Potomac River Sailing Association
2009 PRSA Spring Series #2
04/19/09

Albacore Class Series Summary
 
Pl Sail Skipper 2 3 4 Av
1 6701 Barney Harris 1 1 1 1
2 8023 Tom Berlin 2 2 2 2

 

Open Cat Class Series Summary
 
Pl Sail # Skipper 3 Avg
1 57 John Taylor 1 1
2 16989 Keith Strasser 2 2
3 102550 Ben Ackerman 4/DNF 4

 

Lightning Class Series Summary
 
Pl Sail # Skipper 3 4 5 6 Avg.
1 14553 Rick Welch 3 1 2 5 2.75T
1 15142 Nabeel Alsalam 1 2 5 3 2.75T
3 7603 Robert Astrove 2 4 4 1 2.75
4 14566 Frank Gallagher 5 3 1 4 3.25
5 14592 John R. Butler 11\DNF 5 3 2 5.25
6 15256 Jeff Storck 4 7 6 6 5.75
7 15195 Pat McGee 8 6 7 7 7
8 14120 Colin Kirby 7 8 8 8 7.75
9 15228 David Thompso 9 9 9 11\DNS 9.5
10 14187 Laurie Duncan 6 11\DNS 11\DNS 11\DNS 9.75

6 Apr, '09, 15:18
St. Pete Scorer

Race Committee Crew: 

Russ Roberts/ PRO           
Joe Warren
John Hart
Diane Butler
Kristen Lopez
Michael Scott
Sharon Kent


Weather & Tide:

 Partly Sunny, 73 degrees
Winds:  Strange
Low Tide 10:40 AM; High tide 4:44 PM

 Scorekeeper: Jeff Storck

The AccuWeather forecast called for mostly cloudy skies, a high temperature of 72 degrees, and easterly winds at 6 - 9 MPH, with the possibility of rain during the afternoon.   The rain held off, but the winds were calm at 10 AM so RC agreed to tow us up to the racecourse, getting us there at about 11:30.  A light southerly sprang up gave us the opportunity to set spinnakers and practice gybing and dousing, but then it died, and for an entire hour we sat drifting in the current without a hint of breeze.  Then, just before 1 PM, PRO Russ Roberts moved the start line and the windward mark  and raised the course flag -- an Olympic -- and started the Cats.  With that an easterly flow kicked in big time and soon we were sailing in gusts to 20, travelers down, backstays on, hiking hard in heavy puffs, and completing the first race in under 20 minutes. The winds continued, although not quite as gusty, through the next 3 races, and when it was over, no one needed a tow home.