SSA Laser Fleet 10: 2006

Thursday, December 28, 2006

SSA Laser Frostbiting this Sunday!

Hello Laser sailors!

It is the last chance to go Laser sailing in 2006! Laser Frostbite series continues this Sunday Dec. 31.

Registration open at 12pm, first start at 1 pm.

Come on out and join the fun!

Happy New Year

-Dorian

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Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Fleet sail buy!! and more

Hello Laser Sailors!

see below for info on ordering discounted Laser sails- The more people interested the better the savings- so spread the word.

Also, Sean Smith did a little research into why the water in Spa creek was so murky brown last week. See below for info and links.

Remember- no Frostbiting this Sunday. See you on Dec. 31.

Contact me if you have any questions.

Happy Holidays!

-Dorian

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Attention Annapolis area laser sailors…

Annapolis Performance Sailing would like to extend a discount to the Annapolis Laser fleet for the purchase of new laser sails. These sails retail for $507.40 and the discount would be as follows….

There will be a discount of 10% if there are at least 5 people interested.

Once we get 10 sails, the discount goes up to 15%.

After 20+ sails, there is a 20% discount off each sail. That means brand new laser sails are $405.92 (a saving of $100+).

These sails come with sail numbers and we can have this order together in time for Laser Midwinters.

If you would like to be involved in this purchase, let Dorian know. Once we get a firm number, we can give everyone a price and start collecting.

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Colin Robertson
Customer Service X 126
APS - Annapolis Performance Sailing Ltd.
"The Raceware Specialists"

104 Severn Ave.; Annapolis, MD 21403 USA
USA Phone: 800.729.9767
International: +1 410.268.3676
Fax Number: +1 410.268.0527
http://www.apsltd.com/

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Several fleet members were asking about the funky colored water in the river yesterday. I haven't seen any reports of local "spills", so a likely culprit is that an algae bloom is occurring in the Severn River, resulting in what is often termed a "mahagony tide" (usually noticed in summer). If so, the discoloration was probably due to a super-elevated density of single-celled organisms called dinoflagellates. There are several species of these organisms that are observed every year in the Bay, none of which have been reported to be acutely toxic to humans via water contact. However, the blooms have been found to coincide with low oxygen in the water column, fish kills, and shellfish mortality. Since they have characteristics of both plants and animals, their population "booms" may be influenced by elevated concentrations of nutrients. So, things like problems with the Back Creek wastewater plant, malfunctioning septic systems, and lawn fertilizers can be problematic sources of nutrients, which may have a role in generating the blooms. The same sort of thing applies for the rest of the Bay as well.

Here's are related web links.

http://www.dnr.state.md.us/Bay/hab/prorocentrum.html
http://www.dnr.state.md.us/bay/cblife/algae/dino/index.html

Monday, December 18, 2006

Frostbiting wrap-up 12/17 -no racing next week

Hello Laser Sailors.

It was another fabulous, warm day to be sailing yesterday. We almost should not be calling it Frostbite! The breeze died off after 4 races. Jason Currie won the day. His report and full results are below. The corrected results from Nov. 26 will be available on the fleet 10 website.

The raffle prize, a pair of Magic Marine hiking pants, went to Sean Smith.

Have you noticed the breeze has been lighter on Sundays?- turns out that is a real trend- Doug Wilson at NOAA forwarded me the average wind speed data from Thomas Point Light- see below.

******Reminder***** No Racing next week******

***********Merry Christmas!!****************

See you all on Dec. 31 - we will say goodbye to 2006 with some great Laser Frostbite racing! Kieran has a very special surprise for us as well- fabulous hot dogs imported from New Jersey. Nothing says New Years like great hot dogs- come on out and join the fun!!

-Dorian

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With the forecast the way it was, I had to go sailing. Problem was, I don't own a boat any more so with the generosity of Nick von der wense & Scott Nixon I could scrap together a boat and be on the water in time for the 1pm start.
The forecast of 10-15 knots didn't really eventuate although a steady 8-12 out of the SE was perfect for 4 good races. The current was ripping in pretty hard so you had to start at the RC boat and tack straight away. I did this every race. I never tried to win the boat end as that can lead to disaster and being locked out from tacking. I did however make sure I had the ability to tack straight away and if this meant starting a few seconds late that was fine.
Upwind setup was very loose, slack out of the vang loose cunningham and about 10 inches of outhaul ease at mid boom.
Downwind I spent more time looking back for breeze than looking forward. This is pretty key to doing well, keeping your head out of the boat is crucial. There were a lot of gains to make downwind by keeping an eye on the pressure and maintaining clear air. Staying still and patient is key in the lighter spots, something I'm not too good at but trying hard to work on!
The courses were set well, good length to them and there were plenty of opportunities to pass on the last beat. The last race of the day the breeze shut off on the right side so the question was, go left into current for pressure or go right out of the current into no breeze at all. It was a no brainer; breeze will always win out so ignore the current and go for the pressure.
I was using a Hyde sail and these are definitely different to the North sails. If anyone is thinking of buying one of these sails and has questions, I would be more than happy to provide some good info on the differences.

Cheers,
Jason

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SSA/Laser fleet 10
SSA Laser frostbiting
Dec. 17, 2006
SERIES SUMMARY
Pl Sail # Skipper 1 2 3 4 Tot
1 1 Jason Currie 1 1 1 3 6
2 188095 Dave Schoene 2 2 5 7 16
3 170797 Morgan Wilson 6 10 7 1 24
4 184550 Ted Morgan 9 8 4 6 27
5 173711 Patrick Kana 8 12 2 16 38
6 182860 Luke Shingledecker 12 11 3 14 40
7 173704 David Bonney 7 13 16 4 40
8 166892 Ben Fransen 14 9 10 10 43
9 153006 Kim Couranz 3 4 36\RAF 2 45
10 187787 Colin Robertson 5 5 6 36\DNC 52
11 35313 Mike Waters 10 3 8 36\RAF 57
12 711 John Zseleczky 20 17 12 8 57
13 182827 Brennen Drysdale 16 14 19 9 58
14 168440 Greg Leonard 17 25 15 5 62
15 181267 Eugenio Cingolani 4 16 11 36\DNC 67
16 166043 Brendan Heussler 36\DNC 7 9 15 67
17 165009 Paul Garn 15 15 22 18 70
18 178575 Eric Dennis 11 18 23 21 73
19 177155 Tip Clifton 13 19 20 22 74
20 168566 Quinn Tobin 21 23 14 19 77
21 186519 Fuller Moore 23 6 13 36\DNC 78
22 168474 Dorian Haldeman 18 27 26 13 84
23 170799 Greg Herbert 27 22 18 17 84
24 168272 Jen Cook 36\DNC 21 21 12 90
25 173641 Leo Wilson 24 29 28 11 92
26 184472 Bo McClatchy 22 24 25 36\DNC 107
27 66133 Bill Ballough 19 26 27 36\DNC 108
28 R67 Matt Schoene 25 20 29 36\DNC 110
29 155281 Randy Bruns 36\DNC 30 30 20 116
30 180536 Steve Cofer 31 32 32 23 118
31 169781 Russ Wesdyk 28 31 24 36\DNC 119
32 173196 Sean Smith 26 28 31 36\DNC 121
33 168418 Chip Swatta 36\DNC 33 17 36\DNC 122
34 162156 Anne White 29 34 33 36\DNC 132
35 155272 Lauren Schoene 30 36\DNC 36\DNC 36\DNC 138

17 Dec, '06, 17:40
St. Pete Scorer

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SSA/Laser fleet 10
SSA Laser frostbiting Series
November 2006- March 2007
SERIES SUMMARY
Pl Sail # Skipper 1 2 3 4 5 Tot.
1 184550 Ted Morgan 2 (56\DNC) 1.5\*1 1 (4) 4.5
2 170797 Morgan Wilson (4) 2 1 (5) 3 6
3 188095 Dave Schoene (56\DNC) (56\DNC) 2 6 2 10
4 182860 Luke Shingledecker 1 (7) 4 (19) 6 11
5 173711 Patrick Kana (56\DNC) 4 3 (9) 5 12
6 168424 Bob Tan 5.5\*2 5 6 (56\DNC) (56\DNC) 16.5
7 182827 Brennen Drysdale 7 (13) 7 (27) 13 27
8 177155 Tip Clifton 10 (11) 10 7 (19) 27
9 170799 Greg Herbert 8 (56\DNC) 12 8 (23) 28
10 166043 Brendan Heussler 5 (56\DNC) 9 (56\DNC) 16 30
11 173704 David Bonney (56\DNC) 12 11 (14) 7 30
12 181267 Eugenio Cingolani 6 10.5\*3 (17) (56\DNC) 15 31.5
13 166892 Ben Fransen 12 (15) 13 (16) 8 33
14 179506 Brian Hetherington 16 (56\DNC) 5 13 (56\DNC) 34
15 153006 Kim Couranz 13 (56\DNC) (56\DNC) 12 9 34
16 35313 Mike Waters 17 (56\DNC) 8 (26) 11 36
17 711 John Zseleczky (56\DNC) 10 (56\DNC) 15 12 37
18 187787 Colin Robertson 3 (56\DNC) (56\DNC) 28 10 41
19 179226 Andrew Eyring 9 14 (56\DNC) 21 (56\DNC) 44
20 165009 Paul Garn 11 17 (56\DNC) (56\DNC) 17 45
21 R67 Matt Schoene 22 (56\DNC) 18 11 (28) 51
22 168474 Dorian Haldeman (27) 21 16 18 (22) 55
23 186519 Fuller Moore 21 (56\DNC) 14 (56\DNC) 21 56
24 168566 Quinn Tobin 19 18 (21) (24) 20 57
25 66133 Bill Ballough (26) 22 19.5\*4 17 (27) 58.5
26 NAV Andrew Vann (56\DNC) 1 (56\DNC) 3 56\DNC 60
27 173641 Leo Wilson (28) 19 19 22 (25) 60
28 184472 Bo McClatchy 15 (56\DNC) 20 (56\DNC) 26 61
29 169781 Russ Wesdyk 18 23 22 (29) (31) 63
30 NGO Gavin O'Hare (56\DNC) 6 (56\DNC) 2 56\DNC 64
31 38699 Buck Downes 25 25 24 (56\DNC) (56\DNC) 74
32 4720 Kristoffer Stevens 24 28 23 (35) (56\DNC) 75
33 52 Stergios Papadakis 23 3 (56\DNC) (56\DNC) 56\DNC 82
34 178575 Eric Dennis (56\DNC) 8 (56\DNC) 56\DNC 18 82
35 180536 Steve Cofer (56\DNC) 27 25 (31) 30 82
36 181113 Chris Foscue 14 16 (56\DNC) (56\DNC) 56\DNC 86
37 168440 Greg Leonard (56\DNC) (56\DNC) 56\DNC 23 14 93
38 132996 Chris Ryan (56\DNC) 20 (56\DNC) 20 56\DNC 96
39 162156 Anne White (56\DNC) 30 (56\DNC) 34 34 98
40 187874 James McKenna 20 24 (56\DNC) (56\DNC) 56\DNC 100
41 182801 RK Creighton (56\DNC) (56\DNC) 15 32 56\DNC 103
42 1 Jason Currie (56\DNC) (56\DNC) 56\DNC 56\DNC 1 113
43 169629 Michael Klybor 29 (56\DNC) 28 (56\DNC) 56\DNC 113
44 173196 Sean Smith (56\DNC) (56\DNC) 27 56\DNC 32 115
45 183892 Pauline Jerry 30 29 (56\DNC) (56\DNC) 56\DNC 115
46 179135 Alex Bertrand (56\DNC) (56\DNC) 56\DNC 4 56\DNC 116
47 168418 Chip Swatta (56\DNC) (56\DNC) 56\DNC 30 33 119
48 168272 Jen Cook (56\DNC) (56\DNC) 56\DNC 40\*5 24 120
49 NGG Grant Garcia (56\DNC) 9 (56\DNC) 56\DNC 56\DNC 121
50 155281 Randy Bruns (56\DNC) (56\DNC) 56\DNC 36 29 121
51 170 Brendan McAndrews (56\DNC) (56\DNC) 56\DNC 10 56\DNC 122
52 155272 Lauren Schoene (56\DNC) (56\DNC) 56\DNC 33 35 124
53 175945 Cole Allsopp (56\DNC) (56\DNC) 56\DNC 25 56\DNC 137
54 73621 George Dehney (56\DNC) (56\DNC) 26 56\DNC 56\DNC 138
55 129333 Chris Cather (56\DNC) 26 (56\DNC) 56\DNC 56\DNC 138

*1 = DNC+RDG
*2 = DNC+RDG
*3 = DNC+RDG
*4 = DNC+RDG
*5 = DNC+RDG

17 Dec, '06, 17:53
St. Pete Scorer

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It's not your imagination - there has been much less wind on Sundays since frostbiting started...

Average Wind Speed, Knots, Thomas Point, 1-4 PM, Nov 13 - Dec 17, by day of the week (& deg F)

Mon 13 45
Tue 9 44
Wed 13 47
Thu 15 51
Fri 14 48
Sat 11 41
Sun 6 43

Mean 12 Knots 46 deg
Std Dev 3 Knots 3 deg

So Sundays are 2 full std dev below the average wind speed...

Friday, December 15, 2006

SSA Laser Fleet Holiday Party- This Saturday

Hello Laser Sailors!

Don't forget the SSA Laser fleet Holiday Party is this Saturday, Dec. 16. SSA clubhouse- 7:00 pm

Beverages will be provided. Please bring a favorite dish (appetizer, snack or dessert) to share.

Hope to see you there!

-Dorian

Thursday, December 14, 2006

SSA Laser Frostbiting- this Sunday!

Hello Frostbiters!

It looks like it will be another beautiful warm weekend. Forcast for Sunday is 60 degrees, SW winds 10 knots. Take a break from the holiday rush and come and join the fun.

Don't forget everyone must register! The form is available on the SSA website (link below). The fee for non-SSA members is $177 for the season. Make checks payable to Severn Sailing Association. If you have the materials you can sail up to the committee boat and register.

http://www.severnsailing.org/racemanagement/entryform.pdf

First start at 1:00pm.

Hope to see you there. Happy Holidays!

-Dorian

Tuesday, December 12, 2006

Frostbiting- mark boat duty

Hello Frostbiters,

Those of you who have not yet signed up for a duty day.... and you know who you are! There are 5 days we still need coverage on the mark/safety boat. We have many more slots to fill this year compared to last year so I ask that EVERYONE who is frostbiting this year volunteer 1 day. Feel free to bring a friend- significant other - more the merrier- just volunteer!

Dec. 31, Feb 11, Feb 18, Mar 4 and Mar 18

Contact me if you are available.

Thanks,
Dorian

spidervmd@hotmail.com

Monday, December 11, 2006

SSA Laser Frostbite wrap up 12/10

Hello everyone,

It was another beautiful Sunday afternoon to be sailing yesterday. It was sunny and unseasonably warm, with a variety of wind conditions. We had another fabulous turnout- 39 boats. (only 36 of which were registered- remember EVERYONE MUST REGISTER- no excuses. You must be registered to be scored. If you do not register you will be asked to leave the course)

Thanks to John Quay, Jen Cook and J Bergquist for doing a great job on the committee and mark boat. Ted Morgan won the day. His report and full results below. Raffle prize (a harken tool bag donated by APS) went to Greg Leonard.

***Check out the cool photo website/blog set up by Tip Clifton. He is adding photos and videos every week.

http://web.mac.com/tip_clifton/iWeb/Site/Blog/Blog.html

*** note*** When looking at the results, there was a mishap with the scoring for the 3rd race. All the boats that were mistakenly not scored have been given redress. If you know where you finished please email Luke at luke@farrdesign.com

***also*** Please remember to abide by the Racing Rules of Sailing. If you foul someone- please do the right thing and exonerate yourself by doing a penalty turn (only a 360 degree turn is required for Frostbiting).

Thank you- see you next Sunday!

Dorian

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Let me start off by saying that it has been awesome watching this fleet grow over the past 15 years. Can you believe that there were 39 boats out there this weekend – wow. Past Commodore John Quay, Jen Cook, and J Bergquist did a really nice job running the races, thank you! They did a lot of little things behind the scenes (like shortening the finish line) that made for better racing.

There are three reasons why I have the honor of writing this week's report.

I successfully filled out my registration form. If you don't register you don't get scored. It's that simple.
I successfully completed all six races yesterday. When the breeze looked pretty weak after the 5th race a lot of folks bailed and went in. That took a few contenders out of the picture.
I successfully banged the right corner (looking downwind) on the leeward leg of the last two races. I will explain this pathetic tactic later.

Believe it or not, behind this simplistic explanation there was actually a little bit of thought put into the decisions I made on the race course yesterday. They certainly weren't always the right decisions but for once everything seemed to line up for me.

STARTING: I started at the pin every single race yesterday. This was a good thing in the first two races as I felt the pin was slightly favored. However, as the day progressed the committee boat was clearly the favored end (closest to the windward mark). So why did I continue to start at the pin? I wanted clear air and low stress so I got as far away from the pack as I could. With the I flag up an OCS was going to kill my score for the day. I'm not going to win many races starting at the wrong end of the line, but I had faith in my boat speed being pretty good. I wasn't looking to s core the bullet in every race, I just wanted to get consistent top 10 finishes. I also felt that there was better pressure on the left side of the course. Having said all this, my point is that my formula wasn't the best – there are a number of different ways to succeed

UPWIND: The courses were really short yesterday. The first race took just 9 minutes to complete so there was a premium on getting off the starting line with clear air and limiting your tacks. In almost every race I only tacked twice on the first leg.

DOWNWIND: With so many boats compressed on such a short course I felt that it was really important to get out on a corner downwind immediately after rounding the windward mark. In the first couple of races I tried the left corner (looking downwind) and watched the folks in the middle fade due to the blanket effect 39 boats has on the fleet, and then those on the right/Severn River side smoke past me. I figured there must be better pressure over there, so in races 5 and 6 I switched sides – a crucial decision. In both of those races the breeze had shut down inside the shoal pole, but hung on in the middle of the River. I think I passed 10 boats downwind in both of those races because I had slightly more pressure and I was getting pushed by the powerboat chop more than the others inside of me. In the really light stuff when your sailing with the boom out past 90 degrees, put a little more outhaul on then you might normally think is correct. You want the wind to flow across your sail … you don't want it to look like a spinnaker, so don't let it out an outrageous amount in the light stuff. Also, put a little vang on instead of letting if off completely. Depending on where your vang stop knot is located you may be letting it out entirely too far. Putting a little vang on will encoura ge your leach to snap every time you bounce on a wave, which is very fast. Again, this is only good in the light stuff. Generally you want vang off up but not past the point of being so squirrely that you capsize.

RIG SETUP: I'm going to guess it was blowing 5-10 knots yesterday with very slight chop. Keep in mind that I weigh 172 pounds when comparing rig settings. I had no vang on upwind yesterday. My cuningham was on upwind – just enough to get the worst wrinkles out of the sail – and completely off downwind. I can't accurately describe my outhaul setting. What I can tell you is that for 14 years I tried to guess where the outhaul should be by unscientifically placing my hand between the boom and the foot of the sail. Last year I finally snapped out of it and put measurement markings on my boom - a trick I picked up from Jason Currie . It's so simple to do and it eliminates the guesswork. Stop by and I'll show you what I've done. All you need to do is make sure your outhaul knots are tied in the same spot each time you go sailing.

CLOSING THOUGHTS: Hydrate. Even though it is cold you still need to drink plenty of fluid. Make a conscious decision to fill up the tank a few hours before you go sailing, and always bring a water bottle with you. As it gets colder over the next few weeks, make sure you get the water out of your mast step at the end of the day. If you've got question give me a shout at LaserFleet10@yahoo.com. I'd be happy to elaborate on any of this.

Ted

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SSA/Laser fleet 10
SSA Laser frostbiting
12/10/06
SERIES SUMMARY
Pl Sail # Skipper 1 2 4 5 6 3 Total
1 184550 Ted Morgan 3 4 7 2 2 9 27
2 NGO Gavin O'Hare 11 5 1 10 3 1 31
3 NAV Andrew Vann 6 7 4 4 4 10 35
4 179135 Alex Bertrand 1 6 3 1 37\DNC 4 52
5 170797 Morgan Wilson 5 1 13 18 9 8 54
6 188095 Dave Schoene 14 3 10 11 11 5 54
7 177155 Tip Clifton 13 9 24 9 8 6 69
8 170799 Greg Herbert 4 17 18 6 14 11.8\RDG 70.8
9 173711 Patrick Kana 10 2 17 37\OCS 5 17 88
10 170 Brendan McAndrews 37\DNC 37\DNC 9 3 1 2 89
11 155315 Matt Schoene 9 31 22 7 6 15\RDG 90
12 153006 Kim Couranz 19 22 20 8 15 7 91
13 179506 Brian Hetherington 2 14 12 14 37\DNC 20 99
14 173704 David Bonney 7 11 21 37\OCS 10 13 99
15 711 John Zseleczky 15 20 34 12 7 19 107
16 166892 Ben Fransen 25 16 8 20 18 21 108
17 66133 Bill Ballough 17 15 14 13 37\DNC 12 108
18 168474 Dorian Haldeman 16 13 29 17 19 22 116
19 182860 Luke Shingledecker 12 10 6 37\DNF 37\DNC 16 118
20 132996 Chris Ryan 18 19 27 23 16 24 127
21 179226 Andrew Eyring 22 26 16 5 37\DNC 21.2\RDG 127.2
22 173641 Leo Wilson 23 29 26 16 13 21.4\RDG 128.4
23 168440 Greg Leonard 21 30 15 25 17 25 133
24 168566 Quinn Tobin 24 21 35 19 12 22.2\RDG 133.2
25 175945 Cole Allsopp 37\DNC 12 5 37\DNC 37\DNC 14 142
26 35313 Mike Waters 8 18 11 37\DNF 37\DNC 37\DNF 148
27 182827 Brennen Drysdale 37\OCS 8 19 37\OCS 37\DNC 11 149
28 187787 Colin Robertson 37\DNC 37\DNC 2 37\DNC 37\DNC 3 153
29 169781 Russ Wesdyk 26 28 33 21 23 26.2\RDG 157.2
30 168418 Chip Swatta 37\DNC 23 23 22 37\DNC 18 160
31 180536 Steve Cofer 37\OCS 25 30 24 21 23 160
32 182801 RK Creighton 20 24 28 37\OCS 37\DNC 15 161
33 155272 Lauren Schoene 37\DNC 33 31 15 20 27.2\RDG 163.2
34 162156 Anne White 27 32 37\DNF 27 24 29.4\RDG 176.4
35 4720 Kristoffer Stevens 37\DNC 37\DNC 32 26 22 30.8\RDG 184.8
36 155281 Randy Bruns 37\DNC 27 25 37\DNC 37\DNC 37\OCS 200

10 Dec, '06, 18:20
St. Pete Scorer

Thursday, December 07, 2006

SSA Laser Frostbiting- this Sunday!

Hello Laser Sailors,

Reasons to take time out of your busy holiday schedule to sail frostbite this Sunday...
1) so far this season an average of 30 boats on the line!
2) 6 to 7 action packed races
3) raffle prize donated by APS
3) you paid all that money for a drysuit!
4) The angry chef makes great soup and "Frostbiters" -with whipped cream - yum
5) forcast for Sunday- high 51 degrees, SW winds 10 knots

Come on out and enjoy the fun!!
Registration opens at 12:00pm, First race at 1:00pm
Everyone must register!
Hope to see you there.

-Dorian

Monday, December 04, 2006

Laser Frostbiting report- 12/3

Hello Laser Sailors,

It was another beautiful afternoon for Laser sailing yesterday. South winds 5-8 knots. We had another great turnout- 28 boats total. The winner of the day was Morgan Wilson- her report is below. Dave Schoene was in second and Patrick Kana placed third. Quinn Tobin was the winner of this week's raffle prize- a Magic Marine backpack provided by APS.

There have been some corrections to last weeks scores- updated scores will be available on the fleet 10 website.

We will be sailing again next week- same time, same place- please come out and join the fun!

-Dorian

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Sunday December 3rd 2006
Wind: South at 5-8 knots

In the beginning of the day the race course was very puffy and it was important to have clear air and get a good start. I tried to find the puffs before the race and pick which side I wanted to be on. Every race was different today. I had to change my gameplan every race which was a change from the last few weeks. I was kind of confused after the first race and realized this. One start today was very pin favored and it was important to get to the pin and start on port tack as soon as possible. This helped me because I had an immediate advantage over about half of the fleet. The most important thing about today was to keep your head out of the boat and tack on any shift that was substantial. Downwind it was important to have your boom out past 90 degrees and heel the boat. Another important thing about downwind was clear air and staying in the puffs so that you could sail past people who were not in puffs. The last race of the day I caught about eight boats because I caught
a large right shift on the last beat, while every one else was on the left side. Overall today was kind of a day of luck but it also required some understanding of what the heck was happening.

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SSA/Laser fleet 10
SSA Laser frostbiting
December 3, 2006

Pl Sail # Skipper 1 2 3 4 5 Tot
1 170797 Morgan Wilson 2 5 2 1 1 11
2 188095 Dave Schoene 11 4 1 5 2 23
3 173711 Patrick Kana 4 2 13 2 5 26
4 182860 Luke Shingledecker 3 3 7 10 6 29
5 179506 Brian Hetherington 1 11 3 9 7 31
6 168424 Bob Tan 13 7 5 6 4 35
7 182827 Brennen Drysdale 8 6 9 4 10 37
8 35313 Mike Waters 9 1 29\OCS 3 3 45
9 166043 Brendan Heussler 5 13 6 8 13 45
10 177155 Tip Clifton 7 15 15 7 8 52
11 173704 David Bonney 6 14 8 15 11 54
12 170799 Greg Herbert 10 9 16 17 14 66
13 166892 Ben Fransen 15 18 14 16 9 72
14 186519 Fuller Moore 17 19 4 22 18 80
15 182801 RK Creighton 14 10 10 18 29\DNC 81
16 168474 Dorian Haldeman 24 8 24 14 12 82
17 181267 Eugenio Cingolani 18 12 19 11 29\DNC 89
18 R67 Matt Schoene 29\DNC 17 12 12 20 90
19 173641 Leo Wilson 12 21 20 21 19 93
20 184472 Bo McClatchy 16 24 18 13 23 94
21 168566 Quinn Tobin 19 16 21 23 15 94
22 169781 Russ Wesdyk 23 20 22 20 16 101
23 4720 Kristoffer Stevens 21 23 11 25 22 102
24 38699 Buck Downes 22 26 23 19 17 107
25 180536 Steve Cofer 20 22 17 29\DNC 29\DNC 117
26 73621 George Dehney 29\DNC 25 25 24 21 124
27 173196 Sean Smith 29\DNC 27 26 26 24 132
28 169629 Michael Klybor 25 28 27 27 29\DNC 136

3 Dec, '06, 17:53
St. Pete Scorer

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SSA/Laser fleet 10
SSA Laser frostbiting Series
November 2006- March 2007
SERIES SUMMARY
Pl Sail # Skipper 1 2 3 T
1 170797 Morgan Wilson (4) 2 1 3
2 184550 Ted Morgan 2 (47\DNC) 2\*1 4
3 182860 Luke Shingledecker 1 (7) 4 5
4 173711 Patrick Kana (47\DNC) 4 3 7
5 168424 Bob Tan 5\*2 5 (6) 10
6 181267 Eugenio Cingolani 6 6\*3 (17) 12
7 166043 Brendan Heussler 5 (47\DNC) 9 14
8 182827 Brennen Drysdale 7 (13) 7 14
9 170799 Greg Herbert 8 (47\DNC) 12 20
10 177155 Tip Clifton 10 (11) 10 20
11 179506 Brian Hetherington 16 (47\DNC) 5 21
12 179226 Andrew Eyring 9 14 (47\DNC) 23
13 173704 David Bonney (47\DNC) 12 11 23
14 35313 Mike Waters 17 (47\DNC) 8 25
15 166892 Ben Fransen 12 (15) 13 25
16 52 Stergios Papadakis 23 3 (47\DNC) 26
17 165009 Paul Garn 11 17 (47\DNC) 28
18 181113 Chris Foscue 14 16 (47\DNC) 30
19 186519 Fuller Moore 21 (47\DNC) 14 35
20 184472 Bo McClatchy 15 (47\DNC) 20 35
21 168474 Dorian Haldeman (27) 21 16 37
22 168566 Quinn Tobin 19 18 (21) 37
23 173641 Leo Wilson (28) 20 19 39
24 R67 Matt Schoene 22 (47\DNC) 18 40
25 169781 Russ Wesdyk 18 (23) 22 40
26 187874 James McKenna 20 24 (47\DNC) 44
27 66133 Bill Ballough (26) 22 22\*4 44
28 4720 Kristoffer Stevens 24 (28) 23 47
29 NAV Andrew Vann (47\DNC) 1 47\DNC 48
30 188095 Dave Schoene (47\DNC) 47\DNC 2 49
31 38699 Buck Downes (25) 25 24 49
32 187787 Colin Robertson 3 (47\DNC) 47\DNC 50
33 180536 Steve Cofer (47\DNC) 27 25 52
34 NGO Gavin O'Hare (47\DNC) 6 47\DNC 53
35 178575 Eric Dennis (47\DNC) 8 47\DNC 55
36 NGG Grant Garcia (47\DNC) 9 47\DNC 56
37 711 John Zseleczky (47\DNC) 10 47\DNC 57
38 169629 Michael Klybor 29 (47\DNC) 28 57
39 183892 Pauline Jerry 30 29 (47\DNC) 59
40 153006 Kim Couranz 13 (47\DNC) 47\DNC 60
41 182801 RK Creighton (47\DNC) 47\DNC 15 62
42 132996 Chris Ryan (47\DNC) 19 47\DNC 66
43 73621 George Dehney (47\DNC) 47\DNC 26 73
44 129333 Chris Cather (47\DNC) 26 47\DNC 73
45 173196 Sean Smith (47\DNC) 47\DNC 27 74
46 162156 Anne White (47\DNC) 30 47\DNC 77

*1 = DNC+RDG
*2 = DNC+RDG
*3 = DNC+RDG
*4 = DNC+RDG

3 Dec, '06, 18:01
St. Pete Scorer

Friday, December 01, 2006

Laser frostbiting - will you be one of 30 this Sunday?

We've had two Sundays with over 30 boats racing- will you be one of them this Sunday? Don't miss the December sailing - its some of the most competitive sailing we get all year, but it doesn't require a committment of an entire day.

Everyone must register, no excuses. You can register by faxing in an SSA registration form, or by showing up at SSA between 12 and 12:20. You only have to register once for the year, so if you've already done so, just show up on the line by 1 PM!

Finally - if you are frostbiting this winter and haven't signed up for a race committee day, what are you waiting for? Contact Dorian right away (reply to this email). Our series depends upon volunteers for race committee, so step up, or we can't race!

Finally, Hobart college is selling its 2000 (year) Lasers. Dollies are included for $2000 each. If interested, contact Scott Ikle at ikle@hws.edu

See you all at frostbiting!
-Luke

Thursday, November 30, 2006

SSA Laser Frostbite- this Sunday

Hello Frostbiters!

It is so warm outside these days it seems wrong to call it Frostbite- but word is it will turn colder again this weekend. Week 3 of the SSA Laser frostbite series is this Sunday.

Registration at 12:00pm, First race at 1:00pm

There will be another raffle and all participants are eligible. This week's prize is a Magic Marine Backpack- provided generously by APS.

Come on out and join the fun!

PS- those SSA fleet members who have not signed up for RC duty- please contact me. We need to fill the slots to keep this series going. There are more slots to fill this year so I ask that every SSA member sailing frostbite participate. If you are not available on the dates that are open let me know and I can try and shuffle people around. The current schedule is available on the website-

http://www.severnsailing.org/fleets/laser/frostbiting/frostbitingRC.pdf

Thanks,

Dorian

Wednesday, November 29, 2006

Mike Waters was the most proficient sailor

Here's a bit of a recap for Chesapeake Bay racing events in 2006. Of the 23
most prominent laser events on the Chesapeake Bay last year (not including
master's events), there was a total of 169 different competitors. 31
sailors attended 4 or more events.
Mike Waters was the most proficient sailor finishing 3rd or better in 7
events. Using a high point scoring system the top 31 sailors were:

Position Name Club
1. Mike Waters SSA
2. Eric Johnson SSA
3. Bob Tan SSA
4. Mike Schmidt MRSA
5. Tip Clifton SSA
6. Ted Morgan SSA
7. Roger Link WRSC
8. Chris Legg SSA
9. Luke Shingledecker SSA
10. Henry Amthor HYC
11. Eugenio Cingolani SSA
12. Jon Deutsch FBYC
13. James Jacob SSA
14. Paul Garn SSA
15. David Teale PRSA
16. Quinn Tobin SSA
17. Diane Burton SSA
18. Alain Vincey FBYC
19. Trevor Prior SYC
20. Chris Foscue SSA
21. Steve Wirt FBYC
22. Dustin Hayes PRSA
23. Jane Schmidt MRSA
24. Dorian Haldeman SSA
25. Bruce Artman SSA
26. JR Futcher
27. Jennifer Parrow PRSA
28. Fuller Moore SSA
29. Jacob Donkersloot PRSA
30. Meredith Horan WRSA
31. Eric Powers FBYC
Thanks to Ted Morgan for putting together the numbers.
-Jon
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http://www.laserdistrict11.org

Tuesday, November 28, 2006

Frostbite series day 2

Hello everyone,

It was a beautiful, unseasonably warm and sunny day yesterday for the second day of our Frostbite series. Despite a forcast for no breeze, there was a steady 6-10 kts from the SE. We had 7 races. The winner of the day was Midshipman Andrew Vann. He finished just ahead of second place Morgan Wilson due to the tiebreaker. Stergios Papadakis was third. The winner of the raffle prize- a tool bag provided by APS, was John Zseleczky. Andrews report and full results are below.

Join us again next week- same time, same place. If you are an SSA fleet 10 member and have not yet volunteered for RC duty please email me- we still have some slots to fill.

See you next Sunday.

-Dorian

------------------------------------------------------

Name: Andrew Vann

Regatta: SSA Frostbiting Weekend #2

Conditions (regatta site, boats, sails, etc) There was a light breeze blowing from the South East at 6-10 kts, the current going out of the bay, against the wind, giving you the ability to understand the windward mark a little bit.

What worked: My Starts were really the only contestant part of my race today. With the large fleet today it was important to approach the line a bit earlier than usual; I tried to start my final approach around 45-40 second left. It was imperative that your vang was off allowing you to dump your sail much faster. This fleet has a tendency to line up right next to each other, meaning your mast is in line with the boat to windward of you. When protecting your hole from boats to windward you don’t have to use that much of your boat. I tried to use only my bow to control and hold the boats to windward of me up. This also allows you do a couple things: the first is you can see boats coming in late trying to snake your whole, and the second is you now have that much more room to accelerate. I tried to keep a little speed up through the final 30 second, and would then pull the trigger with 5-6 seconds left.
Upwind I would always sail the long tack first, with the skewed course it was extremely easy to sail to a corner and give you no options. By sailing the long tack first, in today’s case starboard, you are centering yourself up on the course; this gives you more options at the top end of the course, and the ability to play the shifts without sailing to a layline. If you get punked at the start, clear your air, establish a new lane, and check back in with the fleet. By sailing out to the right corner you are hoping for a lift and a puff, and praying you don’t get headed. Out there you can no longer tack and that lift can do little good because you are already so close to the layline.
Downwind I would look behind me often, the puffs were really visible on the water and I just tried to stay in the pressure. I am relatively new in the boat and am still trying to figure out the downwind technique. What I did a lot today was tried to mimic the boats around me that seemed to have decent boat speed off the wind, big thing it seemed were easing off your outhaul much more than I initially figured at the beginning of the afternoon, and then also letting off all your other controls; vang and downhaul

What I learned/Messed Up:
Up at the top end of the course ducking when on port is the right call, by leebowing a starboard tacker you are essentially pinning yourself and have no options. Most often this results in you and the other boat coming into the starboard tack layline extremely close to the two boat length circle, and then ducking packs of boats to get around the mark.
If you feel off speed upwind, just put the bow down and go, don’t try to force height, even if you are giving the boat directly to windward of you a little breathing room, you might be controlling one boat but you are not match racing, and every second you are going slow the rest of the fleet is catching/passing you.

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SSA/Laser fleet 10
SSA Laser frostbiting
November 26,2006
Week 2
Pl Sail # Skipper 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Tot
1 NAV Andrew Vann 9 10 1 3 2 1 1 27
2 170797 Morgan Wilson 2 6 4 1 7 5 2 27
3 52 Stergios Papadakis 1 4 5 7 3 3 6 29
4 173711 Patrick Kana 3 2 7 4 14 4 3 37
5 168424 Bob Tan 4 8 8 9 9 8 5 51
6 NGO Gavin O'Hare 31\DNC 3 3 8 11 2 4 62
7 182860 Luke Shingledecker 5 9 6 13 4 16 11 64
8 178575 Eric Dennis 12 5 15 10 8 10 7 67
9 NGG Grant Garcia 7 1 2 2 1 31\DNC 31\DNC 75 10 711 John Zseleczky 6 14 12 19 5 9 12 77
11 177155 Tip Clifton 31\OCS 15 13 6 6 6 10 87
12 173704 David Bonney 31\DNC 12 9 11 10 7 9 89
13 182827 Brennen Drysdale 31\DNC 7 10 17 19 15 8 107
14 179226 Andrew Eyring 10 16 16 14 12 19 22 109
15 166892 Ben Fransen 11 13 21 18 23 12 14 112
16 181113 Chris Foscue 31\DNC 11 18 5 22 11 16 114
17 165009 Paul Garn 13 20 14 12 20 17 19 115
18 168566 Quinn Tobin 15 24 17 23 15 14 15 123
19 132996 Chris Ryan 17 23 20 22 17 18 13 130 20 173641 Leo Wilson 31\DNC 22 19 15 13 20 17 137
21 168474 Dorian Haldeman 8 26 11 29 25 24 18 141
22 66133 Bill Ballough 14 19 24 16 16 23 31\DNC 143
23 169781 Russ Wesdyk 16 21 23 24 18 21 20 143
24 187874 James McKenna 31\DNC 18 25 20 21 13 21 149
25 38699 Buck Downes 20 17 22 25 26 27 25 162
26 129333 Chris Cather 19 29 27 21 28 25 24 173
27 4720 Kristoffer Stevens 31\DNC 27 29 27 24 22 23 183
28 180536 Steve Cofer 31\DNC 25 26 26 27 28 26 189
29 183892 Pauline Jerry 18 31\DNF 28 28 31\DNF 26 28 190 30 162156 Anne White 31\DNC 28 30 30 31\DNF 29 27 206

27 Nov, '06, 12:58
St. Pete Scorer

SSA/Laser fleet 10
SSA Laser frostbiting Series
November 2006- March 2007
SERIES SUMMARY
Pl Sail # Skipper 1 2 T
1 NAV Andrew Vann (43\DNC) 1 1
2 182860 Luke Shingledecker 1 (7) 1
3 170797 Morgan Wilson (4) 2 2
4 184550 Ted Morgan 2 (43\DNC) 2
5 52 Stergios Papadakis (23) 3 3
6 187787 Colin Robertson 3 (43\DNC) 3
7 173711 Patrick Kana (43\DNC) 4 4
8 168424 Bob Tan (5\*1) 5 5
9 166043 Brendan Heussler 5 (43\DNC) 5
10 181267 Eugenio Cingolani (6) 6\*2 6
11 NGO Gavin O'Hare (43\DNC) 6 6
12 182827 Brennen Drysdale 7 (13) 7
13 178575 Eric Dennis (43\DNC) 8 8
14 170799 Greg Herbert 8 (43\DNC) 8
15 NGG Grant Garcia (43\DNC) 9 9
16 179226 Andrew Eyring 9 (14) 9
17 711 John Zseleczky (43\DNC) 10 10
18 177155 Tip Clifton 10 (11) 10
19 165009 Paul Garn 11 (17) 11
20 173704 David Bonney (43\DNC) 12 12
21 166892 Ben Fransen 12 (15) 12
22 153006 Kim Couranz 13 (43\DNC) 13
23 181113 Chris Foscue 14 (16) 14
24 184472 Bo McClatchy 15 (43\DNC) 15
25 179506 Brian Hetherington 16 (43\DNC) 16
26 35313 Mike Waters 17 (43\DNC) 17
27 168566 Quinn Tobin (19) 18 18
28 169781 Russ Wesdyk 18 (23) 18
29 132996 Chris Ryan (43\DNC) 19 19
30 173641 Leo Wilson (28) 20 20
31 187874 James McKenna 20 (24) 20
32 168474 Dorian Haldeman (27) 21 21
33 186519 Fuller Moore 21 (43\DNC) 21
34 66133 Bill Ballough (26) 22 22
35 R67 Matt Schoene 22 (43\DNC) 22
36 4720 Kristoffer Stevens 24 (27) 24
37 38699 Buck Downes (25) 25 25
38 129333 Chris Cather (43\DNC) 26 26
39 180536 Steve Cofer (43\DNC) 28 28
40 183892 Pauline Jerry (30) 29 29
41 169629 Michael Klybor 29 (43\DNC) 29
42 162156 Anne White (43\DNC) 30 30

*1 = DNC+RDG
*2 = DNC+RDG

27 Nov, '06, 13:01
St. Pete Scorer

Annual Laser and 505 Fleet Holiday Party

Host: Laser Fleet 10 and 505 Fleet 40
Location: Severn Sailing Association
311 First Street, Annapolis, MD
When: Saturday, December 16, 7:00pm
Phone: 410-703-3401
It is that time of year again. Please come out and help us celebrate the magic of the holiday season! It will be a chance to socialize and recap the great sailing adventures of 2006 and look forward to 2007. Beverages will be provided. Please bring a favorite appetizer or dessert to share. If you know what you will be bringing please mention it in your reply- for planning purposes. Hope to see you there!

Happy Holidays!

Monday, November 27, 2006

SSA Laser Frostbite- results week 2

Hello everyone,

It was a beautiful, unseasonably warm and sunny day yesterday for the second day of our Frostbite series. Despite a forcast for no breeze, there was a steady 6-10 kts from the SE. We had 7 races. The winner of the day was Midshipman Andrew Vann. He finished just ahead of second place Morgan Wilson due to the tiebreaker. Stergios Papadakis was third. The winner of the raffle prize- a tool bag provided by APS, was John Zseleczky. Andrews report and full results are below.

Join us again next week- same time, same place. If you are an SSA fleet 10 member and have not yet volunteered for RC duty please email me- we still have some slots to fill.

See you next Sunday.

-Dorian

------------------------------------------------------

Name: Andrew Vann

Regatta: SSA Frostbiting Weekend #2

Conditions (regatta site, boats, sails, etc)
There was a light breeze blowing from the South East at 6-10 kts, the current going out of the bay, against the wind, giving you the ability to understand the windward mark a little bit.

What worked: My Starts were really the only contestant part of my race today. With the large fleet today it was important to approach the line a bit earlier than usual; I tried to start my final approach around 45-40 second left. It was imperative that your vang was off allowing you to dump your sail much faster. This fleet has a tendency to line up right next to each other, meaning your mast is in line with the boat to windward of you. When protecting your hole from boats to windward you don't have to use that much of your boat. I tried to use only my bow to control and hold the boats to windward of me up. This also allows you do a couple things: the first is you can see boats coming in late trying to snake your whole, and the second is you now have that much more room to accelerate. I tried to keep a little speed up through the final 30 second, and would then pull the trigger with 5-6 seconds left.
Upwind I would always sail the long tack first, with the skewed course it was extremely easy to sail to a corner and give you no options. By sailing the long tack first, in today's case starboard, you are centering yourself up on the course; this gives you more options at the top end of the course, and the ability to play the shifts without sailing to a layline. If you get punked at the start, clear your air, establish a new lane, and check back in with the fleet. By sailing out to the right corner you are hoping for a lift and a puff, and praying you don't get headed. Out there you can no longer tack and that lift can do little good because you are already so close to the layline.
Downwind I would look behind me often, the puffs were really visible on the water and I just tried to stay in the pressure. I am relatively new in the boat and am still trying to figure out the downwind technique. What I did a lot today was tried to mimic the boats around me that seemed to have decent boat speed off the wind, big thing it seemed were easing off your outhaul much more than I initially figured at the beginning of the afternoon, and then also letting off all your other controls; vang and downhaul

What I learned/Messed Up:
Up at the top end of the course ducking when on port is the right call, by leebowing a starboard tacker you are essentially pinning yourself and have no options. Most often this results in you and the other boat coming into the starboard tack layline extremely close to the two boat length circle, and then ducking packs of boats to get around the mark.
If you feel off speed upwind, just put the bow down and go, don't try to force height, even if you are giving the boat directly to windward of you a little breathing room, you might be controlling one boat but you are not match racing, and every second you are going slow the rest of the fleet is catching/passing you.

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SSA/Laser fleet 10
SSA Laser frostbiting
November 26,2006
Week 2
Pl Sail # Skipper 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Tot
1 NAV Andrew Vann 9 10 1 3 2 1 1 27
2 170797 Morgan Wilson 2 6 4 1 7 5 2 27
3 52 Stergios Papadakis 1 4 5 7 3 3 6 29
4 173711 Patrick Kana 3 2 7 4 14 4 3 37
5 168424 Bob Tan 4 8 8 9 9 8 5 51
6 NGO Gavin O'Hare 31\DNC 3 3 8 11 2 4 62
7 182860 Luke Shingledecker 5 9 6 13 4 16 11 64
8 178575 Eric Dennis 12 5 15 10 8 10 7 67
9 NGG Grant Garcia 7 1 2 2 1 31\DNC 31\DNC 75
10 711 John Zseleczky 6 14 12 19 5 9 12 77
11 177155 Tip Clifton 31\OCS 15 13 6 6 6 10 87
12 173704 David Bonney 31\DNC 12 9 11 10 7 9 89
13 182827 Brennen Drysdale 31\DNC 7 10 17 19 15 8 107
14 179226 Andrew Eyring 10 16 16 14 12 19 22 109
15 166892 Ben Fransen 11 13 21 18 23 12 14 112
16 181113 Chris Foscue 31\DNC 11 18 5 22 11 16 114
17 165009 Paul Garn 13 20 14 12 20 17 19 115
18 168566 Quinn Tobin 15 24 17 23 15 14 15 123
19 132996 Chris Ryan 17 23 20 22 17 18 13 130
20 173641 Leo Wilson 31\DNC 22 19 15 13 20 17 137
21 168474 Dorian Haldeman 8 26 11 29 25 24 18 141
22 66133 Bill Ballough 14 19 24 16 16 23 31\DNC 143
23 169781 Russ Wesdyk 16 21 23 24 18 21 20 143
24 187874 James McKenna 31\DNC 18 25 20 21 13 21 149
25 38699 Buck Downes 20 17 22 25 26 27 25 162
26 129333 Chris Cather 19 29 27 21 28 25 24 173
27 4720 Kristoffer Stevens 31\DNC 27 29 27 24 22 23 183
28 180536 Steve Cofer 31\DNC 25 26 26 27 28 26 189
29 183892 Pauline Jerry 18 31\DNF 28 28 31\DNF 26 28 190
30 162156 Anne White 31\DNC 28 30 30 31\DNF 29 27 206

27 Nov, '06, 12:58
St. Pete Scorer

SSA/Laser fleet 10
SSA Laser frostbiting Series
November 2006- March 2007
SERIES SUMMARY
Pl Sail # Skipper 1 2 T
1 NAV Andrew Vann (43\DNC) 1 1
2 182860 Luke Shingledecker 1 (7) 1
3 170797 Morgan Wilson (4) 2 2
4 184550 Ted Morgan 2 (43\DNC) 2
5 52 Stergios Papadakis (23) 3 3
6 187787 Colin Robertson 3 (43\DNC) 3
7 173711 Patrick Kana (43\DNC) 4 4
8 168424 Bob Tan (5\*1) 5 5
9 166043 Brendan Heussler 5 (43\DNC) 5
10 181267 Eugenio Cingolani (6) 6\*2 6
11 NGO Gavin O'Hare (43\DNC) 6 6
12 182827 Brennen Drysdale 7 (13) 7
13 178575 Eric Dennis (43\DNC) 8 8
14 170799 Greg Herbert 8 (43\DNC) 8
15 NGG Grant Garcia (43\DNC) 9 9
16 179226 Andrew Eyring 9 (14) 9
17 711 John Zseleczky (43\DNC) 10 10
18 177155 Tip Clifton 10 (11) 10
19 165009 Paul Garn 11 (17) 11
20 173704 David Bonney (43\DNC) 12 12
21 166892 Ben Fransen 12 (15) 12
22 153006 Kim Couranz 13 (43\DNC) 13
23 181113 Chris Foscue 14 (16) 14
24 184472 Bo McClatchy 15 (43\DNC) 15
25 179506 Brian Hetherington 16 (43\DNC) 16
26 35313 Mike Waters 17 (43\DNC) 17
27 168566 Quinn Tobin (19) 18 18
28 169781 Russ Wesdyk 18 (23) 18
29 132996 Chris Ryan (43\DNC) 19 19
30 173641 Leo Wilson (28) 20 20
31 187874 James McKenna 20 (24) 20
32 168474 Dorian Haldeman (27) 21 21
33 186519 Fuller Moore 21 (43\DNC) 21
34 66133 Bill Ballough (26) 22 22
35 R67 Matt Schoene 22 (43\DNC) 22
36 4720 Kristoffer Stevens 24 (27) 24
37 38699 Buck Downes (25) 25 25
38 129333 Chris Cather (43\DNC) 26 26
39 180536 Steve Cofer (43\DNC) 28 28
40 183892 Pauline Jerry (30) 29 29
41 169629 Michael Klybor 29 (43\DNC) 29
42 162156 Anne White (43\DNC) 30 30

*1 = DNC+RDG
*2 = DNC+RDG

27 Nov, '06, 13:01
St. Pete Scorer

Saturday, November 25, 2006

warmer places

Hello Sailor Friends:

As Canada sends down more and more cold air, we may be thinking of warmer places.

The current Laser Sailor lists Cabarete, Dominican Republic, as the venue for the 5th Caribbean
Laser Midwinter Regatta for January 12 -14.

Jane and Mike Schmidt visited there recently for an anniversary and send the great trip Report given
below. Many warm images attached.

Thanks Jane...........Enjoy........Carl

----- Original Message -----
From: Jane Schmidt
To: Friends and Family
Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2006 3:54 PM
Subject: Laser Sailing in the Dominican Republic: Trip Report

Lasering in DR

Hello Friends and Family:

First off, I will apologize in advance if you get more than one copy of this as I have more than one address in my address book for many of you and am not sure which ones are correct! I am sending this trip report out along with some pictures attached from our recent trip to the Dominican Republic for our 15th wedding anniversary.

Not having too much time available away from work, we picked a place where we could get to fairly easily and use our American Airline frequent flier miles. After some going back and forth on what we wanted to do, we settled in going to Cabarete in the Dominican Republic. We had some Laser sailing friends who had been there and gave it a big "thumbs up" as well as giving us advice on travel, money exchange etc. Thanks for the tips Lynn and Mike!

Cabarete is located on the northern shore of the DR and is known for windsurfing and for kite surfing and in the past few years also for the site of the Caribbean Mid-Winters Laser Regatta in January as well as being a training center for Laser sailors year around. We left Baltimore early on a Wed. and flew into Puerto Plata DR (plane change in San Juan). Our taxi picked us up and drove us to Cabarete and we were there by 3pm. We stayed at the Hotel Magnifico (www.hotelmagnifico.com) and it was a great choice for us. It was slow season and we were only one of a handful of guests staying on the beautiful oceanfront grounds of this property. The units are actually more like condos with their own kitchens and ours had a rooftop terrace as well as another side balcony, all with wonderful ocean views and breezes. The grounds had beautifully made stone walls and tropical plants and orchids everywere. We were a short walk to a grocery store to by some provisions once we figured out the exchange rate from dollars to pesos.

That afternoon we took the short walk down the beach to the sailing center (www.caribwind.com) and met Andrea who had made all of the arrangements for us. The wind really blows there and we were treated with some spectacular jumps from the kite surfers. Andrea showed us where everything was and we arranged for Mike to have some coaching the next day with Rulo who is from Argentina. The set up is quite nice, right on the beach with lockers for your belongins, fresh water for drinking, beach chairs, hammocks and the EZBar where you could get nice breakfasts and lunches as well as smoothies and other drinks.

Getting back to our room we encountered a friendly cat who ended up spending most of our vacation with us! We even got her some catfood at the store. She was fun and enjoyed being in the room with us and sitting up on the terrace. Not sure what she did during the day while we were gone, but I expect that she was sleeping somewhere or fleecing food off of someone else!

In Cabarete you can walk everywhere and there are tons of places to eat each night. We found the food to be good with interesting selections and not too expensive though on our anniversary night we ate at a restaurant called Otra Cosa and it was superb, special and expensive, but well worth it. We were one of two tables occupied and had a fabulous meal at this special oceanside place.

As for the sailing, Mike went out with Rulo for coaching and they went so far out that you could not even see them anymore. I stayed on the beach reading that day in the shade of the palm trees, swimming when I got too hot and generally relaxing into the Caribbean speed of life. Mike and Rulo came back in a few hours and Mike had a great time, but was exhausted. He learned a lot about sailing in really BIG waves and wind. Rulo was leaving the next day to coach the youth sailing team out of the capiol (Santo Domingo) so we would not see him again.

The next day I got my nerve up and Mike and I went out together. Me on the 4.7 (smallest sail for the Laser) and Mike on the radail (medium sized sail for the Laser). I have never sailed in waves like this before and it was freaking me out. The wind I could handle, but to look behind you when you were going downwind and see waves breaking behind you was scary! I started not looking behind, but then when you are in the trough of the wave with the one that passed you in front of you, that was scary too. We sailed for about an hour and then I felt like I better go in before my good luck ran out. The best thing about sailing there was than either Wilson or Emilio not only rigged your boat, but they derigged it as well. I could get used to that and when Mike and I came in from sailing last weekend I was missing Wilson and Emilio. Mike did some sailing with Ari who owns the sailing center and they had some fun together. I went out the next two days and got more used to the wave action, but never really comfortable. The last day it was windier and gusty too, which was challenging. All in all, it was a blast and I would do it again in a heartbeat.

We loved being there in the off season as there were no crowds. The only drawback of this is that there were more beach vendors than tourists! The food was good, the accomodations were wonderful, the sailing center awesome with Andrea making sure we got whatever it was we needed. The Dominican people were nice as well as interesting. Almost all of them spoke some English and many were fluent. The tourist population was also interesting. A nice mixture of Europeans, South Americans, Canadians and Americans. Even though we were only there 5 nights, it did not seem like a short vacation. We relaxed and got right into the slow mode of things making it the perfect getaway. There are also many other things to do in this area: mountain biking, hiking, horseback riding etc. The DR is a big island and had a much different feel than the other Caribbean island that we have been to; not good or bad, just different.

Hope you enjoyed hearing about the trip and looking at the pictures!

Jane and Mike

Wednesday, November 22, 2006

SSA Laser Frostbiting- this Sunday!

Hello Laser sailors,

Just a reminder - after you have had your fill of Turkey this Thanksgiving weekend (and slept off the Trypophan), come out racing on Sunday! It is the second day of the SSA Laser Frostbiting series. Registration at 12:00pm, first start at 1:00pm.

There will be another raffle prize provided by APS and, of course, warm food/drinks available from the Angry chef. Make sure to try the "Frostbiter" it's tasty...

Hope to see you on Sunday,

Dorian

Monday, November 20, 2006

SSA Laser Frostbite results - Week 1

Hello everyone,

Thanks so much for coming out and participating in the first day of our Laser Frostbiting Series! It was a great day to be sailing- and we had a great turn out of 32 boats. Thanks so much to Bob and JR who did a great job as the Race Committee. Luke Shingledecker won the day. His report and full results are below. The raffle prize, a Magic Marine duffle bag provided by APS, went to Fuller Moore.

Please remember- in order to get scored everyone must fill out a registration form at the SSA clubhouse. This is manditory! The policy is as follows -If you have not registered before racing, you do not get scored -The second time you go sailing, if you have not registered you will be sent in to the SSA clubhouse to register before being allowed to sail the course. The forms are available on the table upstairs in the clubhouse and also online at the SSA website.

http://www.severnsailing.org/racemanagement/entryform.pdf

Also- I still need volunteers for RC boat on Dec. 31 and Feb.25 as well as Mark/safety boat on Dec. 31, Feb. 11, Feb.18, Mar. 4, Mar. 11 and Mar. 18. If all SSA members who are frostbiting volunteer one day we will be covered!

Thanks, and I will see you next week!

-Dorian

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It was a great day for our first day of frostbiting for the 2006-2007 season. Mild temperatures, light-moderate winds, and relatively warm water temps brough out well over 30 boats. It was great to see such a great collection of old and new faces out sailing. Wind was mostly around 6-8 knots, with a couple shots up to 10 knots and sometimes as low as 5 or so. The wind direction was around 300 to 330, with the wind generally clocking to the right through the day.

With a large fleet on a tight line and a short course, it was easy to make mistakes and fall behind the leaders on the first leg.
You could usually see where the first weather puff would be from the start line. This gave me a good idea when there was a good reason to go right or left. Usually it was right, there were always opportunities on both sides of the course. The starts were a key to achieving a consistent finish. I seemed to be able to find a decent spot on the line in most starts. A couple of starts I started at the boat a bit late (second row), which was fine since I was able to tack out and go right. In general, I had a series of good starts where I was able to accelerate quickly off the line and hold a good lane. I find that the start is the primary place where I find myself behind, usually by having a lackluster start. Today, I only had one bad start.

Upwind , the puffs were frequent and the leg was short. As a result, if I could stay on the tack I wanted, it was a pretty easy sail up to the weather mark. The only problems came when I couldn' tack when I wanted, which goes back to the importance of a good start.

Downwind, it seems like there were always a couple of puffs coming down the Severn river, so there was usually some benefit to holding to the left (looking downwind). The only problem was not getting totally caught up in the bad of air from over 20 Lasers coming into the weather mark, pretty much bow to transom. So while gybing immediately, or bearing off well by the lee might have been the quickest way to get out in the river, it would usually leave you choking for breeze. Usually, the best thing was to try and sail down the rhumbline a little bit, not letting any boats behind me get further to the left of me.

Underlining the entire day was a unique factor. There were plenty of leaves floating all over the race course, plus some weeds as well. It seems like every time I checked my rudder, there were always a couple of leaves, if not a lot of them! I saw plenty of boats towing a rake-full of leaves. This was very slow, so it was important to monitor this point.

Overall, I was suprised to do well because I'm heavy and I don't usually sail have boatspeed in light air. I think the difference today was good starts and avoiding bunch-ups at the marks. I seemed to have good speed upwind, and I believe I passed boats because I paid attention to leaves and weeds in the water. When I was behind, I looked for opportunities, to sail into the next windshift or puff.

Thanks to Bob and JR for running the race committee. It was a tough day because the wind was shifting, and they had to deal with a couple of general recalls.

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SSA/Laser fleet 10
SSA Laser frostbiting
November 19, 2006
SERIES SUMMARY
Pl Sail # Skipper 1 2 3 4 5 6 Tot
1 182860 Luke Shingledecker 6 2 2 2 4 1 17
2 184550 Ted Morgan 1 3 1 6 3 5 19
3 187787 Colin Robertson 7 5 5 4 1 3 25
4 170797 Morgan Wilson 13 1 4 3 2 4 27
5 166043 Brendan Heussler 2 11 3 1 5 6 28
6 181267 Eugenio Cingolani 3 20 7 5 10 7 52
7 182827 Brennen Drysdale 5 7 13 8 6 15 54
8 170799 Greg Herbert 8 8 14 15 8 8 61
9 179226 Andrew Eyring 11 6 11 14 12 12 66
10 177155 Tip Clifton 12 12 6 10 11 16 67
11 165009 Paul Garn 16 9 9 12 15 11 72
12 166892 Ben Fransen 15 17 18 7 18 2 77
13 153006 Kim Couranz 9 19 15 13 13 20 89
14 181113 Chris Foscue 21 10 21 20 9 10 91
15 184472 Bo McClatchy 18 18 8 11 24 14 93
16 179506 Brian Hetherington 19 23 10 17 19 9 97
17 35313 Mike Waters 22 14 31\DNF 9 7 31\DNC 114
18 169781 Russ Wesdyk 24 21 19 22 16 13 115
19 168566 Quinn Tobin 14 25 16 23 17 21 116
20 187874 James McKenna 17 24 26 18 20 18 123
21 186519 Fuller Moore 10 15 23 16 31\DNC 31\DNC 126
22 R67 Matt Schoene 31\DNC 13 12 19 23 31\DNC 129
23 52 Stergios Papadakis 4 4 31\DNF 31\DNC 31\DNC 31\DNC 132
24 4720 Kristoffer Stevens 27 29 22 24 14 17 133
25 38699 Buck Downes 23 22 20 25 26 24 140
26 66133 Bill Ballough 20 16 17 27 31\DNC 31\DNC 142
27 168474 Dorian Haldeman 25 28 25 21 21 22 142
28 173641 Leo Wilson 26 26 24 26 22 19 143
29 169629 Michael Klybor 31\DNC 27 27 28 25 23 161
30 183892 Pauline Jerry 28 31\DNF 31\DNF 31\DNC 31\DNC 31\DNC 183

20 Nov, '06, 13:39
St. Pete Scorer

Thursday, November 16, 2006

The start of the 2006-2007 Frostbite series is almost here!

Hello Frostbiters!

The start of the 2006-2007 Frostbite series is almost here! Sunday November 19 at Severn Sailing Association

Weather is forcasted as follows- High 51 degrees, partly sunny, NW winds 10 knots- sounds like the perfect day for sailing!

Not to mention a great raffle prize! A large, tough Magic Marine duffle bag provided by APS. It is perfect for carrying around all that frostbiting gear.

Registration begins at 11:30 am - first start at 1 pm.

Everyone must register!! Fill out the SSA entry form in the clubhouse. Non-members have a registration fee of $177

The NOR is available at the fleet 10 website- and posted below.

http://www.severnsailing.org/fleets/laser/frostbiting/frostbiting_nor.pdf

hope to see you on Sunday!

Frostbiting this Sunday at SSA -raffle prize!!

Hello Frostbiters!

The start of the 2006-2007 Frostbite series is almost here! Sunday November 19 at Severn Sailing Association

Weather is forcasted as follows- High 51 degrees, partly sunny, NW winds 10 knots- sounds like the perfect day for sailing!

Not to mention a great raffle prize! A large, tough Magic Marine duffle bag provided by APS. It is perfect for carrying around all that frostbiting gear.

Registration begins at 11:30 am - first start at 1 pm.

Everyone must register!! Fill out the SSA entry form in the clubhouse. Non-members have a registration fee of $177

The NOR is available at the fleet 10 website- and posted below.

http://www.severnsailing.org/fleets/laser/frostbiting/frostbiting_nor.pdf

hope to see you on Sunday!

-Dorian

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Frostbiting NOR

RULES: RRS, USSA prescriptions, Laser Class Rules, SI's.
1. Competitors shall wear life jackets at all times while on the water. This changes RRS 27.1 and 40.
2. A boat that may have broken a rule of RRS Part 2 may take a penalty by making a 360 degree turn. This changes RRS 44.1.
3. A boat shall not leave the basin(s) until the safety boat has left.
4. Competitors shall wear wet or drysuits.
SCHEDULE: Registration Sunday, November 19 11:00am -12:30pm, and every Sunday thereafter for newcomers. First warning signal every Sunday @ 1:00pm. No races started after 4:00pm. Register once for the entire season. No registration, no scoring, no exceptions.
COURSES: Windward/leeward; start/finish in the middle. Sometimes triangle. Rarely Olympic. Always per the discretion of the RC. Length is 10-15 minutes per race.
SCORING: Low point system. DNS equals number of competitors for the day plus 1 point. Race Committee duty equals your average daily score for all race days you competed in. You must compete in 50% of the series' races days to qualify for series scoring.
AWARDS: Trophies for all competitors who race in 50% or more of the 2006-2007 series, measured in terms of participation days.
ENTRY FEE: $177 for non-SSA members. Space on the starting line is limited. Fee does NOT include winter storage. There is NO winter storage available to non-SSA members. Sorry, we just don't have any room at the inn.
INFO & ENTRIES: Dorian Haldeman, spidervmd@hotmail.com
DIRECTIONS: US Route 50 to Exit 24, Rowe Blvd (MD 70). Bear right onto Rowe Blvd. Cross Weems Creek and College Creek. Continue on Rowe Blvd as it bears right after College Creek. At Church Circle you must turn right - continue about 180 degrees around Church Circle to Duke of Gloucester Street - the Maryland Inn is on the corner of that intersection - turn right. Follow Duke of Gloucester Street and turn right at end. Cross Spa Creek Bridge and take the first left onto Severn Ave. (Shell Station). Go 5 blocks; turn left onto First Street. SSA is at the end of the street on the right.

Wednesday, November 15, 2006

Frostbite starts Sunday- still need volunteers

Hello Laser Sailors!

Just a reminder- the Frostbite series starts this Sunday. You must fill out a registration form to race!! The forms will be available in the clubhouse. Registration is free for SSA members (although I will begin collecting 2007 fleet dues- $30) Non-members registration fee is $177.00. Registration begins at 11:30 am- First start at 1:00 pm.

I still need SSA members to volunteer for Race Committee/ safety boat for Frostbite. Remember that you do receive credit towards your score for the series for Race committee. We have three more slots to fill on the main RC boat - Dec 31, and two slots on March 25 (it will much warmer by then...)

Mark boat opennings Dec. 31, Feb 11, Feb 18, Mar 4, Mar 11, Mar 18

Also- if you are an SSA laser sailor and not crazy enough to sail frostbites you can still volunteer! Bundle up, come watch the racing, have some chili and hot toddies from the Angry Chef- it is a great way to spend a chilly Sunday!

Hope to see you Sunday!

-Dorian

Monday, November 13, 2006

RC grid

Hi everyone,

I am still trying to fill in the RC grid. If everyone volunteers for just one day we will have no problem filling in the slots. Please email me what days you are available. Here is the schedule as it stands.

Race Committee Safety Boat

19-Nov Bob Tan, JR Futcher IC

26-Nov IC IC Eugenio Cingolani

3-Dec Ted Morgan, Bill Balough IC

10-Dec John Quay, Jen Cook J Bergquist

17-Dec IC IC IC

24-Dec X-mas weekend

31-Dec **need people*** **need person***
7-Jan IC IC G.Leonard,B. Downes

14-Jan **need people** J Bergquist

21-Jan Mike Waters,Steve Cofer IC

28-Jan IC Midwinters

4-Feb Dave Schoene, Quinn Tobin IC

11-Feb B. Artman, D. Haldeman *need person**

18-Feb IC IC *need person**

25-Feb Tip Clifton, Russ Wesdyk IC

4-Mar IC IC *need person**

11-Mar L.Shingledecker,S. Shingledecker *need person**
18-Mar IC IC *need person**

25-Mar ****need people*** IC

Friday, November 10, 2006

More Frostbite stuff - boat for sale

Hello everyone,

Thanks to all of you who have already volunteered for Frostbite RC/mark boat duty. We still have many spaces to fill - so please let me know what days your are available and I will get you signed up:) Dates we still need help - Nov 26, Dec 3, Dec 10, Dec 31, Jan 7, Jan 14, Jan 21, Feb 4, Feb 11, Feb 18, Feb 25, Mar 4, Mar 11, Mar 18, Mar 25

Frostbite items for sale-

Henri Lloyd Gore-Tex dry suit with booties for sale. Great condition. Red with front entry zipper. I believe it is a size medium. It fit well a 5'11" 185 lb. male. $350.

Also, a medium/large Excel full wetsuit. Red and grey. Great condition. $75

Contact info:

John Quay
301-779-7198 (H)
240-305-1796 (M)
johnquay@earthlink.net

Boat for sale:

Laser for sale - full and radial rigs. White deck, gray
hull. Light use, stored indoors, excellent condition. Not a
racer but a good all-around rig. Located Washington DC.
$1000 OBO. Brian Lockett - O: 202 452 4373; H: 202 966
5850; lockett4@verizon.net

Hope to see you out Frostbiting!!

-Dorian

Thursday, November 09, 2006

Hello Frostbiters!

Hello Frostbiters!

I need volunteers! It is time to fill in the RC schedule so we can make this series happen. We need 2 people on the RC boat and 1-2 people for the crash/safety/mark boat on the following days. Remember you will receive a scoring credit for the series on the day you volunteer. If you can email me the dates you can be available and I will get back to you with the final schedule. I will make sure that there is at least one well experienced person on the RC boat each day.

RC boat dates: Nov 19, Dec 3, Dec 10, Dec 31, Jan 14, Jan 21, Feb 4, Feb 11, Feb 25, Mar 25

Mark/Safety boat days: Nov 26, Dec 10, Dec 31, Jan 7, Jan 14, Feb 11, Feb 18, Mar 4, Mar 11, Mar 18

Thanks so much! I can't wait to see you on the water:)

-Dorian

Tuesday, November 07, 2006

It's time to dig out those drysuits

Hello Laser sailors,

It's time to dig out those drysuits. SSA Laser Frostbite series begins Sunday November 19! Registration starts at 11:30 am - first signal at 1:00 pm. Everyone must register to participate- no exceptions! The race committee volunteer information will be sent out soon. See the NOR on the Laser Fleet 10 website (or attached below)

http://www.severnsailing.org/fleets/laser/frostbiting/frostbiting_nor.pdf

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Check out the Laser Fleet 10 Blog! A big thanks to Leon Bloom for setting in all up.

http://laser10.blogspot.com/

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Don't forget to mark you calendars - The Laser Fleet 10 Christmas party is scheduled for Saturday December 16th - 7:00 pm at the SSA clubhouse. Beverages will be provided, please bring a party food or dessert to share.

As always, contact me if you have any questions. I am looking forward to seeing you soon.

-Dorian
spidervmd@hotmail.com

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2006-2007 Laser Frostbite Series- Notice of Race

RULES: RRS, USSA prescriptions, Laser Class Rules, SI's.
1. Competitors shall wear life jackets at all times while on the water. This changes RRS 27.1 and 40.
2. A boat that may have broken a rule of RRS Part 2 may take a penalty by making a 360 degree turn. This changes RRS 44.1.
3. A boat shall not leave the basin(s) until the safety boat has left.
4. Competitors shall wear wet or drysuits.
SCHEDULE: Registration Sunday, November 19 11:00am -12:30pm, and every Sunday thereafter for newcomers. First warning signal every Sunday @ 1:00pm. No races started after 4:00pm. Register once for the entire season. No registration, no scoring, no exceptions.
COURSES: Windward/leeward; start/finish in the middle. Sometimes triangle. Rarely Olympic. Always per the discretion of the RC. Length is 10-15 minutes per race.
SCORING: Low point system. DNS equals number of competitors for the day plus 1 point. Race Committee duty equals your average daily score for all race days you competed in. You must compete in 50% of the series' races days to qualify for series scoring.
AWARDS: Trophies for all competitors who race in 50% or more of the 2006-2007 series, measured in terms of participation days.
ENTRY FEE: $177 for non-SSA members. Space on the starting line is limited. Fee does NOT include winter storage. There is NO winter storage available to non-SSA members. Sorry, we just don't have any room at the inn.
INFO & ENTRIES: Dorian Haldeman, spidervmd@hotmail.com
DIRECTIONS: US Route 50 to Exit 24, Rowe Blvd (MD 70). Bear right onto Rowe Blvd. Cross Weems Creek and College Creek. Continue on Rowe Blvd as it bears right after College Creek. At Church Circle you must turn right - continue about 180 degrees around Church Circle to Duke of Gloucester Street - the Maryland Inn is on the corner of that intersection - turn right. Follow Duke of Gloucester Street and turn right at end. Cross Spa Creek Bridge and take the first left onto Severn Ave. (Shell Station). Go 5 blocks; turn left onto First Street. SSA is at the end of the street on the right.

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Wednesday, October 18, 2006

Annual Meeting at SSA on Nov. 12.

Well the scores for the 2006 season have been tallied and we have a new fleet champion! Congratulations to Tip Clifton. Tip will receive his trophy at the Annual Meeting at SSA on Nov. 12.
Frostbiting begins Sunday November 19- Registration at noon, first start at 1:00pm - everyone must register! Contact me if you have any questions. spidervmd@hotmail.com
Boat for sale- details below.
-Dorian
I have a 2002 Laser for sale. Little use in last two years. Fast boat and
dry boat. Includes dolly, line upgrades, carbon tiller extender, blade bag,
extra sails $3000.00
Bill Vickers
410-570-6548
email _wvickers@mycingular.blackberry.net_
(mailto:wvickers@mycingular.blackberry.net)

Wednesday, October 11, 2006

The 2006-2007 Frostbite season will begin Sunday November 19

Hello Laser sailors,
The weather is about to turn a little chilly- chance of flurries this weekend! Time to think about Frostbiting:)
The 2006-2007 Frostbite season will begin Sunday November 19. Racing will continue every Sunday through the end of March- except for the following dates- Dec. 24 and Jan 28.
There is no registration fee for SSA members
The registration fee for non-SSA members is $177.00
Everyone must register!
Registration will open at 12:00 and the first race will be at 1 pm every race day. Races will finish before 3:30 pm or so- often we will be finished by 3 pm. Each day we will have as many races as we reasonably can- 8 is a typical number of races.
Season scores are calculated by the final scores from each days racing. To qualify for the overall series, a competitor must race at least half the season's racing.
Race committee is all volunteer for frostbite, so a schedule will be circulated giving all participants a chance to sign up for duty days. Volunteers receive a scoring credit.
Non-members are free to trailer in and launch from SSA for the days festivities, but boat storage at Severn Sailing Association is for members only.
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Mark you calenders-
Laser Fleet 10's Annual Christmas party
Severn Sailing Association
Saturday Dec. 16 - 7:00pm
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Also- Chris Cather is still looking for people interesed in getting coached this Saturday- see details below.
Looking for 1 or 2 Sparring Partners for Laser Clinic

I am trying to organize a clinic coached by Travis Weber, USNA 2001, College Sailor All-American and now Navy coach.

WHEN: Saturday, October 14
WHO: Looking for 1 or 2
COST: approx. $50/hour to be split
CONTACT: Chris Cather, ChrisCather2001@yahoo.com

Friday, October 06, 2006

Laser for sale

Laser for sale- if you are interested please contact
Jim Toomey [jptoomey@yahoo.com]
2005 Laser
Sail No: 182812
Hull No: OQTI2812D505
Purchased April '05 for $5300
Blue 2005

Wednesday, September 27, 2006

2006 Laser Crab Claw Regatta!

ooking for something to do this weekend- look no further...
Come to the 2006 Laser Crab Claw Regatta!
Saturday Sept. 30 and Sunday Oct. 1 at Severn Sailing Association in Annapolis.
Two days of Laser sailing. Dinner and refreshments on Saturday after racing included in entry fee (Carribean theme). Regatta hat for the first 36 registrants. Registration begins 8:30 on Saturday- skippers meeting at 9:30. So far the forcast is for 10 kts on Saturday..... Looks like it is going to be a great weekend!
Email me if you have any quesitons- NOR is below
Dorian
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NOTICE OF RACE
2006 Crab Claw Regatta at Severn Sailing Association, September 30th-October 1st
1 RULES:
1.1 The regatta will be governed by the rules as defined in the Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS) and the International Laser Class Association (ILCA) rules, except as any of these rules are changed by the Sailing Instructions or any appendices to the Sailing Instructions.
1.2 The regatta is designated Category C in accordance with RRS Appendix 1, ISAF Regulation 20.
2 RISK
All competitors are ultimately responsible for the inherent risks associated with sailboat racing. It is the competitor's decision to enter the regatta and to start or continue any race. Each competitor will accept full responsibility for all his/her actions during any activity related to the event. This includes on-shore activities before, during, and after the regatta.
3 FLEET ELIGIBILITY
The regatta is open to all Lasers and Laser Radials.
4 FEES
4.1 Required Fees
Checks should be made payable to “LASER FLEET 10”. The entry fee is $40 USD. FOR ENTRIES RECEIVED BY MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 25th, THE ENTRY FEE IS REDUCED TO $30 USD.
4.2 Credit cards will not be accepted for registration.
4.3 All payments must be in US dollars.
4.4 All early registrations must be received by Monday, September 25th. Competitors may register early by completing the standard registration form and sending it with the appropriate fees to:
Laser Fleet 10, C/O Tip Clifton, 46 River Drive, Annapolis, MD 21403
You can follow this link to an entry form: http://www.severnsailing.org/racemanagement/entryform.pdf
4.5 Registration includes a commemorative prize while supplies last. These prizes will be awarded first to those who pre-register. Registration includes refreshments and dinner after racing on Saturday.
5 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
5.1
Saturday, September 30th
0830-0930 Registration
0930 Skippers Meeting
1100 First warning signal, races to follow
Refreshments after racing are included in registration fee
Sunday, October 1st
1100 First warning signal, races to follow
Awards to follow ASAP after last race.
5.2 No race to shall start after 1500 on Sunday.
The sailing instructions will be available during on-site registration.
6 SCORING
6.1 The Low Point Scoring System, Appendix A2, will be used except as modified below.
6.2 A minimum of one race must be completed to constitute a regatta.
6.3 There will be one throw-out when five or more races are completed.
7 AWARDS
At a minimum, prizes will be awarded to first through third place, first Master, and first woman.
8 FURTHER INFORMATION
For Regatta Information please contact:
Dorian Haldeman (Fleet Captain) phone (410) 703-3401 or email spidervmd@hotmail.com
Tip Clifton (Regatta Chair) phone 443.527.0007 or email tip_clifton@mac.com

Monday, September 25, 2006

Rock Hall Yahct Club – Hard Rock Masters Regatta

Rock Hall Yahct Club – Hard Rock Masters Regatta
September 23rd, 2006
15 boats participated in the RHYC Hard Rock Masters Regatta this past Saturday and once again Rock Hall put together a great event. The forecast had been calling for a solid 20 knots of breeze with gusts to 30 knots, which no-doubt put a hamper on attendance. At the crack of dawn Saturday morning I shamelessly pulled out my radial rig (heavy air insurance policy) and headed for Maryland’s Eastern Shore. When I arrived I wasn’t surprised to hear the big topic of discussion being which rig folks were going to use – full, radial, or 4.7. You see, in Laser masters sailing you can pick any one you want without penalty.
I was kindly reminded by a number of more senior folks that at 38 years old and 170 pounds, I might as well head home with my tail between my legs if I was going to even consider using a radial rig; being the youngest in the group I better suck it up and deal with it. That being established I got ready to go racing.
I’m never a good judge of what the breeze is actually blowing, but I would guess that at the start of the first race we were up against a good 18 knots of breeze. A few boats flipped during pre-start maneuvering, but for the most part everyone was under control. The race committee had set up a fairly long windward-leeward-windward course that kept up busy for about 45 minutes. Mike Schmidt (Magothy River SA) showed exceptional speed and agility and ran away with the first race. Race two was again a breezy one and a few new faces started to show up at the front of the fleet. Chris Fisher (West River SC) had the wheels rolling really well upwind, as did Nicholas Place (Rock Hall YC) with both finishing 3rd or 4th , and Schmidt again taking 1st place.
About halfway up the first beat in race 3 the wind started to drop off – though the results were still the same with Schmidt taking 1st place, followed by Ted Morgan (Severn Sailing) in 2nd. At the start of race 4 the breeze had dropped to below 10 knots. Shifting gears was critical at this point. Morgan was able to pull into the lead downwind to take the gun. After 4 hours of sailing the race committee decided to call it a day. They had done a fantastic job! Mike Schmidt won the regatta for what I believe was the 3rd time. Congratulations Mike for sailing flawlessly. Nice job!
Others notables in attendance included Roger Link (West River SC), Rich Parolski (Rock Hall YC via Ocean City, MD), Robert Danforth (Potomac River SA), Jane Schmidt (Magoth River SA), Jim Knab (Cooper River), Richard Plunkett (Marsh Creek SC), and Bob Tan (Severn Sailing). My apologies for not listing everyone – I’m getting old and don’t have the results sheet memorized.
Several folks used radial rigs and for the most part I would agree that it was clearly the right choice, especially given the forecast. Upwind in breeze over 15 knots these folks had very good speed regardless of whether they weighed 150 pounds or 180 pounds. Downwind they suffered a little bit from a lack of horsepower – especially the bigger folks.
On a side note, the other neat trick about masters sailing is the scoring system. Essentially it handicaps racing based on your age. The younger you are, the more points you get added to your score. If you are an apprentice (35-44) add 3 points to your finish in each race. If you are a master (45-54) add 2 point to your finish in each race. Grand masters (55-64) get 1 point added and great grand masters (65+) are fortunate enough not to have any points added to their scores.
It’s a great system for leveling the playing field. If you haven’t participated in a masters event, consider adding one to your regatta schedule in 2007.
Overall results:
1. Mike Schmidt (M) 16 points
2. Ted Morgan (A) 19 points
3. Nicholas Place (M)
1st Female – Jane Schmidt
1st Grand Master (55-64) – Terry Clarence 31 points
1st Master (45-54) – Mike Schmidt 16 points
1st Apprentice (35-44) – Ted Morgan 19 points
Complete results should be posted shortly at http://www.rockhallyc.org/Results.htm
Past Winners:
2006 – Mike Schmidt
2005 – Mike Schmidt
2004 – John MacCausland
2003 – Terry Clarence
2002 -
2001 -
2000 – Mike Waters
1999 – Mike Schmidt
1998 – John Wright

Wednesday, September 20, 2006

Olympic campaign

Come out and support our Laser Fleet 10 members Margaret Podlich and Kim Couranz in their Olympic campaign! They are sailing in the Yngling class with fellow SSA member Carol Cronin and their goal is the 2008 Olympics. They will be holding a fundraiser at Severn Sailing Association on Friday September 29 at 6:30 pm. There will be a slide show of their summer adventures at the Yngling Women's Worlds (in France) and the Olympic Test Event (China). The evening will also include yummy food from Feed Your Crew and a silent auction. Tickets are $50. For more information you can contact Kim at kimcouranz@comcast.net. Their team website is www.teamcronin.org.

Tuesday, September 19, 2006

SSA Laser Fall Series

Thanks to all of you that came out and participated in the SSA Laser Fall Series on Sunday. It was a bit of a frustrating day due to the light & variable conditions and powerboat chop. (A sure sign that the gas prices have dropped!) Hopefully the conditions will be better this Sunday.
Sunday September 24th - the exciting conclusion of the SSA Fall Series. Registration at 8:30 (only for those who did not already register last week) and skippers meeting at 9:30.
Come out and play!
This Sunday will also be a great opportunity to sign up for the Crab Claw Regatta! Sat. September 30 and Sun. October 1 at Severn Sailing Association. Just find me or Tip Clifton and we will be happy to get you signed up. The cut off date for discounted pre-registration is Monday Sept. 25. NOR is available on the Fleet 10 website.
http://www.severnsailing.org/fleets/laser/index.shtml

Friday, September 15, 2006

Hard Rock Hall Laser Masters

To all you Laser masters out there....
On Saturday September 23rd Rock Hall Yacht Club will host our annual one day Hard Rock Hall Laser Masters. This is a great time of year to sail on the Chester River as we will have a good chance of great wind and will almost have the bay to ourselves. We have easy beach launching and open water courses that are just a short sail out from the club. The club also has plenty of grass on which to park, rig and camp.

Please see the NOR on our Web site at http://www.rockhallyc.org/2006LaserMastersNOR.htm for additional details.

Like Fishing Bay, if you have groupies, camp followers, devotees, supporters, significant others or hangers-on this is a very spouse-friendly regatta with a full service club house and an exquisite view. The town of Rock Hall is hosting their Fall Fest on the same day so bring guests, get their early, pitch a tent at the club, stay late and make a weekend out of a trip to the Eastern Shore. You can get more information on Fall Fest at http://www.rockhallmd.com/.

Rock Hall YC is easily reached from Hampton, Annapolis/Baltimore/Washington as well as New York/New Jersey. Directions are available on the Rock Hall Web site:

http://www.RockHallYC.org

In all likelihood there will be several large white RHYC signs pointing you in the right direction as you get close to the club.

Please let me know if you need anything, I hope you will join us.

Sincerely,
Nicholas Place
racing@RockHallYC.org

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