Dog Days of Summer Race
| The Lake LBJ Sailing Club race August 9 was exciting.
With winds gusting 20 to 25 mph four boats prepared to race. Philip Hughes
of Beaver Island capsized his Sunfish before the start and could not get
the cockpit to drain so called it a day. Mike Britt of Sunrise Beach missed the starting line in his Catalina 25 (it was his first race) so received a "did not start". He continued the race and did well, even though he ran aground once and wrapped his jib around the forestay. |
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| David Luckenbach of Sunrise Beach and his sailing class
of the Khataw family of Austin had a good start in the Flying Scot but had
to lower the jib when a jib sheet came loose and never put it back up
because of the high winds. The Khatow family, Mohsin, Nahid, Zain, and Ali, with only 2 hours prior experience that day, did a great job. Ali shared the helmsman duties with David while the rest of the family helped balance the boat and bail. So much water came over the bow they had to bail the entire race! They increased their lead over Walt during the race, who was singlehanding his boat and really needed more weight to take advantage of the high winds. David decided to tack around the leeward mark instead of gybing due to the high wind and inexperienced crew, but still finished 20 minutes ahead of Walt. |
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| Walt Stephens of Sunrise Beach never put up his jib on his Holder 14. These pictures were taken when the wind eased off a bit, most of the time the lake was covered with whitecaps. | 
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Opinions are mixed, no one knows for sure if this is an actual rule of the International Sailing Federation and we will seek an opinion. The important thing is we all had a great time, a very challenging race, and had sore muscles the next day!At the meeting it was decided that there is no rule that states you have to gybe anywhere on the course and that Dyson was wrong to disqualify anyone. The club did however let the results stand, Walt wins the trophy, David resigns from the club.
July 19, 2003
God Bless America series
Only three boats showed up for this scorcher. The summer midday doldrums are in full effect so we're moving our race start back to 3 pm at which time the winds usually pick back up and the sun is on it's way down.
Bob Harrell took first place with an excellent show of light wind sailing, David Luckenbach's sailing class took second, and Walt and Sherri were stopped by lack of wind to finish third. The last two races were canceled because of the lack of wind, but at 3pm it started to blow again!
Walt and Sherri fall behind Robert, I think Robert led the entire race.
June 21, 2003
Good Ol Summertime Race
Eight boats entered the one long race, Philip Hughes showed how it's done in his International 470 to win first.
A nice warm summer day with good winds, it appears the shift to the south summer wind is here.
Bob Harrell crossed the line second, too bad he skipped one of the buoys! That let Sy Schiffman take second in his Capri 22 with Hank Sandhaus for crew.
Kelly Rainbolt took the helm of the family Flying Scot with Mom and Dad for crew to take third, less than a minute behind Sy!
The Tylers were fourth with Linda at the helm of their Catalina 22.May 17, 2003
Support our Troops Series
A sunny day called for sunscreen on the 7 boats entered, but temperatures in the 80's with a brisk wind made for an enjoyable day. Philip Hughes of Beaver Island swept the series with three firsts in his Sunfish. He capsized before the start of the first race but it didn't slow him down.
The competition for second place was intense, as Hal Rainbolt and son Kelly of San Antonio and David Luckenbach of Sunrise Beach passed each other several times each race in their Flying Scots. David and crew Robert Harrell of Horseshoe Bay won out to take the second place trophy, with Hal a close third. Perhaps Hal would have done better with his son at the tiller!April 26, 2003
Lord Help Us Series
Six boats entered the three race series and David won his first trophy of 2003. He demonstrated sailing his Flying Scot from the bow between races, how does he do that?
Walt and Sherry took second, Bob fourth, and Jody third.
Bob was late to the first race and only capsized once this time!
Jody singlehanded his Venture 22, leaving Barkley at home helped. Philip brought his recently purchased International 470, a very fast boat but his daughter isn't ready for the trapeze yet.
Many thanks to Vance, Bud and Mark for running the races from Bud's pontoon boat, here Bob crosses the finish line
April 5, 2003
The Sailing Fools Series
We had a good clean series with good competition, close races and many laughs. We started the first race with good wind. David brought his sailing class students to the races as part of their course. The first race was won by Don in his Capri 22, David 2nd with Steve Moffett of San Antonio at the helm, and Walt 3rd. Only 42 seconds between 1st and 3rd!
New member Hal and son Kelly in his Flying Scot misread the starting flag and made a late start, that new Scot is a very fast boat.
The second race Bill takes the helm of David's Flying Scot for an early lead, when the wind picked up they had an advantage with 4 people on board.
This big early lead evaporated, as Walt sailed a perfect race, beating 2nd place Don by over 3 minutes. Hal overtook Bill for third place, less than a minute behind Don.The last race the wind picked up, and wind shifts and gusts added some excitement. Martha was at the tiller when a particularly bad one hit and turned the Scot on it's ear. David said he had never seen his entire centerboard out of the water before! After shipping about 20 gallons of water it righted, and after bailing the boat out the sailing class team took a 2nd place, less than a minute behind Walt! Hal crossed the line a mere 42 seconds later for another 3rd, only 8 seconds ahead of Don.
Walt and Sherry won their first trophy of the year!
March 8, 2003
The March Madness Series
Wonderful day, high about 70, good winds and cloudy, 8 boats raced around an odd downwind start course. Made everyone think as a downwind start is not normal!The skippers meeting on the docks at Sandyland focused on the right of way rules
Philip Hughes from Beaver Island brought his Sunfish to compete and won the first place trophy with 3 straight firsts.
Don Keeney took Second in his Capri 22, moving into the lead for the year long Lake LBJ Sailing Club competition!
Dyson Campbell took third in his first race of the year sailing Bud's Hunter 235
2003 Lake LBJ Sailing Club Championship Competition standings have changed. Don has moved into the lead with 2 second place finishes! Still early in the year so anything can happen, especially with our screwy rules on Lake LBJ! We are here to have fun.
FEBUARY 22, 2003
The Hardy Sailor Series
Beautiful day, 70 degrees with a light to moderate shifty wind, it was intense competition.
We had 8 boats entered and had 3 races.
Bud won the series, by a hair.
He beat Don the first race by 30 seconds!
Don won the 2nd race, and Walt took 2nd.
Jeff brought his two masted Sea Pearl 21Bud first, Don second, and Walt third.
Barkley trims the jib and watches for wind shifts
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JANUARY 25, 2003 Next race Febuary 22, The Hardy Sailors Series. Hope for better weather, see
you there!
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The Icebreaker Series (1st of
the year!)
A
beautiful day, 38 degrees and a light mist, even had a little wind! No ice to
break, you can see the sun rising behind Deb as she prepares for the many crazy,
er, I mean HARDY sailors to arrive. Jody purchased a replacement mast (and that
tree HAS been trimmed now), and would have been ready to race but at the
launching ramp found his forestay was too short! David was ready with his Flying
Scot, and Art and Dyson were ready. Gee, it was 82 and sunny last week. Weather
disrupting our January races is becoming normal.