Comet Fleet 27

Comet overheadThe fun-to-sail Comet offers high-level, double-handed racing to all ages with equally competitive fiberglass and wooden boats. The design combines a hard chine planing hull with a classic sloop rig and a distinctively large mainsail. The result is a boat that can plane downwind and on a reach in just 10 to 12 knots of wind, yet remains stable upwind. The Comet makes an ideal boat for husband and wife or parent and child teams, is easily trailered, rigged and launched. It is also one of the most affordable one-designs in its class. (Text from Comet Class Association)

Fleet Captain: Dick Harmon

Comet Fleet 27 News

01 October 2009

Dick Harmon

No one in the fleet traveled to the New Jersey coast for the Comet Internationals this year. We heard there were a record number of our old Bermudian friends in attendance and we certainly missed seeing them.

For the Pigskin regatta, the Comets experienced nearly identical wind conditions to those of the Lido regatta one week earlier. Stronger gusts were from the north-northeast and lighter spots from the east and even south. The wind was better than it sounds, mostly in the range of 5-9 mph. Conditions kept the fleet close, which resulted in two ties and four boats within one point!!! In one race, all the boats finished within 100 yards of each other.

Particularly exciting was the participation of two crews age 10 or under. Rachel crewed for her father Eric and Caleb George crewed for grandfather and Hoover 505 sailor Dave Seiple. Dave Seifert would have had another young crewmember (12) but his day started badly with the news Pablo had suddenly become ill and could not participate. Rosalie Kinney thankfully stepped forward to help Dave. After racing, the fleet retired to El Vaquero to swap great sea stories.

We greatly missed Pete Yeh and Scott Ranney.

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