Riley Lake is just off Interstate 490 at the Culver Rd. Exit
This coming Sunday we will be holding Week 3 of our Frostbite Series on Riley Lake in Rochester from 2-4PM. Also invited to race with us are any members of RAMYA that would like to participate. Following racing Bill & Mary Schmidt have offered their home ( 254 Fair Oaks Ave., Rochester, NY) as a place to settle our on the water protests and warm ourselves up.
Week #2 of racing at Steamboat Landing was anything but a drifter. Many Sailors were seen switching from “C” sails to “D” and back. I am sure that wind gusts exceded 20 knots at times which made not only racing your boat difficult but also controling it between races. At one point I thought I had secured my boat on the docks under a cleat only to turn around and find Tracy fetching out of the water for me. “PHEW”. I was able to return the favor later when she attempted to stop her boat from going under the docks by grabing the sail mast. Yep, the mast came out and the boat kept going. Leaning over the dock on the other side my fingers where just long enough to grab before it would have been out of reach. “PHEW AGAIN”.
For the remainder of is series it has been decided that Fleet 14 will be racing in a handicap format based on racing experience and ability. Each racer will be given a stagered start time for the remainder of this series based on their handicap. Our intention is to allow all of us to experience the thrill of leading and holding off challanges to win races. Those with the least experience will start 90 seconds before the start of the most experienced. All others will be started somewhere between. We hope that this format will be fun for all and encourge more racers to participate.
