Beth Leahy took some great photos at the Wife-Husband Regatta this weekend.  Photos can be found here.

We have a few more that I took that can be seen here.

After Steve Ouellette led the skippers' meeting at 9AM, there was little to no wind in the harbor, so we did not go out immediately.  Teams took advantage of the goodies that were put out for a continental breakfast, then made PB&J or Fluffernutters to take out on the boat with them.  Teddie Peanut Butter donated the peanut butter and whatever is left over after the regatta will go to a local food bank. 

Unfortunately, the wind did not fill in before 11AM, so up went the Postpone Flag, jokingly called the Cat-in-the-Hat flag.  But that did not lessen the spirits of the Wife-Husband teams, they just kept on sharing stores of other regattas, bragged about their children and grandchildren and some went for a walk in Rockport to take in a bit of this historic New England town.  Meanwhile, Brian Hayes did what he does best, gave an impromptu talk with some Flying Scot footage he had from previous events, sharing stories, answering questions and really entertaining the crowd.

About 12:30, the wind came up enough to take down the flag and get us out on the water and get in two races.  The first race was a W-L 4 with the wind blowing 4-6, occasionally getting to 7 or 8.  In the second race we had a little more wind, maybe 8-12, with some rail time and vang time.   Going right was the order of the day for most boats and that choice was not for the faint of heart - you had to go WAY right to be successful.  A few boats were successful going left.  In the seocnd race, the boats that went left really did not make out well, unless they went left a little way, then going right not too far up the legs. 

After racinng, Brian Hayes showed videos that he had taken on the race course and explained what went well, what were not the best decisions and what some could have done better.  In the end, the CHampionship leaders are Jeff and AMy Smith Linton and Challenger leaders are David and Marilyn Archibald.  Tomorrow is looking like there will be a little more wind coming in from the north/northeast, so be ready!

Day 1 results are here

I have uploaded all the pictures from the 2017 Flying Scot NAC that I took or were provided to me by Gayle Kaufholz,and other folks,  No editing has been done so not all the pictures are usable, but there are available at this point.  Thanks to those who provided pictures.  They have been posted here.

2017 NAC Co-chairpersons Bruce Kitchen and Marty Sweterlitsch (a.k.a. Wonder Woman)

From NAC Chaiperson Marty Sweterlitsch:

Just a shout out to all the volunteers who worked so hard to organize and make NAC 2017 run. In particular my Co-Chair Bruce Kitchen,the Committee Chairs, Kathy Gaines Trask, registration, Tom Dawson, measurement, Sally Weithman, awards, Mike Conrad, food, George Gecik, entertainment, Deb Aronson, publicity, Charles and Sarah Buffington, Women and Juniors, Dan Goldberg, racing, and Gayle Kaufholz, photography.  From FSSA Bill Vogler, Carol Claypool and Diane Kampf , our championship experts.  From SSC Steve France, Jim Keane, Jay Austin and Tim Kyle were an amazing team. Thanks to all for your hard work and dedication. Next time any competitor sees any of these folks at a regatta, say thank you. It was my privilege to work with them all.

Editorial comment - It was our privilege to work with Marty - thank you so much for a wonderful event!

The NCC has decided after speaking with the PRO that there will be no racing today at the NAC, so it is a wrap.  Awards will be presenteed at 10:00AM at the Sandusky Sailing Club.  We'll post special award winners later today.