The latest J/22 Series event was the October 4 Sunday Races. Three J/22′s sailed in great breeze and cool rain. The RC set long twice around courses, making for some great racing action.
It was great to see three generations of the Reich and Smith families on the race course Sunday. But I knew the rest of the fleet was in trouble when I saw Fred was sailing light, with a crew of five! Various Smith and Reich children drove Taz downwind, none of whom are even close to having drivers licenses. (I’m told you don’t even need to be a member of the J/22 class if you’re under 10.) The result–3 first place finishes.
So the moral is, if you ever see 5 assorted Reichs and Smiths on a J/22, and neither Fred nor David is driving, watch out! It doesn’t look like Fred will be getting much tiller time in the near future, and the rest of the fleet should be afraid, very afraid.
