Alter Cup Update
by Jake on Apr.21, 2008, under Racing!
The practice day went down without any major issues….quite an accomplishment and a testament to the effort put in by Gulfport Yacht Club and Fun In the Sun, Inc (Red Gear Racing). We had a few minor things to tweak on the boats after the first round of racing – namely, we found one cleat backwards and several spinnaker pole bridles needed to be tightened. We did also have two issues with spinnaker halyards that were resolved with some minor hardware replacement. This is a terrific day for the teething of 10 new boats – so we’re pretty happy.
The racing was pretty fierce out there on the practice course and several teams, who are expected to be strong, have shown an early speed advantage. We had the drawing tonight for the fleet assignments for the first scored races tomorrow and they are as follows:
B Fleet (racing 1st):
- Burd
- Carlson
- Figueroa
- Ingram
- Krantz
- Olson
- Tomko
- Whitte
A Fleet:
- Bauldry
- Casey
- Gillespi
- Hilk
- Marshack
- McDonald
- Miller
- Newkirk
- Spina
Yet to draw are the teams of Pitt, Wallace, and Jason….we’ll get them at the skipper’s meeting in the morning. Both of the 1st fleets will be scored 1 through 10 points. After the first round, the top five from each fleet compose “A” fleet while the bottom five from the two fleets compose “B” fleet. From then on, A fleet is scored 1-10 points and B fleet is scored 11 through 20. Each round, the top three teams from B fleet are promoted to A fleet and the bottom three from A fleet are relegated to B fleet. It’s a rotation system called “relegation / promotion series”.
