J24 FLEET 61 City Island, NY
Sailing Instr: Wed. & Fall Sat.
Schedule
Hoxie 2008 Results
| Place | Boat Name | Sail | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 3 | Race 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jeepers | 2335 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | LA Express | 9 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 3 | Surcease II | 1131 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 |
| 4 | Heat Wave | 4160 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 19 |
| 5 | Blondie | 4109 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 24 |
| 5 | Ska | 2557 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 24 |
| 7 | Don't Panic | 649 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 26 |
| 8 | Power Play | 8 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 33 |
| 9 | Watercolour | 3941 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 12 (DNF) | 34 |
| 10 | Wow | 44 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 37 |
| 11 | Trinity | 3342 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 42 |
SUMMARY:
Congratulations to Jeep Califano for a solid victory in the 2008 Howard C. Hoxsie Regatta, with a total of 5 points in 4 races! Not only is this is a repeat performance of last year, but amazingly enough, the top four places this year (Califano, Beaudin, Sailor, Rosenbloom) are ALL repeats of last year!
The regatta was raced in challenging conditions of light winds, but otherwise fine weather (partly cloudy skies and temperatures in the mid 80's). The first two races (courses B2 and W4, with 0.6 mile legs) were run in a 4-6 kt easterly breeze. A flood tide running from right to left made for interesting windward mark roundings as boat after boat mis-judged the laylines.
By the middle of the third race (course W2), the afternoon sea breeze was starting to fill in, making the right side of the course pay off in spade.
For the fourth and final race (W4, 0.6 nm legs), the RC moved the course to a southerly axis, out of the bay into the deeper water of the main channel. This left the RC crew in the chase boat scrambling to find more line so they could set a mark in 50+ feet of water. On this axis, the current was left-to-right, and now at peak flood. The new and old breezes were still battling it out, with 30 degree shifts over the entire course. What looked like a square line at the prep turned heavily pin-end favored by the start. Boats that went hard left looked good early in the leg, only to have the fickle wind take those gains away from them on the next big shift.
Thanks to principle race officer Ellen Murphy for excellent committee work and general organization, and to Paul Beaudin help with the publicity and for all of the work he's done getting the fleet organized and energized.. Thanks also to Don and Michelle Haviland for use of their boat Lil' Rascal for the RC. And yet more thanks to Jeff Goldfarb and Chris Carpentieri for their excellent work setting marks in the chase boat. Don, Jeff, and Chris also did double duty behind the cameras. Their photos can be seen at http://tinyurl.com/5a2hnl .