September 8-9
80 to 100 boats all under 20 feet within spitting distance of Cunta Kinte himself.....On
the Jet course, on Saturday, All Bullets for the Mentasana team on
#1144. Having not touched the rig or messed with the boat since he
bought the Jibetech , 5 years ago. Enuff said... For the rest of us,..
Ted and Pete were fast after Ted moved the centerboard pin aft 1-5/16".
Eric and Cathy found their groove and won a race, must be all that
laser sailing Eric does on the river during the winter....
It
was very interesting sailing. If you played the right side, it kept you
out of the current and lifts toward the runway at National Airport
until you ran aground, (Lucky we don't have wood or glass centerboards)
This was usually the case in the first half of the windward leg, Then,
in the second part, (mid runway at national airport) you could get a
lift and (sometimes) more pressure by going left towards the mouth of
the Anacostia. Downwind was equally challenging as if you again went
towards the runway, you could get brief lifts. Not sure if this was off
planes or not.
Dick
Kennedy was was pushing the nostalgia thing, as after breaking his
hiking stick, rather than using one of those new fangled portable
electric drills he was using a worm drive hand drill... Carol commented
that they have solidly upgraded the boat to 1980 specs!
The
courses were long and after two races on Sunday, Elaine said she and
James were going in. Ted and Pete concurred as the wind was dying and
it was a long sail/ paddle back, we went chasing after Eric and Cathy
who were already headed downwind. When we saw Eric head up, we all
headed for the dock. It was a wise choice, as the wind shut off for the
rest of the fleets.
The
band was good and there were hot dogs, burgers and a keg. There is a
award for the best score in fleets of over 10, so, I would recommend we
do this again next year with a target number of boats being 18, as the
Albacore's had 17 and the Lightnings had 15.
Many thanks to my wife Laury for coming out to sail with her husband.
Michael
Parramore
Pictures
(None Yet)
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Race |
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Place |
Sail |
Skipper |
Crew |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
Total |
1 |
646 |
M. Parramore |
L. Parramore |
2 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
10 |
2 |
1146 |
E. Johnson |
C. Cotel |
4 |
4 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
14 |
3 |
1149 |
T. Reshetiloff |
P. Appel |
3 |
3 |
4 |
2 |
3 |
15 |
4 |
1144 |
G. Mentesana |
C. Mentesana |
1 |
1 |
1 |
DNS |
DNS |
19 |
5 |
1081 |
E. Lamb |
J. McKenna |
5 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
4 |
24 |
6 |
983 |
R. Kennedy |
C. Goodloe |
6 |
6 |
6 |
4 |
5 |
27 |
7 |
1010 |
C. Kennedy |
H. Kennedy |
7 |
DNF |
DNS |
DNS |
DNS |
39 |
Results Posted 10/15/2007
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