Frostbiting Results 11/18

 

 

Hello Laser Sailors,

 

We had a fabulous first day of Frostbiting on Sunday.   Temps in the 50's with 10-12 knots of breeze.    A total of 26 boats competed in 8 races.  Dave Schoene won the day.  He was followed by Ted Morgan in second and Luke Shingledecker in third.  Thanks to everyone who came out.  Dave's winners report and full results are below.  Results are also available at http://www.severnsailing.org/fleets/laser/frostbiting/index.shtml

 

A special thanks to Leo Wilson and James McKenna for running the races. 

 

** Note on scoring- I did create master, women and junior sub-divisions this year just for curiosity's sake.  I did not ask anyone's age at registration so if you are a master (35 or older) or junior and not scored in those catagories please email me and I will correct it.  Also contact me if you finished a race and were not scored.  Thanks.

 

Hope to see you next Sunday... a chance to work off that Turkey day!!

Registration 11:30 (come find me at SSA to register)

First race at 1 pm

 

 

Happy Thanksgiving!

 

 

 

This weeks winner- David Schoene

 

 

What a great way to start Frostbiting season.  We had a nice breeze with temps in the 50s and a pretty good turnout including 4 or 5 of our junior sailors, most of whom were in Radials. 

 

 

 

The wind was out of the NE which typically equates to light and very shifty conditions.  However, on this day the breeze was up in the 10-15 range and though still shifty not as much as I anticipated.   Leo and James did a nice job setting the starting line near the shoal marker and keeping the windward mark away from the Naval Station seawall.  This meant greater velocity and less shifty wind.  The only impact from the AYC frostbite boats was on the final leg, although the timing was pretty good so interference was not too great.      

 

 

 

I felt, and a number of individuals confirmed it at the post race socializing, that the fleet was typically late for the starts.  I do not recall a single individual recall in any of the races.  Given that there were all sorts of good ranges at the Naval Academy to use to judge distance from the line the fleet in general should have been closer to the line.  I found that the corner of the green roof large building (the Field House for those familiar with the Yard), a large  American flag, a large blue Navy flag, or the last light pole marking the athletic fields was either a spot on range or a safe range.  Using the appropriate range I always had a good feel for exactly where the line was.   The range did change from race to race so it was important to check it either before or soon after the 2 minute horn.  

 

 

 

The first couple of races featured right shifts at the weather mark so it paid to be on the right at the top of the course.  During our second hour of racing the left was favored as the puffs were predominantly lefties.  It was tough sailing upwind because the wind was somewhat unstable and finding the right combination of sail trim and pointing was elusive.  I never felt like I was going as fast as I should have been given the wind strength because it was so tricky.  There were lots of little shifts but I typically waited for the larger ones to come through before tacking.  Current did not seem to be a factor.     

 

 

 

On the downwind leg the wind was such that we were not planning but we were at max displacement hull speed.  To me this means sail the shortest distance possible to the next mark and avoid unnecessary zigs and zags.  I slightly favored the right side (looking downwind) to keep free air after rounding the top mark.  My vang was eased so that the mast only had a slight bend.  In the stronger puffs I pulled it on a little but for most of the time it was eased.  I tried to be very conscious of the apparent wind velocity and in the puffs I eased the sail and rolled the boat to windward to put the bow down without using the rudder.  I was always looking for an excuse to sail deeper and towards the mark.  I don't recall every being on port gybe. 

  

The last upwind to the finish was not very long and there were not a lot of passing lanes.  It was a case of rounding the bottom mark and following the boat ahead to the starboard layline and tacking for the finish.  The few times I tried tacking early did not result in gains and I probably lost distance.  

  

 

Laser 2007-2008 Laser Frostbiting Schedule | Results | RC duty | NOR Frostbite Day 1 Series Standing - 8 races scored Information is provisional and subject to modification Regatta results saved: Sunday, November 18, 2007 6:13:32 PM EST ( Entries=31) Laser | Junior | Master | Women     Division: Laser (31 boats) (top) Pos Sail   Skipper   Club      1         2         3         4         5         6         7         8      Total  Points  Pos 1   188095   David Schoene   SSA   2   3   1   1   4   3   2   2   18.00   1 2   184550   Ted Morgan   SSA   5   2   9   4   1   2   1   12   36.00   2 3   182860   Luke Shingledecker   SSA   1   4   7   3   3   14   4   6   42.00   3 4   168424   Bob Tan   SSA   8   5   3   8   7   6   8   8   53.00   4 5   187741   Tip Clifton   SSA   13   13   2   7   8   5   6   3   57.00   5 6   155315   Matt Schoene   SSA   3   7   6   9   5   10   9   14   63.00   6 7   165009   Paul Garn   SSA   12   10   13   5   6   8   13   5   72.00   7 8   181267   Eugenio Cingolani   SSA   9   6   8   6   19   9   5   10   72.00   8 9   170799   Gregg Herbert   SSA   6   8   16   12   9   11   7   11   80.00   9 10   9818   Jason Werner   EYC   14   9   14   10   13   4   16   1   81.00   10 11   35313   Michael Waters   SSA   32/DNS   32/DNS   11   2   2   1   3   4   87.00   11 12   148085   Doug Watson   WRSC   24   11   12   13   22   7   12   9   110.00   12 13   172468   John Zseleczky   SSA   10   15   4   14   12   13   19   32/DNS   119.00   13 14   SIN-VOLVO    Brady Stagg   AYC   15   12   10   19   20   17   15   18   126.00   14 15   153006   Kim Couranz   SSA   4   1   5   11   11   32/DNS   32/DNS   32/DNS   128.00   15 16   168440   Greg Leonard   SSA   16   14   19   17   10   15   18   20   129.00   16 17   183923   Bruce Artman   SSA   11   17   15   22   18   12   22   13   130.00   17 18   169781   Russ Wesdyk   SSA   20   19   20   15   16   18   10   16   134.00   18 19   155272   Lauren Schoene   SSA   22   16   21   18   15   16   14   17   139.00   19 20   181252   George Dehaney   SSA   23   23   22   20   17   19   20   15   159.00   20 21   134119   Elizabeth Pfingst   MRYA   21   20   18   24   21   21   17   19   161.00   21 22   168474   Dorian Haldeman   SSA   19   18   17   16   14   32/DNS   32/DNS   32/DNS   180.00   22 23   175945   Vince Franco   SSA   18   22   24   21   23   20   21   32/DNS   181.00   23 24   180536   Steve Coffer   SSA   17   21   23   23   24   32/DNS   32/DNS   32/DNS   204.00   24 25   79   Chris Legg   SSA   32/DNS   32/DNS   32/DNS   32/DNS   32/DNS   32/DNS   11   7   210.00   25 26   6133   Bill Balough   SSA   7   32/DNS   32/DNS   32/DNS   32/DNS   32/DNS   32/DNS   32/DNS   231.00   26 27T   14891   Jay Berquist   SSA   32/DNS   32/DNS   32/DNS   32/DNC   32/DNC   32/DNS   32/DNS   32/DNS   256.00T   27T 27T   162156   Anne White   SSA   32/DNS   32/DNS   32/DNS   32/DNS   32/DNS   32/DNS   32/DNS   32/DNS   256.00T   27T 27T   173258   Matthew Lynch   SSA   32/DNS   32/DNS   32/DNS   32/DNS   32/DNS   32/DNS   32/DNS   32/DNS   256.00T   27T 27T   173641   Leo Wilson   SSA   32/DNS   32/DNS   32/DNS   32/DNS   32/DNS   32/DNS   32/DNS   32/DNS   256.00T   27T 27T   187874   James McKenna   SSA   32/DNS   32/DNS   32/DNS   32/DNS   32/DNS   32/DNS   32/DNS   32/DNS   256.00T   2

 

 

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