Youth Sunday Saiboat Race Results, Oct. 16, 2011

The tale of Sunday's races was one of coping with a wind that kept changing direction radically and in unaccustomed directions, 45 degrees or more towards or away from the South. When it shifts so as to point the boat away from the buoy, there is nothing one can do. Young skippers try to correct by pointing their boats back on the course they had before the shift. That results in sailing too directly into the wind and stalling. The skippers who best understood this did the best on Sunday, but even some of them stalled when trying to round buoys. None the less, it was excellent practice and experience for all. Here are 2 photos and a diagram of "the sailing circle" FYI.

Place Skipper Boat Sponsor
 
1st Mitch Sersland Palapa Bar and Grill
2nd Beverly Medrano SanPedroWeather.com
3rd Morgaine Jones Caribbean Villas
4th Zulema Ayala Ambergris Lake Villas