Stew Harris Dave Huber, and team ran the races I wasn’t there but I think it was another light air day.
The Day’s Results:
The Provisional Fall Series Results (RC duty requirement and RDG for that duty have not been applied): (Notice of Race)
2024 Fall Series #8 (Nov 3) & Provisional Series Scores
2024 Fall Series #7 – Oct 27
Aaron Boesenecker, Lisbet Kugler, Lars and Janet Rathjen, and team ran the races. Knowing the wind was going to die, they got the first race off on time and that was it for the day.
Although the morning started off chilly, it turned into a beautiful sunny afternoon. Dogs and burgers were thrown on the grill and home made pickles and other goodies put out on the tables. We whiled away the afternoon chatting, snacking, and eating.
Even a low wind day can be great day.
2024 Fall Series #6, Oct 20
Lloyd Leonard, Dan Miller, and team were ready to run races. But the wind was not cooperating. After some waiting for the wind to change it mind, the decision was to wait no longer, and racing was cancelled for the day.
Looks like the wind came up briefly from the NE in the late afternoon . Look at the directions before and after.
2024 Fall Series #5 Oct13
Dane Pedersen and team ran the races. The Albacores were at Rock Hall for their nationals. I was in western Maryland where it was warm and the wind was blowing away tents at the Farmer’s market. On the river, I’m guessing it was a warm day with good wind.
2024 Fall Series #4 Oct 6
With nothing but glass as far as the eye could see, Dana Howe (PRO) postponed for an hour at the dock. At noon he sent the mark boat out to look at the ripples starting to appear to the south. It was still glassy looking north. The sea breeze kicked in, boats put in, and a building southerly carried the fleet up to the race area. At 1315 boats were racing in winds steady from the south at 10 in “it don’t get any better than this” conditions. ”
Many thanks to Gonzalo helping Dana on the signal boat and to Justin and Nic for spectacular mark-boating and boat towing! Nic also took some great photos–thank you!
Call for Executive Committee Officer Nominations
PRSA Sailors,
We are seeking nominations for vacant and soon-to-be vacant Executive Committee positions. Specifically, Vice Commodore and Secretary. You can read the position descriptions in Article IV of our PRSA Bylaws at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hTChVfws3VvGSUgKhIOBLU5gaqIOs2Xr/view?usp=sharing.
As an all-volunteer organization we rely on the idea that everybody steps up to take a turn at volunteering for our various positions so that we can spread these service obligations around, learn from new people in new roles, and not be reliant on the same small cast of individuals each year. Without folks willing to donate a bit of time and effort, we would not exist. Please let us know if you are interested.
The election for ExCom positions will be held at our Annual General Meeting & Awards Ceremony (November 16; precise location and time TBD))
PRSA Fall Series #3 (29 September) CANCELLED
PRSA Sailors:
Due to several unresolved maintenance issues, including the motor on the 19′ skiff (it is not pumping/spitting water) and issues with some of our other equipment, we will have to cancel racing this Sunday. I know this is disappointing, but it is also a consequence of being reliant on a very few people (who also have full regular lives and full time jobs) to keep everything up and running.
I really want to thank Nabeel Alsalam, Bob Gotthardt, and Will Phillippe for the extra time they have volunteered over the past weeks to try to diagnose and replace/repair various things. Unfortunately we’re not there yet with the motor on the 19. Hopefully we can get things repaired to resume racing on October 6 with Fall Series #4 (note: we also need a PRO for October 6).
Looking ahead, we will need some extra volunteer hands to help with equipment maintenance (including some more basic tasks such as patching marks, replacing some lines/tackle on marks, and more–we’re compiling a list). Please let us know if you can help.
Best,
Aaron
P.S. — if you do decide to go for a sail on Sunday, please be aware that a power boat rally is scheduled to make its way up and down the river on Sunday afternoon: https://piratesguidetoboating.com/trump-boat-parade-sept-29/
PRSA President’s Cup Results
Over 40 boats across 6 different fleets participated in the 2024 PRSA President’s Cup Regatta. PRO Nelson Pemberton and his RC crew worked hard to get each class 9 races–no easy feat! We had a nice moderate southerly breeze on Saturday and then a shift, somewhat fickle easterly on Sunday (making the RC’s job even harder!). Many thanks to all of the volunteers who made the event possible as well as all of the sailors–especially those who traveled some distance to participate!
Results: https://nextsailor.com/app/scoring/view_regatta/736
PRSA President’s Cup This Weekend!
We have our signature fall 2-day regatta this weekend! Make sure you are registered, and make sure that you’ve spread the word to all of your friends in area clubs/classes. We expect multiple classes, visiting boats, and 2 days of great racing!
The PRSA President’s Cup is open to one-design dinghies: Albacore, Buccaneer, Flying Scot, I-20, Laser, Lightning.
2024 Fall Series #2 Sept 15
Nabeel Alsalam, Mark Rickling, Natalie Rehberger, and Jon ran the races. (Lindsay Bach got a pass when RC decided to take only one boat out due to lack of motor peeing.) The wind was east-northeast which is a challenge on the river. So they set up the windward mark at the mouth of the Anacostia and a gybe mark half the distance to Roaches run. The wind took big shifts left and right.
Nevertheless, it was a great day to be on the water and the sailors got five O-2 races (triangle, windward-leeward). The Lightnings had a hard carrying their spinnaker on the reaching legs depending on the phase of the wind but the Albacores got in some reaching fun.