International 14 US Class

July 2012 Blog Posts (2)

First full weekend regatta in 13 years

I actually had not planned to race this past weekend at Huntington Lake, but Lawrence Henderson decided to go at the last moment and needed crew. Since I had crewed for Lawrence before and knew the typical conditions at Huntington, I said I'd crew since my child wasn't coming along.

I arrived with Kirk on Friday and we out for a spin on his boat, but it was very windy and we flipped almost as soon as we left the docks coming really close to a sheriff boat with flashing blue…

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Added by Lisa Twardowski on July 9, 2012 at 10:00pm — No Comments

2012 High Sierra Race Report

This past weekend 6 I-14s made the trek up to Huntington Lake in the Sierra's. The weather, as usual, was clear and sunny and rather warm in the parking lot though not as hot as sometimes. The wind was up to two-wiring conditions at the start of the races on both days, and remained that way all the way up to the top mark. To add to the usual chaos on the lake, we had a plethora of Weta's present (12 or so) and we also started with them. There were the normal tales of close last second…

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Added by Kirk Twardowski on July 9, 2012 at 9:41pm — No Comments