Some great drone video of Toccata racing in the last year, Scott Lacy gave me the footage he had of Tocata and I put together this video:
Posted by: Traveler | March 14, 2015
Toccata Racing Highlights
Posted by: Traveler | March 7, 2015
2015 LYC Bay Cup I
A tough light air race! We worked hard and got first place in PHRF Spinnaker Non-Sprit class.
Here’s a picture of us just after the start:
The wind died at the third mark of a four legged race in Trinity Bay. We were able to maintain some boat speed and persevere but it took a lot of discipline. The wind instruments and the paddle wheel knot-meter both registered zero, but I could see bubbles going by in the water so I could twll we were moving. WE flattened the sails and chased what wind we could find until the wind filled back in.
Our GPS track for the race was:
Results (we did well):
Posted by: Traveler | February 7, 2015
2015 GBCA Commodore’s Ball
Toccata gets prize for First Place in Rum Races!
Posted by: Traveler | January 31, 2015
2015 Cruzan Rum Icicle Race #5
Short on crew, we switched to Non-Spin and got Second place. At the start:
Approaching the finish line:
Crossing the line in Second place:
Photos courtesy of Becky Lacy
Posted by: Traveler | January 24, 2015
2015 Cruzan Rum Icicle Race #4
We are the champions – 1st place in non-bowsprit spinnaker! Thanks to Nicole, Jeffrey, Bruce, Shauna, and Phillipe for the outstanding crew work.
Be sure to watch these in HD…
- GoPro video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrmHIHss4i8
- Drone video: Toccata shows up at 6 minutes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqUxAgeMDAQ
Downwind start in light air. Toccata is the leftmost boat in the picture.
Then the approach to the finish with the other boats trailing.
And getting to the finish line – first!
Posted by: Traveler | January 17, 2015
2015 Cruzan Rum Icicle Race #3
It was a tough race, little to no wind, then 20 mph.
Posted by: Traveler | November 2, 2014
LYC J/Fest 2014
An all J/Boat regatta, we raced in the PHRF Symmetrical Spinnaker class against a J/29 and J/27 Footloose. We got a lot of second places but beat Footloose in one of them.
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Posted by: Traveler | October 22, 2014
CLRA Annual Awards Ceremony
Posted by: Traveler | September 27, 2014
Performance Cup Regatta
Toccata won second place in the 5 race regatta with one first and two second places. Great sailing with Chris, Drew, Barry, Shauna, and Wendy. For one of our second place finishes we were less than a second from first place…
Here’s some drone footage:
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