| 2019 RACING SEASON Calendar of CANDIDATE MAJOR EVENTS Needless to say, Infrared will do the BCYA Icebreaker, Tuesday Night Races, and the Fall Series. (Infrared was sold in 2022!) |
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| THE USUAL LIST, BUT SUGGESTIONS WELCOME! | ||
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| Saturday September 21, 2019 |
DSC YA GOTTA REGATTA | Pursuit race out to Ft. Carroll and back. |
| Saturday September 28, 2019 |
NPSA HARRY YOUNG CUP | Non-spinnaker casual event out at North Point. We have won the cup in past years, so we ought to try to take it back! |
| Saturday October 12, 2019 |
USS CONSTELLATION CUP | Since we won the Cup in 2012 and 2018 race and the Colligan Cup in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018, Infrared will definitely do this. |
| Saturday October 19, 2019 |
BALTIMORE HARBOR CUP | Infrared will definitely do this. |
| 2019 RACING SEASON Calendar of Scheduled Events |
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Thursday, May 21 - Monday, May 25, 2015
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DOWN THE BAY RACE
Annapolis to Hampton, VA 120 nm overnight race. Deliver Infrared to Annapolis Thursday, race begins 1000 hrs on Friday, expect to finish by 1800 hrs Saturday. Infrared returns from Virginia on Sunday through Monday. SEE THE SAILING INSTRUCTIONS HERE.
Let me know if you are in or not. |
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| Saturday, October 13, 2018 |
USS CONSTELLATION CUP
Racing in Baltimore Harbor! From Ft. McHenry to Ft. Carroll and finishing in the Inner Harbor at the USS Constellation. We won this cup in 2012!  And the George Colligan Cup in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017.  Leave the dock at 1140 hours for check-in at 1200 and our start at 12:48:08 hours. You will definitely want to get a ticket for the after race party on the ship! Hold off on buying party tickets until we see how many come with our donations to the cause (see below for donation site)! Click here to add to the INFRARED RACING donation total. One complimentary party ticket comes with each $100 donation! Let me know if you are in. |
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| 2019 RACING SEASON Racing Results |
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| NO. | DATE | EVENT | RESULT | COMMENTS |
| 1 | Sunday, April 13, 2018 | BCYA Icebreaker | 1st out of 4 | Infrared, Incorrigible, Morning Star, Merritt. Sunshine, 62°F, SE 11-14 kt |
| 2 | Tuesday, April 16, 2019 | BCYA Spring Series - Race 1 | 6th out of 10 | Light air, short course. 64°F, W 2-6 kt 1.24 nm |
| 3 | Tuesday, April 23, 2019 | BCYA Spring Series - Race 2 | 7th out of 9 | Good start, sailing well when we ran aground near the sewage treatment plant. Sandy bottom held us for several minutes, but we recovered and closed on the fleet for a respectable finish. 72°F, SSE 10-16 kt 6.08 nm |
| 4 | Tuesday, April 30, 2019 | BCYA Spring Series - Race 3 | 4th out of 9 | We actually sailed quite well! Unfortunately, we were on the wrong side of the harbor for the first leg and that put us at the back when arriving at the first mark. For the rest of the race, we had good speed, execution, and tactics. 71°F, E 7-12 kt 4.74 nm |
| 5 | Tuesday, May 7, 2019 | BCYA Spring Series - Race 4 | 6th out of 9 | Again, we were inexplicably slow on the first leg. Execution and tactics seemed okay, but not enough boat speed. Using his extra 3 sec/mile RFA advantage, Kyle corrected over us by 3.5 sec! 72°F, S 5-10 kt 4.07 nm |
| 6 | Tuesday, May 14, 2019 | BCYA Spring Series - Race 5 | 3rd out of 9 | Best race of the year so far! Brisk conditions, first to windward mark after challenging start but a great first leg. Eventually, Vulture overtook us for line honors, but we crossed second. Pearson Flyers both PHRF'ed over us. 56°F, NW 12-20 kt 6.50 nm |
| 7 | Tuesday, May 21, 2019 | BCYA Spring Series - Race 6 | Retired/DSQ 7th out of 9 for series. |
Craziness began with erronious broadcast of course by RC and our failure to see course board. Then a dodge of Vulture's Crazy Ivan at start. We sailed pretty well, especially on spinnaker runs, but we were not sure "C" needed to be honored before finish thus our DSQ. 69°F, NW 8-14 kt 4.92 nm |
| 8 | Tuesday, May 28, 2019 | Sonic Summer Series - Race 1 | 7th out of 9 | Discouraging night. Decent start, good wind but we just kept falling farther behind. Good execution by all crew, nothing questionable about our tactics, but even Kyle crossed the line ahead of us! 87°F, SW 6-12 kt 4.56 nm |
| 9 | Tuesday, June 4, 2019 | Sonic Summer Series - Race 2 | 6th out of 9 | Another discouraging night. Pretty much the same description as last week, decent start, good wind but we just kept falling farther behind. Good execution by all crew, nothing questionable about our tactics, and again Kyle corrected over us! 74°F, SW 5-10 kt 4.32 nm |
| 10 | Tuesday, June 11, 2019 | Sonic Summer Series - Race 3 | 1st out of 9 | Problem with race timer had us ~40sec late for the start, but after that we sailed really well in wind that Infrared likes. Port/starboard conflict with Artemis II gave us late race excitement (they did turns). Crossed line second, behind Vulture, but bumped into first place on corrected time. (See drone video HERE) 77°F, NNW 8-16 kt 4.81 nm |
| 11 | Tuesday, June 18, 2019 | Sonic Summer Series - Race 4 | 4th out of 9 | Tonight's wind was just below Infrared's happy range. Expecting a stiffer breeze, we put up the 135% genoa which probably contributed to our missing speed. Otherwise, we sailed well. 72°F, WSW 5-12 kt 4.65 nm |
| 12 | Tuesday, June 25, 2019 | Sonic Summer Series - Race 5 | 8th out of 9 | We were due for a market correction. After almost half the season with virtually no blunders, we executed two awful spinnaker take-downs making our course way too long to score well. 85°F, WNW 10-20 kt 5.30 nm |
| 13 | Tuesday, July 2, 2019 | Sonic Summer Series - Race 6 | 4th out of 9 5th out of 9 for series. |
Fourth, but DFL. Terrible luck with the shifty wind from nearby convection. Huge header one boat-length from first mark forced tack with spin pole up putting us in irons. By the time we got going again, we were so far behind our fate was sealed. 84°F, WSW 6-20 kt 4.24 nm |
| 14 | Tuesday, July 9, 2019 | Jim Fox Memorial Series - Race 1 | 7th out of 9 | We sailed the boat just fine, but desperate need of a bottom cleaning left us woefully slow. 83°F, SSE 7-11 kt 4.23 nm |
| 15 | Tuesday, July 16, 2019 | Jim Fox Memorial Series - Race 2 | 5th out of 9 | After a poor start, we managed to get back into the pack, but it all came down to wind lanes on spinnaker runs and we didn't get as lucky as some other boats. We sailed pretty well. 87°F, S 5-12 kt 4.78 nm |
| 16 | Saturday, July 20, 2019 | BCYA Race To Baltimore | 1st out of 4 See George's video of the R2B here! |
A greuling race in mostly light air and sweltering conditions (temperature in upper 90's, dew point in mid 70's). Two of our competitors decided not to sail at all, remaining boat, Sizzle, was DSQ for not honoring the first mark on shortened restart. But a win is a win! Our corrected time would have won the PHRF A class. 94°F, WNW 2-9/SE 5-12 kt 11.47 nm |
| 17 | Saturday, July 23, 2019 | Jim Fox Memorial Series - Race 3 | 5th out of 9 | Middle of the pack finish but we sailed reasonably well given the light air and ship traffic. Real excitement toward end when we navigated off Lazaretto Point with massive commercial ship coming at us. Quick tacks kept us out of trouble. 75°F, NE 5-7 kt 4.21 nm |
| 18 | Saturday, July 30, 2019 | Jim Fox Memorial Series - Race 4 | DNF - PROTEST | One minute into the race, we are in good position on starboard when Sizzle tacks to port (to do a penalty turn!!). Desperately trying to avoid them, they still hit us causing considerable damage but fortunately, no injuries. Boat in Annapolis for repair until ready. |
Photo Credit: M.L. Gunther 2019
Photo Credit: M.L. Gunther 2019
Photo Credit: M.L. Gunther 2019
Photo Credit: M.L. Gunther 2019
Photo Credit: M.L. Gunther 2019
Photo Credit: M.L. Gunther 2019
Photo Credit: M.L. Gunther 2018
Photo Credit: Anne Reid 2018
Photo Credit: M.L. Gunther 2018
Photo Credit: M.L. Gunther 2018
Photo Credit: M.L. Gunther 2018
Photo Credit: M.L. Gunther 2018
Photo Credit: M.L. Gunther 2017
Photo Credit: Tim Ford 2017
Photo Credit: M.L. Gunther 2017
Photo Credit: M.L. Gunther 2016
Photo Credit: M.L. Gunther 2016
Photo Credit: M.L. Gunther 2016
Photo Credit: M.L. Gunther 2016
Photo Credit: M.L. Gunther 2016
Photo Credit: Hampton Yacht Club 2015
Photo Credit: SpinSheet 2015
Photo Credit: SpinSheet 2015
Photo Credit: Steve Young 2015
Photo Credit: M.L. Gunther 2015
Photo Credit: M.L. Gunther 2015
Photo Credit: M.L. Gunther 2015
Photo Credit: M.L. Gunther 2015
Photo Credit: Spin Sheet 2015
Photo Credit: Spin Sheet 2015
Photo Credit: M.L. Gunther 2015
Commodores Ball, February 2015
Photo Credits: Pierpoint Photography 2014
Photo Credit: Jennifer Simmons
Photo Credit: Jennifer Simmons
Photo Credit: Jennifer Simmons
Photo Credit: SpinSheet 2013
Photo Credit: SpinSheet 2013
Photo Credit: Mark Hergan 2014
Photo Credit: Mark Hergan 2014
Photo Credit: Jennifer Simmons
Photo Credit: M.L. Gunther 2013
Photo Credit: M.L. Gunther 2013
Photo Credit: M.L. Gunther 2013
Photo Credit: M.L. Gunther 2013
Photo Credit: M.L. Gunther 2013
Photo Credit: M.L. Gunther 2012
Photo by Dave Dunigan
Spinsheet Photo by Cory Deere
Photo by PhotoBoat.com
Photo by PhotoBoat.com
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2010 Northern Bay Race Week 2010 First Race |
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 Infrared at the wharf in St. Pierre in August, 2002. Just off the south coast of Newfoundland, St. Pierre is the last vestige of the French empire in North America. It remains French territory, you pass French Customs to get in, and fly a French courtesy flag when there. |
 Infrared visiting Grand Bruit on the south coast of Newfoundland in 2002. Grand Bruit is a village to which there are no roads, one can only get there by boat. Population ~80 in summer, ~20 in winter. The village was officially closed by the Canadian government in 2010. |
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| SOMETIMES WE NEED A WINDWARD SPINNAKER DOUSE! Something to Contemplate |
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