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Leg 1 (Saturday) - Starting at 10:00 a.m. between the Committee boat and the Marmion Island Day Mark, proceed north into Stephens Passage, down the back side of Douglas Island, finishing within ½-mile of the small island just past Point Young in Admiralty Cove, on an imaginary line bearing 280 magnetic to Scull Island. Plan to anchor in Admiralty Cove overnight, with beach bonfire (weather permitting).
Despite a gloomy forecast, the weather was actually pretty good for last Saturday's race. The fog lifted, the rain didn't happen, and the wind steadily built during the day. Shortly after the start (thanks to Thalia for acting as committee boat) the race became a downwind spinnaker run to Point Hilda. Haiku was first across the start line and led the fleet throughout the race, with High Noon running second. Asterix very slowly pulling ahead of Thalia on the downwind run and both boats were slowly catching up with Hi
The following race report is from Sean Boily:
The election results are in for the 2015 SEAS Executive Board:
Commodore: Joel Osburn
Vice Commodore: James Bibb
Treasurer: Mary Sternfeld
Secretary: Christina Vasquez
At-large Board Members: David D'Amore, Anthony Crupi, Ruth Kostik, Nikolay Barkov
Ratings Officer: Brian Lieb
Race Committee: Sean Boily & Jimmy Mahan (co-Chairs), Brian Lieb
Sailor Talk #4 will be Thursday, April 16th at 6pm. The topic for our discussion will be Safety and Seamanship, with a presentation on a cruise to Glacier Bay.
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