Rock Hall Opening Day

  • Saturday, May 1st, 2004
  • Rock Hall YC
  • Rock Hall, MD

We had another great Opening Day Regatta at Rock Hall. We were treated to a beautiful sailing day with a steady Southerly breeze at 10-15 knots, though most of the racing was done in 13-15 knots, nice chop, sunny skies, 75 degrees, warm water, a short sail out to the course, and zero motor boat chop – what more could you ask for. Though the wind was steady, opportunities were available as there were small 5-10 degree shifts of significant duration to make the upwind work interesting and the waves downwind provided many surfing opportunities. Rock Hall’s John Snyder won the day in very convincing fashion with consistent starts, very good upwind speed and good off wind speed to hold off the rest of us downwind. John Macielag was second overall showing solid form particularly as the wind built; he is not called Two Kegs for nothing. Mitch Grieb was third, starting out very well but could not quite match the two John’s upwind speed as the wind built in the later races. The race committee, run by Dyer Harris did a great job setting up the course and running six efficient races.

Once off the water the club provided excellent hospitality, the bar was open, great hors d’oeuvres were consumed, and a fantastic meal was enjoyed by many of the sailors and club members. Of course there was the usual recap of the racing over drinks involving many memorable stories, unfortunately a few at my expense, and equally unfortunate not a single humorous anecdote involving John Snyder.

Over all it was a great day, thanks to everyone who showed up to support the club. We are looking forward to our Summer One Design Regatta on June 19-20, and hopefully we will see you all then.


Position Name Club 1 2 3 4 5 6 Points
1 John Snyder RHYC 2 1 3 2 1 2 11
2 John Macielag RHYC 5 2 6 1 4 1 19
3 Mitch Grieb RHYC 1 4 1 6 3 5 20
4 Nicholas Place RHYC 3 3 5 4 8 4 27
5 Lars Rathjen PRSA 4 8 2 3 6 7 30
6 Rich Parolski RHYC 8 6 9 9 2 3 37
7 Jon Wasserman RHYC 6 9 4 5 7 6 37
8 Mark Lynch RHYC 7 5 10 8 9 8 47
9 Robb Maxwell SSA 9 10 7 7 5 11 49
10 J.R. Futcher RSA DNC 7 8 10 11 9 61
11 Jeff Pugh 10 11 11 11 10 10 63
12 Faye Flam 12 12 12 12 12 12 72
13 Bill Thomson 13 14 14 13 13 13 80
14 Joseph Lawrence 11 13 13 DNC DNC DNC 85
15 Charlie Marshall/Tom Bliss RHYC DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC 96

Added: 5/01/2004 23:00:02 by Jon Deutsch
Updated: 6/30/2005 23:00:34 by Jon Deutsch