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There were 11 Lasers on the start line. 7 standards and 4 radials. There was a 5 boat minimum to get a start. RYC also scored both fleets together, so the results have been rescored as distinct fleets. The raw results are here: http://www.regattanetwork.com/clubmgmt/applet_regatta_results.php...

Peter Shope and Buff Wendt were first two standard racers and Will Cefali was the top radial. Will sailed really well and beat many standards. Mark Halman was 2nd radial sailing only on Saturday.

Laser sailors were at the top of some other one design fleets. The 13 boat Byte fleet was won by Dan Ouellet, ex-Laser sailor and current Laser instructor for Oakland Parks & Rec. Dan may offer a "railmeat to midfleet" Laser class next summer, for turning experienced crew into newby Laser racers. If you have dedicated racing crew friends who want to start working on a broader spectrum of racing skils, let them know about this possible option.

The Thistle fleet was won by Mike Gillum, who was 3rd at the Kip LaRieu Tahoe Laser Fleet championship.

Jonathan Weston, seen in the Laser fleet a few years ago, won the 7 boat Weta class.

If you are crewing for a mid-fleet skipper in another fleet, suggest they get a Laser for some schooling. Good Laser sailors do well in other fleets.

The biggest fleets were the open boat classes on both courses, with 15 boats. Times in these fleets are corrected using Portsmouth ratings system. It isn't one design, but if you sail a wacky boat like a Moth what other choice do you have ? And the reason the open classes are being mentioned is because the Potrero Reach open fleet was won by Laser sailor Packy Davis in a Snipe. The Southampton open class fleet was won by Del Olsen in/on an International Canoe.

The Southampton open fleet included a variety of slightly different Musto skiffs. For the full list of wacky boats, check here ( http://www.regattanetwork.com/clubmgmt/applet_registrant_list.php... )

There was a 15 boat El Toro fleet. And a 9 boat Banshee fleet. Both those raced on the Potrero reach course, and at least Lasers beat Banshee attendance by 2 boats.

Stephen Aguilar had it right that the wind would be stronger on Sun than Sat. Sat AM the iWindSurf forecaster had upped the forecast. iWindSurf was right about the Cityfront, but not about the Circle. It was less than the 10 knots expected, but did pick up mid-afternoon. Sunday was more than the expected 10 knots and we all got some "strap time." Saturday was pretty flat. Sunday we got big enough chop that you could sometimes point the bow downhill going downwind.

Altogether, a pretty classic Totally Dinghy with sunny skies, warm air and moderate breeze and a great time on the deck back at RYC.