Annapolis InterClub Fleet

1999-2000 InterClub Results - Series 2, Day 7
March 26, 2000

Anticipation? Wayne Gretzky, possibly the best hockey player ever to play the game has a great quote: " I always try to anticipate where the puck is going to be and then skate there." Sunday sailing found this quote to be very appropriate. It was very easy to get caught off guard with the big blasts that were coming down. On numerous occasions many people stuggled to get to the heavely favored pin with not much time in the sequence. Anticipating this ahead of time could have helped.

The courses were very short, so you could not afford to give anything up at the start. In our worst race,we started in the 2nd row and it was a one tack beat. We should have anticipated the major lefty that came down, as the Lasers had the exact same start before us. You could not wait for the breeze to come to you, you had to get to it!

Down wind puffs were coming down from both sides. The key was to figure out which puffs were moving the quickest and if there was any shift to it and then try to position yourself accordingly.

Perhaps the most memorable moment came on the last run of the last race. We rounded the weather mark 4th ( by not digging into the left hard enough). The first 3 boats kept going straight on the same jibe. We jibed to the inside and worked a small puff down the run. While on port jibe we managed to establish an overlap as the other boats jibed off of starboard onto port and we all started to converge. While at first glance we were quite happy to stay on port, be inside boat and go around the mark, that was not a wise plan. A major puff came down from the left with just a few boat lenghts to go to the mark. It was not only a big blast, but a good 20 degree shift as well! Right before the puff hit, we anticpated the shift (we finally got one right) and jibed to starboard just in time. Once the puff hit we had right of way (inside and starboard tack. The outside boats were on port tack in a major puff and could not jibe for fear of capsize, they were pinned and the carnage ensued.

Whenever possible, always try to think a couple of moves ahead. By anticipating a possible scenario before it happens, you may be able to give yourself some options you otherwise would not have had.

See you all next week.

Henry

Total # boats 12
Total # races 6
Daily Points 78
Weather: NW 10-20 / sun / 65
Skipper boat # #1 #1_pts #2 #2_pts #3 #3_pts #4 #4_pts #5 #5_pts #6 #6_pts tot win %
Henry Filter/ Nancy Gilreath 705 2 12 1 13 6 8 1 13 2 12 1 13 71 0.910
Jesse Falsone/ Lesley Fymier 802 1 13 2 12 2 12 2 12 3 11 6 8 68 0.872
602A 11 3 4 10 1 13 3 11 5 9 2 12 58 0.744
Alex Pline/ Lisa Pline 675 7 7 3 11 5 9 8 6 1 13 3 11 57 0.731
Macy Nelson/ Cecily Natunewicz 697 3 11 8 6 3 11 5 9 4 10 5 9 56 0.718
Eric Reinke/ Kim Couranz 491 6 8 5 9 4 10 4 10 9 5 AVG 8.4 50.4 0.646
Ross Dierdorff 270 5 9 6 8 8 6 6 8 8 6 4 10 47 0.603
Allan Carscaddon/ JoAnn Jones 422 4 10 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 8 AVG 7.8 46.8 0.600
Jon Guth/ Kimberly Brickell 911 12 2 9 5 9 5 9 5 7 7 DNF 1 25 0.321
Jervis Dorton/ Carl DeMatteo 33 8 6 12 2 12 2 11 3 11 3 7 7 23 0.295
Ian Mutnick/ Karen Furst 694 10 4 11 3 11 3 12 2 10 4 8 6 22 0.282
Jonathan Lange/ Laine Morisette 621 9 5 10 4 10 4 10 4 DNF 1 DNC 1 19 0.244
R&C Simons 804 CB

Series Total Scores

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