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PRSA Fleets

2024 Lightning Dixie District Championship

2024-06-30 Nabeel

And the 38th Annual Doc Gilbert Memorial Potomac Cup Regatta is being held on June 29 and 30 at Leesylvania State Park about 20 miles south of the Washington Sailing Marina on the Potomac River. There the Potomac is 2.5 miles wide.

Before 9 am the park had reached capacity and State Police were preventing more people from entering. Fortunately, our sailors and volunteers had special status and were being admitted.

Nelson Pemberton (PRO) and Barney Harris (course setter) are running the races with help of Albacore sailors and spouses of Lightning sailors.

Day 1 was warm though the beautiful southerly breeze disguised that warmth.

Day 1 results below:

2024-Dixie-Districts-Day-1

Spring Series, Albacores, Buccaneers, Inland-20s, Lightnings, Fleets, Spring Series, Results

2024 PRSA Spring Series #7, #8, and Whole Series

2024-06-09 Nabeel

Dane Pederson and team ran Spring Series #7.

John Van Voorhis and team ran Spring Series #8. A front came through and we had a westerly with strong gust from the northwest and a strong current running out. A line of thunderstorms caused the RC to send us home after two races. The storms broke up but its better to be safe rather than sorry.

Key Rules for Scoring the Series:

For the series total, I asked the program to exclude each sailor’s worst 50% of races — if there were 13 races, 6 were excluded.
If you registered on shore but did not start a race you should get the number of finishers + 2.
If you started a race but did not finish you should get the number of finishers + 1.
If you did not sign up on shore and did not race, you get the number registered in the series + 1.

Spring Series Total (Fixed)

(DNS = Number came + 2, DNF = number came + 1)

Albacores, Buccaneers, Inland-20s, Flying Scots, Results

2024 PRSA Spring Regatta – Final Results

2024-05-26 Nabeel

Spring Regatta racers had a great two days on the water! Yesterday winds ranged from 10-15mph and were ideal Potomac conditions for five races. Albacores, however, earned the eye flag for their starts after two general recalls to start the day – currents pushed many boats across the line and were strong both days. Today we fit in one race before winds emptied to then fill in from the South after we got off the water. There was a lot of paddling and taking advantage of the airplane wash to get back to shore.

Albacores, Buccaneers, Inland-20s, Flying Scots, Results

PRSA Spring Regatta – Day 1

2024-05-25 Nabeel

Jim Graham and team ran the races More wind than forecast and most of the fleet got five races.

Albacores, Buccaneers, Inland-20s, Fleets, Lightnings, News

2024 Spring Series #5 (Mother’s Day)

2024-05-12 Nabeel

Eva Hogan and team ran the races. The winds came in earlier and stronger than forecast. Plus, the big puffs came in from the right — not good when you are flying a spinnaker. Frank capsized on such a shift and puff.

Fleet50, Lightnings, News

Upcoming Lightning Regattas

2024-05-10 frankgal

Lightning Dixie District Championship and 43rd Annual Doc Gilbert Memorial Potomac Cup on June 29 and 30 at Leesylvania State Park. Skippers register here, or volunteer to crew, and volunteer for a shore task. Thank you.

Only 2 PRSA spring series Sundays left before the SSA No Gas Regatta or the PRSA Spring Regatta, both on MAY 25-26.

It looks like several PRSA skippers will be going to the SSA No-Gas Regatta, To go to this regatta, Go to https://www.lightningclass.org/
To see regatta details and links to the Regatta sign-up pages.

If you’re not going to SSA, you can still sign up for the PRSA Spring Regatta at… https://www.nextsailor.com/app/page/regatta/672
Or sign up to help on race committee for this regatta.

Still time to get in some good practice before these regattas so plan to do one or two Sunday races on the Potomac!

Also….
The Lightning Dixie District Championship and the Doc-Gilbert Potomac Cup will be combined and run simultaneously on June 29–30, at Leesylvania State Park. This combo Regatta satisfies Fleet 50’s requirement to run the Dixie District championship every five years or so. Plan to be there.!!!! Go to https://www.lightningclass.org/
to see regatta details and links to the Regatta sign-up pages.

Call or text me if you have any questions or need help getting to one of these regattas.

Thanks,

Frank Gallagher
Captain – Lightning Fleet 50
703-599-0144
frankjgallagher@gmail.com

Albacores, SI's & NOR's, Lasers, Buccaneers, Inland-20s, Flying Scots, Lightnings, Lasers, Regattas

PRSA Spring Regatta May 25-26

2024-05-06 Aaron

Registration is open for the PRSA Spring Regatta! Sign up now and help us spread the word about our signature spring event: https://www.nextsailor.com/app/page/regatta/672.

If you are interested in volunteering to help out with some regatta organization, please let Regatta Chair Kaitlyn Lucey know. This is a great chance to get involved with one of our events, learn more about regatta organization and operation, and help out PRSA!

Lightnings, News

2024 Spring Series #4

2024-05-06 Nabeel

Just not the right day for sailing today. Rain, current, debris, and very light wind caused us to cancel all the racing today.

And even after the rain pretty much stopped we wouldn’t have been able to sail as the wind dropped from light to nothing.

But Piercarlo, Dane, and John had their boats ready to go. Nabeel & Frank were there as well working on revitalizing the Fleet 50 website. And Aaron was there to sail w’ Piercarlo & Lisbet

I had RC.

We are kind of having a bad run of weather this spring. This was the 4th Sunday, half way through the Spring Series and so far we have only completed 5 races. The good news here is those who have yet to come out aren’t behind in the series. See everyone next Sunday!

Bobby Astrove

Fleet50

Memorial Day Weekend

2024-05-03 Nabeel

Whoever is not going to the 50th Anniversary of the No Gas Regatta at SSA on memorial day weekend, should help out with race committee for the PRSA Spring Regatta.

No Gas Registration is OPEN!!!

Please Register here for the 50th Annual No Gas Regatta 05/25 – 05/26

Also, please sign Up here for ILCA Who’s Coming List.

-Lisa-Marie Lane
Mobile 703.209.3653
#15126 As You Wish…Fleet Captain, Lightning Fleet 329
#186551 Buttercup, Laser District 10

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than the ones you do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.—Mark Twain

Lightnings, News

2024 Spring Series #1, #2, and #3

2024-04-30 Nabeel

Spring Series #1 was a windy chilly day. Stew Harris and team started off the four intrepid sailors on a W2. Only Barney and Justin Harler finished the race. And that was it.

Spring Series #2 was a light light day. Aaron Boesenecker and team were lucky to give us one W1.

Spring Series #3 started off light but the wind gradually filled in with the sail home after the four W2 that Dana Howe and team gave us being downright beautiful.