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