To All – Each week more and more boats are joining us for Wednesday Night racing. Tonight we had a wind that couldn’t make up its mind which way to go, or how hard to blow. Very frustrating at times. The racing results are attached. A big congratulations to Charlie Brieant from Shattemuc in Zoom for doing an horizon job. If you see Mike Leinweber, please tell him to join the Cruising Fleet and get a PHRF if he wants to be scored. This is the second week he has raced and dropped out. John Michael sent the following e-mail yesterday: Sunday racing last weekend at the Nyack Boat Club was just a beautiful day to be out on the water. What a perfect excuse to be on a boat, going around a race course on a Sunday afternoon. The temperature was around 70° with winds from the SSW at 10-15 MPH. Race course 13 was the choice of the Race Committee (C-E-A-Finish) which happens to be the long course, and it was so much fun that we all did it again. Pentimento, (Bob Millstein and friends from Shattemuc), Tony Martin in Sheba, and we in Spirit were the racer-cruisers of the day. Matt Lydon (Galatea) and Larry Nathanson in Indiscreet were some of the cruisers in the Fleet taking in the sun and enjoying a beautiful day out on the water. The Galley was open and the patio was filled with one design racers and Cruisers. Thanks to our wonderful Race Committee for making this event shine. John Michael, Fleet Captain of Racing Back to Lee - I have copied all of the Sunday racing data to date, and I’ll report the Sunday corrected results tomorrow. Several of you have asked me to repeat the PHRF scoring formula again, so here it is: Corrected time = Elapsed time * (650/(550 + PHRF)). Note that the formula (650/(550 + PHRF)) is really nothing more than a percentage. I encourage everyone to play some “what if my PHRF was” games to get a feel for how much a PHRF rating affects the elapsed time you spend on the water compared to your favorite competitor. With a little bit of time you can work out a table of how much you have to beat your closest competitor by (or vice versa). This weekend is the Memorial Day Regatta, held only on Saturday this year. It will be interesting to see if more people get involved than for the usual two-day regatta. We have a lot going on, but we hope to see you on the water this weekend. Lee Luce Cruising Fleet Captain/

Sorry it’s late and we’re tired. >From Lee Luce, Cruising Fleet Secretary. John Michael is Cruising Fleet Captain – Racing Morris Azar is Cruising Fleet Captain – Cruising Mark English is Cruising Fleet Treasurer From: Wednightracing [mailto:wednightracing-bounces@maillist.nyackboatclub.org] On Behalf Of Lee via Wednightracing Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2017 11:47 PM To: Cruising Fleet Racers Cc: Leinweber, Michael Subject: [CruisingFleetRacing] Wednesday Night Racing Results - May 24, 2017 (plus some Fleet News) To All – Each week more and more boats are joining us for Wednesday Night racing. Tonight we had a wind that couldn’t make up its mind which way to go, or how hard to blow. Very frustrating at times. The racing results are attached. A big congratulations to Charlie Brieant from Shattemuc in Zoom for doing an horizon job. If you see Mike Leinweber, please tell him to join the Cruising Fleet and get a PHRF if he wants to be scored. This is the second week he has raced and dropped out. John Michael sent the following e-mail yesterday: Sunday racing last weekend at the Nyack Boat Club was just a beautiful day to be out on the water. What a perfect excuse to be on a boat, going around a race course on a Sunday afternoon. The temperature was around 70° with winds from the SSW at 10-15 MPH. Race course 13 was the choice of the Race Committee (C-E-A-Finish) which happens to be the long course, and it was so much fun that we all did it again. Pentimento, (Bob Millstein and friends from Shattemuc), Tony Martin in Sheba, and we in Spirit were the racer-cruisers of the day. Matt Lydon (Galatea) and Larry Nathanson in Indiscreet were some of the cruisers in the Fleet taking in the sun and enjoying a beautiful day out on the water. The Galley was open and the patio was filled with one design racers and Cruisers. Thanks to our wonderful Race Committee for making this event shine. John Michael, Fleet Captain of Racing Back to Lee - I have copied all of the Sunday racing data to date, and I’ll report the Sunday corrected results tomorrow. Several of you have asked me to repeat the PHRF scoring formula again, so here it is: Corrected time = Elapsed time * (650/(550 + PHRF)). Note that the formula (650/(550 + PHRF)) is really nothing more than a percentage. I encourage everyone to play some “what if my PHRF was” games to get a feel for how much a PHRF rating affects the elapsed time you spend on the water compared to your favorite competitor. With a little bit of time you can work out a table of how much you have to beat your closest competitor by (or vice versa). This weekend is the Memorial Day Regatta, held only on Saturday this year. It will be interesting to see if more people get involved than for the usual two-day regatta. We have a lot going on, but we hope to see you on the water this weekend. Lee Luce Cruising Fleet Captain/