Potomac River Sailing Association
2009 PRSA Spring Series # 8
06/07/09

Albacore Class Series Summary
 
Pl Sail Skipper 15 16 17 18 19 Av
1 7964 Scott Snyder 4 2 4 2 1 2.6
2 8057 Khin Thein 11\OCS 1 2 1 2 3.4
3 7962 Nathan D. Marsh 2 3 5 3 7 4
4 8083 Lloyd Leonard 1 11\OCS 1 11\OCS 3 5.4
5 7124 Michael Heinsdorf 11\DNS 5 3 5 6 6
6 8023 Tom Berlin 11\OCS 7 8 4 5 7
7 7457 Steve Parsons 6 8 7 6 8 7
8 6890 Bill Kleystuber 3 6 11\DNS 11\DNS 11\DNS 8.4
9 7979 Diane Goebes 5 4 11\DNS 11\DNS 11\DNS 8.4
10 7460 William E. Buck 11\DNS 11\OCS 6 11\OCS 4 8.6
 

 

Open Cat Class Series Summary
 
Pl Sail # Skipper 7 8 9 Avg.
1 66167 Unknown 1 1 1 1
2 2844 Peter Henry 3 2 2 2.333
3 102550 Ben Ackerman 2 4\DNS 4\DNS 3.333

 

 

Lightning Class Series Summary
 
Pl Sail # Skipper 22 23 24 25 26 Avg
1 15142 Nabeel Alsalam 2 1 1 1 2 1.4
2 14566 Frank Gallagher 1 2 3 2 1 1.8
3 14120 Colin Kirby 9 6 2 3 3 4.6
4 15256 Jeff Storck 5 3 4 7 4 4.6
5 14592 John R. Butler 4 7 7 6 5 5.8
6 15195 Pat McGee 3 9 8 5 7 6.4
7 7603 Robert Astrove 6 4 6 4 14\DNS 6.8
8 14395 Bob Wilbur 14\OCS 5 5 10 8 8.4
9 14037 Joseph Warren 10 10 9 9 6 8.8
10 14222 Russell Roberts 7 8 12 8 10 9
11 14187 Laurie Duncan 8 14\OCS 10 14\OCS 9 11
12 15228 David Thompson 14\OCS 11 11 14\DNS 14\DNS 12.8
13 15052 Chan Swallow 11 14\DNS 14\DNS 14\DNS 14\DNS 13.4

 

8 Jun, '09, 11:44
St. Pete Scorer
     

Scorekeeper Jeff Storck

Race Committee Crew: 

Rick Welch/PRO
Matt Wallace
Aaron Boesnecker
Maryann Gallagher
Bronwyn Wallace
Devon Welch
Emory Welch
 

Weather & Tide:

 Sunny, 79 degrees
Winds:  Southerly 10 - 12 MPH; 
High Tide 8:27 AM;  Low Tide 3:49 PM;
River Flow:  40,000 CFS (4x Normal)

What a great way to end the  Spring Series!  The AccuWeather forecast (always subject to change) called for partly sunny skies, a high of 83 degrees, and  winds from the south at  6 - 9 MPH. We got better than that  --  a steady southerly averaging around 10 MPH, under sunny skies and with a high temperature of 79 degrees.  The river flow was way up --  four times normal for this time of year, at 40,000 CFS (gage height 6.2 ft) and the water was  cooler than last week, at 72 degrees.  With high tide at 8:27 AM and low tide at 3:49 PM we had an outgoing tide to combine with the high river flow to produce a strong downriver current.  Thirteen Lightnings came out, although several were short crew, and Russ sailed single-handed.  Russ gets the "Sailor of the Day" award for being seen single-handing on a downwind run with spinnaker up, a cigarette in one hand and a beverage in the other, dodging the considerable debris in the river, including a large tree trunk, a section of a dock, and a railroad tie, and managing to finish tenth.  How do you do it, Russ?   Patrick McKnight and family did a day sail down past the Wilson Bridge, making 14 Lightnings on the water. PRO Rick Welch got off five races in quick succession on a long windward-leeward course before we were too exhausted to sail more. Here is a report by "The Nudge."  Here are photos, courtesy of Aaron Boesnecker.