District 11 News

3/14 Frostbite Recap
March 19th, 2010

PRSA Frostbite Results
Hampton Roads Frostbite Results
SSA Frostbite Results

PRSA Frostbite Results

It looked like a beautiful day Sunday.  There was a good turn out with 19 boats. Scores
are up to date and posted on the web site. There are now 11 people qualified and Erich is back on the top, by only 7 tenths of a point.  Cary (2), Sam (3), Len (4) and Dave (5) are all in contention.

PRSA
Frostbite 09-10
 
March 14
Series Summary
Pl Sail Skipper Avg 66 67 68 69 70
1 644 Erich Hesse 2 4 1 2 1 2
2 783 Sam Dobbs 2.6 3 3 1 5 1
3 628 Dave Teale 4.6 1 6 4 7 5
4 329 Cary Comer 5.6 7 2 3 9 7
5 647 Scott Snyder 5.8 8 10 6 2 3
6 829 Jim Klein 6 6 5 7 8 4
7 113 Len Guenther 6.2 2 9 9 3 8
8 818 Keith Barron 7.4 5 8 8 10 6
9 421 Jim Graham 7.6 11 7 5 4 11
10 STA Stan Laramie 7.8 9 4 10 6 10
11 UNC Kevin Webb 10.4 10 11 11 11 9

Hampton Roads Frostbite Results

Hampton Roads Laser Fleet started off their 4 weekend frostbite series on Sunday.  They had good weather and a good time as well.  Photos.

 

SSA Frostbite Results

Sunday turned out to be better than the forecast. Luckily the rain held off for the afternoon and twenty Lasers competed in 6 races. Gavin O'Hare won the day, followed by Bryan Fishback in second and Matt Schofield in third.

Thanks to Hal Whitacre and Margaret Podlich for running the RC boat and Hugh Elliot and Quinn Tobin for running the mark boat.

Only one Frostbiting day left! Don't miss it :) - Dorian


Light shifty breeze out of the North and warm temperatures.... is this the end of winter?

Hats off to Bryan Fishback. He sailed a great day and had one poor finish which cost him the day. If I did one thing well, it must have been consistency. I tried to start at the favored end each race (pin first half and then boat second half). Although, everytime I was next to Brian, he managed to beat me across the finish line.

This day was a shifty day with many lulls. I tried to track the wind and go to the side where I expected it to fill. Oftentimes, this meant keeping my eyes out of the boat more than in the boat. That said, I certainly tried to shift gears as the breeze collapsed and quickly eased vang & cunningham and mainsheet. Keeping boat moving through the water seemed to be key. As the start line was competitive, part of my success stemmed from having good starts. I think I was fairly agressive today and that probably helped. I beleive I get better when I push myself on the line, and I look forward to the competition for that pole position.

In a nuts took a few risks on the final beats that mostly did not pay off. Covering is almost always the right thing to do. I lost a few boats because I got greedy or saw breeze that did not materialize. Bryan Fishback's downwind legs were exceptional. I think he gained boats on this leg every race. As far as I could tell, his success was a combination of sailing fast with everything eased and heeled to windward, but also anticipating where the pressure would come from and then positioning his boat for the inside overlap leeward mark rounding.

hell, success on this day was achieved by starting well, looking upwind and targeting breeze/shifts, and capitalizing on mark rounding opportunities. I believe we have one more Sunday left and I look forward to seeing you all on the water.

Gavin O'Hare

2009-2010 Annapolis Laser Frostbite

Series Standing - 6 races scored

Information is provisional and subject to modification
Regatta results saved: Sunday, March 14, 2010 6:08:40 PM EDT


Division: Laser (20 boats)

Pos Bow/Sail   Club   Skipper      1         2         3         4         5         6      Total
 Points 		 Pos
1   92   EYC   O'Hare, Gavin   2   5   2   1   4   5   19.00   1
2   170058   SSA   Bryan, Fishback   1   1   1   3   3   12   21.00   2
3   168574   AYC/SSA   Schofield, Matt   4   4   5   2   13   2   30.00   3
4   168424   SSA   Tan, Bob   8   2   3   20   1   1   35.00   4
5   161025   SSA   Brady, Christopher   14   13   8   4   2   8   49.00   5
6   173641   SSA   Wilson, Leo   11   12   14   10   7   3   57.00   6
7   194512   SSA   Morgan, Ted   7   17   12   6   5   13   60.00   7
8   168474   SSA   Haldeman, Dorian   17   3   7   16   12   7   62.00   8
9   156631   SSA   Johnson, Eric   10   8   11   7   20   6   62.00   9
10   187741   SSA   Clifton, Tip   9   7   6   13   9   19   63.00   10
11   165088   SSA   Marrero, Lucas   19   9   4   11   6   15   64.00   11
12   130953   SSA   Pugh, Charlie   5   11   19   12   8   10   65.00   12
13   168272   SSA   Cook, Jen   12   18   16   9   10   4   69.00   13
14   133949/ 173674   SSA   Young, Peter   3   6   9   19   19   21/DNF   77.00   14
15   194520   SSA   Sliom, Dave   15   10   13   5   18   16   77.00   15
16   169781   SSA   Wesdyk, Russ   6   19   15   8   14   17   79.00   16
17   180536   SSA   Cofer, Steve   13   14   17   14   11   14   83.00   17
18   174215   SSA   Davis, Ken   20   16   10   17   17   9   89.00   18
19   194547   SSA   Caruso, Jeff   18   20   18   18   15   11   100.00   19
20   262   SCC   Empey, Bruce   16   15   20   15   16   18   100.00   20

Notes

(1) Scoring System is ISAF Low Point 2005-2008

Information is provisional and subject to modification


Principal Race Officer: Hal Whitacre and Margaret Podlich

Posted March 19th, 2010 by Jon Deutsch