District 2  Regatta Report

Sat Apr 23rd, 2005 through Sun Apr 24th, 2005

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2005 Annapolis Spring Star

 

Roport by Fotis Boliakis

It was a difficult regatta due to wind and current. Both John MacCausland, sailing with John Avis, and Doug Scofield, sailing with his brother Bob, misjudged the current strength and were caught over at the start of the first race. The wind was very unstable due to thunderstorms and rain.

On Sunday the weather turned cold, windy and very shifty. The storms came overnight and a cold front was upon us. The water was warmer than the air. My crew, Austin Sperry, raced both days with no boots, just bare feet, all his gear was still in the Bahamas.

The wind increased to high teens with gusts over twenty. We were the leading inside port tacked boat in a left shift and both John MacCausland and the Scofields were on the outside. After a jibe-set at the bear-away mark, we surfed without jibing to the leeward mark and increased our separation. At the leeward mark we led the parade and tacked to cover when everyone was on starboard tack. The wind continued to shift to the right with us on the inside, but it went so far that we were overstanding by 30 to 40 yards and the next three boats were fetching the mark while we were reaching in.

That shift wiped off our entire gain and we rounded with about 10-15 yards separation and held it for the reach to the leeward mark. Both John MacCausland and the Scofields passed the series leader boat, so if we finished first and the others finished in the same order as they rounded the weather mark, we had the series.

The committee wisely shortened the last upwind leg, by half the distance, so we could see the finish from the leeward mark. We covered the competition as much as we could. The Scofields split from John MacCausland and went to the right. We continued with John (as the nearest boat in points) to the left because the wind oscillated back to the left with the stronger gusts. We were able to hold John off; he finished about five lengths behind us. It was close.


Star
Place Boat Skipper Crew Sail #: Fleet 1 2 3 4 5 Total
1 8080   Fotis Boliakis   Austin Sperry   8080     2.0 3.0 5.0 7.0 1.0 18
2 7713   Skip Dieball   Ewensen   7713     3.0 4.0 2.0 6.0 5.0 20
3 8184   John Maccausland   John Avis   8184   CR   16.0 [OCS] 1.0 3.0 1.0 2.0 23
4 8131   Doug Schofield   Schofield   8131   AN   16.0 [OCS] 2.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 24
5 8063   Bert Collins   Guy Avellon   8063   AN   1.0 7.0 6.0 8.0 4.0 26
6 7072   Bob Oberg   Ted Kaczmarski   7072   AN   9.0 6.0 4.0 3.0 6.0 28
7 7773   Mark Oberg   Oberg   7773     6.0 5.0 7.0 9.0 10.0 37
8 7786   Karen Alt   Chris Hardin   7786   MES   5.0 9.0 12.0 5.0 8.0 39
9 7248   John Henry   Langford   7248   MES   10.0 8.0 13.0 4.0 9.0 44
10 7454   Murray Leigh   Schwab   7454   CB   11.0 11.0 10.0 11.0 7.0 50
11 7497   Kris Wilson   Bud Elsaesser   7497   AN   4.0 10.0 9.0 12.0 16.0 [DNS] 51
12 7475   George Kalfa   Willis   7475     8.0 12.0 8.0 10.0 16.0 [DNS] 54
13 7851   Dixon Duffett   Barbara Vosbury   7851   AN   7.0 13.0 11.0 16.0 [DNC] 16.0 [DNC] 63
14 7970   Phoebe Hopkins   Sam Hopkins   7970   AN   12.0 14.0 16.0 [DNS] 16.0 [DNC] 16.0 [DNC] 74
15 7425   Barbara Vosbury   James Allsopp   7425   AN   16.0 [DNC] 16.0 [DNC] 16.0 [DNC] 16.0 [DNC] 16.0 [DNC] 80

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