At Leesylvania State Park about 20 miles south of DC. The Potomac is 2.5 miles wide there. The park has two cranes and two ramps. We have the Pavillion for our use and camping next to it is an option if you want to avoid a bunch of driving.
URL: http://nextsailor.com/regatta/PotomacCup2026
Many skippers need crew. If you’d like to help them out send me and email at: nabeel.alsalam@gmail.ocm.
Coming up soon! Please tell your friends.
NOR and Registration is here.
URL: https://www.nextsailor.com/app/page/regatta/1306
Register soon so we can plan the food and drinkl
Mike Scardaville was PRO with assistant PRO Dan Miller. Lloyd Leonard and Natalie Rehberger ran the mark boat. They gave us four races.
It looked very light to start, but a nice breeze from the southwest filled in. It was patchy which gave the sailors something to think about.
Dane Pedersen was the PRO and Dan Miller was the mark boat captain. They ran five races.
Only Albacores came out — 8 at the skipper’s meeting and 5, at most, on the race course.
Was the weather horrible? (I was not in town.)
It was one of those days that rewarded individuals who went outside to enjoy it! Winds were steady in the low teens and we had glimpses of sunlight throughout racing. We were able to get in three to four races per fleet, and what was best was the Lightnings, I-20s, and Albacores – and one ILCA! – all showing up. In fact, the Albacore fleet grew throughout the day! We’ll do it again next weekend!
Kaitlyn
Spring 1 started the morning with gusts to 40+ Driving to the marina I seriously doubted we’d launch any boats. A couple of minutes before the skippers meeting the rain began. We had five Albacores that wanted to try to race, so we opted for a 1 hr. On shore post postponement.
Winds moderated, still raining, but at 11 the committee left the dock, and about 12:15 the first of 3 races started. As predicted the rain stopped about noon. I knew I wanted to be in by 3, as the winds were forecast to crank up again. But that was enough of a window to get in 3 races. At the second competitors meeting we discussed the lower course and off the landing lights, however opted for our regular Hains Point venue.
As you can the part of the day we actually sailed winds were 10 to 13 with some gusts hitting 20. “Sporty” for an Albacore. One boat did flip, PRSA rescue boat (Mike Scardsville (Albacore) and Justin Harler (I-20) were right there, but not needed, Other assistant today on the RC was John Hart (Lightning)
Again, early in the morning I figured the first day of the PRSA season was going to be a disaster. In the end it was a ½ decent day for racing sailboats.
We do it again next Sunday, hope to see all there.
– Bob Astrove
Another gorgeous day to be sailing. The wind swung around to the south and was in the low teens. Rob (Albacore sailor from Toronto), Barney, Laura A., and Jim Schuster ran the races and kept on giving us races until the cut-off time was reached – six races for a total of 12 for the regatta.
Laura W. and Steen were back grilling and setting out food for our after racing chattering.
It was a glorious day. It started off very blustery but settled down later. The race committee of Jim Schuster, Barney Harris, and Laura Albert gave the racers 6 fun races.
Afterwards, a team of volunteers headed by Laura Windecker and Steen Byskov gave the racers and race committee a great cookout dinner.
DC, VA, and MD have assessed that the Potomac is safe for boating, so we are proceeding with plans to hold the regatta. We will continue to monitor the water quality measurements and assessments made by those and other organizations and adjust plans accordingly.
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The regatta is open to ILCA7 (full-rig) and ILCA6 (radial rig) boats. We will have two fleets and separate starts if we get 8 or more entries in each fleet. Competitors can change their fleet choice up to the skipper’s meeting on Saturday. Otherwise, the ILCA6s and ILCA7s will sail together as a single fleet.
We would really like to have two fleets, so please encourage your lightweight sailor friends to register.
The weather is warming and so thoughts of sailing are sprouting in my mind. It’s time for me to give some attention to my boat and the repairs and improvements that I put off at the end of last season.
Here are the current PRSA plans that I know of (I’ll post adjustments as needed):
Capital City ILCA (Laser) Regatta on April 11 and 12.
Sunday Spring Series begins on April 12 19 (10 am skipper’s meeting, first warning signal at 11:30 up near Haines Point). The series will continue for eight Sundays through June 15 (skipping over memorial day Sunday).
Spring Regatta on May 23 and 24 (memorial day weekend)
Doc Gilbert and Jim Dillard Potomac Cup (Lightning) Regatta on May 30 and 31 at Leesylvania State Park 20 miles down river.
