2003 Beat the Heat Regatta

This years Beat the Heat Regatta was sailed in a variety of conditions 
with a variety of competitors. Variety is... well we all know what variety 
is. On Saturday the lot at Severn Sailing Association in Annapolis looked 
more like a Jet -14 repair facility than a club. Many folks were tuning 
their boats, making repairs, and completing some of those pre-Nationals go 
fast plans. The weather was well... hot. There was a really nice southerly
blowing all day though. We ended up heading out at 3:00 pm to race off 
the seawall. The chop was still a bit high from traffic but the breeze was
good. I managed to set a course and get my boat on the line. A very
difficult task being the solo RC for the day. My crew was a friend from
work who had never been sailing in a Jet and only out 2 times on a 
cruising boat... We had 9 boats but unfortunately Carl Coscia had to retire 
before the first race with a broken spreader. We sailed 4 races in a southerly
breeze that ranged from 5-10 kts. The windward mark roundings were a 
bit hectic in the chop and with short courses it seemed that everyone 
converged on the mark at the same time. All in all it was a tough 4 races in the
breeze and chop. 

After racing several folks went swimming in a nearby
marina pool, guests of Kirby and Roberta Mehroff.  Sunday I was not 
able to sail as I had no crew. It must have been contagious because only 4 
boats showed up for the day's sailing. Sunday's schedule was the normal 
morning harbor start with racing out in the Bay. The breeze once again 
cooperated and there was a nice southerly all day. It was a good thing too because 
the heat was back on Sunday as well.

                                - Ted Reshetiloff