Severn Sailing Association

George Shapiro Memorial No Gas Invitational
17 boats sailed at SSA last weekend for what turned out to be 2 excellent days on the water, despite a sketchy forecast. Sat started light but built to a gusty 10-15 out of the NW, and Sunday also saw a gradual build to 15+ of the SE. 7 races were completed in all, with our local North Rep Allan Terhune winning 5 of them to easily coast to victory for the second year in a row. Crewing for Allan were his wife Katie and Kimberly Brickell.

More on our fleet blog, and full results here.

Doc Gilbert Potomac Cup held last weekend, May 2-3
25 boats sailed over at Leesylvania St. Park at this annual memorial regatta to Doc Gilbert, a long time Fleet 50 member. Allan Terhune won all 5 races, and Jon Guth was second on the tiebreaker with Dick Hallagan from upsate NY. Steve Constants was fourth, and Jason Werner finished fifth. Great, breezy sailing both days, with sunday getting lighter for the last race. Other fleet 329 members that participated were Jason/Heather Werner in 5th, Gary Hurban, Jonathan Lange/Alister Thomson, and Joan Hurban.
Results

Spring Series sailed April 12-13...
Six boats came out between the two days including our newest fleet member, Alister Thomson and his daughters.

Regatta wrap-up on our fleet blog.

Fleet Meeting held March 4
Steve Constants, who has agreed to serve as Fleet Captain for another season, hosted our spring fleet meeting at his house.

In attendance were Jamie Brickell, Joe Friebele, Mark Whitson, and Jon Guth.

We reviewed the schedule, assigned regatta chairs, and discussed basic structure and requirements for each of the Invitationals. More information to follow as each Regatta approaches.

We also discussed recent fleet additions (Joan and Gary Hurban!), crew development/involvement, a summer fleet party, a new blog for better communication, and the possibility of some coaching sessions.

More detailed minutes were circulated to all fleet skippers via email.

'07 Frigid Digit draws 40 boats again!
The 56th annual Lightning Frigid Digit once again had great participation, both from within the Dixie District as well as from boats as far away as Wisconsin and Toronto. Our own Fleet 329 had 13 boats competing, a very strong turnout.

Larry Macdonald (Toronto, CA) with 15 year old daughter Joy and 13 year old son Adam won the regatta with some very consistent sailing by one point over our own fleet's Al Terhune (Annapolis, MD) with wife Katie and John Townsend down from Philadelphia. David Starck (Buffalo, NY), sailing with Cory Sertl and Brian Taboada were third, one-point back from Allan. The regatta came down to the last race, last beat to the finish, with Starck winning the race, Terhune finishing 7th, and Macdonald 8th, barely good enough to hold on for the regatta win. Both Al and David have won this event several times.

Other Fleet 329 top- ten finishes included Jon Guth in 7th, Steve Constants in 9th, and Neal Fowler/Todd Johnson in 10th.

Thanks again to Joe Friebele, Regatta Chair who really has this regatta down now, to everyone in the Fleet who helped Joe, and to Mark Hasslinger, PRO, and his race committee who did a stellar job in very shifty conditions.

Final Results

The 2007 NAs's, hosted by SSA, EYC, and Fleet 329 was a tremendous success!
Thank you to everyone in the Fleet who helped make this one of the best NAs in recent class memory. And thank you to all SSA members who moved their boats to make space for this regatta.

Final Results

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