North Fall Qualifier 1 September 28- 29 8 A races and 6 B races were sailed in a southerly wind from 6-14 knots. All courses were windward-leewards, twice around, with a leeward gate. Skipper Nick Woviotis and Crew Patrick Stege competed in A fleet. Skipper Nick Pardini and Crew Maggie Peck compete in B Fleet.
The following day, Seneca lake greeted sailors with a beautiful south wind. 12 races were sailed, 5 A and 7 B, in winds from 8-17knots. All courses were Windward/Leewards, twice around with a gate. Skipper Nick Woviotis and crew Claire Alex competed in A fleet. Skipper Patrick Stege and crew Marisa Freedman competed in B fleet.
KP Laser Qualifier September 28-29th AJ Murphy went down to Kings Point with 2 other sailors from the Cornell Sailing Team, stopping at Sheetz for gas and food. 11 races were sailed in light to moderate (510kt) winds from the NE clocking right to E throughout the day.Racing was very tricky once the winds were blowing over the Academy. Race #2 was discarded due to a procedural error and a redress hearing resulted in race #2 being re-sailed after race 20. Racing was over around 5 pm when the wind became too unstable to race. After day one AJ was in 11th Place, with three really bad races holding him outside of qualifying.
Sunday racing was similar to Saturday. Racing began in a 5kt easterly which then shifted to the NE, finally settling in from the NNE where it breached its peak speed of 9kts before lunch. After the lunch break the breeze had dropped off again and began shifting toward the East. The 18th and last race of the regatta saw the winds from south of East and get very light. The sailors got off the water and de-rigged around 4:30. AJ did not sail as well on Sunday and slipped to 14th in the very competitive fleet. Congratulations to Daniel Birmingham from Cornell for Qualifying for the Van Duyne in two weekends at KP.
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