District 11 News

1/24 Frostbite Recap
January 30th, 2010

Hampton Roads
SSA
PRSA
NERLF

 

Hampton Roads Laser Fleet

Last Sunday saw our second Frostbite Regatta of the season. The weather couldn't have been better with temps around 60F to offset the cool water. 6 boats on the line with excellent sailors in all. The breeze was definitely on, earlier in the afternoon than forecast, fairly shifty as it came over the golf course with strong puffs well above 20kts. After kicking off the first race with a rabbit start, all agreed to focus the rest of the afternoon working on boat handling skills as many had not sailed since early last Fall. After over two hours on the water with out a dull moment we all headed in to swap stories over a hot cup of Yorgo's coffee. Those who sailed Sunday will definitely be ready for the next regatta regardless of how big or shifty the breeze is!! Most importantly, the afternoon saw four new faces (all solid racers) on the water enjoying their first local Frostbite Regatta (since the mid 90's)!!

Our next regatta will be Sunday, 7 Feb., and we are looking to hit double digits in terms of boats on the water!  Our RC capabilities will be taking a leap forward too with Mike Barclift bringing his well equipped (nice warm cabin) powerboat out for RC duties.  Finally, the new floating docks (yes dockS, 2 not 1) at the ODU Sailing Center were just waiting to be floated Sunday and should be in place as well.

 

SSA Laser Fleet

Yesterday the weather did not quite live up to the forecast. The front stalled keeping us dry, but unfortunately also stalling the wind. Twenty Lasers showed up to sail three races in very light conditions. Gavin O'Hare showed off his light air prowess winning the day with bullets in all three races. He was followed by Peter Young in second and Hal Whitacre in third.

Division: Laser (20 boats)

Pos Bow/Sail   Club   Skipper      1         2         3      Total
 Points 		 Pos
1   92   EYC   O'Hare, Gavin   1   1   1   3.00   1
2   133949/ 173674   SSA   Young, Peter   2   5   3   10.00   2
3   184472/ 155315   SSA   Whitacre, Hal   3   2   5   10.00   3
4   175881   SSA   Jacob, James   5   3   7   15.00   4
5   130953   SSA   Pugh, Charlie   7   4   9   20.00   5
6   180536   SSA   Cofer, Steve   6   6   8   20.00   6
7   194512   SSA   Morgan, Ted   12   7   2   21.00   7
8   5419       Bandit, One   14   11   4   29.00   8
9   169781   SSA   Wesdyk, Russ   4   13   14   31.00   9
10   175592   SSA   Gebhardt, John   8   10   18   36.00   10
11   168440   SSA   Leonard, Greg   9   8   21/DNS   38.00   11
12   174215   SSA   Davis, Ken   15   19   6   40.00   12
13   187874   SSA   McKenna, James   10   9   21/DNS   40.00   13
14   168474   SSA   Haldeman, Dorian   13   12   16   41.00   14
15   156631   SSA   Johnson, Eric   17   14   11   42.00   15
16   262   SCC   Empey, Bruce   11   18   15   44.00   16
17   194547   SSA   Caruso, Jeff   19   17   10   46.00   17
18   185776       Smith, Jerry   18   16   13   47.00   18
19   168272   SSA   Cook, Jen   21/DNS   15   12   48.00   19
20   173641   SSA   Wilson, Leo   16   20   17   53.00   20

 Season Standings

 

 PRSA Laser Fleet

Last Sunday was a light wind day, and fifteen people participated. It
was light but never died... Scores are updated on the web site. We are
about at our season mid point. We have had 36 people participate so
far, but only 7 people are qualified. That is a rather low turn out and
quite a low number of people qualified. We have eight more weeks in our
season so be sure and come out so you can qualify.

Right now Sam is leading the pack with Cary 0.1 point behind and Len 0.3
behind.

January 24
Series Summary
Pl Sail Skipper 36 37 38 39 40 Avg
1 329 Cary Comer 2 4   3 1 2.5
2 644 Erich Hesse 3 2 3 4   3
3 783 Sam Dobbs 1 3 1 6 7 3.6
4 829 Jim Klein 6 1 2 5 5 3.8
5 113 Len Guenther 7   4\RDG 1 4 4
6 628 Dave Teale 4 8   2 2 4
7 421 Jim Graham 5 11 6 8 8 7.6
8 136 Dan Miller 8 9 5 7 9 7.6
9 647 Scott Snyder 12\DNS 5 10 9 6 8.4
10 818 Keith Barron 9 12 7 11 10 9.8
11 057 Farley Will 12\DNS 6 9 13 11 10.2
12 000 Marc Marc 10 13 8 10 12 10.6
13 UNC Kevin Webb 12\DNS 10 11 12 13 11.6
14 537 Jason Ipe     4     4#
15 719 Nabeel Alsalam   7     3 5#

 

 

North East River Laser Fleet

The ice cleared up and 5 sailors made it out for some frostbite racing.

Skipper Sail # 1 2 3 4 5 Total Pts Skipper
Mark Hergan 145649 4 2 4 2 3 15 Mark Hergan
Jeff Leach 175246 2 3 5 1 2 13 Pat Phelan
George Fallon 30 1 1 2 3 1 8 Rick Hanson
Tom Compton 187824 3 4 1 4 4 16 Tom Compton
Glenn Leach 104778 5 5 3 5 5 23 Glenn Leach
 

Posted January 30th, 2010 by Jon Deutsch