WELCOME NEW BOAT OWNER STEPHANIE CAMPBELL

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Congratulations to Stephanie Campbell from Anacortes, a top Washington State PHRF racer who owns Wild Rumpus, a Santa Cruz 27, who purchased Area 51 (#51) on the Labor Day Weekend, which makes it the 9th transaction of the year, equalling 2018's total! The boat was sold to her by Ken Machtley and Chris White, who donated the proceeds to Sail Orcas (youth sailing). Enjoy your first 242, Steph!
 
 AREA 51

There are still only 5 boats left for sale in the entire Region (Oregon, Washington, BC, Alberta), and we may yet hit 10 or 11 boat sales for 2019 as there are several buyers looking at boats.

In other news, we're not sure if Ms Campbell was part of the Area 51 raid, but people did gather near a US military base in Nevada on Friday, Sept 20 to 'see them aliens'.  Not too many aliens were found but apparently a party was had.

The evil forces of the dark side finally triumph over good at the Martin 242 Intergalactic Championships!

Extraterrestrials

Back in Black (#13) sailed by a three man crew of Reto Corfu, Phil Cragg, and special guest star Yury Levkovskiy (who raced most of this season on Electra) managed the win, on a weekend filled with rain, wind shifts, puffs, and wind-shadow dodging. Michael Clements and crew on Too Wicked (normally #304, but with a surprise #2 on his sail this weekend, which I can only assume was for sneaky camouflage reasons) managed to squeak out 2nd place, just two points clear of 3rd place Dirty Dog (#282) sailed by Matt Collingwood and crew.

English Bay served up some classic south-easterly conditions, putting a premium on staying on the lifted tack and sailing towards the pressure. Being on the wrong side of a shift or missing a puff often meant a big loss in the tightly packed competitive fleet, with many of the boats in the fleet managing to get some good results. Notably, Min of Mine (raced by Jeremy and Tara Smith and crew from across the Strait) looked threatening early with a 2nd place and a bullet in the first two races, and Ambergris, also picking up a bullet on day 2, surely would have been in contention if not for having missed day 1.

We managed to get 8 races in over the two days with conditions varying from very light up to 12-14 knots or so. The 6m fleet had a great turnout for this regatta, but combined with the Stars, Farrs, and Dragons on the course, clear lanes were often hard to come by. Despite their proximity to the racecourse, the tankers didn’t seem to get in the way too much. The rain only fell intermittently, the sandwiches and cookies onboard were excellent (our secret weapon), and the tight racing made for a great weekend...Back in Black now officially becomes Fastest Ship in the Galaxy. Until next year.

RESULTS ARE HERE and below.

See you all at the KYC Lawrance Cup?

M242 Class

Rank		Boat Name	SailNo	Club	Name		City	Ctry	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Total	Nett
1st		Back In Black	13	KYC/RVYC	Reto & Phil		Point Roberts		1.0	3.0	1.0	1.0	4.0	1.0	2.0	(5.0)	18.0	13.0
2nd		Too Wicked	304	RVYC	Michael Clements		Vancouver		(8.0)	2.0	2.0	2.0	1.0	4.0	4.0	6.0	29.0	21.0
3rd		Dirty Dog	282	KYC	Matt Collingwood		Vancouver		5.0	4.0	(7.0)	6.0	3.0	2.0	1.0	2.0	30.0	23.0
4th		Min Of Mine	215	RVYC	Jeremy/Tara		Salt Spring Island		2.0	1.0	(10.0)	10.0	7.0	3.0	6.0	3.0	42.0	32.0
5th		Scarlett	57	RVYC	Ray Parsons		Burnaby		(9.0)	5.0	6.0	5.0	2.0	9.0	5.0	4.0	45.0	36.0
6th		Simply Red	8	RVYC	J & A Drinkwater		Vancouver		4.0	7.0	5.0	3.0	(10.0)	5.0	7.0	7.0	48.0	38.0
7th		Blowout	27	TCYC	Frank Rogers		Delta		3.0	(9.0)	3.0	4.0	5.0	7.0	8.0	9.0	48.0	39.0
8th		Ambergris	94	RVYC	Don Mcinnes		North Vancouver BC		(12.0 DNC)	12.0 DNC	12.0 DNC	12.0 DNC	6.0	6.0	3.0	1.0	64.0	52.0
9th		Christian Bligh	265	KYC	Colin Potter		Vancouver		7.0	8.0	8.0	8.0	8.0	8.0	(10.0)	8.0	65.0	55.0
10th		Sailiant	171	KYC	Anthony Collett		North Vancouver		6.0	6.0	4.0	7.0	(12.0 DNC)	12.0 DNC	12.0 DNC	12.0 DNC	71.0	59.0
11th		Check Mate	231	RVYC	Cedric Carter		West Vancouver		10.0	10.0	9.0	9.0	9.0	10.0	9.0	(12.0 DNC)	78.0	66.0