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t’s a familiar tale to Bay sailors, who have gathered once again for a Labor Day Weekend tradition: Saturday began with a light, flukey southwesterly breeze for the three-day Chesapeake Bay YRA (CBYRA) Annapolis Race Week (ARW) 2011. “The breeze settled in at about 12 noon and piped up to 10 to 12 knots,” says on-thewater chair Bobby Frey. “It was beautiful, very comfortable.” According to all racer reports, the wind cooperated much better than anticipated, making for a pleasant and competitive day one. Racing unfolded on three racing circles, with fleet 1 led by Annapolis YC (AYC) PRO Chip Thayer. Based on preliminary results, in the four-boat Farr 40 division, Kevin McNeil on Nightshift, who placed third in 2010, is in the lead with five points, with Larry Bulman’s team on Yellow Jacket in second and last year’s winner, Erik Wulff on Endorphin, in third.
by Molly Winans Grady Byus and Kristen Berry, who sail regularly in ARW, generally on boats beginning with a “J” both crewed for Moran on Ragin’ and expressed how pleased they were with the decent breeze. Berry, who trimmed the mainsail, refers to himself as “the screw-up of the day or the minister of mistakes” and admits that they did not sail the right course. “I’m going to write a great blog post on this one,” says Berry. “I read the sailing instructions three times and did a briefing with the tactician before the race.” After accidentally sailing a four-leg race, the team retired after finish (RAF) and still managed a third-place overall. North Point Yacht Sales, a sponsor of ARW, has the Photo by Dan Phelps J/111 Ragin’ on display for the public at the City Dock for this sitting in second, with the Bad Company event. Check it out to the left of the syndicate in third place. stage at the Susan C. Campbell Park. 2010 ARW winners, Ennio Staffini’s Craig and Dotty Saunders’s crew JV 52 Anema & Core team, proved on Monkey Dust posted two bullets victorious in the eight-boat PHRF A1/ in three races in the 22-boat PHRF A2 A0 division yesterday. Martin Roesch’s division and has a solid nine-point lead J/111 Velocity team trails behind in over John Eyring’s second-place team second by only two points, with Bob on Hero Squad. Stephen Bowes’s crew Moran’s J/111 Ragin’ crew in third place. Peter Scheidt’s Maggie team is already on the way to bumping up its second-place finish from 2010 and holds the lead in the J/35 division with two seconds and a first place on day one. Charles Kohlerman on Medicine Man ended the day with a bullet and is
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on Apparition took third place on day one. PRO Bill Adams’s Eastport (EYC) team managed the fleet 2 circle comprised of J/105s, J/30s, and J/80s. In the 15-boat J/105 division, Carl and Scott Gitchell on Tenacious, who placed second at last year’s regatta, posted two bullets in three races on day one and have a four-point lead over Andrew Kennedy’s Bat IV and Jim Konigsberg’s Inigo in second and third. Although they crushed the fleet in 2010, the Rum Puppy team, led by skipper Jim Biddle, had a tough third race and are currently in fourth-place. Local J/105 sailors thrive on tight racing and quick lead changes at the top of the fleet and know that it’s still anyone’s regatta. Bob Rutsch and Mike Costello on Bebop are so far successfully defending their top position in the J/30 fleet from 2010 and finished the last two
races in first place yesterday. David McConaughy on USA 90 is six points behind in second with Ron Anderson’s Insatiable team trailing behind by only a point in third place. The Watson crew on the J/30 Avita enjoyed a beverage at the City Dock after racing. Father George and his two sons Tom (skipper) and Dan (tactician) finished third in two races on day one. The crew, who has sailed together since 1971, has won the event before but admit that it’s been awhile. The boat name Avita means “to life” in Italian. “We are competitive,” says George, “but our motto is ‘because we have fun.’” “It was a really nice day,” says Tom. His brother Dan agrees, “The wind was steady today; it wasn’t August on the Chesapeake.” Both agreed that the race committee, run by EYC on their circle, did a great job. “They even caught a wind shift right before the start with
only a minute delay. Anyone who’s ever done race committee work knows how impressive that is.” Kristen and Brian Robinson on the J/80 Angry Chameleon started strong yesterday with two bullets in three races and hold the lead over John White’s team by five points in the 14-boat division. Jesse McKnight, yet another Eastport YC sailor, is currently in third place. The eight-boat PHRF N division, managed by Gibson Island YC’s PRO Terry May, sailed a 14-mile distance course. Marino Dimarzo on Nembo took the lead yesterday. John Lanigan’s Divide by Zero and Aaron Ressler’s Parrot Head scored second and third place respectively. Cal 25 sailors Jimmy and Mike Praley had a great day in fleet 3, led by PRO Ron Rosturfer from the Naval Academy Sailing Squadron. The Praleys, who placed second at ARW 2010,
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won all three races of the day and hold a four-point lead over the second-place boat, Krigare, owned by Erik and Marty Lostrom. Will Farrell and his team on Hasty are in third. In the Catalina 27 division, Tom Walsh and John Potvin on Slam Duck and John Anderson in Swell are holding on to their respective first and second place finishes from 2010. The Slam Duck crew won every race of the day and hold a six-point lead over Swell. Peter Zahn on Snagglepuss is currently in third. Following his secondplace finish in 2010, Paul van Ravensway on Millenium Falcon aims to step up his game, and so far, so good, as
he won the day in the J/24 division. Brent Ellwood on Sane Asylum and Peter Rich on USA 4006 are in second and third place respectively. Janet and David Coleman on Flying Circus posted three bullets yesterday in PHRF B and just may repeat their 2010 victory if they keep it up. Joseph Weaver and crew on Phone are in second place as of day one, with Brett Harrison and John Yeigh on A Parent Tripp in third. He won seven of eight races at the 2010 edition of ARW, and Fred Caisson and his crew on Defiant are at it again with three wins on day on in PHRF CD. Rick McGregor on Double Agent trails behind in second by four points. Robert Seidel’s
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Day 1 - Provisional Results J24
J30
DvRnk
Boat Name
Dv Pts
1
2
3
DvRnk
Boat Name
Dv Pts
1
2
3
1
Millenium Falcon
4
1
1
2
1
Bebop
4
2
1
1
2
Sane Asylum
8
4
3
1
2
USA-90
10
4
4
2
3
USA 4006
8
2
2
4
3
Insatiable
11
1
2
8
4
Wildcard
13
3
5
5
4
Big Kahuna
12
3
5
4
5
Spaceman Spiff
14
5
6
3
5
AVITA
15
9
3
3
6
Wicked Wahini
17
7
4
6
6
Better Mousetrap
16
5
6
5
7
The J-Team
20
6
7
7
7
CANNONBALL
19
6
7
6
8
Bump....
22
7
8
7
9
Encounter
29
8
10
11
10
Leap Frog
29
10
9
10
11
Avenger
31
11
11
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Day 1 - Provisional Results J35
J80
DvRnk
Boat Name
Dv Pts
1
2
3
DvRnk
Boat Name
Dv Pts
1
2
3
1
Maggie
5
2
1
2
1
Angry Chameleon
4
2
1
1
2
MEDICINE MAN
6
3
2
1
2
(John White)
9
1
6
2
3
Bad Company
8
1
3
4
3
Crush
11
6
2
3
4
Bzing
14
7
4
3
4
Puffinator
12
3
3
6
5
WINDEPENDENT
15
4
5
6
5
#11
14
5
5
4
6
T-Bone
18
5
6
7
6
Dragonfly
20
11
4
5
7
Dakota Girl
19
6
8
5
7
Cool J
21
4
9
8
8
Bump In The Night
24
9
7
8
8
WHITE LIGHTNIN’
24
10
7
7
9
Rebel Yell
26
8
9
9
9
VAYU
32
7
14
11
10
Mango
32
9
8
15/DNF 12
11
STACKED DECK
32
8
12
12
Emotional Rescue
32
12
11
9
13
OUTLAWS
33
13
10
10
14
Blind Faith
40
14
13
13
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Day 1 - Provisional Results J105 DvRnk
Boat Name
1 2
Cal25
Dv Pts
1
2
Tenacious
6
4
1
Bat IV
10
3
4
3
DvRnk
Boat Name
Dv Pts
1
2
3
1
1
Upchuck
3
1
1
1
3
2
Krigare
7
3
2
2
3
Inigo
13
9
2
2
3
Hasty
9
2
4
3
4
Rum Puppy
16
2
5
9
4
Zephyr
13
5
3
5 4
5
Santas Reign, Dear
17
10
3
4
5
White Cap
13
4
5
6
A Train
19
5
7
7
6
Chicken Little
21
6
9
6
7
Java Machine
21
1
9
11
7
ShOrT BuS
23
9
6
8
8
Indefatigable
24
8
7
9
25
10/ARP,
8
7
8
Zephyr
25
8
11
6
9
Singularity
26
13
8
5
10
Allegiance
29
11
6
12
11
At-Tack
29
7
12
10
12
TUITION
32
6
13
13
13
Helios
32
14
10
8
14
Dreadnought
41
12
15
14
15
Wind River
45
15
14
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Boat Name
Dv Pts
1
2
3
1
SLAM Duck
3
1
1
1
2
Swell
9
2
4
3
3
Snagglepuss
11
3
2
6
4
catawampus
12
5
5
2
5
Pussycat
12
4
3
5
6
Finesse
16
6
6
4
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Day 1 - Provisional Results Farr 40 DvRnk
Boat Name
Dv Pts
PHRF A2 1
2
3
DvRnk
Boat Name
Dv Pts
1
2
3
1
Nightshift
5
2
2
1
1
MONKEY DUST
5
1
3
1
2
Yellow Jacket
7
4
1
2
2
Hero Squad
14
11
1
2
3
Endorphin
8
1
3
4
3
Apparition
15
5
7
3
4
Tsunami
10
3
4
3
4
Gallant
20
14
2
4
PHRF A1/A0
5
Saykadoo
24
9
10
5
6
Renegade
25
2
17
6
7
Problem Child
27
3
14
10
8
Mountain Lion Eater
27
8
12
7
9
Pegasus
29
10
4
15
DvRnk
Boat Name
Dv Pts
1
2
3
10
Contraire
31
7
8
16
1
ANEMA&CORE
5
2
2
1
11
Defiance
32
4
9
19
2
Velocity
7
3
1
3
12
Jubilee
37
15
5
17
3
Ragin’
12
1
9/RAF
2
13
QA2
37
6
19
12
4
MUMMBLES
12
4
4
4
14
N/A
39
16
15
8
5
Stray Dog
14
6
3
5
15
the fish
41
13
10/ZFP
18
6
SqueeZeplay
19
5
6
8
16
Hornpipe
42
17
16
9
7
Wairere
19
7
5
7
17
Molto Bene
44
12
18
14
8
Crocodile
21
8
7
6
18
Integrity
46
18
15/ZFP
13
19
X-esse
47
19
17/ZFP
11
20
Rag Trade
60
20
20
20
21
rhumb rhunner
65
21
21
23/DNS
22
Cepheus
68
22
23/
23/DNC
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Day 1 - Provisional Results PHRF B DvRnk
Boat Name
PHRF N
Dv Pts
1
2
3
DvRnk
Boat Name
Dv Pts
1
1
Flying Circus
3
1
1
1
1
Nembo
1
1
2
Phone
9
2
4
3
2
Parrot Head
2
2
3
A’ Parent Tripp
12
5
5
2
3
Vite
3
3
4
Miss Trixie
15
4
3
8
4
Divide by Zero
4
4
5
Expresswave
15
3
7
5
5
kolohe anakalia
5
5
6
Artemis II
17
8
2
7
6
Tango Too
6
6
7
Gabrielle
18
6
8
4
7
pilot error II
7
7
8
Gael Force
19
7
6
6
8
Thirst Quencher
8
8
PHRF C/D
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DvRnk
Boat Name
Dv Pts
1
2
3
1
Defiant
3
1
1
1
2
Double Agent
7
3
2
2
3
Incorrigible
10
2
4/DNS
4/DNS
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TIDAL CURRENT PREDICTIONS FOR SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 Date Time “C” 9/4/11
11:01
0.4
1
Date Time “C” 1 01 0
9 / 1 9/4/11
11:50
0.4
Nolan Associates 2011 - Charts are not for navigational use 4/11 4 F Date 1:01 Time “C” 9/4/11
12:40
0.4
3
2
9/4
Max 9/4/11 9/4/11 16 FLOOD 9/4 at 9/ 1 BHA
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0.4
9/4/11 Date
12:40 “C” 04 Time
9/4/11
13:30
0.8
9/4/11
14:33
Date Time “C” 9/4/1 12 0 0
0.8
5
4
9/ Date 9 / 1 9/4/11
1
08
/4 1
16:41
0.8
9/4/11
Time “C” 5 7 0
7
4/ 08 F Date Time “C” 4/11 33 8 9/4/11 15:37 0.8
6
3 08 Date 15 Time “C” 17:38
0.8
8
4/11 64 08 Date Time “C” 1 7 38 8 9/4/11 18:35 0.8
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Max EBB at BHA
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