
“Ollie”?
Maybe. I think it was “Ollie”.
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EF1 Tornado hits Canandaigua Yacht Club
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Canandaigua Tornado, originally uploaded to Flickr by SailorBill.
Boats everywhere!
An EF1 tornado scored a direct hit on the grounds of the Canandaigua Yacht Club in Canandaigua, NY on Saturday afternoon, August 29, 2009.
There are trees down everywhere. Power lines were also down because the poles had been snapped in half.
Several boats were sunk in the mooring field More >
2008 Flying Dutchman Cannonball Regatta
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2008 Flying Dutchman Cannonball Regatta, (Photo by Bill Blevins)
Flying Dutchmans sailing, with crew hiked out and approaching the windward mark on Saturday, June 28, the first day of the 2008 Cannonball Regatta held at the Canandaigua Yacht Club in New York.
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“GO” Fleet Sunset Start
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Wednesday Night “GO Fleet” (Genoa Only) Start, (Photo by Tracy Blevins)
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Beautiful evening for sailing
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Tracy sailing her 2.4 Meter, (Photo by Bill Blevins)
Tuesday night after work, Tracy and I headed down for an evening on the water.
I plopped in the fishing boat while Tracy got her 2.4 Meter rigged.
We met at the lift and got her pointed towards the middle of Canandaigua Lake at about 6 p.m.
The winds were More >
Two “Guns” in first GO fleet races
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I sailed in the Genoa Only or “GO” series races on Wednesday night at the Canandaigua Yacht Club. The fleet was divided in half with my 2.4mR sailing in the “B fleet”. There was a Capri 22, a Catalina 22 and a Beneteau 210 racing with my group.
The winds were extremely light and there were More >
Sunday June 2 Race Track
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Race on Sunday June 2, 2008 Track
I got out on the water very early today. Winds were great, blowing at 8-12 knots. I sailed for about and hour before the harbor gun, signaling the beginning of the racing sequence and my start in 45 minutes.
I noticed a problem steering to the right so I headed More >
View from the cockpit of my 2.4mR today
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View from the cockpit of my 2.4mR today, (Photo by Bill Blevins)
Have you ever wondered what sailing downwind in light chop and 5 knot winds looks like from the cockpit of a 2.4 Meter?
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Sunday Afternoon Race #1
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Sunday afternoon Race #1, (Photo by Tracy Blevins)
Tracy took this photo of my little 2.4 Meter sailboat in front of two Catalina 25’s on the downhill leg of the first Sunday afternoon race of the season at Canandaigua Yacht Club . Very shifty and light winds allowed for practicing all points of sail on each More >
Our 2.4 Meters Have Spots
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Our 2.4 Meters Have Spots, (Photo by Bill Blevins)
Gene Hinkle drove up from St. Petersburg, FL this week to deliver boats in Rochester for Canadian customers and today he stopped by the Canandaigua Yacht Club to place measurement marks on the hulls of our 2.4mR sailboats.
Gene is the official measurer for several international sailboat classes More >
Canandaigua Lake 2.4 Meter Sailing
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(Photos courtesy of our friend Pam Bettencourt)
Thanks for the photos Pam!
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