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 true Ali 2006-10-25T08:06:00-07:00 2006-11-07T14:37:45Z 2006-10-25T15:07:13Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18126626.post-116178883353048751 Mid Atlantics Report A detailed report on the Mid Atlantics held October 21-22 at Rock Hall Yacht Club, is posted on the 505 NA site at <a href="http://www.usa505.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&amp;file=article&sid=183&amp;mode=nested&order=1&amp;thold=-1" target="_new">Click Here for MA's Report</a> false Ali 2006-10-09T15:31:00-07:00 2006-11-07T14:39:39Z 2006-10-09T22:33:32Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18126626.post-116043321250948876 Plane Insane Regatta Report and Results The [very detailed, believe me] regatta report is on the US web site at <a href="http://www.usa505.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=173&mode=nested&order=1&thold=-1" target="_new">Plane Insane Regatta Report</a><br /><br />The results are at: <a href="http://www.severnsailing.org/results/2006/108505.shtml" target="_new">SSA Website</a> false Ali 2006-09-11T09:16:00-07:00 2006-10-06T00:27:31Z 2006-09-11T16:20:07Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18126626.post-115799160790645020 October 7-8, Plane Insane Regatta Scratchlist Please forward this to your local fleet!<br /><br />Dear all,<br /><br />Fall is the BEST time of year to race 505s on the Chesapeake Bay. 505 Fleet 40 at SSA hosts a major event in October each year. Next year -- in 2007 -- we are hosting the 505 North American Championship from October 15-19. This year we are hosting our "Plane Insane" event October 7-8. Last year we hosted the East Coast Championships -- http://www.int505.org/fleet19/events/200510ECC/ -- with 33 505s racing, the largest ECC turnout in years!<br /><br />Warm water, excellent chances of good breeze (ask anyone who raced our fall events in 2005, 2004, 2003, etc.), excellent race committee work, billeting available. Fleet captain Sterg Papadakis will be sending out the official NOR shortly. <br /><br />But put this weekend on your calendar and come to SSA to see what great fall racing on the Chesapeake is like, and to scope out the venue for the 2007 North American Championships.<br /><br />Don't have someone to sail with? Let me know, I will match people up.<br /><br />Don't have a 505? Let me know, we have a fleet loaner boat, I have a second boat, and we will try to match up interested sailors with boats.<br /><br /><b>Scratchlist</b><br />Frank Kortbeek/Jeff Samelot/Alexander Meller 8776<br />Bob Patterson/Alan Salisch 7068<br />Keith Davids/John Torgerson 8851 (one day, probably Sunday, only)<br />Nicholas Place/J Bergquist 88??<br />Chris Gildea/Mike Renda 7776<br />Dustin Romey/???? 8629<br />Brendan Connell/may need crew 7605<br />Doug Watson/Chris Watson 8850<br />Dave Burchfiel/Anthony Johnston 8351<br />Jeff Janos/someone 7200 or 7080<br /><br /><br /><b>Cannot make it:</b><br />Jesse Falsone (unless Thistles are blown out, in which case is wants to sail 505s. BTW, this is looking increasingly likely! Check the forecast!)<br />Tom Sitzmann, working boatshow<br />Harry Scott - weekend at the cottage<br />Evan Aras - checking out colleges<br />Sterg Papadakis - broken hand (there must be a story here)<br />Dave Stetson<br />Rene de la Rie<br />Erica Seamon (doing Applecore Nationals)<br />Drew Buttner (doing Region I Championship)<br />Macy Nelson (anniversary)<br />Nick Nelson (school)<br />Amie Boothe (working Boatshow)<br />Jim Cockerill (leadmine delivery)<br />Chris Legg (Lasering) <br />Erica Giraldi (studying)<br /> <br /><br /><b>Interested skippers or crews:</b><br />Jon Wasserman<br />Howie Baetjer<br />Jeff Janos<br /><br />more<br /><br /><br />Boats Available:<br />7080 or 7200<br /><br /><font color=red>FORECAST!</font><br /><br /><br />NWS Forecast<br />FZUS51 KLWX 051934<br />CWFLWX<br /><br />COASTAL WATERS FORECAST<br />NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC<br />334 PM EDT THU OCT 5 2006<br /><br />TIDAL POTOMAC RIVER AND MARYLAND PORTION OF CHESAPEAKE BAY.<br /><br />FORECASTS OF WAVE HEIGHTS DO NOT INCLUDE EFFECTS OF WIND DIRECTION<br />RELATIVE TO TIDAL CURRENTS. EXPECT HIGHER WAVES WHEN WINDS ARE<br />BLOWING AGAINST THE TIDAL FLOW.<br /><br />ANZ500-060745-<br />334 PM EDT THU OCT 5 2006<br /><br />SYNOPSIS FOR THE TIDAL POTOMAC AND MD PORTION OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY<br /><br />LOW PRES WILL DEVELOP SOUTH OF THE AREA TONIGHT AND THEN MOVE<br />SLOWLY OUT TO SEA TOMORROW THROUGH SUNDAY. HIGH PRES WILL BUILD<br />OVERHEAD SUN NIGHT<br /><br />ANZ530>532-060745-<br />/O.EXT.KLWX.SC.Y.0116.061006T1000Z-061008T0600Z/<br />CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM SANDY POINT TO NORTH BEACH-<br />334 PM EDT THU OCT 5 2006<br /><br />...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH<br />LATE SATURDAY NIGHT...<br /><br />SAT<br />NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 KT. WAVES 2 FT.<br />SHOWERS LIKELY.<br /><br />SAT NIGHT<br />NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. WAVES 2 FT.<br /><br />SUN<br />N WINDS 10 KT...BECOMING E IN THE AFTERNOON. WAVES 1 FT. false Ali 2006-09-06T17:47:00-07:00 2006-09-21T18:41:40Z 2006-09-07T00:48:52Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18126626.post-115759013225494277 SSA Fall Series
SSA Fall Series

Overall Results: http://www.severnsailing.org/results/2006/917505.shtml#505

This year the 505 SSA Fall Series was two consecutive Saturdays. One day on each of two weekends was thought to be easier for people to sail than two days on the same weekend. Overall, this worked, as we had 9 505 teams (8 from SSA) over the two weekends, with five boats racing the 9th, and six racing the 16th, giving us the total of nine teams over the two days.

Sterg Papadakis/Mike Renda went 2,1 to win the first Saturday, but missed the second Saturday as they went to New England for the New England Championship. Keith Davids/John Torgeson went 1,1,2 to win the second day, but could not make the first day. Chris Legg/Howie Baetjer raced both Saturdays with solid positions to take second overall, while the combined team of Mike Coe/Ali Meller (on the 9th) and high school rockstar Harry Scott/Ali Meller (on the 16th) went 3,1 and OCS, 2,1 over the two days to take the SSA Fall Series. Despite sailing only one of the two days, Keith Davids/John Torgeson finished 3rd overall. Other notables included Rob Almeida crewing for Brendan Connell and newcomer Anthony Johnston crewing for rookie (as a driver) Jesse Falsone.

Saturday 16th Report
They key issue was, how breezy is it? Harry and I were raked big time and spilling so it felt windy (upwind) to us, but when we turned the corner and hoisted the kite, it did not feel quite like wire running conditions in the first race. And no one tried it, so it was probably under 12 knots. Keith/John controlled the pin and led of the line, rookie driver Jesse Falsone, with newcomer Anthony Johnston were looking strong, but worked the right and faded. A number of teams were close up the first beat, but bad tacks, capsizes and shifts took their toll. At the first weather mark it was Keith/John, Harry/Ali and Jesse/Anthony. Chris/Howie continued to threaten Jesse/Anthony, while Keith/John and Harry/Ali fought a private two boat duel at the front, though Keith/John were always in control.

It was reasonably close at the finish, but it turned out that Harry/Ali were OCS, moving Jesse/Anthony up to the second.

The breeze was a little softer for race two, though still raked, overpowered and flat out wiring for Harry/Ali. Keith/John controlled the start again. The fleet was bunched again, but Jesse/Anthony fell back when Anthony missed the trapeze hook up and went for a swim, while Jesse sailed back to pick him up. It was close for awhile, but once again at the finish line it was Keith/John, then Harry/Ali and Jesse/Anthony.

Race three started in similar fashion. Jesse/Anthony tacked to the right early and were looking strong angle wise, maybe not pressure wise. Keith/John were controlling on the left, with Harry/Ali following. Both teams tacked short of the layline, and waited to see if Jesse/Anthony would make the right work. They came back in less pressure and despite the great angle could not get across. When the three lead teams converged, Keith/John went left with Jesse/Anthony, while Harry/Ali worked further right and found some pressure or angle to put themselves slightly in front. Jesse/Anthony and then Keith/John crossed close behind on port and went all the way to the layline, while Harry/Ali, just short of the layline and feeling good kept going on starboard. A little puff later and they had a nice little lead at the weather mark. They gybe set, while Keith/John and Jesse/Anthony went for bear aways and then gybed. The three lead teams closed up on the run, and Keith/John were able to sail up and through Harry/Ali to lead narrowly at the leeward mark, with Harry/Ali inside Jesse/Anthony… All three teams ended up on starboard very shortly after rounding, with Jesse/Anthony the first squeezed out and forced right. Harry/Ali did not have the height Keith/John did, but were able to punch forward even as Keith/John gained height on them. But he (or they) who laugh last, laugh loudest, and Harry sailed Harry/Ali into the left corner into a knock that put them over the layline but ahead of Keith/John. This shift put Jesse/Anthony a little further behind. Working their way through a nearly-parked Daysailer, the two leading teams close reached into the windward mark, rounding overlapped, with Keith/John able to pin Harry/Ali and prevent them gybe setting, while Keith/John rolled through the bear away into a gybe, closely followed by Jesse/Anthony. Harry/Ali eventually gybed and thought they were able to sail lower than the other two teams, but when Keith/John gybed back to converged, they were very slightly ahead. Ali was wondering if they could cross behind Keith/John and get inside at the leeward mark, but Harry assessed the situation better and called for a gybe on Keith/John’s air… the gybe stuck and despite Keith/John luffing a little, Harry/Ali rolled over the top and broke the overlap just outside two boatlengths. The two teams rounded nose to tail with one of the RC boats signaling a course change. Harry/Ali’s rushed douse resulted in the sheet and guy going under the bow. Keith/John rounded and tacked, while Harry/Ali rolled into a tack to cover. Ali was desperate to get the sheet and guy out from under the bow (the sound of the lines dragging through the water was driving him crazy) but before jumping off the wire to fix this, he noticed that Harry/Ali were going faster and if they hung tough, they could roll over the top of Keith/John, which they did. Keith/John tacked to clear, with Harry/Ali going right on them. Keith/John tacked back, but Harry/Ali had figured out where the new windward mark was and realized they were just short of the layline, so kept going. Keith/John went 20 boatlengths and tacked and the two teams drag raced to the line on port. It was close, with each lift favoring Keith/John and each knock favoring Harry/Ali. Ali was all for tacking over to cover in a knock, but Harry was cool and kept going. Harry/Ali came in below the port layline for the finish, calmly concluded the RC boat end was favored, and tacked just short of the RC boat to cross, while Keith/John reached into the pin. Jesse/Anthony were 3rd. The race went to Harry/Ali, but the day went to Keith/John.


Scratchlist

Harry Scott/Alexander Meller 8776
Martin Hermida/Bob Patterson 7068
Chris Legg/Howie Baetjer 7150
Keith Davids/John Torgerson 8851
Jesse Falsone/Anthony Johnson 8629
Brendan Connell/Rob Almeida 7606

your name here/a crew 7080
J.R. Maxwell/Evan Aras?? 7200??

Boats available: 7200

Interested People: Paul Murphy, Evan Aras, J.R. Maxwell

Cannot make it: Sterg Papadakis/Mike Renda, J Bergquist, Chris Gildea, Tom Sitzmann, Andy Cole, Dustin Romey
 false Ali 2006-09-06T17:35:00-07:00 2006-09-11T00:44:13Z 2006-09-07T00:46:40Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18126626.post-115759000001299705 Saturday September 9th SSA Fall Series #1 <b>Report</b><br><br />Four and a half 505 teams showed up at SSA for the first of two fall series days, this past Saturday. J Bergquist raced single handed (showing impressive speed upwind in race 1), so five teams raced.<br /> <br />Sterg Papadakis/Mike Renda won the day with a 1,2. Tom Sitzmann teamed up with Dustin Romey in Bob Patterson's boat and finished 2,3. Mike Coe drove Ali Meller's Rondar with Ali in the front, and went 3,1. Chris Legg/Howie Baetjer were late for the start of the first race, which put them in the back (they were setting up the rig and were too far upwind when the signals started). <br /> <br />While we probably never saw 8 knots, conditions were better than we expected (which was 0-5 knots). J was trapezing in the second race, and Ali got out on the wire (high) in the puffs.<br /><br /><b>Scratchlist</b><br><br />The first day of 505 Fall Series is September 9th. The second day is September 16th. Who plans to race? Who is interested in crewing or driving? Looks like we have boats, driving positions and crewing positions open. Please let me know if you plan to race either day, cannot make either day, need a crew or driver, or are interested in racing 505s. <br /> <br />Thanks,<br /> <br />Ali<br /> <br />September 9th:<br />Alexander Meller/Mike Coe 8776<br />J Bergquist/&crew or driver needed 6987<br />Chris Legg/Howie Baetjer 7150<br />Sterg Papadakis/Mike Renda 7199<br />Tom Sitzmann/Dustin Romey 7068<br /> <br />Cannot sail the 9th:<br />Bob Patterson, <br />Keith Davids<br />Paul Murphy<br />Mike Renda<br />Nicholas Place<br />Amie Boothe<br />Evan Aras<br /> <br />Macy? Brendan? Barney? Doug/Chris Watson? Rick Cassell? John Hauser?<br /> <br />Available boats: 7200, maybe 7080<br /><br />Interested people: Harry Scott false Ali 2006-09-02T09:48:00-07:00 2006-09-02T16:49:56Z 2006-09-02T16:49:54Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18126626.post-115721579436744838 Thursday Evening Practice: Awesome 505 Conditions
Our scheduled Thursday afternoon/evening practice session had breeze for a change!

Richard Born drove J's boat with J on the wire, while Amie Boothe drove Ali's Rondar with Ali on the wire.
Thomas Pt. reports 16-19 knots while we were out! Thursday's is J Boat race night. Amie and went by their racing area twice wire running. The second after they had finished and were just starting their sail in. One team we blasted by was cheering us on.

6987 was raked to 3' 7". 8776 was also raked a lot, rammed down most of the way, with the CB (HA3-540) only very slightly raised from vertical. 8776 used the flattening reef, I don't thnk 6987 did.

We could have had more boats! Mike Coe was there hoping to sail (Amie and I had teamed up earlier when I had not heard from Mike), but we could not get him anyone to sail with.

What a fun evening of sailing! No capsizes, maybe one near miss. J's spinnaker halyard pulled a piece of diagonal bulkhead out, so they had to sail in under jib and main only.

You should have been there....

Ali
 false Ali 2006-08-23T07:13:00-07:00 2006-08-23T14:14:23Z 2006-08-23T14:14:23Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18126626.post-115634246372823672 Fall Schedule (Region I and Region II)
Sep 9 Fall Series at SSA
Sep 16 Fall Series at SSA

Sep 16-17 Region One Championship @ Saunderstown, RI

Seo 23-24 Carl Miller Regatta @ West River, MD

Oct 07-08 High Performance One Design @ Rye, NY
Oct 07-08 SSA Plane Insane @ Annapolis, MD

Oct 21-22 Region Two Championship @ Rock Hall, MD

Nov 11-12 Hampton Fall Fling @ Hampton, VA
 false Ali 2006-08-18T17:23:00-07:00 2006-08-19T00:25:16Z 2006-08-19T00:25:16Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18126626.post-115594711673797548 SSA/Fleet 40 To Host 505 North American Championship!
I received a text message from J Bergquist who is at the 505 class AGM at St. Francis YC in San Francisco.

"We got the regatta"

Apparently our bid for the 2007 505 North American Championship, to be held October 15-19, has been accepted!

We're going to have a GREAT event!

So if you have been thinking about getting into 505s, how would be a GREAT time to get in, so you have a year's experience in the class before the NAs.

Ali
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