Calcup 5 -August 3, 2002 -Windy Cove, Sherman Island
Report
from G-42:
Very windy conditions. I think Rob Hartman and I were the only ones on 9.0's
(and fully wound); most were sailing on 8.0-8.5. Mike Zajicek broke a mast
on his 8.5 in the first race, held on to his 9.3 in the second, and borrowed
an 8.1 from Mike Percey for the third.
First two races were a short upwind-downwind - start right off Windy Cove,
windward mark way out in the channel (further up then the channel marker
we used last time), finish downwind. Lots of drag racing, and some very
memorable wipeouts. Course wasn't as short as one might believe given that
the leaders took less than ten minutes to complete it; the relatively flat
water and high winds made it very fast.
The start was very clearly starboard favored; that and the simple course
took some of the tactical element out, but the crazy conditions made laylines
a bit harder to judge. Third race was long distance (results count for two
races); start off Windy Cove, round Decker Island counter-clockwise, finish
downwind at Windy Cove. 326 had a big wipeout on the windward leg and abandoned
yes, it was *that* windy). The channel was getting pretty choppy at this
point. Steve Sylvester ran away from everyone by judging it right and never
having to tack on the way up. The way down the narrow channel to the lee
of Decker Island made for some very fast reaching in very flat water, but
the gusts kept everyone on their toes, and there were a couple of dead spots
to be avoided.
Overall, Steve pretty much schooled us on this one.
| 15 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 3 (LD - 2x) | Results | ||||||||||
| # | Name | Fleet | Over All | Fleet | Score | OA | FF | Score | OA | FF | Score | Total | TO | Final |
| a | Soheil Zahedi | Sport | 10 | 2 | 2 | #N/A | DNF | 16 | 7 | 1 | 0.7 | 19.4 | 16 | 3.4 |
| 14 | Alan Prussia | Sport | 9 | 1 | 0.7 | 8 | 1 | 0.7 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 5.4 | 2 | 3.4 |
| 196 | Dave Lassila | Sport | 13 | 3 | 3 | #N/A | DNF | 16 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 9 |
| >= | Bob Kdruna | Sport | 14 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 2 | #N/A | DNF | 16 | 38 | 16 | 22 |
| 223 | John Davenport | Sport | #N/A | DNF | 16 | #N/A | DNF | 16 | #N/A | DNF | 16 | 64 | 16 | 48 |
| 44 | Eric Christianson | Sport | #N/A | DNF | 16 | #N/A | DNF | 16 | #N/A | DNF | 16 | 64 | 16 | 48 |
| 246 | Lyn Preuit | Sport | #N/A | DNF | 16 | #N/A | DNF | 16 | #N/A | DNF | 16 | 64 | 16 | 48 |
| T | Ivan Popov | Sport | #N/A | DNF | 16 | #N/A | DNF | 16 | #N/A | DNF | 16 | 64 | 16 | 48 |
| US008 | Gary Peer | Sport | #N/A | DNF | 16 | #N/A | DNF | 16 | #N/A | DNF | 16 | 64 | 16 | 48 |
| US54 | John Stienstra | Sport | #N/A | DNF | 16 | #N/A | DNF | 16 | #N/A | DNF | 16 | 64 | 16 | 48 |
| CWF | Cliff Frost | Sport | #N/A | DNF | 16 | #N/A | DNF | 16 | #N/A | DNF | 16 | 64 | 16 | 48 |
| US86 | Royce Yen | Sport | #N/A | DNF | 16 | #N/A | DNF | 16 | #N/A | DNF | 16 | 64 | 16 | 48 |
| 940 | Bill Martinson | Sport | #N/A | DNF | 16 | #N/A | DNF | 16 | #N/A | DNF | 16 | 64 | ||
| 181* | Emily Dale | Sport | #N/A | DNF | 16 | #N/A | DNF | 16 | #N/A | DNF | 16 | 64 | 16 | 48 |
| 71 | Kay Park | Sport | #N/A | DNF | 16 | #N/A | DNF | 16 | #N/A | DNF | 16 | 64 | 16 | 48 |
| Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 3 (LD - 2x) | Results | |||||||||||
| 16 | ||||||||||||||
| S3 | Steve Sylvester | A | 1 | 1 | 0.7 | 1 | 1 | 0.7 | 1 | 1 | 0.7 | 2.8 | 0.7 | 2.1 |
| VYV | Mike Percey | A | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 8 |
| ML | Mike Zajicek | A | #N/A | DNF | 17 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 17 | 10 |
| 1H1 | Chenda Herstus | A | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 6 | 14 |
| US18 | Chris Radkowski | A | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 24 | 8 | 16 |
| G-42 | Andreas Macke | A | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 8 | 16 |
| 22 | Ben Bamer | A | 11 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 9 | 17 |
| 326 | Rob Hartman | A | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | #N/A | DNF | 17 | 38 | 17 | 21 |
| US341 | Steve Bodner | A | 12 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 35 | 11 | 24 |
| USA882 | Al Mirel | A | 7 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 35 | 10 | 25 |
| F11 | Bruno Boursier | A | 6 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 8 | #N/A | DNF | 17 | 48 | 17 | 31 |
| 668 | Luke Raymond | A | #N/A | DNF | 17 | #N/A | DNF | 17 | #N/A | DNF | 17 | 68 | 17 | 51 |
| 969 | Brian MacDougal | A | #N/A | DNF | 17 | #N/A | DNF | 17 | #N/A | DNF | 17 | 68 | 17 | 51 |
| 181 | Don Lester | A | #N/A | DNF | 17 | #N/A | DNF | 17 | #N/A | DNF | 17 | 68 | 17 | 51 |
| LS | Lindon Seed | A | #N/A | DNF | 17 | #N/A | DNF | 17 | #N/A | DNF | 17 | 68 | 17 | 51 |
| Mac | Jim McGrath | A | #N/A | DNF | 17 | #N/A | DNF | 17 | #N/A | DNF | 17 | 68 | 17 | 51 |