LASER SPRING SERIES #5

Jon Deutsch on Tuesday June 15, 2004 05:52AM

The 2004 Spring Series came to an end for the Laser Fleet with 5 boats participating.  The shifty and unpredictable winds kept the racing close and the solid breeze made the reaching legs a lot of fun.  In the first race Brad Squires got an early lead and held on throughout the rest of the race.  He was followed by Alain, Jon and Dave.
 
The rest of the day belonged to late-comer James Jacobs who won all of the last three races.  With Brad, Jon and Dave on his heels, James was never able to get too far out ahead waving to passing motor boats as he seemed to motor between the marks.  In the 3rd race of the day all of the boats were neck and neck all around the course.  Brad and James were in a dead heat right until the finish line when James beat out Brad by merely a few feet.  A boat length or two behind them were Jon and Dave.
 
Alain did well at the beginning of the day, but equipment failures caused him to keep falling back and eventually he had to retire early missing the final race.
 
The steady breeze let up just a bit for the final race, but that didn't make it any less of a race.  James got a comfortable lead and Jon and Brad duked it out for 2nd and 3rd.  Dave followed closely.
 
All in all, Brad once again won the day's racing beating out James by just a point.  Brad also took the honors for the entire series accumulating only 43 points in 22 races with one drop.  Jon came in 2nd followed by Alain, James, Dave, Rob and Frank.  A total of 7 boats participated in the series.
 
The days racing and the final spring series standings can be seen at: http://www.fbyc.net/Events/2004/06.12.onedesign/results.dtml
 
The next event on the FBYC One-Design schedule is the long-distance race Sunday July 4. 
 
Also on the schedule are Summer Sea Breeze: Saturday July 17 and Saturday July 24
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See you soon!
 
Jon Deutsch
 
FBYC Laser Fleet Web Correspondent
 
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