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April 21-22 @ CGA in FJs & 420s
A: Erik Storck/Killarney Loufek
B: Andrew Loe/Matthew Cohen
Saturday: We showed up to a dying Northerly with high hopes for a good sea-breeze. Unfortunately we ended up with the two breezes fighting throughout the day. Matty and I started off rough, but we got ourselves sorted and started to figure things out. Only 7 races.
Sunday: Light. We continued our surge up the ranks and got as high as second in B before tanking the last set. Good bounce-back from a deep standing. Erik and Killarney sailed brilliantly to win A by a considerable margin. As a team we were up more than 40 points going into the last set. Even with our poor final set we still won the regatta by 18 and re-estabilshed ourselves.
Tied for 4th, not bad after starting with an 18, 9.
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Finally, the lake (Mascoma Lake) is thawing! We will be able to have normal practice this week.
85 degrees and wind will do wonders, check out the motorboat trails.
We take our ice smashing duties seriously…
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So much for the Last Hurrah... Charlie, Nucci, and I went to Special-K on Thursday morning to take advantage of the fresh conditions. We found this fun little rope jump, photo creds to Nucci.
I can ollie pretty well…
... but Charlie does it like a pro with a stylish shifty.
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April 7-8 @ Tufts in Larks & MIT in FJs
Erik Storck/Killarney Loufek, Andrew Loe/Betsy Bryant, Ben Sampson/Kate Hacker
Saturday: We started at Tufts, and in typical fashion Mystic lake was… mystical. We sailed well, finishing 13-1 and staying out the protest room. The conditions were crazy but it appears we had it the best.
Sunday: After a fantastic Toga party, we arrived in glorious fashion to MIT. Conditions were windy and cold, and the RC decided that we would only sail one round-robin, not what we were expecting. We dropped some races due to a lack of communication. Our 4-3 record left us 4th overall, not satisfying but we have some ideas on what we need to work out.
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An excellent comment from the O’Reilly Mac DevCenter Blog.
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The guys over at del.icio.us have released a really cool Firefox plug-in that integrates the social bookmarking service into your browser. I’ve played with del.icio.us in the past, but the experience was never streamlined or fast; this plug-in is both. There is more explanation on the del.icio.us blog.
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Vermont and New Hampshire just got slammed with a big late season storm. Being an intrepid adventurer, I ventured to Killington with my partner-in-crime. The following ensued:
Nucci with a Backside Smith
I got down on some box too… a little Backside Noseslide
Nucci ups the ante on the kink box
Floaty Backside 180
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March 31-April 1 @ CGA & Conn in FJs
Erik Storck/Killarney Loufek, Andrew Loe/Betsy Bryant, Ben Sampson/Kate Hacker
Saturday: Sailing didn’t get started until around 11:30 when the southerly filled in. We went 6-1 in the first round, only losing to Harvard. We sailed a few races in the afternoon, but they wouldn’t end up counting. Down-speed boat handling was atrocious, but had good starts.
Sunday: Frustrating. We went 4-3 dropping races for tons of different things, all relating to a lack of communication. My boat handling improved but team and boat communication did not.
4th. Disappointing, but its the first I’ve sailed in nearly 4 months. As a team we need to get on the same page, which can only happen if we start talking more. Too many times we would be working hard at the wrong thing. Its early, but we need to get on these things early.
