Potomac River Sailing Association
2009 PRSA Fall Series # 4
10/11/09

Open Cat Class Series Summary
 
Pl Sail # Skipper 13 14 15 16 Avg
1 5992 Bob Etheridge 1 – 12:21:00 2 – 01:29:00 2 – 02:20:00 1 – 02:50:00 1.5
2 102695 Yates Dowell, III 4 – 12:30:00 1 – 01:28:00 3 – 02:22:00 3 – 02:52:30 2.75
3 102550 Ben Ackerman 5 – 12:30:30 3 – 01:30:00 4 – 02:25:00 2 – 02:52:00 3.5
4 0 Rod Sellers 2 – 12:28:00 5 - 01:31:20  5 – 02:25:30 5 – 02:53:30 4.25
5 16989 Keith Strasser 7 – 12:31:00 4 - 01:31:00 1 – 02:19:00 9\DNS 5.25
6 84685A Mark Carre 6 – 12:30:45 6 - 01:31:45 6 – 02:26:00 4 – 02:53:00 5.5
7 6257 Chris Bolton 3 – 12:29:00 9\DNF 9\DNF 9\DNS 7.5
8 66167A Colette Bolton 8 – 12:31:30 7 - 01:36:00 9\DNF 9\DNS 8.25

 

Hobie start times: Race 1=11:32:00, Race 2= 12:40:00, Race 3= 01:41:00, Race 4= 02:34:00

 

Lightning Class Series Summary
 
Pl Sail # Skipper 38 39 40 41 Avg
1 14553 Rick Welch 1 1 1 1 1
2 14120 Colin Kirby 2 4 2 3 2.75
3 15256 Jeff Storck 3 5 4 2 3.5
4 14100 Red Fehrle 7 2 3 4 4
5 15195 Pat McGee 4 3 6 5 4.5
6 14037 Joseph Warren 5 7 5 6 5.75
7 15228 David Thompson 6 6 7 8\DNF 6.75

Note: Welch, Kirby, Ferhle, McGee, Thompson sailing light.

 

Race Committee:

Nabeel Alsalam (PRO), John Butler, Diane Butler, Stefano DeLeo, Happy Olmstead, Shelly Kirby, and Friend Kirby.

 

Weather:

Mostly Sunny, Temps near 70, winds 6-8 kts generally N with some big shifts. Low tide at 09:15am.

 

Wind chart:

 

What a simply beautiful day on the river!  Seven Lightnings and 8 Hobies came out to play (The Albacores were away at their National Championships) on a gorgeous fall day with temps near 70 and moderate breezes out of the North. Rick Welch dominated the Lightnings with 4 (count ‘em) 4 bullets. Wow. On the Hobie side Bob Etheridge won the day. It was really nice to see such a great turnout from the Hobie class this week.

PRO  Nabeel Alsalam set a long leeward - windward course with the windward mark near the entrance to Roaches Run, and the leeward mark near the entrance to the Anacostia, and got off four races in quick succession.  The winds were in the range predicted (7 MPH) but were up and down, with some serious shifts. One gust knocked over a Hobie in the second race, but other than that the winds were gentle enough to allow double-handed spinnaker flying, some successful.  Low tide was at 9:14 AM and high tide at 2:32 PM.  The river flow was well below normal for this time of year, at 1,410 CFS (gage height 2.7 ft) and the water was a seasonal 64 degrees.