Junior Sailing July 25, 2006

After last week's racing orientation, this was the first night of Junior Racing. Our goals tonight were
   Improve sailing to windward by pointing close to the "no go zone".
   Avoid sailing past the "layline".
   Let the sail out all the way downwind.
   Sail "in the box" during the pre-start so that starts can be better.

The sailors did very well in meeting these goals and are making rapid improvements. Coach Quensen and dad Michael-Soloman Jost rigged their Sunfish and joined in the racing. The Juniors gave them all they could handle. Here are the results.

	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5	Race 6
1st	John Quensen	Thomas Jost	John Quensen	Thomas Jost	John Quensen	Matt Hurth
2nd	Michael-Soloman Jost	John Quensen	Thomas Jost	Michael-Soloman Jost	Michael-Soloman Jost	Michael-Soloman Jost
3rd	Matt Hurth	Michael-Soloman Jost	Michael-Soloman Jost	Doug Crawford	Doug Crawford	Doug Crawford
4th	Thomas Jost	Matt Hurth	Doug Crawford	John Quensen	Matt Hurth	Thomas Jost
5th			Matt Hurth	Matt Hurth	Thomas Jost	John Quensen

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Matt was the first to the starting area	Coach Quensen	Thomas Jost had two first place finishes
Doug Crawford sailed very consistently	Conjestion at the windward mark	Michael-Soloman Jost also learned a trick or two