Spring Starts off in High Gear

Fleet 9 has had an active few weekends to start off the 2009 season. Last Saturday, Fleet Captain John Wyles and Kevin McCabe put the best of Fleet 9 “past and present” on display on the front lawn for American YC’s 126th Commissioning on the front lawn of AYC. A number of Fleet 9 Members were in attendance, enjoying the warm weather, the re-opening of the club, and the bar. Judging from the smile on John Wyles' face below, it was a pretty good time!


Not to leave all the activity for the weekend ashore, the fleet met for a first successful training session on another nice day on Sunday. After surviving an hour of Long Island Sound’s finest east-south-northerly, a nice frontal southerly filled in for 3 exciting windward-leeward practice races in 12-15kts. Class newcomer Keith Longson had Tyler Moore’s old 8883 going well in the fresh breeze, with 8931, 8939, and 8441 also out having fun. The day served as a great starter to polish rusty boathandling around the short course, with water temps in the 40s providing additional incentive not to botch those wire to wire gybes!

Looking good...even off the water.