What a simply beautiful day on the river yesterday. 7 Lightnings and 8 Hobies came out to play (The Albacores were away at their National Championship) on a gorgeous fall day with temps near 70 and light breezes out of the North. Rick Welch dominated the Lightnings with 4 (count ’em) 4 bullets. Wow. On the Hobie side Bob Etheridge won the day. It was really nice to see such a great turnout from the Hobie class this week.  Photos by John Butler here (thanks, John!) Scores are after the break:

Open Cat Class Series Summary

Pl	Sail #	Skipper	13	14	15	16	Avg
1	5992	Bob Etheridge	1 – 12:21:00	2 – 01:29:00	2 – 02:20:00	1 – 02:50:00	1.5
2	102695	Yates Dowell, III	4 – 12:30:00	1 – 01:28:00	3 – 02:22:00	3 – 02:52:30	2.75
3	102550	Ben Ackerman	5 – 12:30:30	3 – 01:30:00	4 – 02:25:00	2 – 02:52:00	3.5
4	0	Rod Sellers	2 – 12:28:00	5 – 01:31:20	5 – 02:25:30	5 – 02:53:30	4.25
5	16989	Keith Strasser	7 – 12:31:00	4 – 01:31:00	1 – 02:19:00	9\DNS	5.25
6	84685A	Mark Carre	6 – 12:30:45	6 – 01:31:45	6 – 02:26:00	4 – 02:53:00	5.5
7	6257	Chris Bolton	3 – 12:29:00	9\DNF	9\DNF	9\DNS	7.5
8	66167A	Colette Bolton	8 – 12:31:30	7 – 01:36:00	9\DNF	9\DNS	8.25

 

Hobie start times: Race 1=11:32:00, Race 2= 12:40:00, Race 3= 01:41:00, Race 4= 02:34:00

 

Lightning Class Series Summary

Pl	Sail #	Skipper	38	39	40	41	Avg
1	14553	Rick Welch	1	1	1	1	1
2	14120	Colin Kirby	2	4	2	3	2.75
3	15256	Jeff Storck	3	5	4	2	3.5
4	14100	Red Fehrle	7	2	3	4	4
5	15195	Pat McGee	4	3	6	5	4.5
6	14037	Joseph Warren	5	7	5	6	5.75
7	15228	David Thompso	6	6	7	8\DNF	6.75

Note: Welch, Kirby, Ferhle, McGee, Thompson sailing light.

 

Race Committee:

Nabeel Alsalam (PRO), John Butler, Diane Butler, Stefano DeLeo, Happy Olmstead, Shelly Kirby, and Friend Kirby.

 

Weather:

Mostly Sunny, Temps near 70, winds 6-8 kts generally N with some big shifts. Low tide at 09:15am.