Ronstan Midwinters

Davis Island Yacht Club hosted the 2014 A Class Midwinters sponsored by Ronstan.  The conditions were great once the sea breeze filled in at 3 p.m. each day.  We were unable to sail Sunday because the breeze filled in too late. Ben Moon won the event on a Nikita with winglets. I placed second on the O without winglets. Woody Cope placed third on a Nikita with winglets. Sam Armington placed fourth on the O without winglets. The top three all used Fiberfoam masts. First, third, and fourth used Glaser sails, and I used a Brewin. Sam and I sailed well and pushed the boats hard downwind.  We lacked a little bit of speed upwind.  For the next event we both plan on having winglets, and we plan to do some testing and working on our rigs to get more speed upwind.  Here is the link to final results. Sam wrote a summary here.  The next event is the Hall Spars Admirals Cup in Gulfport. I expect more of the top US sailors at this event as they have now returned from worlds. Hopefully we will have a sea breeze so Sam and I can compare our upwind speed from the last event.