May 15-16
The SSA Spring regatta was held this weekend (5-15) in Annapolis with
10 boats registered. We had hoped for better turn out but it proved to
be a weekend with conflicts for many sailors. Of note was the 4 New
JibeTech Jets registered. Chesapeake fleets now have a total of 5 sailing!
The sailing conditions saturday made for difficult racing as we saw our
breeze go from 170 degrees to 220 degrees then back to 170 degrees over
the course of the day. In race 3 the entire fleet went to the wrong
windward mark forcing the RC to abandon and restart that race. Class
president Dirk Schwenk showed unmatched speed throughout the day, proving to
be the best at "shifting gears" in the rapidly changing wind
conditions. Breeze strength ranged from 3-5 knots to 10-12 knots, coupled with
the requisite Annapolis powerboat chop making "gear shifting" the number
one objective. Kirby and Roberta Mehrof showed their boat improvements
were worth it posting a 3rd in the first race and 4th in the last race. Kirby had good
speed all day. Jim Lamb in Jibe Tech Jet 1146was hard to catch too posting a 3rd
in the very difficult race 3.
Cleveland favorites Dave and Sue Michos were in attendance sailing their
woody 217 Catalyst and proving that they could perform in light and
moderate conditions equally finishing the reggat in second. Dave has been
sailing with a very flat Doyle main and a full North jib combination that
has proven to be quite fast in the two regattas thus far this year,
look for his discussion on speed on the message board at www.jet14.com.
Claudia and I thoroughly enjoyed our first regatta for our new boat 1149.
We are very pleased with our new Racer X sails and were happy with our
boat's performance despite our many tactical and boat handling errors,
one of which included me falling out of the boat. Sunday morning
arrived with a complete lack of breeze eventually forcing the RC to abandon
for the day. Several of us went out anyway and managed to have 1
impromptu race using a rabbit start. We are hoping to see more folks out
of towners can make the drive. Please contact me directly for housing.
Several fleet members have spare bedrooms close to the racing.
Best Regards,
Ted and Claudia Reshetiloff
Jet 1149 Sam McGee
Pictures (None Yet)
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Race |
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Place |
Sail |
Skipper |
Crew |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
|
1 |
1137 |
D. Schwenk |
N/A |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
|
2 |
1136 |
D. Michos |
S. Michos |
2 |
3 |
4 |
2 |
11 |
|
3 |
1149 |
T. Reshetiloff |
N/A |
4 |
6 |
6 |
3 |
19 |
|
4 |
1146 |
J. Lamb |
N/A |
7 |
5 |
3 |
5 |
20 |
|
5 |
544 |
M. Parramore |
L. Parramore |
5 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
20 |
|
6 |
1147 |
G. Mentesana |
N/A |
6 |
2 |
2 |
DNC |
21 |
|
7 |
433 |
K. Mehrof |
N/A |
3 |
7 |
7 |
4 |
21 |
Results Posted 5/18/03
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