Stew Harris Dave Huber, and team ran the races I wasn’t there but I think it was another light air day.
The Day’s Results:
The Provisional Fall Series Results (RC duty requirement and RDG for that duty have not been applied): (Notice of Race)
2013
Stew Harris Dave Huber, and team ran the races I wasn’t there but I think it was another light air day.
The Day’s Results:
The Provisional Fall Series Results (RC duty requirement and RDG for that duty have not been applied): (Notice of Race)
Aaron Boesenecker, Lisbet Kugler, Lars and Janet Rathjen, and team ran the races. Knowing the wind was going to die, they got the first race off on time and that was it for the day.
Although the morning started off chilly, it turned into a beautiful sunny afternoon. Dogs and burgers were thrown on the grill and home made pickles and other goodies put out on the tables. We whiled away the afternoon chatting, snacking, and eating.
Even a low wind day can be great day.
Nabeel Alsalam, Mark Rickling, Natalie Rehberger, and Jon ran the races. (Lindsay Bach got a pass when RC decided to take only one boat out due to lack of motor peeing.) The wind was east-northeast which is a challenge on the river. So they set up the windward mark at the mouth of the Anacostia and a gybe mark half the distance to Roaches run. The wind took big shifts left and right.
Nevertheless, it was a great day to be on the water and the sailors got five O-2 races (triangle, windward-leeward). The Lightnings had a hard carrying their spinnaker on the reaching legs depending on the phase of the wind but the Albacores got in some reaching fun.
Mike Heinsdorf, Dave Huber, Tim Dickson, and John Van Voorhis ran the races.
11 Albacores, 1 Buccaneer, 3 I-20s, 2 Lasers, and 4 Lightnings competed. All 5 fleets were able to compete in the first 3 races, after we started the 4th race for the Albacores the wind died so we opted to send the rest of the fleets home. The early high winds were a bit too much for the I-20s.
The first 2 races were W2, the last 2 races were W1.
It started out very breezy Sunday, out of the north at 15-18 knots as reported by our RC Yates. The breeze slowly slacked off to 12 or so by the end of the day. Participation was light, however, probably because it was just a bit chilly out there. It was a good time for the brave few who showed up though. Here are the scores:
Only one more week to go!
Well after the government upchuck shutdown we came back for the second half of our messed up truncated fall series. Fall Series #6 brought some stiff and shifty winds out of the NW W SW . Well you get the picture. Here are those scores:
Fall Series #7 brought much less wind from sometimes no discernible direction at all. Here are those scores:
Only two more weeks to go folks, so you’re running out of time to go out and have some fun!
Fall Series #2 was a beautiful day on the river. We had nice breezes out of the NW (Mostly) and the RC headed by Jason Ipe got us four races in. Here are the scores:
Fall Series #3 was a drifter with PRO Nabeel getting in two races by sheer force of will. Here are the scores for the intrepid few who made it up to the course:
Sunday was absolutely beautiful with nice southerly breezes. RC, Dan Miller set up a WL course and got 4 races in for the few smart sailors who showed up. Nice to see more than one Scow coming out. Hope that’s a trend. Here are the scores:
Albacore Fall Series #1 091513
Buccaneer Fall Series #1 091513
Open Cat Fall Series #1 091513