Author: Lin Robson

Full Circle

Posted on June 18, 2011 by - WC2011

With all that is going on in everyone’s life these days it’s sometimes hard to keep sailing schedules aligned and on track.

Fifteen years ago, much of the U.S. fleet was preparing for our National Championship in Canandaigua, NY. During a warm up at the race site for the regatta, the person I was planning on sailing with encountered a health problem that kept them from continuing in the regatta.

Fortunately at that time Richard Phillips, well known to everyone in the class, was touring the U.S. and had stopped by the regatta site for a look. He was quickly recruited to sail. We had a good series, won that year by Mike Loeb and Guido Bertocci, with some of the top positions decided in a dramatic last race.

Now, again very fortunately for me, Richard has agreed to sail with me at Worlds coming up soon. Seems that sometimes good things can come around again!

Looking forward to seeing and sailing with friends from around the world very soon now.

Best,

Lin

Davis Island Regatta Results

Posted on March 16, 2011 by - Davis Island

March came in with some vigor (at least for one day) as the FD fleet joined other classes at the Davis Island Yacht Club recently for their Midwinter regatta.

The event actually started as the Fireball Midwinters, but over the years other classes have been invited to join. The regatta is now known as Fireballs and Friends. DIYC is a very active, sailing oriented club that hosts many noted regattas each year.

Davis Island

Posted on February 3, 2011 by - Davis Island

We are trying again this year to participate in the Fireball & Friends Regatta at the Davis Island Yacht Club.  This is a good venue on the other side of Tampa Bay NE of MacDill AFB.  The location tends to provide better wind this time of year and Davis Island YC has an active racing community and race management group.  We would like to make this a regular deal.

2011 Midwinter Championship

Posted on January 17, 2011 by - Midwinters

The hot team at Midwinter Championship: Lin & Maarten

FD teams from as far away as California, the Northeast and Ohio converged on the St. Petersburg Yacht Club for a three day weekend of sailing and get togethers. We shared the bay Saturday and Sunday with the Snipe fleet.

Conditions ranged from 2nd grommet for a lighter team on Friday, to lighter the rest of the series, but in the end seven races had been ably run by the SPYC race commitee. There were the usual current and particulars of a north breeze that St. Pete is famous for, with dividends being paid to those selecting the correct (usually left) orientation to the strong flood current upwind.