Pumpkin Regatta October 28, 2017

Race Committee Ross Stearns and Mark Mabry.

Big thanks to Ross for helping out!

We had a beautiful day of sailing, quite possibly the best of 2017. Sorry folks missed out. We had two fleets, Thistles and a Portsmouth handicap fleet with two Lasers and two Flying Scots.

Thistles

• 1st Place Thistle 1696 Rob Perera, Brandon
• 2nd Place Thistle 3187 Bill Kitchens, Nancy Kitchens
• 3rd Place Thistle 1705 Kevin Schulz, Rick Schulz

Portsmouth Handicap

• 1st Place FS 3875 Kate Gomes, Vince Gomes
• 2nd Place FS 4101 Chris Cookson, Pete Cookson
• 3rd Place Laser 5150 Carlos Rudge

Columbus Day Regatta October 7, 2017

Race Committee Heather Swenson and Mark Mabry.

Big thanks to Heather for helping out!

We launched one fleet of boats, Flying Scots (4)

• 1st Place FS 4101 Chris Cookson, Pete Cookson
• 2nd Place FS 5846 Mils Jones, Mark Olszowy
• 3rd Place FS 3875 Kate Gomes, Vince Gomes

Race Committee: Skip Herold (Brandermill SC), Ross Stearns (GRSA), Mark Mabry (GRSA)

11 boats participated in this team race, 8 Brandermill Sailing Club boats and 3 GRSA boats.

• 1st Place Flying Scot 5055, Tom Gallagher and Ben Ward (GRSA)
• 2nd Place Laser Radial 169538, Ilan Chueca (BSC)
• 3rd Place Thistle 3187 Bill Kitchens and Robert Behny (GRSA)
• Swift Creek Cup trophy held by GRSA this year, Flying Scot 5055, Tom Gallagher and Ben Ward

Swift Creek Cup 2018 will be hosted by Brandermill Sailing Club

GRSA Race Committee

Race Committee: Gabbie and Pete Holberg

We launched three fleets: Flying Scots (5 boats), Thistles (3 boats), and Lasers (4 boats) and held three races.

Overall Finishes for each fleet are:

Flying Scots

• 1st Place FS 4391 Dave Upton, K. Itunourson
• 2nd Place FS 5055 Tom Gallagher, Mark Olszowy
• 3rd Place FS 5846 Mills Jones, Karen Reilly-Jones

Thistles

• 1st Place Thistle 1696 Rob Perera, Sarah Clark
• 2nd Place Thistle 3187 Bill Kitchens, Johnny Siger, Nancy Kitchens
• 3rd Place Thistle 1705 Kevin Schultz, R. Schultz

Lasers

• 1st Place Laser 169538 Ilan Chueca
• 2nd Place Laser 184457 Peter Patnaude
• 3rd Place Laser 114294 Chris Greatwood

GRSA Race Committee

2017 Commodore’s Cup Regatta Results:

Commodore’s Cup Winners

Skipper:  Kate Gomes
Crew:     Vince Gomes

Flying Scot

PLACE	Skipper/ Crew
1	Kate Gomes/ Vince Gomes
2	Pete Cookson/ Chris Cookson
3	Tom Gallagher/ John Kren
4	Dave Upton/ Keith Henderson
5	Kaitlyn Reilly/ John Reilly
6	John Lew/ Lennart Stromberg/Jeff Sigmon

Race Committee:  Mills Jones, Bill McClintock, & Ross Stearns

Flying Scot Fleet

1^st Place         John Wake, Sharonna Wake (FBYC)
2^nd Place        Len Guenther, Barb Guenther (FBYC)
3^rd Place        Dave Upton, Marjorie Upton
4^th Place        Gene Kendall, John (SBSC)
5^th Place        Tracy Schwarzchild, Andrew Spencer (FBYC)
6^th Place        Pete Patnaude, Carlos Rudge
7^th Place        Pete Cookson, Chris Cookson
8^th Place        Joe Nelson, Gabe Nelson
9^th Place        Mills Jones, Karen Jones
10^th Place      Tom Gallagher, Ben Ward
11^th Place      Kaitlyn Reilly, John Reilly
12^th Place      Steve Young, Molly Lynn Westrate (SBSC)

FBYC = Fishing Bay Yacht Club, SBSC = Selby Bay Sailing Center.  All others are from GRSA

Fleet: Flying Scot 

Skipper / Crew	Boat #	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Total Pts.	Place
Peter Patraude / Carlos	33	3	4	2	4	13	3
Michael Hogeland / Tim	4706	5	5	5	6	21	5
Mills Jones / Bill McClintock	5846	2	2	3	2	9	2
Pete Cookson / Lexi Cookson	4104	1	1	1	1	4	1
Sam Bedinger / Bill	1706	4	3	4	3	14	4

With fair winds building and three fleets on the course, it was a fantastic day of sailing at GRSA, followed by a great meal and a wonderful evening of fine weather, food, and friends.  Below are the final results from the day.  Special thanks to our amazing RC volunteers: Mike Hogeland, Ed Flanagan, and Ryan Flanagan!

Thistle Fleet

Skipper/ Crew	Hull	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Overall
Rob & Brandon Perera	1696	1	1	1	1st
Sam & Mark Bedinger	2121	2	2	2	2nd
Kevin & Rick Schulz	1705	3	3	3	3rd

Scot Fleet

Skipper/ Crew	Hull	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Overall
Kate & Vince Gomes	3875	3	1	2	1st
Chris & Matthew Snyder	338	2	2	5	2nd
Chris & Pete Cookson	4104	1	3	6	3rd
Bruce Koch & Colin Fradd	5600	4	5	1	4th
John & Kaitlyn Reilly	3867	5	4	4	5th
Mills & Karen Jones	5846	7	6	3	6th
Hobart Harvy & Kurt Stienbock	5334	6	7	7	7th
David Bagenstone & Doug Hearicks	4907	8	8	9	8th
John Lew & Lennart Stromberg	2565	9	9	9	9th

Laser Fleet

Skipper	Hull	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Overall
Peter Patnaude	184457	2	1	1	1st
Carlos Rudge	118582	1	2	2	2nd
Ewan Sturrock	152187	3	3	3	3rd
Brent Barcomb	175107	4	DNF	DNF	4th

We invite everyone to join us for the Swift Creek Cup Regatta, Saturday September 17th, hosted by the Brandermill Sailing Club.

Fair Winds,

Ben Ward - Race Committee Chair

Final Results

1. Charles Kraft- 635- 15 pts
2. John Suddreth- 279- 19 pts
3. Rob Perera -1696 -26 pts
4. Scott Buehler - 3687 - 29 pts
5. Chris Annand - 4021 - 36 pts
6. John Howell - 3849 -40 pts
7. Bill Kitchens - 3187- 41 pts
8. John Gilmore - 3141 -42 pts
9. Dave Deptula - 4045 -47 pts
10. Kevin Schults -1705 -50 pts
11. Ed John - 4023 -56 pts
12. Sam Bedinger - 2121 -70 pts

We had an excellent day of racing as two fleets raced each other, and raced to get in as much racing as possible before the weather turned nasty.  We set a short windward/leeward course and got off a few races.  Below are the results.

Flying Scot Fleet

Skipper                    Hull#             Race 1           Race 2          Score         Overall

Chris Cookson        4105                    1                      1                  2                  1st

Garland Hanson    5661                    2                      2                  4                 2nd

Pete Hollberg         4868                   3                       3                  6                3rd

Thistle Fleet

Skipper                    Hull#         Race 1       Race 2     Race 3      Score   Overall

Rob Perera              1696                1                1                 2              4           1st

John Suddreth         279                2               3                  1              6           2nd

Bill Kitchens           3187                3               4                  3              10        3rd

Kevin Schulz           1705                4               2                  4              10        4th