Last Sunday of the Spring Series. 5 races with a light turnout and, I’m guessing, reasonable but light winds.
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2021 Spring Series – Cumulative Results
Here are the cumulative 2021 Sunday Spring Series
2021 PRSA Spring Regatta
It’s memorial day weekend. And it only 50 degrees and raining. No fair.
The NE winds weren’t that bad, though there were some big shift and occasionally the winds would pick up. On the RC boat we could feel waves of warmer and calmer winds coming through. Also, the winds were stronger than predicted by the NWS.
7 of 34 registered boats went out to race: Two each of Albacores, Buccs, and Lasers, and a sole Lightning.
We setup the course with the leeward mark near the powerplant the windward mark pretty far up river next to the channel. We had 8 to 10 feet of water and no debris. All classes started together on a single line.
“The picnic occurred. Lee cooked bbq. MoMo brought beans. We hung out till after 1700. it was cold and rainy.” – Barney
Day 2 should be friendlier.
Thanks to my RC team of Jeff Witten, Ed Ryan, Bob Astrove, and Peter Pietra. We had to deal with motor problems (fuel line became detached and then took on air and moisture). Bob brought water proof paper that was really useful for recording the finishes.
2021 Spring Series #7
I hear it was another “sporty” sailing day.
2021 Spring Series 6
We thought it was going to be a drifter, but NO! It was a great day for sailing with a steady southerly breeze. A westerly started mixing in toward the end of the day.
- Photos from Joe Ament: https://amentjoe.smugmug.com/Boats/PRSA-Spring-Series-6-16-MAY-2021/
- Video: Albacores & Bucs at the windward mark
- Video: Lightnings, Albacores, & Bucs at the windward mark
2021 Spring Series 5 – Mother’s Day
The wind built over the day to the point it was quite sporty. Nevertheless, a great day to be sailing.
Below are the day’s results and cumulative results for Spring Series 1 through 5. The cumulative results are scored by averaging the best 50% +1 races you sailed. If you sailed fewer than that number, you’re marked with a #.
2021 Spring Series 4
Beautiful spring day with a warm southerly breeze. John Van Voorhis and team gave us four Olympic course races that though reasonably long only took around 30 minutes due to the good breeze.
2021 Spring Series 3
A windy day. See below. Breeze from the NW sometimes N. Farley & team gave us 4 races.
PRSA Spring Series Racing Underway!
Our PRSA Spring Series starts on Sunday, April 11! Please make sure you’ve read through the following information and completed the necessary steps so that you are ready to get out on the water as our PRSA Spring Series starts.
- Sign the 2021 PRSA COVID-19 Acknowledgement of Risk & Waiver: https://forms.gle/xKAAkXm7gh7xZanB6. Although things are looking better, we are still in the midst of a COVID-19 pandemic and some areas (including some places in our own area) are seeing upticks in cases and community spread. All participance’s — competitors and RC members — are required to sign this waiver in order to participate in PRSA Activities. You must sign the new 2021 waiver (the prior waiver for fall 2020 and 2020-2021 frostbite racing is no longer applicable).
- Review the PRSA COVID-19 Health & Safety Guidelines: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZdAoKmJyO2sD10bB9BjWX1V4xnXqDjfeh8WBBcWXG5Y/edit?usp=sharing
- Review the Notice of Race and Sailing Instructions for the Spring Series: http://potomacriversailing.org/spring-fall-sunday-series/
- Review the RC Service Requirements and sign up for RC Service: http://potomacriversailing.org/dues-rc-duty/
- Race Committee members should be sure to review all of our Race Committee & Boat Instructions carefully: http://potomacriversailing.org/dues-rc-duty/rc-boat-instructions/. Ensuring safe racing and taking proper care of our PRSA equipment is of paramount importance.
- Take note of a new federal requirement: effective April 1 a new federal law passed as part of the National Defense Authorization Act (which included a U.S. Coast Guard Reauthorization) requires a vessel operator to use either a helm or outboard lanyard or wireless engine cutoff switches (ECOS) when operating power boats under 26 feet in length. Please make sure to clip the cutoff lanyard to your life jacket when operating our skiffs.
As always, please feel free to reach out to your PRSA Executive Committee if you have any questions.
2021 Capital City Laser Regatta
The Capital City Laser Regatta website is up and running! March 27 & 28 is our annual 2 day laser regatta, the link is below for those that want to sign up and race.