Women Rule!

Yeah, the courses were good, we had great breeze, the nasty storms stayed far enough away, and the competition was tight. But the big news from last Sunday’s J/22 one-design racing is that we had our first all-women’s team out in the Fisher’s Island Sound Fleet. They sailed very well and were usually right in there -- mixing it up with everyone else.

As you may know, the J/22 has been used at several of the US Sailing Rolex International Women’s Keelboat Champs and it’s common at major J/22 regattas to sail against several very good all-women teams. Now we have a local team (with Rolex ambitions??) that is very impressive. With Gretchen driving, Martha added Lauren and Val, taking advantage of Brandon and Gary being away to sail “Those Guys” for the day. Good luck getting your boat back guys – it either needs a new name, or Martha is going to have to buy a J/22. This team has great potential.

Bill Griffin just got Chris Field to win the day. An ominous weather forecast probably keep a few boat on the dock. We expect to see Clem/Peter, Wes and a team out on Derrick’s red boat next Sunday.