This is a report from Jen Zimmerman of Ashe at LSYC on the WOW Ladies Only Race Night held June 14.
A total of 7 boats in all, crossed the start line with bodies equaling 29! The race started off with just a breath of wind that kept swirling around the fleet. So we all waited with baited breath – “are we going to have another drifter”, I thought to myself. The light breeze finally settled down to a warm offshore and 2 boats were off with spinnakers blazing on tight beam reaches.
Just before the boats reached the first race mark the wind decided to slam the fleet with 15-18 knots of wind, with no warning. On Ashe the little 3,000 lb Bombardier, we still had the spinnaker up and quickly doused it as 2 of the four crew were new and the boat was set up for light winds (VERY light winds). With rails in the water, all boats rounded mark 5 and the fleet took off to mark 4.
But where was mark 4? It was there on the 13th of June but now… This is the second time in 3 years mark 4 has gone missing from the race course at Lakeshore Yacht Club, maybe there is some kind of Bermuda Triangle in that vicinity? If anyone wants the
s and great food cooked by The Store - Mason's Chandlery and then a rainbow could be seen against the dark clouds reaching from the North Shore of Lake Ontario to the
If you are interested in racing on a boat or bringing your boat to the next WOW race night, contact Lori at The Store - info@thestoremasons.com or Jen of Ashe at jen@thelazycat.ca. Our next race is scheduled for Monday,
I would love to see more boats out and more Women on the Water. For those of us who raced last night, keep checking the Lakeshore Yacht Club website for the results, as they will be posted as soon as possible – www.lsyc.com.
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Jen
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