Racing this past Sunday (March 14, 2021) marked the last of the scheduled Frostbite Series for the 2020-2021 season hosted by the SLF Laser & Aero Fleet.THANKS TO EVERYONE for participating in this Frostbite Series, to the parents who faithfully shuttled the youth sailors, and to all the sailors who volunteered to run racing in lieu of sailing on those days.
My appreciation to John Beaver for once again taking it upon himself to document our racing with photographs, and making them accessible here:2021-03-14 Frostbite #7 – John Beaver’s Photos (smugmug.com) I always pick out just a few pictures for this RECAP to whet the appetite, but it is really fun to go through all of the photographs as you’ll likely see yourself and your friends duking it out.
Once again Jared Hickman offered to run the races (solo!) and we always appreciate the excellent courses and square starting lines. Thank you Jared.
In the pictures I’m counting up to 13 Aeros and about a dozen Lasers participating on this day; I neglected to count participants when I was out on the course so I hope I have this about right. The Lasers were a mix of 4.7, Radials and Standards, and most notably all but 2 of the Laser sailors were youth.
We started the day rigging in the rain and it continued to rain lightly on/off throughout the afternoon. The forecast was for a healthy wind but it in-fact turned out to be fairly light for the first 2 races, mostly ESE-SE. While it looked like the wind might drop completely it suddenly picked-up from the S-SW to make for the best race of the day. SYC Coach Cam Hoard helped make that work by running the rib up to the windward mark and moved it west to be perfectly positioned. Twice around made for a nice long race, finishing downwind, and then all headed to the docks.
On April 24-25, the Corinthian Yacht Club Seattle hosts their annual Puget Sound Spring Regatta (PSSR) – Small Boat which includes starts for Laser and Aeros. Registration is through the CYC website cycseattle.org If you purchase the CYC Seasons Pass, the PSSR, PSSC, Turkey Bowl and Frigid Digit Regattas are all included, along with the week-night series racing from April thru September.
For those Laser sailors who are participating in the new ILCA Grand Prix Series (District 22), this PSSR regatta is the first regatta from which scores will be used to build points.
Cheers, Mark Ross