Menantic yacht club: Sunday practice yields some minor thrills
The Menantic Yacht Club (MYC) held its first and only practice Sunfish race on Sunday, June 26 in West Neck Harbor. The winds were light, variable and squirrely, from the west southwest at between 4 and 8 knots. The Race Committee held five races. Three were around a triangular course, a shorter race was a windward-leeward finish and a longer race included the triangle plus windward-leeward finish.
Only seven sailors participated in the races but they were the true MYC regulars: Dave Olsen, Penny Pilkington, Melanie Coronetz (who only misses races if there is a good tennis match on TV), Daniel McCafferty (only 11 years old but an up-and-coming racer), Bill Martens, Linda Gibbs (her other half, Tom McMahon, claiming a sore knee from surgery, conveniently loaned his boat to Daniel who put it to great use), and, of course, yours truly.
Where were Mary Vetri, Charlie Modica, Andy Belford and the rest of our regulars?
Prior to racing, Commodore Bethge held a captains’ meeting at his home to discuss the current racing season. There will be a change in the way race courses are determined. A preprinted laminated card depicting a total of six different courses will be handed out. Every sailor will need to keep this card on his or her boat. The committee will call out a letter, A through F; just look at your card to see what the course will be. For those of us who wear glasses, remember to bring them. For newcomers, pick up your course card from the committee boat.
The reception was held aboard the "Romantica" yacht, leaving from the Lincoln Harbor Yacht Club in Weehawken, NJ, and sailing in New York Harbor.
