Four beautiful hand painted Perrier Jouet champagne flutes and an exquisite bottle of bubbly will go to the winning team in the Canandaigua RC Laser Fleet’s first annual Eight-Legged Race!
The current plan is to set a short windward-leeward course and to race twice around the marks. We plan on holding a minimum of 6 races with the goal of finishing 8.
Each team member will sail one leg of the race. Each team member will be numbered 1, 2, 3 or 4, and in the first race, #1 will start the race and to around the first mark, then hand the transmitter to #2 who will handle the second leg and mark and then pass on to #3 and so on where #4 will handle the finish leg and cross the line.
In the next race, we’ll repeat the process, but sailor #2 will start and the process will repeat with the race ending when #1 crosses the finish line. #3 will begin the third race with #2 finishing, etc.
Remember, we aren’t doing the full-blown cookout this week so make your dinner plans accordingly. We are asking that people bring an appetizer to share. As per usual, we’ll have a few boxes of vino on hand.
One of our fleet members who can’t sail tomorrow has provided his boat for use if there are additional sailors who want to put together a team at the last minute. Thanks Dave Kelsey! So, get your team together and come on out and join the fun on the water or on the docks!
The race will start on the waterfront at CYC promptly at 4 p.m. Feel free to come out a little early and practice. We’ll have marks on the water by 3:15.
Give your entry fee of at least $15 per boat to the person holding the scorers clipboard with the collections envelope and make sure they write down your sail number. Since we are not getting any financial help from the yacht club for our starts this season, this money is being saved and targeted towards paying for our year-end awards.
See you on the water tomorrow where we’ll find out who wins the vin exquisite and who gets the plonk.
