| Pl | Sail | Skipper | 30 | 31 | Av |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7457 | Steve Parsons | 2 | 1 | 1.5 |
| 2 | 7126 | Erich Hesse | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 3 | 7943 | Dan Miller | 3 | 2 | 2.5 |
| 4 | 7124 | Michael Heinsdorf | 5\DNS | 4 | 4.5 |
| Pl | Sail # | Skipper | 17 | 18 | Av |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 102550 | Ben Ackerman | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | Rod Sellers | 1 | 4\DNS | 2.5 |
| 3 | 84685 | Hakan Topalhan | 2 | 4\DNF | 3 |
| Pl | Sail # | Skipper | 42 | 43 | Av |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14566 | Frank Gallagher | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 15142 | Nabeel Alsalam | 2 | 4 | 3T |
| 2 | 14553 | Rick Welch | 4 | 2 | 3T |
| 4 | 14222 | Russell Roberts | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | 15256 | Jeff Storck | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 6 | 15195 | Pat McGee | 7\DNS | 6 | 6.5 |
Race Committee:
Eric Johnson (PRO), Jim Graham, Bill Buck, Diane Goebes, Bob Goebes, Wilda Heiss.
Weather:
Sunny skies, winds generally NNW in the low teens in the morning fading to 0 by mid afternoon. Big shifts all day. High Tide – 2:25 pm.
Well it looked promising as we left the dock with northerly breezes in the low teens. By the time we got up to the race course however, it had started to fade. We sailed the first race in 6-8 with big shifts from right to left and back again. The race committee set up a nice long course, triangles for some and WL’s for others. The second race started in 1-4 and faded to near zero by the time I crossed the finish line. Very painful and frustrating race. Anyway, it was a beautiful day to be on the water, and the beers were cold so a good time was had on Ariel. In all 3 Cats, 4 Albacores and 6 Lightnings came out to play. Where is everybody?
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The AccuWeather forecast for Sunday called for mostly sunny skies, a high of 65 degrees, and northerly winds at 10 MPH. The river flow was above normal, at 5,360 CFS (gage height 3.4 ft). The water temperature was a seasonal 58 degrees. Low tide was at 8:42 AM and high tide at 2:25 PM. Winds were lighter than predicted, and it only made it to 61 degrees, but it was still an improvement over the previous weekend's weather. The Marine Corps Marathon was Sunday morning, so there were street closures in downtown DC, and a view of the runners on the road in East Potomac Park during the first race. Here is the PRO's report: "It looked like it was going to be a great day was we were motoring up to the course, with a cool, steady 10-12kt northerly breeze, but the wind started to drop out right around 11:30. We were seeing pretty dramatic changes in direction, oscillating from NE to NW on about a 10-minute cycle, as well as steadily decreasing wind speeds, so we called it a day after two races. We wound up towing several of the boats in, as the wind dropped to zero after (and during) the last race. There were six Lightnings, three Cats, and four Albacores in attendance." Here is Nabeel's report: "It was a beautiful day but the wind was patchy and streaky so it was very hard to fly the spinnaker, especially. 6 boats came out: Frank, Rick, Jeff, Pat, Russ, and me. Frank won the day with 2 convincing bullets. It was Russ' last day. He pulled his boat out at the end of the day and took it to SSA. Pat borrowed Collin's mast & boom to be able to sail -- his were destroyed in last Sunday's capsize." |