This week-end is the last of 6 races from the iShares Cup Extreme 40 Sailing Series. You can view race results as well as a lot of video footage from the iShare Cup website, many of which have great collisions, capsizes and pitch-poling action. The video below is from last year’s races but it gives you an idea of the sailing action that will be taking place Oct. 10th – 12th.
Results have now been posted. See them by viewing the rest of this entry using the link below!
For those of you who missed the Summer Games Regatta it was interrupted after only a single race. The short version of the story is that a micro-burst touched down and leveled every boat on the lake. As far as I could see every boat went turtle almost instantly. Thanks to the quick actions of the Coast Guard Auxiliary, the State Park Rangers and the local Sheriffs everyone was plucked from the lake safely (for the most part). I think only two of us made the trip to the hospital.
Many boats were damaged and broken. Hopefully we can get a few patched up well enough for the 4th of July Event which is only a short 3 weeks away.
Sunday there was also only 1 race held before the State Park Rangers kicked everyone off the lake at the first rain drop for fear of a repeat of what happened Saturday. The remaining boats included a number of Lasers, a Thistle, 2 Swift Solos, and two catamarans (Shaun’s F-18 and a Nacra 5.7 that showed up to play).
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Michael Falk, the Race Chairman of the Bear Lake Yacht Club has kindly extended an invitation to their Huntsman Cup Regatta taking place this Saturday, May 23. The race is a fundraiser for the Pece House / Huntsman Cancer Institute.
Race notice can be viewed at the Bear Lake Yacht Club forum, or contact 
Friday Night: Prime rib and Karoke at the Bear Lake West Club House
Saturday 11am: Skippers Meeting at the Garden City / Bear Lake Marina Pavaillion at the North end of the parking lot
Saturday 1-1:30pm: The race begins
Saturday night at the Marina. Cocktail hour 5-6, Dinner 6-7, Karoke 7-10. BYOB and dish to pass. All welcome, members and non-members.
I only recorded the second leg of the race on my GPS. The first leg was pretty slow going so there wasn’t a lot of action. I think I timed in around 1h 55m on the first leg and only 34m on the second leg, so obviously the winds had really picked up over lunch.
The winds on the return trip seemed to come in gusts, but for the most part was pretty strong the whole way. Just about everyone was flying hulls all the way to the finish. A few boats had some close calls with capsizing, but only Randy & Jason really got to practice their trapeze acrobatics before their boat went down.
I never heard what the official race results were, but if I find out I’ll update the post with the top boats.
Sailing footage is posted daily at the NBC Olympics sailing page.
There are six racing days for each of the 11 events, the first five days are the opening series and the final day is the medal race, where only the top ten boats from the previous days compete.
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We’ve received word that there is a new weekly racing series for the Laser Dinghy Class taking place at Jordanelle Reservoir. They hold 4-6 races every Tuesday night beginning around 6:15-6:30pm. This is a great way to improve your sailing and racing skills. The group is expecting nearly 10 boats on the line at the next event, and are hoping to find more interested sailors.
Secure boat storage is available on-site at the Personal Watercraft Ramp and a new rack is near completion to allow the storage of up to a dozen lasers. Sailors of all ages and abilities are welcome. They have setup a Yahoo Group for the event at Park City Laser Racing.
If your interested in the group, or if you know of any Laser boats that are unused and possibly for sale, then please contact Geoff via the following email address.
