District 11 News
1/10 Frostbite Recap
January 15th, 2010
1/10 PRSA Frostbite
1/10 SSA Frostbite
It was alittle cold last Sunday, but 10 sailors braved the cold to come out and sail. Nine boats made it to the first race, and it trailed off to 4 by the 6th race. We had a total 6 races in the cove. Winds we around 12MPH, it was actually a really nice day to sail if you wore the appropriate clothing. Most of the river was frozen, but the cove was clear of ice. Results are posted on the web site. We did not have enough people to do handicap scores. The coming Sunday looks to be quite a bit warmer. See you on the water.
| Pl | Sail | Skipper | Av | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 644 | Erich Hesse | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | (3) | 1 |
| 2 | 329 | Cary Comer | 2.4 | (4) | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 113 | Len Guenther | 3.4 | (9) | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | 818 | Keith Barron | 3.6 | (5) | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
| 5 | 655 | Kevin Cowley | 4.8 | (7) | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6\DNS |
| 6 | 049 | Robert Bennett | 5.2 | 3 | 4 | 6\DNF | (7\DNS) | 7\DNS | 6\DNS |
| 7 | 783 | Sam Dobbs | 5.8 | 2 | (9\DNS) | 7\DNS | 7\DNS | 7\DNS | 6\DNS |
| 8 | 647 | Scott Snyder | 6.6 | 6 | (9\DNS) | 7\DNS | 7\DNS | 7\DNS | 6\DNS |
| 9 | 136 | Dan Miller | 6.8 | (8) | 7 | 7\DNS | 7\DNS | 7\DNS | 6\DNS |
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1/10 SSA Frostbite
The Laser fleet took to the frigid waters of the Severn River yesterday. Thankfully it was a beautiful sunny day, even if the air temperatures were below freezing, water temp at 33 degrees and 8-10 knots of chilly breeze. I found the most interesting aspect of the racing to be the slippery frozen stiff mainsheet and ice accumulation on the mast and deck. Pretty chilly!!
Thank you to Luke Shingledecker, Ashley Love and Evan Harrell for running the Favored End and Jerry Smith and John Criezis for running the mark boat. And as always, thanks to Ted Morgan for doing the all important scoring!!
Eighteen Lasers competed in a total of eight races. Eric Reinke won the day, followed by Gavin O'Hare in second and Bryan Fishback in third. Eric's report and results below. - Dorian
Attendance was a little light today and I don’t think it was because too many folks had too much fun that the Fleet party the night before. However 18 sailors we treated to a beautiful day and great sailing conditions. OK so it was a little cold rigging and too many people found ice in the mast steps – the important thing is to get it all out before you step your mast. I saw lots of interesting techniques but please be careful using screw drivers to chip it away.
The racing was fairly straight forward. It was a very sunny day so the puffs were easy to see. Most of the day the boat end was favored so I tended to start near the boat. The two times I tried to be right at the boat were my worse starts, including a foul that required a 360. What was clearly working was to be in clear air and moving at the start, even if you were a few boats down the line. I rechecked my line sight every race as both the race committee and the tide were moving it around. Upwind it looked like the right had more pressure but most of the time that was out in the river and off our course. Sailing on the lifted tack was more important as you sailed a much shorter distance.
As in many of our frostbite days, the real gains and losses were made downwind. As I approached the windward mark I would try to figure out where the first big puff was going to be on the run. Early in the day this caused me to jibe right at the windward mark. Later as the sun started setting there were puffs starting to come out of the harbor. No matter what clear air was key. Because we had a smaller fleet it was somewhat easier today but I was surprised how compact the fleet was.
The last beat was short and finishing at the favored end, typically the pin, helped me in a couple races.
I know it was cold today but I saw a lot of folks sailing around with the outhaul maxed out. Yes, we have not seen a lot of wind this year but the sail still needs some shape if you want to go forward efficiently. As for the cold I would like to hear what type of gloves others were wearing. I had a thin pair of old Goretex gloves that were not waterproof but they did keep the wind off my hands. Even still I was frequently concerned that I would drop the sheet as my hands kept getting colder.
I think my boat was at least five pounds heavier when I finished the day. So here is the real question: Which is worst using an ice scraper to right your boat or using one before you put the cover on?
Thanks to all that braved the day! It has been a month since we last sailed and it just felt great to be out on a bright sunny day and not shoveling snow.
R/ Eric
(Division: Laser 18 boats) (top) PosBow/Sail Club Skipper 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Total
Points Pos
1 182815 SSA Reinke, Eric 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 13.00 1
2 92 EYC O'Hare, Gavin 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 1 18.00 2
3 170058 SSA Bryan, Fishback 3 3 1 2 2 1 5 3 20.00 3
4 169781 Wesdyk, Russ 7 7 8 9 5 5 2 5 48.00 4
5 166167 Cottrell, Matt 10 11 4 5 4 8 6 4 52.00 5
6 165088 SSA Marrero, Lucas 9 10 9 6 8 9 7 6 64.00 6
7 196168 SSA Gerratt, Aaron 6 5 10 14 13 10 9 10 77.00 7
8 184472/ 155315 SSA Whitacre, Hal 19/DNS 8 15 10 7 6 12 7 84.00 8
9 130953 Pugh, Charlie 5 16 11 11 12 11 11 13 90.00 9
10 194520 SSA Sliom, Dave 13 6 6 4 6 19/DNS 19/DNS 19/DNS 92.00 10
11 173641 Wilson, Leo 19/DNS 19/DNS 14 7 16 7 4 8 94.00 11
12 194547 SSA Caruso, Jeff 15 15 13 16 10 12 8 11 100.00 12
13 174215 SSA Davis, Ken 14 13 12 13 17 13 13 9 104.00 13
14 168447 SSA Merz, Greg 11 4 5 15 15 19/DNS 19/DNS 19/DNS 107.00 14
15 180536 SSA Cofer, Steve 19/DNS 19/DNS 17 17 9 4 10 12 107.00 15
16 167284 SSA Davis, Brett 4 9 7 19/DNF 19/DNS 19/DNS 19/DNS 19/DNS 115.00 16
17 168440 SSA Leonard, Greg 8 14 16 12 11 19/DNS 19/DNS 19/DNS 118.00 17
18 168474 SSA Haldeman, Dorian 12 12 18 8 14 19/DNS 19/DNS 19/DNS 121.00 18
Posted January 15th, 2010 by Jon Deutsch