This is the perfect opportunity for non-racers and potential racers to get their feet wet and see how their boat speed stacks up against others without the stress of formal  races. See details under Racing Calendar link.

April 10 Results:
Revised finish is: Keith Ford in HAPPY OURS Took first place @ .9917% of target...... Cam Marcus was 2nd @ 1.008% of Tgt...... Bob Ingle at 1.059% was 3rd... Wag sailing Mithrander, was1.149%.......... Mario and Esther were 5th @ 1.157%............. and Gus was last @1.161% of the target time.......Spencer "picked up" 400yds short of the finish line....  Shanks tgt was 2hr-45min but didn't sign in, but neither did Jim Monroe who had a tgt time of 2hrs-57min. and may still be out there...The evening was great 70 degree weather but the wind wimped out at about 6:30........ Thanks.... 10 boats signed in and 2 or 3 more were seen out there Good race ...$20.00 goes to Keith....... Next time l will take the money when l leave, but will leave the sign-in sheet on the F1-dock box in a plastic cover in case it rains or we have heavy dew..... still haven't heard the finish time of John Wroble.......GUS

April 17 Results:
We 7 Gustafson's sailed under cloudy skies and a brisk wind that lasted... In spite of my famous crew we were not able to keep the spinnaker out of the water. Although we seined no fish,  we gave the chute a good washing......... Six boats put $$ into the pot ,but it looked like there were 4 or more other boats out there. My Girl and Midnight Express were two that l recognized.... John Timofte, sailing Brian's Hunter 30, was assigned a target time of 136min (same as Pachecek's Newport 28, based on similarity)........The fastest trip time was Cam Marcus @ 96.3 min, tgt = 105.6.... Gus was 97.8 min, tgt = 100.6..... Chris Bame @ 118.2 min, tgt = 111.4..... Dan Brown @126.9min, tgt = 129.8.... John had 127.8 min, tgt = 136... and Andy Wagner @132.3 min, tgt = 151.8... Based on this Andy's % was 0.87 and took the $12.00pot..... %'s - Cam = 0.912, Jon = 0.94, Gus = 0.972, Dan = 0.978, and Chris = 1.061....... I think l saw Andy flying a reefed main.... After a few more races l will review the target times and revise them if it appears (that reads lowered)....... Gus

April 24 Results:
5 boats signed up and southerly winds at the start were 3-5mph then dropping to ZERO at the south bridge....Then WAMMO a strong 180 degree wind shift, with reported gusts over 30mph hit us all.... Some rolled up their jibs, some sailed with bare headstays and some did a little of each..... It was a rough ride from the bridge back to Estes point but then a "fast" reach to the Marina.... Thomas, in a "borrowed or stolen" Pearson Flyer kept his Jib up and had the fastest elapsed time... However, Hewitt in his Erickson 33 had the slowest time but the highest "target time" (based on the previous owners sailing in the Lo Stress in 2000) and had a 1.18% performance and gets the $10.00 pot.... His "tgt time" will be adjusted..... Also, since the Pearson Flyer was fastest and beat both Cam and Gus his "tgt time" should be about what theirs is (ie 100min)....... Cam was 3rd @ 1.53%, Dan Brown was 4th @ 1.58%, Gus was @1.66%...  Ingle did not sign in but had about the same time as Gus (167min) and mightn't have beaten Cam for 3rd place.... Sailing was a BLAST last nite !!!                GUS

May 1 Results:
Eight boats put $ in the pot and the wind stayed  brisk and steady in direction... Mark Bryan sailed the course in the shortest time of 88.25 min.... and Cam Marcus had 94.1.... The rest of us took more than 101 min out to the 115.3 min that the Aguirre's new bottom job would allow... Steve Raye had the best performance to target at 80%... Gene Bain performed at 83%... Mark Bryan at 87%... Cam - 89%..Jaffre - 95%..... Steve and his O'Day 28  "Midnight Express"   wins the pot of $14.00 and a $2.00 IOU from Cam, but there is also another IOU of $1.00 from Cam... Don't think l should get involved in this one!!!!!  As you may recall the "Target Times" are based on the 3 best times over the 8.33 nm. course.... Now that we have 4 races completed, I plan to review and revise as necessary.... The new "Tgt Times" will be with the sign in sheet for next Wednesday's race........... We had a great sail for #4 race.............. GUS

May 7 results:
Even though the weather was threatening, quite a few people showed up to sail.... l think Mark Bryan (Mithrandir)  and Dan Brown (Joy Ride) sailed with the Aguirres (Encanto)... TEH (Erickson 23) and Gail Gustafson (Fast Foward) sailed with Hewitt (Alchemy) .....Keith Ford (Happy Ours) and TNT with the Guinns were out there too,but TNT did not register......... The tornado watch that expired at 9pm was not a problem "thank Goodness".... Mario and Keith both sailed within 10% of  their target speeds, but Hewitt sailed a lot faster than his, indicating that due to a small data base (2 races) his target needs to be adjusted............ Ralph sailed 108.7min which is .689% of target.......... Keith, at 109.85, was .915% of target........... Mario, at 122.01min, was 1.10.5% of his target............ Ralph wins the $6.00 jack pot...... KAG
= .88%, FUN NITE!   ...GUS

May 22 results:
We sailed in 80+ degrees with 20 to 30 mph winds that were gusting.... A few boats sailed with reefed mains, some with just Jibs, a few chose to stay at the dock, and two boats sailed their first Lo Stress race... Six boats entered and all boats lowered their Target Times.... Ralph Hewitt with a time of 92.7 min won his fourth race in a row... All of Ralphs target times were based on "HIS" times in the Ericson 32.... (race# 26 of last year = 157.8, #3 of this year = 186.7, #5 = 108.7, #6 = 112.2, and #7 =  92.7min) These last 3 times, averaged, establish his new Target Time of 104.5 min......... The second place boat was of our newcomer, Glyn Buckley in his Cat-22  at 125 min (his new target time)....... Gus had his best ever time of 83.5 min and tied for 3rd place with Bob Ingle who also sailed his best time of 94.8 min....... The new targets for Gus = 92.9..... Bob = 107.7..... Mario = 105min....... NOTE:   Mario's time is based on race  # 24 of last tear = 104.8, #31 of last year = 110.1, #6 of this year=102.2, and # 7 = 109.... Averaging the 3 fastest times gives 105 min for Encanto.........E J Tews sailed an O-Day 25 but did not record a time.... He will have an interim Target of 125 min for the next race.......... Ralph gets the $12.00 pot...........................Great nite for action it was ......... GUS

May 29 results:
Ten boats signed up to race and 5 or 6 more were out enjoying the great temperature and mild breezes...... This race took twice as long as last week's race yet 3 boats came in within 3 min of each other.... The fastest time was Mithrander at 162 min followed by Sagatious at 164.2 min and Fast Foward at 165 min............... John Wrobel's % of target was 115 and wins the $20.00 pot for first place.... Mark Bryan's time was 162% of his target and gets second place.... Gus was 178% of target and gets 3rd place............ Keith Ford's "Happy Ours" was 4th at 180%..... Encanto at 185% took 5th..... Ralph (4 wins in a row) Hewitt sailed the course in 195% of target for 6th place................ The wind was dead at dusk and no one else recorded finish times..... The only target time that will change is John Wrobel's  ... It goes from 142.8 min to 110 min................ Great evening.... GUS

June 5 results:
$18.00 was in the pot and it was won by E. J. Tews in his O'Day-25 with a target time of 125 min.... His elapsed time was 198.26 min for 159%...... The two faster times were Gus in "Fast Foward" @155.3 min and Hewitt in "Alchemy" @ 179.2 min..... The "Encanto" crew finished in 220 min and E. Casey in a 17foot Venture came in at 247min.... Buckley in his "Summer Breeze" Cat-22 finished in 254 min and probably would have done better but claimed to have hit the south bridge..... He and his crew got "rattled" when the passing cars started honking their horns at them.... Fortunately they were able to start their motor and power off the concrete into the north wind... They were able to laugh at the situation  in front of us all at the Hot Dog cook out that Gail and Lanny put out...... Mallette in his Cat-22 did not record a finish time nor did Keith Ford in "Happy Ours".... This only accounts for 8 boats but the "cash" said there were 9 players...... The wind was fair at the start and nil at the end... The threat of severe weather kept out of our face allowing us to enjoy a cool evening........      GUS

June 12 results:

June 19 results:
With winds steady at 14 there was an abundance of boats out enjoying the evening. Ten boats put money it the pot and at least 10 other boats were out sailing to the south bridge also.... Encanto has been complaining of a too low target time, yet sailed so fast last nite as to lower it some more... As a matter of fact 7 of the 10 boats lowered their target times.... The fast boats were Mithrandir (M Bryan) and Starlite Express (Steve Raye) who each had times of 100.2 min.... The winning boat however, was the 17 ft. Venture (Casey) at 124.3 min but a target time of 150 min..... Casey gets the $20.00 pot.... Gus sailed Fast Foward with just his 155% genoa and, although came in last on % performance, the time was 103.2 min.... Mithrander was 9th and Starlite Express was 2nd....... Tom and Dee Meyer's, in their 28ft Cal "Encore," sailed for the first time in these Lo-Stress races...... They just had a bottom job and with  the "supersonic" varnish on the top surfaces, it  must have allowed them to finish in 105.1 min for 3rd place.... Alchemy, son did have the quickest time, and with his tarJacobus was flying around the course in his Melges 24 and so was the Pearson Flyer from the other marina....... Spencer Farrington was seen trying out his (to him) J-27 with Bob as ballast...... The temperature was ideal as was the steady wind...................... GUS

June 26 results:
Under the threat of bad weather ,the Fast Forward crew elected to withdraw from the race and return to Gus and Julia's to celebrate their 53rd anniversary...which was a blast...... Meanwhile, as the clock ticked on the weather improved, Keith in his "Happy Ours" signed up and did the course in his Target Time, 118min....... Keith said two other boats were out there but since they had not signed in and not logged a time .it was a hollow victory even though the wind was steady.....................................The $4.00 pot went to Keith..........................         

July 3 results:
Three boats raced and the Aguirre's in Encanto led to the finish line in the best time of 120.5 min (115% target).......... Dan Brown in his 28ft Catalina "Joy Ride" was second at 132min (106% target)   ..and said he would have passed Mario and Esther except they kept making tactical moves which screwed up Dan's game plan....... T.J.Tews in his O'day 25 "Jennifer Lea" followed in 152min against his target time of 120min for a score of 126%.......... Dan wins the $6.00 pot..................."NOTE"....FAST FOWARD has had the Diesel pulled for rework and since there is a hole in the bottom , where the drive leg used to be, will not be racing in the Saturday series, and until I know that the patch is watertight may miss another Lo Stress or two................. Strange... 3 boats on the water for #12 Lo Stress...... 3 boats raced in the Sport boat race....... 3 boats in the A fleet race ......... 3 boats raced in the B fleet........and 3 boats raced in Lo Stress #13.      My mother used to say "good things come in threes " ............ Nice that we had a safe 4th !!!!! ..............................GUS

July 10 results:
       Seven boats signed up to race on the hot day of July 10th... but only 5 actually got to sail around the course,   slowly, l might add...... with all of the heat the wind was poor to non existent...... That is except for Keith Ford and Andy Wagner who must have started later since their times were much better than the first three boats that left....... Andy 's time of 185.6 min was second fastest and against his target of 137.2min  he had 135% perf for first place. Andy gets the $14.00 pot...................... Keith had the fastest trip time of 168.3 min vs his target time  of 115 min for a 143% perf and second place..... E.J.Tews had 248min at a perf. of 2.07%............ Ralph Hewitt had 219.7min at a perf. of 2.26%............. and the Aguirre.s did the course in 269min at 2.57% performance............. Chris Bame did not start and neither did Fast Foward........ We had the main up and were in the process of checking the "Patch" for leaks  (where the diesel engine was mounted) when Gus was instantly "hammered" with a total loss of vertical reference. Dan Brown and Gail and my son Jon were fortunately  there to call 911 and get me taken care of................... Note .... the Emergency crew from Grand Prairie was at the Marina in only 6 min.... Jon was still on the phone talking to the dispatcher, when we could hear the sirens....    When you need help it is nice to know that a fast response is possible........ GUS

July 17 results:
Lars, Jon and l went to the lake intending to race if the boat patch didn't leak..... However, when we got to the parking lot it was obvious that the threat of bad weather and lightning would cancel the race..... Dick Jaffre and the Aguirre's had already signed up and they will get their money back...... One boat was seen coming from the other marina, and was under full sail, l presumed it was Thomas in his all weather San Juan - 34 "Rapture".......... The white caps were wild and the wind was gusting a bunch.............. Thanks everyone for showing up  !!!!!................ GUS

July 24 results:
Forgive me .... I've lost my data so that this will be a report based on my short memory.... 7or 8  boats took off in a near no-wind condition.... Ingle, Hewitt, Martin van Wolfswinkel, Dan Brown, Chris Bame, Gene Bain, Preston, and Fast Foward....The wind did improve as the evening wore on.... Martin said he was going to start late since he expected the wind to pick up later..... It must have since the winning time was 92min by Martin's  J-22  Lone Star (He gets the $13.00 pot). Most of the rest of us were up near 2 hours or more time...... I had two watchs and both failed... one did say l spent more than 1 hour just to get to the bridge..... The fact that the moon was FULL made the evening even more pleasent..... WHO is Preston and what kind of a boat did he sail????.........See you all tomorrow...... GUS

July 31 results:
Eight boats signed up but the pot was only $12.15 and was won by Spencer Farrington, with a time of 97.6min... This was his first Lo Stress race in his "new" J-27. Gus was second fastest at 104mim and took 7th place............. Bob Ingles was 3rd fastest at 107min. and took 4th........ Ralph Hewitt took 108.3min for 6th............. Keith Ford took 110min and got third place..... Martin van Wolf-- sailed 110min also and took  8th place............ Dan Brown took second place with a time of 120,9min..... and E.J.Tews at 130 min took 5th place.............. The wind was pretty good and the air temperature was great...... Of the 8 boats, five all finished within 6min of each other which l think is pretty good for an 8.33 nautical mile race........ ........Thanks everyone......................GUS

August 7 results:
     With a threatening weather forecast 9 boats signed up and the Pot was $16.00.   Rapture the San-Juan 34 won first place... Bill Thomas sailed the fastest @ 105min which was 10% over his tgt.............. Gus (Fast Forward) came in at 112min for 21% over tgt. and 3rd ............ Ralph Hewitt (Alchemy), sailing his 32ft Ericsson single handed, had 114.75 min for 18% over tgt. and took 2nd. place........... Gene Bain in his Capri 22 (Feels -so good) took 4th place with a time of 190min @1.59% and Dan Brown (Joy Ride) had 200min. @1.64% of his tgt................. It was tough racing with near calm at the start followed by  'Brisk winds' as we approached the point, followed by a fast run down to the bridge...... The beat back to Estes Point was in whitecapping wind, then a heavy rain squall, then No Wind, then a 180 degree shift followed by an occasional calm, depending on where you were at the time......... Those who were sailing south when the first 3 boats were headed north must have gotten into failing winds that caused DNF on several of the last boats........... The GOOD news is that my "sun top" got a good washing...... the BAD news is that Julia got her "hair wet" while Gail and Jon were trying to get her below deck with the boat heeling 20 degrees.... We all had a great sail and getting out of our wet clothes was even better.............. Bob Ingle also sailed. He started first and finished first but did not enter.... He and Bill flew Spinnakers........... GUS

August 14 results:
       The rain at my house was coming down in buckets at 5pm..... We elected to stay home and eat shrimp and sip Martinis .......... This am l went out to see if any stout hearted sailors really did go out in their boats................ no one else had signed up and there was no evidence of a rain at the dock.......... the decking was dry and the parking lot had no water in it or on it......... NEW SUBJECT....... Ralph Hewitt was bemoaning the fact that our membership has gotten smaller in numbers and was asking how to enthuse more people to join............ Lets tell everyone we can that people could ride on some of the Lo-Stress boats as interested passengers or as novice crew...... the dock departure time could be established and the participating boats could be posted ............. we could also offer some snacks at the Party Mark after the sailing so people could ask questions or whatever............. it doesn't have to be just the Lo-Stress boats ... many other boats go out on Wed just for the fun of it....Unfortunately, Fast Forward can not be one of the passenger carrying boats since l have a full time chore when Julia is on board........................ Gus................

August 21 results:
The race was sailed in a steady breeze from the SSE followed by a full moon......... 9 boats signed up and several more sailed but did not sign in.... $18.00 was in the pot and it was won by a "Stranger" boat, an S-2 7.9, called "T-N-T"....... Since the Guinns only sailed in the short course races of 2000 and 2001 their TGT time was based on an extrapolation... This was their first "long" course and they sailed it in 97min. which was 85% of their Tgt....... Cam in his S-2 7.9 had 93min and Keith in his SJ-28 was 94min...... However Spencer in his J-27 had the fast time of 87.4min........"Fast Forward" using only the Technora 155% genoa was close to Spencers speed upwind but on the downwind leg both he and Cam flew ahead of me......... Keith in "Happy Ours" was 2nd at 86%, Spencer was 3rd at 89%......... Bain was 4th @101%, Cam at 102% was 5th.... Wagner @ 105% was 6th... "Encanto" at 1.10% was 7th... and Gus was last at !.16%...... Martin did not record a finish time,,,, (Five of the nine boats lowered their "Tgt Times").... TWAS a great evening to be sailing   !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!                 Thanks for being there....          GUS

August 28 results:
Five boats entered the race and Andy Wagner in his S-J 21 won $10.06 with a perfect 128min versus his target time of 128min....... Bill Thomas, flying his big blue spinnaker on his S-J 34 was second at 104% of target with a 100min time,,,,,,,,, Gus was third @ 103.9min (112%) and Mario/Esther came in 4th with 137min (131%)...... Gene Bain had no finish time recorded..... Spencer Farrington, Martin van Wolfswinkle, Butch Wineberg, Dick Jaffre, and Bob Ingle sailed but did not sign up....... A couple of Melges 24s were out sailing also......... Spencer, though not racing was a "winner" anyway..... He stopped to tow in an  inboard powered speed boat which was dead in the water, ran aground, broke his tow line, lost his favorite hat overboard, and then stepped on his sun glasses.....(good deeds are always rewarded).......... Fast Forward also had problems .... After the start a small power cruiser was drifting in the water up ahead and as we passed within 20 yards of it we were greeted by 3 "idiots" in the "raw".... I guess one could say the moon came up earlier than usual.............. Bill Thomas lowered his target time to 95.1min........... Another great night for sailing....... GUS

September 3 results:
Last night 7 boats were signed up, but l counted more than 12 sails headed to or from the south bridge.... A cluster of 6 boats, all trying to get around the turning buoys at the bridge, was a sight to behold........ Pretty sunset at the same time... l think Fast Forward was the last to start but was sailing fast all the way to the final turn at Estes Pt..... This is where the fleet stopped due to the wind fading to ZIP.... With all the lights on all of the boats it reminded one of a traffic jam on l-20......... However, Martin van Wolfswinkle (J-22) managed to drift home in 2 hrs-20 min. and took the $13.00 pot with a 153% performance to target........... Glyn Buckley in his Cat-22 logged 4 hours to complete and 3 boats chose not to record their times.... Fast Forward was second fastest at 158.9 min (172%) and Ralph Hewitt was third at 169.4min (174%).......... Bob Ingle was on his way back from the bridge when, it was reported that he turned around to rescue an out-of-gas 30 something power cruiser...... It wasn't reported whether the "30 something" was the length of the boat or the age of the damsel in distress......... I guess that if the finish line had been Estes Point, Spencer Farrington would have won in his J-27.... He was last seen in daylight "hauling" north about half way between the point and the Bridge...... It was a nice evening, good winds at the start and fun sailing for awhile......... Thanks.... GUS

September 10 results:
Three boats signed up but only one boat recorded a finish time..... Since l had hired a "Rock Star " (aka Bob Ingle) ] to steer Fast Foward, l guess the other boats were too embarrassed to put their times down on the score board........... George and l flew a spinnaker several times in a light to fluky wind.... tried the light Genoa several times too..... our recorded time was 2:52:30......... Keith Ford sailed in far behind us... Ralph motored in ahead of Keith... Blass in his Colgate 26 motored in ahead of everyone.... Spencer Farrington in his J-27 may still be out there....... Let me declare this "drifting finish" a No Contest.... l will put the $5.00 pot in for the next race....................... GUS

September 17 results:
Last night (my 78th birthday) Julia and our 5 children sailed in a fine whitecapping wind of 15 to 25 kts... Great sailing .... We even saw, directly overhead, a beautiful rainbow as the sun was setting. HONEST! Six boats signed up and Butch Weineberg in his Halberg-Rassey 34 was fastest at 90.1min...... Bill Thomas in his San-Juan-34 was second at 93min....... Butch won the $13.00 pot which contained the $5.00 carryover from last week...... Both Butch and Bill lowered their Target Times..... Bob Ingle in his San-Juan-24 came in 3rd with a time of 106min.(102% of target).......... Hewitt in his 32ft Ericson came in at 147.9 min or 1hr:47min: 56sec... but either way it really doesn't change much... Ralph would be either 4th place or 6th place................... The "Party Boat" came in at 1hr :51min:24sec (120% of target)..... Mario in Encanto (Catalina -28) was137.1min (130% of target).......... Fast Forward was slow sailing to the bridge with just the main up but flew downwind with the 170% genoa poled out---- saw 8.4 kts several times on the meter..... Great sailing....Thanks...... GUS

September 24 results:
Juan arget time....... GUS

October 2 results:
       The evening was perfect for the 5 boats that signed up... The wind was good until about sunset when it began to fade away.... The $10.00 pot was won by Spencer Farrington who sailed his J-27 to a 90.4 min time (tart was 92.9)...... Gene Bain and his Capri-22 came in at 122.2min (target was119) for a performance of 102.7% of target....... Gustafson in the Laser -28 came in at 95.4 min which was 103.1% of his target time.........The Aguirre's in their Catalina -28 had a time of 113.7min which was a 108% performance..... Keith Ford in his San Juan -28 may still be out there, since he did not sign in with a finish time...however if he did finish with a time of 101.3min or better he could tie or beat Spencer.... I will with hold  handing out the $$$$ until  l hear from Keith............. Spencer said he had been practicing ... He said that Tuesday nite he sailed the course in 85min.... Chuck in his Melges-24 and several other boats, like Steve Raye in his 28ft O-Day (Starlite Express) were out enjoying the evening...... Thanks.  Attention: Only 3 more Wed nite races----GUS
     UPDATE: Keith did finish race #24 and did have a time of 104.1min (99.3% of target) and took second place.... He lowered his target to  101.9min....... Spencer held on to first place and lowered his target to 91.7min...with his performance of 97.8%........ Evan Casey (Venture -17) won $20.00 from race #11 (19 June 02)....... If anyone knows how to communicate with Casey, tell him Martin van Wolfswinkle has the $$$  from the pot.... When l gave Martin his winnings  (L/S #20) the other evening, l mistakenly handed him both envelops............ Thanks.....Gus

October 9 results:
        Chuck Jacobus was the only hardy racer to test the weather last night.... He flew his Melges-24 (Vectored Thrust) around the course in 87.4 min versus his target time of 85.6min...... Chuck and Matt Mayo (Melges-24 Trick Monkey) hold the two fastest trip time averages for the lo-stress course..... Matt's target time is 83.2 min.......... Chuck keeps the $2.00 pot............Thanks Chuck ...     Gus

October 16 results:
From Gail:
Before he flew off to Connecticut this morning for his High School reunion and family visit, Poppa Gus calculated the actual times over target times for the three participants in the NEXT-TO-LAST Lo Stress race of 2002.  The races resume in the Spring following the return of DST. The Aguirres reported that seven boats were on the lake in the light air and that it was a beautiful evening for sailing, although cool once the sun set. Three boats signed in for the race, and "He's ba-a-ack!"  Just when you thought it was safe to go in the water!  Mark Bryan takes the first place honors and $6 pot with 121 minutes/ 91.9 target for 132%.  In second place, Ralph Hewitt logged 149.8 minutes/ 97.3 target for 154% and the Aguirres and their international, articulate and world event-discussing crew placed third with 175 minutes/ 104.8 target for 167%.

Gus would like to get all of this year's racers together at the party mark for an informal gathering sometime soon.  See ya'll next week! 

Summary:
Race # 26 was sailed on 16 Oct. 2002....... Mark Bryan was first with a time of 121min.... Ralph Hewitt was second at 149.8min... and Mario & Esther were third at 175min..... The $6.00 goes to Mark..... For Lo-Stress III 32 different boats competed in the 26 races.... $307.00 were shared by 16 different winners, of whom 7 were multiple winners.... E Casey in a Venture-17 (smallest boat) was the winner in race #11 and Butch Weinberg in his Halberg-Rassey 34 was the big boat winner in race #22.................. Fast Forward (Gus et.al) entered 19 races.  Encanto (Mario/Esther) and Alchemy (Ralph Hewitt) each raced 16 times,,,,, Happy Ours (Keith Ford) raced 9 times,,,, Feels-So-Good (Gene Bain) raced 8,,,, Joy Ride (Dan Brown) and Amazing Grace (Bob Ingle) raced 7 each,,,, Rapture (Bill Thomas) and Mithrandir   - aka Hooters, aka Samual Adams (Mark Bryan) each competed in 6 races.................. This completed the third year of leisurely racing and it seemed that all the boats that have been racing this series have ended up sailing faster than the two previous years........... There were no reported accidents and no protests thus, there were no "stressful" situations at the start or the finish line.................. For next year ,if there is still a good turnout of boats, we should have closer finish "performance ratios" since the data sheets now contain numerous finish times on which to compute the TARGET TIMES for each boat............. I had a fun time, l hope you all did too......... Thanks, Gus

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