Official Melges 32 Blog » East Coast Championship http://blog.melges32.com Pure Speed. Pure Simplicity. Function and Fun. In Performance One Design Racing. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 21:14:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 ECC : Day 3, Final Race, The Finish http://blog.melges32.com/2010/05/ecc-day-3-final-race-the-finish/ http://blog.melges32.com/2010/05/ecc-day-3-final-race-the-finish/#comments Sun, 16 May 2010 15:53:14 +0000 Joy http://blog.melges32.com/2010/05/ecc-day-3-final-race-the-finish/ Lotz has this one in the bag…

Arethusa
Leenabarca
Ramrod
Bronco
roXanne
Heartbreaker
Dark N’ Stormy

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Leenabarca
Ramrod
Bronco
Dark n’ Stormy
roXanne
Heartbreaker

]]> http://blog.melges32.com/2010/05/ecc-day-3-final-race-final-gate/feed/ 0 ECC : Day 3, Final Race, Second Weathermark http://blog.melges32.com/2010/05/ecc-day-3-final-race-second-weathermark/ http://blog.melges32.com/2010/05/ecc-day-3-final-race-second-weathermark/#comments Sun, 16 May 2010 15:12:17 +0000 Joy http://blog.melges32.com/2010/05/ecc-day-3-final-race-second-weathermark/ A lot of nice clean air coming in on the left and leaders – Bronco, Heartbreaker and roXanne out front in their own little pack as they make their way up to the mark…

Lotz pulls off the leads coming in from the right, Leenabarca back in the hunt, Bronco in third…

Ramrod
Dark N’Stormy
Heartbreaker

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Bronco
Heartbreaker
roXanne
Argo
Arethusa
Leenabarca
Dark n’ Stormy
Team Barbarians
Celeritas
Ramrod
STAR

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Bronco challenging first now.

Team Barbarians
Leenabarca
Bronco

Celeritas around first, but Bronco and Arethusa are quick to seize the lead.

]]> http://blog.melges32.com/2010/05/ecc-day-3-final-race-first-mark/feed/ 0 ECC : Day 3, Final Race, The Start http://blog.melges32.com/2010/05/ecc-day-3-final-race-the-start/ http://blog.melges32.com/2010/05/ecc-day-3-final-race-the-start/#comments Sun, 16 May 2010 14:23:01 +0000 Joy http://blog.melges32.com/2010/05/ecc-day-3-final-race-the-start/ It’s another beautiful day for Melges 32 racing in Rye, NY…

Under sunny skies, moderate temperatures and 5-8 knots, the fleet is almost ready to race the final heat of the event. 5 legger on tap…

Leenabarca shoots off the line! They are clearly outfront…

Team Barbarians are match racing Leenabarca up the middle…

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Leenabarca
Argo
roXanne
Bliksem
STAR
Arethusa
Dark n’ Stormy
Heartbreaker
Ramrod
Bronco
Shakedown
Team Barbarians
Celeritas

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Three times around, finishing to windward…

Course bearing 305 @ 1.7 nm

In the meantime, chew on this:

http://www.yachtscoring.com/event_results_cumulative.cfm?eID=339

I-flag in effect for the second attempt at race 4 start

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Bliksem
Arethusa
Team Barbarians
Argo
Bronco
Celeritas
Shakedown
roXanne
Dark n’ Stormy

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Arethusa
Bliksem
Bronco
roXanne
Shakedown
STAR
Dark n’ Stormy
Team Barbarians

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