We are coming up to the final Pursuit Race on Wednesday, August 18th. Once we have four Pursuit races completed we will tally the scores a drop the worst finish of the 4. I haven’t considered all of the people that may have sailed different boats but it looks like the leaders are currently as follows. 1 Steve Lavender/Thistle2 Mark White/Interlake3 Jeff … Read More
Fleet Racing Report
May 19, 2021 Pursuit Race #1 Eighteen boats started the first Pursuit Race of the season. As the hour continued the breeze didn’t. Here are the results for those who kept going. Following is the story of how the race was won, written by the winner, Bob McNitt. 1 Thistle 3891 Bob McNitt2 Thistle 3893 Steve Lavender3 Thistle 3990 Stuart … Read More
Everything You Want to Know about Racing
HSC Race Management SeminarThursday, May 6, 6:30 – 9 PM Presented by Jamie Jones on Zoom It doesn’t matter how long you’ve been sailing or racing, you can always learn something new. Jamie Jones will conduct a Zoom seminar on the finer points, or maybe not so fine, of managing a sailboat race. Jamie is a US Sailing Certified Race … Read More
2020 HSC Fleet Racing Season Wrapup
Hoover’s 2020 racing season was a great success despite the COVID-19 Pandemic. The Governor lifted the ban on events like softball, baseball, and sporting events, like sailing, so we were off to the races. We lost 10 weeks of sailing because of the Pandemic in April and May. There were a few boats racing on Memorial Day and on the … Read More
Event-full! Race Committee Report
The 3rd and final Pursuit race for 2020 was held in August. There were over 30 boats on the starting line. Steve Lavender is our 2020 Club Champion. The Labor Day Series concluded on a windy Monday. Steady winds were less than 15 mph but there were definitely some higher gusts. Race committee was well staffed and did a great job. There were … Read More
HSC Sailors are in Pursuit
We are back in the racing business on both Sundays & Wednesdays. Most of the early regattas were cancelled, all of them due to the pandemic. Once we opened the clubhouse both Thistles and Interlakes ran 1-day regattas with great success. Thistles are running another 1-day regatta on Saturday, July 18th. Lasers plan to run a 1-day event on Saturday, August 1. And MCs … Read More