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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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
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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...
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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