PRSA Fall Series 2005

 

Day 8 - Sunday, November 6, 2005

Pl

Sail #

Crew

Boat Name

Tot

49

50

51

1

15142

Nabeel Alsalam, Scott Bradford & Lisbet Kugler

Shadowfax

5

1

1

3

2

14592

Ben Forman , Tim Olsen, Chris Wright

Beedobeat

6

2

2

2

3

15195

Patrick McGee, Paul Maher & Craig Huzway

It's the Water

12

8

3

1

4

14222

Russ Roberts, Denise Malueg & Tanya Topelewski

Windchaser

12

3

4

5

5

14395

Bob Wilbur, Genie Williford, Henry Chan

String Theory

15

4

5

6

6

14553

Rick Welch, Ben Bruce, Aaron Boesnecker 

Sinistra

17

6

7

4

7

11767

Harry Keith, Henry Keith & Katie Keith

Thunder

18

5

6

7\DNS

8

15228

David Thompson, Joe Kimak & Catherine Calvin

Blue Two

22

7

8\DNS

7\DNS

 This morning's NWS forecast for the Potomac called for southwesterly winds at 15 - 20 kts, with gusts to 30, in advance of a strong cold front that was supposed to go through sometime between 1 PM and 4 PM, to be followed by some potentially violent thunderstorms from cells that had earlier brought tornados to southern Indiana.  The bad weather did not materialize, but the forecasts did deter 3 Lightnings from competing, and the prediction of 15 to 20 kts was accurate enough.  The day started with bright sunshine and mild temperatures that stayed with us all day, warming up to 75 degrees by mid-afternoon.  The southwesterly winds permitted a triangular course with the windward and leeward marks in the middle of the river,  and the winds were strong enough to create some good-sized waves, making for some exciting moments and lots of spray over the splash guards. 

Also sailing, but not shown in the results above, were Ed Michels from SSA, with crew Emilie Pavilon and Ian Mutnik.

Actual hourly recordings of wind at  National Airport were:

              10 AM          11 AM          Noon          1 PM          2 PM            3 PM         4 PM         5 PM
               S   15          SSW 15     SSW 18    SSW 18     SSW 17      SSW 18      S 16        SSW 13

Races: F1/9-18/#32-34,F2/9-25/#35-37,F3/10-2/38,F4/10-9/39-41,F5/10-16/None(FD),F6/10-23/42-44,F7/10-29/45-48,F8/11-6/49-51
 Infractions: TO-20%; RDG-Avg; DNS,DNF,OCS,DSQ,RET-#QualFin+1(All Fin+RC-OCS,DSQ,RAF); DNC-Pres+2(Reg Flt50 Pres); SSC(Short Crew)-Pos+1;
Scorekeeper: Russ Roberts –      

Day 7 - Sunday, October 30, 2005       

Pl

Sail #

Crew

Boat Name

Tot

45

46

47

48

 1

15142

Nabeel Alsalam, Lisbet Kugler, Nik Holtan

Shadowfax

5

2

1

1

1

 2

15195

Patrick McGee, Craig Huzway, Ian MacLeod

It's the Water

16

5

5

4

2
 3

14395

Bob Wilbur, Jim Nathanson, Henry Chan

String Theory

19

7

3

5

4

 4

14592

John Butler, Ben Forman & Ann Cody

Beedobeat

20

4

6

3

7

 5

14566

Frank Gallagher, Lars Rathjen, Janice Rathjen

Resistance is Futile

21

3

2

13\OCS

3

 6

14553

Rick Welch, Ben Bruce, Aaron Boesnecker 

Sinistra

22

1

9

7

5

 7

14222

Russ Roberts, Denise Malueg & Vince Wawrzynski

Windchaser

25

8

4

6

7\SSC
 8

  7603

Robert Astrove, Billy Astrove & Matt Klise

Pandora-II

28

6

7

2

13\DNS

 9

14037

Joe Warren, Tom Kiss, Aimee Storm

Bony Buns

40

9

11

10

10

10

14522

Rob Tompkins, Tom Watson, Jennifer Holzer

BooNooNooNos

41

12

13

8

8

11

14187

Laurie Duncan, Bob Audet, Tanya Topelewski

!Vaya Chica!

41

11

10

9

11

12

14100

Red Fehrle, Jack Macklin & Stuart

Moonshadow

42

10

8

12

12

14

15228

David Thompson, Barbara Thompson, Catherine Calvin

Blue Two

45

13

12

11

9

13

15117

Marian Bruno, Gary Roberts, Thorn Pozen

Shamrock

54

14/DNS

14\DNS

13\DNS

13\DNS

Races: F1/9-18/#32-34,F2/9-25/#35-37,F3/10-2/38,F4/10-9/39-41,F5/10-16/None(FD),F6/10-23/42-44,F7/10-29/45-48
Jury Chair: Infractions: TO-20%; RDG-Avg; DNS,DNF,OCS,DSQ,RET-#QualFin+1(All Fin+RC-OCS,DSQ,RAF); DNC-Pres+2(Reg Flt50 Pres); SSC(Short Crew)-Pos+1
Scorekeeper: Russ Roberts
30 Oct, '05, 22:36
St. Pete Scorer

Fourteen Lightnings came out on a great late October sailing day, under sunny skies,  with temperatures in the mid 60s, and northwesterly winds averaging 10 MPH.  Nabeel, sailing with Lisbet and Nik Holtan won the day with 3 bullets and a second; Pat McGee took second place, and Bob Wilbur third. It was great to see so many Lightnings out on on the water, including Red Fehrle, sailing with Jack Macklin and canine pal Stuart, who turned out to be very good on the spinnaker;  Marian Bruno, sailing with Gary Roberts and friend Thorn Pozen; and Rob Tompkins, out on his new boat, 14522, BooNooNooNos, sailing with Jennifer Holzer and Tom Watson.

The wind direction was more favorable than forecasted, so RC was able to set a nice triangular course with the reaching mark near, but not too near, the airport. 

Actual hourly readings at National Airport were as follows:
   10 AM         11 AM         Noon      1 PM         2 PM      3 PM        4 PM        5 PM  
    NNW 9        NW  16         NW 9      NNW 10     NW 10    WNW 7     WNW 6       N 3

  Low tide was at 12:33 PM and high tide at 6:15 PM.  The river flow was slightly above average, at 6,800 CFS, and the water temperature was a chilly 52 degrees.  This was the first race day on standard, rather than daylight savings time, so by the time we got off the water and got the boats put away, the sun had set and it quickly got chilly.        

 

Day 6 - Sunday, October 23, 2005

PL Sail # Crew Boat Name Tot 42 43 44
1 14592 Ben Forman, Tim Olsen, Ian Mutnik Beedobeat 4 1 1 2
2 14222 Russ Roberts, Vince Wawrzynski, Geof Bishop Windchaser 8 2 3 3
3 14395 Bob Wilbur, Emilie Pavilon, Henry Chan String Theory 10 3 2 5
4 14553 Rick Welch, Ben Bruce, Aaron Boesnecker Sinistra 12 6/DNS 5 1
5 14588 Greg Virgin, Brent Reid, Derek Russell Tijuana Taxi 12 4 4 4
6 14100 Red Fehrle, Genie Williford, Jack Macklin Moonshadow 17 5 6 6/DNF

Seven Lightnings came out on a sunny, breezy Sunday that turned out to be much nicer than forecast, but there were equipment problems that affected some racers.  Rob Tompkins was there with his new boat 14522, BooNooNooNos, but his vang was not rigged correctly and he couldn't get the main depowered, so he went back before racing started.  Rick Welch had a bent spreader that needed to be fixed so he missed the first race, and unfortunately he also capsized in the second race (but righted the boat and finished).  Red Fehrle ripped his Spinnaker and came in after the second race.

Also racing, but not scored, was a team from Georgetown (Dan Esdorn, Seamus Craft, and Andrew Campbell) preparing for the NCAA championships next week.

Frank Gallagher and Laurie Duncan headed a RC that moved things right along.

  Actual hourly readings at National Airport were as follows:
   10 AM         11 AM         Noon     1 PM      2 PM     3 PM      4 PM        5 PM  
    NW 14       NNW  17        W 13      W 12       NW 8    NW 7     WNW 12       N 8

 

Day 5 - Sunday, October 16, 2005

The forecast for Sunday was scary - winds 20 to 25 MPH, with gusts to 35.  While RC did set up a race course out in front of the Alexandria Power Plant, no Lightings came out (six were at the Frigid Digit Regatta in Annapolis). 

Actual hourly readings at National Airport were as follows:

       10 AM         11 AM         Noon     1 PM         2 PM     3 PM      4 PM        5 PM  
      WNW 20       WNW  20    NW 16   WNW 22     NW 16    NW 17  WNW 21   WNW 14

 

 

Day 4 - Sunday, October 9, 2005

Pl Sail # Crew Boat Name Tot 39 40 41
1 15142 Nabeel Alsalam, Scott Bradford, Lisbet Kugler Shadowfax 3 1 1 1
2 15195 Pat McGee, Paul Maher, Craig Huzway It's the Water 8 3 2 3
3 14553 Rick Welch, Matt Wallace, Ben Bruce Sinistra 9 2 3 4
4   7603 Bobby Astrove, Billy Astrove, Matt Klise Pandora II 11 5 4 2
5 14395 Jeff Storck, Tanya Topelewski, Jose Montiero Ariel 19 4 6 9
6 14222 Russ Roberts, Denise Malueg, Vince Wawrzynski Windchaser 19 6 8 5
7 11767 Harry Keith, Henry Keith, Katie Keith Thunder 21 8 5 8
8 14588 Greg Virgin, Christine Virgin, Derek Russell Tijuana Taxi 23 7 9 7
9 14395 Bob Wilbur, Susan Buckley, Allan Summerville String Theory 29 10 7 12
10 14187 Laurie Duncan, Bob Audet !Vaya Chica! 30 12/SSC 11/SSC 7/SSC
11 15228 David Thompson, Barb Thompson, Joe Kimak Blue Two 31 9 12 10
12 14037 Joe Warren, Tom Kiss, Colin McDonald Bony Buns 34 12 11 11
13 10527 Rob Tompkins, Robin Deykes, Brent Reid Confusion 39 13 13 13

Thirteen Lightnings came out on what turned out to be a very nice sailing day, with northerly winds at a steady 9 MPH, partly cloudy skies, no rain,  and a high temperature of 63 degrees.  RC set a long triangular course, sailed as a long windward-leeward course by the Lightnings, and launched 3 races in good order.  Due to rains on Friday and Saturday, the river flow was above average,  at about 15,000 CFS, but the water was remarkably clear of debris on the race course, and the effects of the current were less noticeable than expected. 

Actual winds recorded at National Airport were:

           10 AM      11 AM       Noon     1 PM      2 PM       3 PM        4 PM       5 PM
              N 12          N 9          N 9      NNW 8      N 9          N 9           N 8           N 8 

Low tide was at 7:52 AM; high tide at 12:49 PM.

 

 

Day 3 - Sunday, October 2, 2005                        

Pl Sail # Crew Boat Name 38
  1 15142 Nabeel Alsalam, Scott Bradford, Lisbet Kugler Shadowfax 1
  2 15256 Jeff Storck, Jose Montiero, Cathy Bleakly Ariel 2
  3 15195 Pat McGee, Paul Maher, Craig Huzway It's The Water 3
  4 11767 Harry Keith, Henry Keith, Katie Keith Thunder 4
  5 14553 Rick Welch, Aaron Boesnecker, Ben Bruce Sinistra 5
  6 14222 Russ Roberts, Denise Malueg, Vince Wawrzynski Windchaser 6
  7 14588 Greg Virgin, Derek Russell, Brent Reid Tijuana Taxi 7
  8 15228 David Thompson, Catherine Calvin, Colin McDonald Blue Two 8
  9 14037 Joe Warren, Geof Bishop, John Hart Bony Buns 9
 10 14395 Bob Wilbur, Genie Williford, Emilie Pavilon String Theory 10
11 14187 Laurie Duncan, Justine Faulkenburg, Bob Audet !Vaya Chica! 11
12 14592 Ben Forman, Tim Olsen, Graham Dumas Beedobeat 12

Twelve Lightnings came out  expecting another nice autumn day on the Potomac, but there was not much wind.   RC set up a windward-leeward course in front of the Alexandria power plant and did manage to get off one race before the wind died completely.  The Oktoberfest picnic after racing was most enjoyable however, and helped to offset the disappointment of racing on a light air day.  This provided a nice opportunity for new crew members Colin McDonald, Brent Reid, Derek Russell, Vince Wawrzynski, Justine Faulkenburg, Bob Audet,  Geof Bishop,  and Graham Dumas to meet and mingle with our skippers and crew. 

Actual winds recorded at National Airport were:

           10 AM      11 AM       Noon     1 PM      2 PM       3 PM        4 PM       5 PM
            SSE 3       ESE 3       S  7        V 3         V 3        NNE 3      V  3         ENE 5 

High tide was at 8:11 AM; low tide at 2:36 PM.  The river flow was as it has been all summer (below average), at 1,020 CFS (gage height 2.6 feet), with a water temperature of 71 degrees.

 

 

Day 2 - Sunday, September 25, 2005  

Pl

Sail #

Crew

Boat Name

Tot

35

36

37

1

  7603

Bobby Astrove, Billy Astrove, Matt Klise

Pandora II

4

1

2

1

2

15256

Jeff Storck, Greg Virgin, Cathy Bleakly

Ariel

5

2

1

2

3

15195

Pat McGee, Ian Mc Cleod, Paul Maher

it's the Water

11

5

3

3

4

14037

Joe Warren, John Hart & Geof Bishop

Bony Buns

11

3

4

4

5

14187

Laurie Duncan, Justine Faulkenburg, & Bob Audet

!Vaya Chica!

14

4

5

5

6

15228

David Thompson, Catherine Calvin & Rob Tompkins

Blue Two

21

6

6

8/DNS

Seven Lightnings splashed and 6 made it to the race course on another delightful fall racing day.  We had southerly breezes 5 - 10 MPH with a high overcast and temperatures in the high 70s.  Drew Hudson and Bob Wilbur headed the Race Committee and did an outstanding job of moving things along on a nice windward-leeward course (with triangles for the 5 Hobies and several Albacores).

Actual winds recorded at National Airport were:

      10 AM         11 AM          Noon        1 PM           2 PM          3 PM          4 PM         5 PM
    SSW - 6       SSE - 6         S - 8        S - 12        SSW - 9     SSW - 8     SW - 9       S - 6

 


Day 1 - Sunday, September 18, 2005

Pl

Sail #

Crew

Boat Name

Avg

32

33

34

1

15142

Nabeel Alsalam, Scott Bradford & Tim Olsen

Shadowfax

1.7

1

3

1

2

14592

John Butler, Ben Forman & Ann Cody

Beedobeat

2

2

1

3

3

14553

Aaron Boesnecker, Brad Taylor, & Christine Virgin

Sinistra

3

3

2

4

4

14566

Frank Gallagher, Maryann Gallagher,  & David Ellingston

Resistance is Futile

4

5

5

2

5

15256

Jeff Storck, Greg Virgin & Paul Maher

Ariel

4.3

4

4

5

6

14395

Bob Wilbur, Emilie Pavilon, & Genie Williford

String Theory

7

8

6

7

7

14222

Russ Roberts, Tanya Topelewski, Adam Ackerman

Windchaser

7.7

9

8

6

8

14187

Laurie Duncan, Bob Astrove, & Bob Audet

!Vaya Chica!