The Frozen Few

Winter ("FrostBite") Racing Edgewood Sailing School partners with Edgewood Yacht Club to support a vibrant fleet of over a dozen frostbite sailors who sail Sunfish on Sundays from November through March, including a New Year's Day regatta. Edgewood Sailing School can help you get safely started with this challenging and rewarding winter sport. The Frozen Few also welcome spectators to cheer on racers.

The Edgewood Yacht Club Sunfish fleet begins its 2011-2012 season of Frostbite racing on Sunday, November 6. Full sailing information, and the scoring and highlights from each day's racing, is available on these pages:

If you have questions, ideas, or even need help assembling your own Sunfish rig to join in the competition just send email to FrozenFew@edgewoodsailing.org and we'll see what we can do.

Previous Seasons

The Frozen Few 2011-2012

Wind from Where?! Frostbite racing results for 1/29/2012

Skippers scramble to choose their tacks at the start of race 2

Race Committee, Stuart, placed the wind mark between the north and south docks this week for the frostbite sailors at Edgewood. Wind was variable, shifty with strong gusts. Wind was mostly from the west, except when it wasn't. Lulls would often precede a dramatic shift in wind direction. Four boats capsized during racing when gusts caught sailors by surprise. Boats were all right side up again quickly, and sailors enjoyed figuring out where the wind was going to come from next.

Skipper	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5	Score	Day Rank
Jeff	1	1	1	1	1	5	1
Dave S.	2	2	2	2	2	10	2
Bill S.	3	3	5	4	3	18	3
Catherine	5	4	4	3	4	20	4
Doug	4	7	6	7	5	29	5
Bill G.	DNC 9	6	3	6	7	31	6
Wayne	DNF 8	5	7	5	6	31	7
Alan	6	8	8	DNC 9	DNC 9	40	8

Results from frostbite racing 1/22/2012

rounding the mark in Up From the Ashes 2012 regatta

The Frozen Few skipped a week due to weather conditions outside the range described in the Sailing Instructions and jumped in again this week right after clearing out after Saturday's snowstorm with the "Up From the Ashes" regatta. The regatta was sponsored by both Edgewood Yacht Club and Edgewood Sailing School. After the Edgewood Yacht Club building burned in January 2011, the Frozen Few were first back on the water to sail with a lot of help from friends and neighbors around the bay.

Skipper	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Score	Day Rank
David W.	1	2	1	1	5	1
Jeff	2	1	2	2	7	2
Dave S.	3	5	4	3	15	3
Bill G.	4	3	3	6	16	4
Catherine	5	7	8	4	24	5
Gene	6	9	5	5	25	6
Doug	7	4	9	7	27	7
Bill S.	8	6	6	10	30	8
Dave L.	9	8	7	8	32	9
Alan	10	10	10	9	39	10

Frostbite racing results for 1/8/2012

Alan takes his new boat out to race with the Frozen Few!

Dave W. had a spectacular day of Sunfish sailing at Edgewood on Sunday, when he got a perfect six points on six races!

Race Committee ran some longer races over to a nearby government mark, RN2. The fourth race was an Edgewood Special Duck Race, during a T2.

Alan sailed his first race with the Frozen Few in his new boat.
Billy helped Wayne get back in the boat when he capsized.
Doug C was cheered on by everyone when he took the lead with an excellent start.
Jeff L capsized in the duck race and still had a very strong finish. He said there was "nothing like a swim to wake you up!"

Skipper	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5	Race 6	Score	Day Rank
David W.	1	1	1	1	1	1	6	1
Jeff	4	3	2	3	2	2	16	2
Dave S.	3	2	3	2	3	3	16	3
Catherine	2	4	4	6	4	4	24	4
Bill S.	5	5	5	4	8	9	36	5
Doug	6	8	6	9	6	6	41	6
Wayne	7	6	DNF 10	7	5	7	42	7
Bill G.	DNC 11	DNC 11	4	5	7	5	43	8
Dave L.	DNF 9	7	7	8	9	8	48	9
Alan	DNC 11	9	DNC 11	10	DNC 11	DNC 11	63	10