Hello Team Racing fans!
The 2011 season has begun. Team StFYC is currently in St. Petersburg, Florida for the 2v2 Master Driver Team Race. The regatta is a 2 on 2 team race with 3 members to a boat. The rules are simple, last place loses, so the racing never ends! Sailing for Team StFYC is Mark Adams with crew Rolf Kaiser and Paul Heineken and Jon Andron with crew Harrison Turner and Dave Kelly. Other teams competing at this event are American Yacht Club, Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club, and St. Petersburg Yacht Club. Texas Corinthian Yacht Club was scheduled to be here but they were buried in snow in Houston and their flights were cancelled last minute.
Day 1 started off with nice 10-12 knot conditions on Tampa Bay. Team StFYC started off strong with a 1-2 over SPYC. The next race had us square off versus SCYC and we led for most of the race. Near the finish one of the StFYC boats fouled a SCYC boat and SCYC came back to snatch away a victory from us. The last race of round robin 1 was against American Yacht Club. This race was intense! The lead changed hands about 10 times during the race and it wasn't decided until the last 10 feet of the course. Unfortunately AYC got the best of us. Round robin 2 started off with a rematch against AYC. This was another hot contest with both teams trading the lead throughout the race. Once again, we were passed just at the end with all 4 boats finishing the race overlapped!
After a quick weather break/lunch break, we headed back on the water and caught fire! Team StFYC had convincing wins over SCYC and SPYC to finish out round robin 2. Round robin 3 started with two more great wins over SPYC and SCYC before our rematch with AYC. Another spirited battle ensued with jibe outs on weather legs and furious position battles. AYC had our number again and got a well earned victory. But with our 4-1 afternoon, we sat at 5-4 overall and in second place.
Standings after Day 1:
American Yacht Club 9-0
St. Francis Yacht Club 5-4
Seawanhaka Yacht Club 4-5
St. Petersburg Yacht Club 0-9
For more information visit:
The SPYC websiteStay tuned!
Team StFYC
Thanks to the members and staff at StFYC for supporting the team at the event. We are very proud of our finish and hope that it is the beginning of good things this team racing season!
