Aug. 3
The National's Primer Regatta was sailed at SSA on Sunday the 3rd in
the best southerly breeze this Jetter has seen this year! If it is any
indication of National's breeze than we are in for a great regatta. The
wind was due south and at 11 am Thomas Point had 16 kts with gusts to
17. We sailed 4 races all windward leewards and shared the course with the
Daysailer fleet. The Comets were supposed to sail as well but I never
saw any out. Unfortunately our Fleet Captain Tom Stout was unable to sail
as his new business is keeping him too busy to finish his boat. He
promises to be on hand at the Nationals though. We had 7 boats register for the
regatta but unfortunately only 5 were able to compete. Kirby Mehroff's
wife/crew Roberta was mending a hurt back and there was too much breeze for a one
man crew. Carl and Faye Coscia made it out to the race course but decided
not to sail as the breeze was building. By 1 pm the southerly had shifted a
few degrees to the east and built to a healthy 18 with gusts to 20. The
downwind legs were nothing short of exhilarating! I found myself playing
the centerboard and the main to keep the boat singing. There was a fair
amount of chop so on the downwinds I would lower the board some when things
got out of control to avoid wiping out. Then when the next puff hit the
board came up and we would tear off on a plane again. During the second race
close to the leeward mark we gybed. Seconds later Eric and Cathy did
the same but ended up going over. As we rounded the mark I said to my crew
Pete, "Oh man it looks like Eric and Cathy wiped out". Pete looked back
and said "what do you mean?". When I turned my head they were right back
where they had been. That was the fastest recovery I've ever seen. The
fourth race finished and we all blasted our way back in managing to avoid the
nasty thunderstorms that were brewing. All in all a great regatta, with
great wind, and good practice for the big one....
- Ted Reshetiloff
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Race |
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Place |
Sail |
Skipper |
Crew |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
|
1 |
699 |
T. Reshetiloff |
P. Appell |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
|
2 |
1081 |
E. Johnson |
C. Cotell |
2 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
10 |
|
3 |
1140 |
J. McKenna |
N/A |
5 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
14 |
|
4 |
1141 |
B. Putnam |
M. Greely |
3 |
2 |
DNC |
DNC |
21 |
|
5 |
1145 |
C. MacMurray |
N/A |
4 |
5 |
DNC |
DNC |
25 |
|
6 |
433 |
K. Mehroff |
N/A |
DNC |
DNC |
DNC |
DNC |
32 |
|
7 |
530 |
C. Coscia |
F. Coscia |
DNC |
DNC |
DNC |
DNC |
32 |
Results Posted 8/20/03
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