SSA Spring Series April 15, 16, May 20
The SSA Spring Series was held over three days this year. 505s raced April 15th and 16th and then May 20th, with all three days counting for the Spring Series. Choosing the Easter weekend and Mother's Day weekend was not deliberate, but more a result of those dates being available.
Final results are posted on the SSA web site at: http://www.severnsailing.org/results/2006/521505.shtml. We had a range of conditions over the three days, with some light air races, some crazy shifts, and some wire running and capsizing conditions too. We had line starts and gate starts, and we had a great turnout, with some teams racing all three days, others making it our for two, and some just one.
Given the different teams, different turnouts, different conditions, and nine races, a number of teams had good races. When you check the final results, you'll see that Alon Finkelstein/J Bergquist were second in one race (and crossed the line first in another but took a Z flag penalty), Joe Morris/Colin Robertson led at one weather mark and finished second in a race (and that was sailing the "I don't get no respect" Cardiac Arrest. Doug and Chris Watson were second in a race, Derek Davies/Chris Legg were second in a race, Sterg Papadakis/Mike Renda were second in a race. Race winners included: Macy Nelson/Dustin Romey, Alexander Meller/Mike Coe, Alon/J, Barney and Shorty Harris and Keith Davids/John Torgeson. It was also great seeing some newcomers using this series to try out the 505. All of Derek Davies, Joe Morris, Colin Robertson, Erika Seamon, Amie Boothe, Greg Lines and John Torgeson are either new to the 505, or have had minimal time in 505s.
Macy Nelson/Dustin Romey took third overall, racing two of the three days. Bob Patterson with several drivers/crews took second overall, while Alexander Meller/Mike Coe, who raced all three days (but missed two races on the last day due to a torn spinnaker) won narrowly over Bob Patterson.
Other highlights included: The swimming and diving competition on May 20th. I saw Sterg/Mike auguer in just in front of Mike/Ali and Macy/Dustin on the run in race 9, and heard afterwards that Erika/J had entries in the swimming/diving portion of the competition as well. But I did not see those! Erika's perfect record in 505 racing is over! After a string of all bullets, Erika's record as a driver dipped with some back of the fleet finishes on May 20th. Neither Erika/J, not Amie/John were able to sail all the May 20th races; Cardiac Arrest was trying to eat spinnakers, forcing Amie/John in early.
An earlier report on the first two days of the Spring Series is at: http://www.usa505.org/fleet40/2006/04/ssa-spring-series-days-1-and-2.html.
Final results are posted on the SSA web site at: http://www.severnsailing.org/results/2006/521505.shtml. We had a range of conditions over the three days, with some light air races, some crazy shifts, and some wire running and capsizing conditions too. We had line starts and gate starts, and we had a great turnout, with some teams racing all three days, others making it our for two, and some just one.
Given the different teams, different turnouts, different conditions, and nine races, a number of teams had good races. When you check the final results, you'll see that Alon Finkelstein/J Bergquist were second in one race (and crossed the line first in another but took a Z flag penalty), Joe Morris/Colin Robertson led at one weather mark and finished second in a race (and that was sailing the "I don't get no respect" Cardiac Arrest. Doug and Chris Watson were second in a race, Derek Davies/Chris Legg were second in a race, Sterg Papadakis/Mike Renda were second in a race. Race winners included: Macy Nelson/Dustin Romey, Alexander Meller/Mike Coe, Alon/J, Barney and Shorty Harris and Keith Davids/John Torgeson. It was also great seeing some newcomers using this series to try out the 505. All of Derek Davies, Joe Morris, Colin Robertson, Erika Seamon, Amie Boothe, Greg Lines and John Torgeson are either new to the 505, or have had minimal time in 505s.
Macy Nelson/Dustin Romey took third overall, racing two of the three days. Bob Patterson with several drivers/crews took second overall, while Alexander Meller/Mike Coe, who raced all three days (but missed two races on the last day due to a torn spinnaker) won narrowly over Bob Patterson.
Other highlights included: The swimming and diving competition on May 20th. I saw Sterg/Mike auguer in just in front of Mike/Ali and Macy/Dustin on the run in race 9, and heard afterwards that Erika/J had entries in the swimming/diving portion of the competition as well. But I did not see those! Erika's perfect record in 505 racing is over! After a string of all bullets, Erika's record as a driver dipped with some back of the fleet finishes on May 20th. Neither Erika/J, not Amie/John were able to sail all the May 20th races; Cardiac Arrest was trying to eat spinnakers, forcing Amie/John in early.
An earlier report on the first two days of the Spring Series is at: http://www.usa505.org/fleet40/2006/04/ssa-spring-series-days-1-and-2.html.
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