Bobby Astrove with his team of Lars Rathjen, John Van Voorhis, and Kyra Talllon ran the races.
The winds were light from the NE shifting to the ENW on occasion. The first race was a T2 which took over an hour. The next was a W1 which finished quickly, and the last was a W2 with a shortened source at the leeward mark
Dave Coughlin ran the races with the team of Justin Harler, Piercarlo Bruninol, and Mateo. (I think).
It must have been an ugly day because only two five showed up for the skippers meeting and only two Lasers sailed and just two races.
— Nabeel
Stew Harris and team ran the races. He reports:
A blustery day of racing. Results and sign-in attached.
Frank Gallagher capsized but got himself up and went in immediately.
I need some tips on best location for reaching mark with Olympic courses. At first, I was trying to imagine best location for symmetrical spinnaker but when they didnt open chutes I had trouble finding the right location so they could reach well. Less room for error when the winds are up. It took a couple races before I got close.
Also very interesting. I got reports the windward mark was seeing massive 60 degree shifts. Upon reflection, this may have been due to proximity to the airboat hanger on the shore of the airport. In the future, faced with westerlies, I will set the windward mark farther north or south of the hangar.
Evan Hogan and team ran the races.
(I did not sail so I don’t know what the conditions were like that day. Also, apologies for the delay i getting these out. I was away and did not the computer with the scoring program with me.)
Cloudy conditions threatened rain all day, but we managed to escape with only a drizzle on the sail out.
A shifty southwesterly settled into a nice southerly after the second race allowing the racecourse to be stretched out for some longer races in the slightly stronger breeze.
In total, four races were sailed. A huge thank you to the rest of the race committee helping out this week: Bob, John, and Piercarlo, and thanks to all the sailors for coming out and making it a fun day off and on the water. See you all next week!
– Stephen
Bobby Astrove stepped up to run the races. Dan Miller and Josh Sealy assisted.
(Race 21-23)
Stephen Duncan ran the races with the help of Kyra Tallon. Nic Bogren took some great photos out on the course in the two light air (and shifty!) races that were held: https://www.flickr.com/photos/85922789@N04/albums/72177720308891342
Down at the marina, the wind was easterly and shifted left and started to die.
(Races 19-20)
John Van Voorhis, Bob Bear, and Steen Byskov and son ran the races – four of them.
(Races 15-18)
Jim Graham ran the races with Barney Harris running the mark boat. Natalie Rehberger, Mike Heinsdorf, and Eva Hogan assisted.
The Lightnings were finishing day 2 of the Doc Gilbert Memorial Potomac Cup.
The winds were from the NE with shots from the ENE. During the 3rd race, the winds died completely leaving the sailors helpless against the current pushing them up river. The wind finally came back in to allow them to finish.
Lightning Doc Gilbert Potomac Cup Results
(Races 12-14)
Dana Howe, John Van Voorhis, David Roberts, Austin Bradham, and Walter Truluck ran the races.
Winds were very light and a number of boats were still working their way up to the starting area at 1125 prompting a postponement. About 25 or so minutes later the Southerly filled in enough that we could manage two starts but we sent them on a W1 for Race One. The breeze filled in a little more allowing us to post W2 courses for races two and three.
At best I’d say we saw 8 kts with moderate current all day. The wind was mostly from the south (strait upriver) and would drift easterly once in a while.
— Dana Howe
Here are the results:
(Race 9-11 in the series)