Today was another good day of sailing and Frostbiting at GRSA, even if the temps weren't very frosty...but hey, we're certainly not complaining!  We had a great turn-out, with a total of 7 Flying Scots in the fleet.  The winds behaved in their typical up, down, and all around fashion.  Special thanks to our awesome guest race committee volunteers, Debbie C. and Mosbey W. of FBYC, who managed to squeeze out 3 windward/leeward races before the rain started.

Lastly, a quick reminder to check out the GRSA race schedule and sign up to help out with race committee using our new RC Volunteer sign-up sheet.

Results

Skipper/Crew	Hull#	Home Club	Place/Scores
Tracy Schwartzchild/ Andrew Spencer	5790	FBYC	1st (2+2+1)
Chris Snyder/ Matthew Snyder	338	GRSA	2nd (3+4+3)
John Wake/ Carrie Russel	5341	FBYC	3rd (1+RAR8+2)
Kate Gomes/ Vince Gomes	3875	GRSA	4th (4+1+7)
Chris Cookson/ Pete Cookson	4104	GRSA	5th (5+3+5)
Ben Ward/ Peter Patnaude	4971	GRSA	6th (7+6+4)
Tom Gallagher/ Jim McMillian	5055	GRSA	7th (6+5+6)

Photos by: Bruce Kozlowski

As a reminder, Race 5 of the 2016 Frostbite Series will be on March 6th.  Come out and play!

Fair Winds,

Ben Ward - RC Chair

After two consecutive cancellations due to weather, racers finally got an opportunity for some frostbiting action this past Sunday Feb 7th.  The wind cooperated and we had a good turnout with 7 Flying Scots and 1 Trimaran.  Overall race results are posted below, along with a few pictures, courtesy of Bruce Kozlowski and Mike Hogeland.  As always, many thanks to our race committee volunteers and Chesterfield County first responders for braving the chilly weather!

Flying Scot Fleet

Skipper/Crew	Hull#	Home Club	Place
Rob Whittemore/ John Wake	5341	FBYC	1
Chris Snyder/ Mathew Snyder	338	GRSA	2
Kate Gomes/ Vince Gomes	3875	GRSA	3
Chris Cookson/ Pete Cookson	4104	GRSA	4
Tom Gallagher/ Jim McMillan	5055	GRSA	5
Tracy Schwartzchild/ Spencer	5790	FBYC	6
John Reilly/ David Reilly	3867	GRSA	7

As a reminder, the next scheduled race of the 2016 Frostbite Series will be on Feb 21st.  Come out and play!

Fair Winds,

Ben Ward - RC Chair

Flying Scot:

Sail Number:	Sailors:	Race 1:	Race 2:	Race 3:	Race 4:	Overall Place:
4104	Chris Cookson / Pete Cookson	1	1	2	1	1
33	Ben Ward / Eric	3	1	2	2	2
4296	Mill Jones / Mike Warren	3	1	2	2	3
2565	John Pew / Lennart Stromberg	4	4	4	4	4

Thistle:

Sail Number:	Sailors:	Race 1:	Race 2:	Race 3:	Race 4:	Overall Place:
1676	Rob Perera / Sarah Clark	1	1	2	2	1
1705	Kevin Shulz / Richard Shulz	2	2	1	1	2
3187	Sam Bedinger / Max Bedinger	3	3	3	3	3

Laser:

Sail Number:	Sailors:	Race 1:	Race 2:	Race 3:	Race 4:	Overall Place:
175107	Carlos Rudge	1	1	1	1	1
	Pete Patnaude		2	2	3	2
9572	Brent Barcomb		3	3	3	3

Flying Scot:

Sail Number:	Sailors:	Race 1:	Race 2:	Race 3:	Overall Place:
4104	Chris Cookson / Pete Cookson	1	3	1	1
5846	Mills Jones / Karen Reily - Jones	3	1	2	2
5055	Tom Gallagher / Jim M.	2	4	3	3
5600	Bruce Koch / Pete K. / Kaitlin	4	2	4	4

Thistle:

Sail Number:	Sailors:	Race 1:	Race 2:	Race 3:	Overall Place:
3187	Bill Kitchens / Erin Kitchens / Doug H.	2	2	1	1
1705	Kevin Shulz / Richard Shulz	1	3	2	2
2121	Sam Bedinger / Max Bedinger	4	1	4	3
13187	Gram Simmons	3	4	3	4

Handicap:

Sail Number:	Sailors:	Race 1:	Race 2:	Race 3:	Overall Place:
13156	Bob Damon	2	1	1	1
3101	Dick Pittman / Dave B.	1	2	2	2
68	Mike Kasko / C. Kasko / J. Edwards	3	3	3	3

Laser:

Sail Number:	Sailors:	Race 1:	Race 2:	Race 3:	Overall Place:
175107	Carlos	1	1	2	1
109572	Alex	2	DQ	1	2
118582	Brent	4	2	3	3
	Peter	3	2	DNF	4

Thistles:

Skipper	Crew	Boat Number	Place
Rob Perey	Sarah Clark	1696	1
Bill Kitchens	Ryan Flanagan	3187	2
Kevin Schulz	Rick Schulz	1705	3
Matthew Garman	Linda Cronin	3719	4

Flying Scots:

Skipper	Crew	Boat Number	Place
Chris Snyder	Matthew Snyder	4391	1
Chris Cookson	Pete Cookson	4104	2
Tom Gallagher	David Bagenstose	5055	3
John Reilly	Kurt Steinbock	3867	4
David Upton	Thomas Barnes	4391	5

Day Sailers:

Skipper	Crew	Boat Number	Place
Gary Ogden	Jenna Ogden	2551	1

Check Out Pictures from the Invitational Here!

Congrats to our winners, and we'll see you at the next race!

Competitor	Boat Number	Home Club	Total Points	Place
John Wake Sharon Wake	5341	FBYC	7	1
Len Guenther Barb Guenther	6033	FBYC	10	2
Charlie Buckner Dave Oller	5971	Carolina Sailing Club	18	3
Tracy Schwartzchild Mike Stephens	5790	FBYC	34	4
Chris Cookson Pete Cookson	4104	GRSA	38	5
Colin Fradd Jill Reilly	3875	BSC	39	6
David Upton Marge Upton	4391	GRSA	46	7
Bruce Koch Kaitlin Koch	5600	GRSA	51	8
Tom Gallagher Hobart Harvey	4704	GRSA	51	9
Kate Gomes Bret Winters	3990	GRSA	52	10
Gary Ogden Bob Penterson	5909	GRSA	53	11
Gene Kendall Craig Singleton	5120	Fleet 42, Selby Bay	53	12
John Reilly Kurt Steinbock	3867	GRSA	56	13
Ben Ward Diane Andrews	4971	GRSA	71	14

Download the full results here.

2015 GRSA Around the Island Results:

We had great weather for our 2015 Around The Island Race with a total of 12 boats competing.  This was a handicap race and one of the closest in recent memories, with all boats finishing within about 5 minutes of each other, after more than three and a half hours of racing!  

Congrats to our winners, and we'll see you at the next race!

Skipper	Crew	Boat Type	Boat Number	Place
Lennart Stromberg	Ewan Sturrock	Point Jude	N/A	1
Mills Jones	Karen Jones	Flying Scot	5846	2
Pete Cookson	Lexi Cookson	Flying Scot	4104	3
Garland Hanson	Leslie Hanson	Flying Scot	5661	4
Bruce Koch	Kaitlan Koch	Flying Scot	5600	5
Colin Fradd	Ben Ward	Flying Scot	3875	6
Carlos Encarnacao	Carolin Encarnaco	Flying Scot	1706	7
Dave Upton	Maryie Upton	Flying Scot	4391	8
John Reilly	Kurt Steinbock	Flying Scot	3867	9
Robert Cook	Carol Cook	Flying Scot	4515	10
Sam Bedneser	Mark Bedneser	Thistle	1705 Black	11
Kevin Schulz	Kyle Itolloyan	Thistle	1705 White	12

The Frostbite Series is a series of 6 scheduled regattas (2 were cancelled this year due to weather.  Races were held from January through March, and the final cumulative results are below.  Congrats to our overall winning team of Wake and Wittemore!

Place	Skipper/Crew	Overall Points
1	Wake/Wittemore	19
2	Cookson/Ward	35
3	Gallagher/McMillon	38
4	Koch/Koch	55
5	Nelson/Nelson	57
6	Schwarzschild/	61
7	Steinbock/Reilly	63
8	Patnaude/Barcomb	67
9	Upton/Walteman	78

Click here for full race results from the Frostbite Series.

July 4th 2013

SKIPPER / CREW	SAIL #	RACE 1	RACE 2	RACE 3	TOTAL	FINISH
FLYING SCOT
D Upton, M Upton	4391	1	5	2	8	1
J Sisco, M Murrelle	4654	5	3	1	9	2
C Cookson, PCookson	4104	2	2	5	9	3
T Gallagher, P Patnaud	4704	6	4	4	14	4
B Koch, C Fradd	5600	4	7	3	14	5
L Stromberg, B Barcomb	4296	8	1	6	15	6
J Racette, L Pierce	4000	3	9	7	19	7
H Swenson, M Butts	4403	7	6	8	21	8
J Bobbio, D Bobbio	3820	9	8	9	26	9
M Hogeland, K Pyers	4706	10	10	10	30	10
THISTLE
B Kitchens, N Kitchens, E Kitchens	3187	2	3	1	6	1
R Perera, L Crochett	1696	3	1	2	6	2
K Schultz, R Schultz	1705	1	4	4	9	3
J Suddreth, L Garman	279	4	2	3	9	4
J Gilmour, B Wilkinson	3141	5	5	5	15	5
C Rudge, G Filiponne	2711	6	6	6	18	6

Commodore’s Cup 2013

Note: The results for the 2013 Commodore’s Cup are temporarily AWOL – if you have them, please return them to the Race Committee.

Invitational 2013

SKIPPER / CREW	SAIL #	YACHT CLUB	RACE 1	RACE 2	RACE 3	RACE 4	FINAL	FINISH
DAY SAILER
B Blake / R Moe	2028	NA	1	1	1	1	4	1
D Pitman / D Berg	3101	GRSA	2	3	3	3	11	3
B Damon / L Damon	13156	GRSA	3	2	2	2	9	2
FLYING SCOT
R Whittemore / K Clark	5566	Fishing Bay YC	2	1	3	5	11	1
L Guenther / B Guenther	5055	Fishing Bay YC	1	2	2	7	12	2
D Gillingham / B Gillingham	4947	Sellby Bay	6	3	5	2	16	3
J Lee / B Ruark	5276	Lake of the Woods	11	4	4	6	25	4
J Wake / S Walke	5341	Fishing Bay YC	3	20	1	3	27	5
C Cookson / P Cookson	4104	GRSA	4	8	11	9	32	6
U Buchholz / H Needham	4288	Selby Bay	12	6	6	11	35	7
R Schermerhorn / P Schermerhorn	5507	Selby Bay/WRSC	8	11	16	1	36	8
T Gallagher / PJ Gallagher	4704	GRSA	14	5	10	10	39	9
S Lowe / B Callaghan	4421	Selby Bay	16	7	9	8	40	10
B Koch / K Koch	5600	GRSA	17	14	12	4	47	11
P Webb / J Lytle	3320	Fishing Bay YC	9	20	7	12	48	12
R Mast / L Williams	5160	GRSA	16	10	8	17	51	13
G Kendall / H Christensen	3354	Selby Bay	5	20	13	14	52	14
M Jones / R Cook	2450	GRSA	13	9	15	18	55	15
J Reilly / B Reilly	3867	GRSA	10	14	17	16	57	16
J Bobbio / L Bobbio	3820	GRSA	15	13	19	13	60	17
K Steinbock / B Barcomb	3879	GRSA	19	12	14	20	65	18
D Bagenstose / B McClintock	4907	GRSA	18	19	18	15	70	19

Memorial Day 2013

SKIPPER / CREW	SAIL #	RACE 1	RACE 2	RACE 3	TOTAL	FINISH
FLYING SCOT
C Cookson / P Cookson	4104	1	1	1	3	1
C Snyder / M Snyder	338	6	2	3	11	2
L Stomberg/B Barcomb	4296	4	11	2	17	3
D Upton/C Wahrman	4391	3	5	9	17	4
T Gallagher /K Steinbach	4704	2	3	13	18	5
R Sada/P Das	2121	5	6	7	18	6
P Holberg/G Hollberg	4868	7	7	5	19	7
John Riley/ Jill Reiley	3867	8	8	4	20	8
M Jones/ K Jones	2450	9	4	11	24	9
H Swenson/M Butts	4403	10	10	6	26	10
J Bobbio/ L Bobbio	3820	11	9	10	30	11
D Shepard/ T Barnes	3990	12	12	8	33	12
THISTLE
R Peerera/ L Crockett	1696	2	1	1	4	1
K Schulz/ R Schulz	1705	1	3	2	6	2
M Garmen/ L Garmen	3719	3	4	4	11	3
C Rudge/ M Chaeca	2711	5	2	7	14	4
Kathleen/ Lenn/M Kasco	279	4	5	5	14	5
I Chaeca/T Hutchens/J Suddreth	3983	6	5	5	16	6
B Wilkinson/?	3187	7	6	6	19	7