Sunshine Open

  • Saturday, April 13th, 2002 - Sunday, April 14th, 2002
  • Severn Sailing Association
  • Annapolis, MD

The 30th running of the the Sunshine Open Laser Regatta took place this past weekend (April 13-14) at Severn Sailing Association in Annapolis, Maryland. True to the billing, there was plenty of sunshine, with the breeze cooperating ever-so-slightly. 37 boats came out for the two day, 6 race affair. The courses were mainly W/L, and the breeze was out of the South both days.

The leaderboard changed frequently throughout the weekend. US Naval Academy student Nick Van Wagoner (Annapolis, MD) came out of the blocks smoking in race one, while fellow Annapolis resident and Tufts graduate Nick von der Wense took the checkered flag in race two. These first two races were held in about 8 knots of breeze with lots of flat water.

By the time race three started, the breeze and chop had built nicely. Hard hiking was critical. Brian Shores (Virginia Tech) showed everyone how it's done right as he went wire to wire for the victory. Race four was a mixed bag, but Nick von der Wense was able to deal with it the best. He picked up his second bullet on the day and stood atop the leaderboard with 13 points - a three point lead over Shores, and 4 points ahead of Alden Shattuck (Annapolis),

There was a fantastic lasagna dinner at Severn Sailing on Saturday night. Plenty of beer and good laughs.

Sunday morning we headed out for what was to be a three race day. The wind gods weren't cooperating, but we were able to get two races off. Shattuck picked up the bullet, but with von der Wense coming in second, there was little change overall. The fifth and deciding race was won by Van Wagoner, with Shattuck coming in second and Shores in third. For Shattuck, his 1 - 2 punch was enought to win the regatta for the second time. Congratulations Alden.

Sunshine Open Laser Regatta
Series Standings (4 races scored)

Information is provisional and subject to modification
Mon May 08 21:19:10 EDT 2000

Pos Sail/Bow Skipper Club 1 2 3 4 Total
Points 		Pos
1 150083 Shattuck, Alden Severn Sailing Association 4 6 2 2 14 1
2 10 Lillis, Julia Naval Academy Sailing Squadron 1 5 6 11 23 2
3 168424 Tan, Bob Severn Sailing Association 7 4 9 3 23 3
4 168410 Morgan, Ted Severn Sailing Association 15 8 3 1 27 4
5 151810 Legg, Chris Severn Sailing Association 10 3 5 10 28 5
6 153724 Franzen, Tomas Severn Sailing Association 11 7 7 4 29 6
7 11166 Meller, Ali Severn Sailing Association 14 1 8 9 32 7
8 165898 Panayides, George Hampton Yacht Club 6 26/OCS 1 5 38 8
9 134195 Doyle, Pat Severn Sailing Association 12 2 12 14 40 9
10 134835 Howell, John Severn Sailing Association 3 12 15 13 43 10
11 161293 Serenis, Aaron 8 26/DNF 4 7 45 11
12 166904 Long, Karen Severn Sailing Association 18 9 11 8 46 12
13 152045 Breder, Dave 13 26/OCS 10 6 55 13
14 144079 Wallio, Pete Hampton Yacht Club 16 13 14 12 55 14
15 140577 McAndrews, Brendan Naval Academy Sailing Squadron 5 10 26/OCS 15 56 15
16 166005 Girl, Opti 9 14 16 18 57 16
17 143295 Jambunathan, Sriram Severn Sailing Associatoin 17 11 13 16 57 17
18 167475 Boothe, Amie Severn Sailing Association 2 26/DNF 26/OCS 17 71 18
19 147510 Munz, Teri Severn Sailing Association 19 26/DNC 26/DNC 26/DNC 97 19
20 0 Daniels, Donald Severn Sailing Association 26/DNC 26/DNC 26/DNC 26/DNC 104 20
21 11 Wood, Brian Severn Sailing Association 26/DNC 26/DNC 26/DNC 26/DNC 104 21
22 140701 Abouelnaga, Amir Severn Sailing Association 26/DNC 26/DNC 26/DNC 26/DNC 104 22
23 155272 Quay, John Severn Sailing Association 26/DNC 26/DNC 26/DNC 26/DNC 104 23
24 155315 Schoene, Dave Severn Sailing Association 26/DNC 26/DNC 26/DNC 26/DNC 104 24
25 165988 Stevens, Gregg Severn Sailing Association 26/DNC 26/DNC 26/DNC 26/DNC 104.01 25

Notes:
- A 20% penalty is: 5.0 points.
- A Check-in failure penalty is: 5.0 points.

Notes:
- Finishes in [brackets] denote throwouts.
- Tiebreaker warning: if a boat is counting a race with same points as a throwout, the tie MAY NOT be broken correctly, please manually check these cases!

- Time limit penalty is: DNF

Information is provisional and subject to modification


Principal Race Officer: Delrie Hobbs

Regatta scoring by JavaScore, an Open Source project available at http://www.gromurph.org/javascore

Added: 4/14/2002 13:45:06 by Jon Deutsch
Updated: 7/02/2005 13:45:44 by Jon Deutsch