Tripp Cupp

Tripp Cupp had some ups and downs.  We had a great start along with the J35 Hat Trick.  Then after the start all the other boats started pulling away.  Our boat speed wasn't good at the beginning of the race.  Chris, Doug, and Brett reported the rudder felt like it had a vibration as if something was stuck on it.

As the race went on winds picked up and boat speed increased to 6-7 knots hitting 8 knots here and there.

About 6 miles out of Milwaukee the wind died and the flies swarmed.  We let the sails flog for awhile with boat speed of less than a knot.  We decided to take the sails down and wait 20 minutes to see if the wind filled in.  Oddly we picked up a knot of boat speed by taking down the sails.  Finally the wind filled in and we were able to finish the race.

Pictures of the wait outside Milwaukee:

South Haven Invitational Regatta

What a nice afternoon of racing in the South Haven Invitational Regatta on Saturday, June 3!  The wind died right after the first start of the first race, but it filled in again later, in time to conduct 2 races.  Only 3 boats in our division, but we were right with them in close crossings and mark roundings in both races.  With a difference of only a couple of minutes from the leader's corrected finish time, we were third in our section.  But, very proud that our corrected time earned us third place overall in the spinnaker boats fleet!  Great job, team!!