Bullet Blog: Summer Race 4

July 30th, 2010

Our #17 crew were psyched for a prefrontal sea breeze that lived up to the forecast and then some.  Only problem we were missing Carroll and Sharon.  So Dirk Kramers, back from 2 years in chase boats following Alinghi and Dave Moffet and I said “they sail with 3 on an Etchells, we’ll be all good”. The line seemed slightly boat favored to us and with the mark up beyond the bridge we were thinking right side.  Dave recalled a similar situation on an Aloha race where Charlie Shoemaker made out in similar conditions. Going to the left for current relief and lots of tacking wasn’t high on our list.  We also saw more breeze on the right. We started at the boat end and tacked early to port for a long leg toward Jamestown.  We started to get some good blasts, which were headers, and once into solid breeze and about a 15 degree knock we tacked and were close to layline.  We just crossed Jeff Gladchun in 108 and looked good with the boats on the left although we were in more current and the left would have some relief under Rose I.  We had two more tacks to clear the bridge tower and were surprised we were doing well with 108 who had 5 crew.  We did have some light spots where we could pull the trav up and power up easing backstay.  We gained slightly on 108 and rounded a few boat lengths ahead.  We had an uneventful run, just trying to stay in clear air.  A pretty big sustained blast came in as we rounded the leeward mark and we were overpowered getting up to speed. Dirk started to complain that he wished he had done more sailing than chasing in the last few years.  We lost a little on 108 who was right on our tail as we cleaned up the mess in the cockpit.  We tacked a little early for the line and we were starting to feel like “Where are those girls when we need them”….we were overpowered and sailing a little high, whilst on our hip, 108 had the bow down and with a bit more weight on the rail, clearly had better VMG….we held on and tacked twice to make the pin end and just nosed out the guys on 108. It always feels good to win on a windy day!  Where’s the cooler?

Phil Garland

Gosling – 17

Winslow coming soon

July 22nd, 2010

The George Winslow Memorial Regatta is less than two weeks away.  Three
races with spinnakers on Saturday, 31 July, beginning at noon.  BBQ with
awards ceremony after racing at the Navy marina.  The regatta fee is
part of your Fleet 9 racing fees, so you don’t have to worry about it.
Registration and crew waivers can be done electronically at:

https://sites.google.com/site/chnycorg/wednesdays/regattas/winslow

Individuals submitting registration and crew waivers by 29 July will
have their names on the access list for the base on Saturday to attend
the social after racing.  You can register as late as 0900 on race day.
If you have to, print out the crew waiver and give it to the mark boat
on the course.

Hope to see you there.

Ron Oard
Icea #15

summer 2010, after 3 races

July 21st, 2010

Summer 2010
Overall Score: Last Race Date:07/07/10

Sail Skipper Total R 1 R 2 R 3
1 108 Gladchun,Jeff Coffee Grinder 12 6 4 2
2 254 Hirsch,Tom Aeolus 12 3 5 4
3 138 Lotz,Wendy Envy 13 11 1 1
4 76 Sollitto,Paul Abigail 20 7 8 5
5 107 Burnham,John Grace 21 5 13 3
6 217 Hilton,Jamie John Dory 27 1 10 16
7 226 Denton,Peter Ultimate Pressure 31 8 12 11
8 232 Gowell,Jay Fox 32 9 17 6
9 258 Curren,Kip Laura Faye 32 10 15 7
10 224 Clark,Peter Virginia 33 2 9 22
11 166 Faria,Dan Cullin 33 10.0 ARB 10.0 ARB 13
12 222 Doyle,Bill Equus 38 14 7 17
13 17 Derecktor,Tom Gosling 39 29 2 8
14 33 Slee,Jan Maverick 3 40 12 18 10
15 74 Shore,Bill Karaselet 42 17 11 14
16 121 Bush-Brown,David Mahi 42 16 14 12
17 165 Kilroy,David Eagle 45 4 21 20
18 143 Roberts,Kim Folly 49 33 DNF 6 10.0 ARB
19 253 Fauth,Hap Q&A 49 20 20 9
20 181 Johnson,Dirk Helen 55 23 3 29
21 200 Freydberg,Patrick 66 19 28 19
22 59 Stubb,Earle Lisa 68 15 23 30
23 15 Reynolds,Eirk Icea 69 21 24 24
24 36 Edenbach,Kurt Zephyr 70 13 22 35 DNC
25 164 Wilson,Rob Angela 72 18 19 35 DNC
26 245 Shoemaker,Charlie Hawk 73 39 DNE 16 18
27 201 Burton,Andy Raven 73 26 26 21
28 203 Yale,Betsy Chief 78 22 25 31
29 1 Belson,Harold Columbia 79 24 30 25
30 163 Patterson,Bernie Ann 80 25 29 26
31 101 Segal,Andy Rajah 82 27 27 28
32 53 Salk,Rob Llama 86 35 DNC 36 DNC 15
33 14 Spencer,Winston Vindex 88 30 31 27
34 80 Taylor,John Ninkasi 91 35 DNC 33 23
35 29 Anderson,George Silverheels 92 28 32 32

Summer Race #1 – Bullet Blog Entry

July 6th, 2010

Race #1 – Summer Series ( Make Up sailed Weds June 30th)

Report from Shields 217- John Dory

Greetings fellow Shields sailors and Fleet 9 enthusiasts from the John Dory team. Our successes on board the mighty 217 have been limited, few and far between thus far in the 2010 season. This is reflective of the depth of competitors in the fleet and the high level of competition our fleet has come to know. It’s tough to win a race because nobody gives an inch out there. No friends between the Warning gun and the finish line! Except for the second race last Wednesday night when, in our view on John Dory, the entire fleet decided to forego the Pin end of the line which we figured to be 10-15 degrees favored except for Charlie Shoemaker, Craig Auman and the Hawk team on 245 as well as the team on 165. It was an uncomfortable feeling being down near the pin, virtually all alone, with 90% of the fleet packed up near the Committee Boat with less than 15 seconds to the start. But there we were, at the pin, at the gun. Us, Charlie and Craig and 165. We sailed right up to the boundary of the War College stand off bouys, tacked on to port and started feeling really, really smart. We crossed 245 by about ½ boat length and were crossing everybody else easily. It didn’t seem anybody to leeward was going to have any chance to get to us no matter which way the breeze shifted. Any left shift would favor us. Any dramatic right shift, big enough to help the boats to our right,  would have been ok because we’d have been close to laying if we’d tacked back to starboard. In any event, the pressure and angle was better the farther left you got.  In fact 245 got by us when we tacked near the layline onto starboard. They crossed us on port, but once again the pressure was better left so we were happy to switch sides with them and were able to get back in front of them by the top mark. We stayed on starboard gybe after rounding and were able to make slight gains when we got a small veering shift and gybed onto port gybe. 245 made one last strong gain as they got out to the east side of the course near the bottom of the leg. We’d gybed back on to starboard and were converging with 245 about 4-5 boat lengths from the mark. They being on port, we being on starboard. 245 could not cross us and were forced to gybe to avoid us. Thanks to some good driving by our fill in helmsman Brian Fisher, some deft bow work by Co-Owner Chris Murray and some top level pit work by Jeff Dionne we were able to gybe away, break the over lap and round cleanly ahead. From there it was an exercise in patience and we were able to hold on for the win.

I think the key take aways for the race were :

  1. loose rig settings . We were too tight from the first race
  2. start at the favored end virtually by yourself when ever possible
  3. don’t screw up a good thing when you’ve got it
  4. savor the win, they are not easy to come by

newport regatta!!!

July 2nd, 2010

Coastal Living Newport Regatta, July 9-11 — Coming next week!

Volunteers needed for RC and shore duties.  Register if you haven’t already, go sailing!

sailnewport.org

Shields Nationals Message

June 28th, 2010

2010 Nationals logo

Fellow Shields Sailors,

I would like to welcome you on behalf of Shields Fleet 19 and Mason’s Island Yacht Club to the 2010 Shields National Championship Regatta. We’re honored to be your host for this extraordinary event which will take place in Mystic, CT on September 22 to 25, 2010. If you haven’t had the opportunity to experience “The Nationals” this is the perfect year to find out what it’s all about. Here in Mystic the water is sparkling blue, the wind is delightful and we promise to do our utmost to keep you well fed, watered and entertained. Those of you who have attended the Shields Nationals in previous years know how exciting, fulfilling and memorable this event is. The Notice of Race and registration information have been posted on line at http://www.shieldsclass.com/2010. Now is the time to muster your crew and register your boat so that we can get this party started.

I’m looking forward to seeing you in September.

Bob Banas

Shields Fleet 19

Mystic, CT

Spring Results

June 21st, 2010

Spring 2010- Final Results

Sail Skipper Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1 107 Burnham/Baer Grace 22 1 5 1 2 12* 10 3
2 138 Lotz Envy 24 2 7* 2 6 4 6 4
3 74 Shore/Alio Karaselet 35 20*DNF 1 6 13 6 7 2
4 17 Derecktor Gosling 37 22*DNC 9 16 4 1 2 5
5 226 Denton Ult Pressure 47 20 DNF 2 4 18 2 1 33*BFD
6 217 Hilton John Dory 49 20 DNF 6 8 7 7 23* 1
7 232 Gowell Fox 68 20*DNF 3 10 17 14 17 7
8 59 Stubbs Lisa 68 4 4 9 14 17 20 25*
9 166 Faria Cullin 70 22*DNC 15 15 11 3 15 11
10 224 Clark Virginia 74 22 DNC 28*DNC 13 3 16 12 8
11 222 Doyle Equus 74 22*DNC 17 12 10 11 14 10
12 181 Johnson Helen 76.8 20 DNF 12.8 ARB 3 5 10 29* 26
13 258 Curren Laura Faye 76.8 22 DNC 28*DNC 11 9 12.8 ARB 13 9
14 21 Sugarman Bandit 77 22*DNC 13 7 16 20 5 16
15 245 Shoemaker Hawk 77 20 DNF 14 5 19 8 11 33*BFD
16 33 Slee/Slee Maverick 3 79.4 22 DNC 12 29* 1 18 13.2 ARB 13.2 ARB
17 253 Fauth/Rich Q&A 101 20 DNF 18 21 29*BFD 21 9 12
18 203 Yale Chief 105 20 DNF 19 18 25 26* 4 19
19 101 Segal Rajah 106 22 DNC 10 20 15 15 30* 24
20 201 Burton Raven 107 3 28*DNC 28 20 19 16 21
21 36 Edenbach Zephyr 107 22 DNC 28*DNC 25 12 13 18 17
22 254 Hirsch/Hirsch Aeolus 108 20 DNF 8 26 31 DNC 33*DNC 8 15
23 108 Gladchun Coffee Grinder 112 22 DNC 28 DNC 14 8 5 35*DNC 35 DNC
24 143 Roberts,Kim Folly 118 22 DNC 28 DNC 24 31*DNC 9 21 14
25 80 Taylor,John Ninkasi 119.6 22 DNC 28 DNC 35*DNC 21.6 ARB 23 19 6
26 15 Reynolds,Eirk Icea 125 20 DNF 16 22 29*BFD 27 27 13
27 29 Anderson,G Silverheels 130 20 DNF 23 23 22 24* 22 20
28 163 Patterson,B Ann 131 20 DNF 11 30* 23 28 26 23
29 76 Sollitto,Paul Abigail 133 22 DNC 28 DNC 27 31 DNC 22 3 33*DNS
30 1 Belson,Harold Columbia 133 20 DNF 21 19 24 25 24 27*
31 164 Wilson,Rob Angela 143 20 DNF 20 17 31 DNC 33*DNC 33 BFD 22
32 200 Freydberg 155 22 DNC 22 35*DNC 21 31 DNF 31 28
33 14 Spencer,W Vindex 158 20 DNF 24 31 26 29 28 33*BFD
34 165 Kilroy,David Eagle 164 22 DNC 28 DNC 40 DNE 31 DNC 33*DNC 25 18

6/16/10 – Race 2

June 20th, 2010

Shields Fleet 9
File: Spring 2010 race2
Year 2010
Class: Shields . One design (Finish position)Spring 7: Wind Speed 7: Direction SE: Start Date 06/16/10

Pos

Order Sail Skipper Crew Club Score Note
1 2 217 Hilton,Jamie Murray,Chris 1 John Dory
2 3 74 Shore,Bill Alio,Nicole 2 Karaselet
3 4 107 Burnham,John Baer,Reed Ida Lewis 3 Grace
4 5 138 Lotz,Wendy 4 Envy
5 6 17 Derecktor,Tom 5 Gosling
6 7 80 Taylor,John 6 Ninkasi
7 8 232 Gowell,Jay 7 Fox
8 9 224 Clark,Peter 8 Virginia
9 10 258 Curren,Kip 9 Laura Faye
10 11 222 Doyle,Bill 10 Equus
11 12 166 Faria,Dan Faria,Dan 11 Cullin
12 13 253 Fauth,Hap Rich,Tom 12 Q&A
13 14 15 Reynolds,Eirk Navy 13 Icea
DNC 33 33 Slee,Jan Slee,Ted 13.2 ARB Maverick 3 RC duty
15 15 143 Roberts,Kim 14 Folly
16 16 254 Hirsch,Tom Hirsch,Cindy 15 Aeolus
17 17 21 Sugarman,Richard Fiorenzano,Arthur 16 Bandit
18 18 36 Edenbach,Kurt Edenbach,Charlie 17 Zephyr
19 19 165 Kilroy,David 18 Eagle
20 20 203 Yale,Betsy 19 Chief
21 21 29 Anderson,George Navy 20 Silverheels
22 22 201 Burton,Andy 21 Raven
23 23 164 Wilson,Rob Navy 22 Angela
24 24 163 Patterson,Bernie Navy 23 Ann
25 25 101 Segal,Andy 24 Rajah
26 26 59 Stubb,Earle 25 Lisa
27 27 181 Johnson,Dirk Langston,Charles 26 Helen
28 29 1 Belson,Harold Navy 27 Columbia
29 30 200 Freydberg,Patrick 28
BFD 28 14 Spencer,Winston Navy 33 Vindex
BFD 1 226 Denton,Peter 33 Ultimate Pressure
DNS 32 76 Sollitto,Paul 33 Abigail
BFD 31 245 Shoemaker,Charlie 33 Hawk
DNC 53 Salk,Rob —- Llama
DNC 108 Gladchun,Jeff Gladchun,Alyssa —- Coffee Grinder
DNC 121 Bush-Brown,David —- Mahi
DNC 127 Holloway,Dan —- Egret
DNC 145 Fischer,Ted —-
DNC 160 Monk,Robin —-

6/16/10 Race 1

June 20th, 2010

Class: Shields . One design (Finish position)Spring 6: Wind Speed 6: Direction SE: Start Date 06/16/10

Pos Order Sail Skipper Crew Club Score Note
1 1 226 Denton,Peter 1 Ultimate Pressure
2 2 17 Derecktor,Tom 2 Gosling
3 3 76 Sollitto,Paul 3 Abigail
4 4 203 Yale,Betsy 4 Chief
5 5 21 Sugarman,Richard Fiorenzano,Arthur 5 Bandit
6 6 138 Lotz,Wendy 6 Envy
7 7 74 Shore,Bill Alio,Nicole 7 Karaselet
8 8 254 Hirsch,Tom Hirsch,Cindy 8 Aeolus
9 9 253 Fauth,Hap Rich,Tom 9 Q&A
10 10 107 Burnham,John Baer,Reed Ida Lewis 10 Grace
11 11 245 Shoemaker,Charlie 11 Hawk
12 12 224 Clark,Peter 12 Virginia
13 13 258 Curren,Kip 13 Laura Faye
DNC 33 33 Slee,Jan Slee,Ted 13.2 ARB Maverick 3 RC duty
15 14 222 Doyle,Bill 14 Equus
16 15 166 Faria,Dan Faria,Dan 15 Cullin
17 16 201 Burton,Andy 16 Raven
18 17 232 Gowell,Jay 17 Fox
19 18 36 Edenbach,Kurt Edenbach,Charlie 18 Zephyr
20 19 80 Taylor,John 19 Ninkasi
21 20 59 Stubb,Earle 20 Lisa
22 21 143 Roberts,Kim 21 Folly
23 22 29 Anderson,George Navy 22 Silverheels
24 23 217 Hilton,Jamie Murray,Chris 23 John Dory
25 24 1 Belson,Harold Navy 24 Columbia
26 25 165 Kilroy,David 25 Eagle
27 26 163 Patterson,Bernie Navy 26 Ann
28 27 15 Reynolds,Eirk Navy 27 Icea
29 28 14 Spencer,Winston Navy 28 Vindex
30 29 181 Johnson,Dirk Langston,Charles 29 Helen
31 30 101 Segal,Andy 30 Rajah
32 31 200 Freydberg,Patrick 31
BFD 32 164 Wilson,Rob Navy 33 Angela
DNC 53 Salk,Rob —- Llama
DNC 108 Gladchun,Jeff Gladchun,Alyssa —- Coffee Grinder
DNC 121 Bush-Brown,David —- Mahi
DNC 127 Holloway,Dan —- Egret
DNC 145 Fischer,Ted —-
DNC 160 Monk,Robin —-

Spring 2010, Overall after five races

June 10th, 2010

Overall Score: Last Race Date:06/09/10

Sail Skipper Total
1 107 Burnham,John Grace 9
2 138 Lotz,Wendy Envy 14
3 74 Shore,Bill Karaselet 26
4 226 Denton,Peter Ultimate Pressure 26
5 217 Hilton,Jamie John Dory 28
6 17 Derecktor,Tom Gosling 30
7 59 Stubb,Earle Lisa 31
8 181 Johnson,Dirk Helen 44
9 232 Gowell,Jay Fox 44
10 166 Faria,Dan Cullin 44
11 245 Shoemaker,Charlie Hawk 46
12 108 Gladchun,Jeff Coffee Grinder 49
13 222 Doyle,Bill Equus 50
14 258 Curren,Kip Laura Faye 52
15 33 Slee,Jan Maverick 3 53
16 224 Clark,Peter Virginia 54
17 21 Sugarman,Richard Bandit 56
18 101 Segal,Andy Rajah 60
19 201 Burton,Andy Raven 70
20 36 Edenbach,Kurt Zephyr 72
21 253 Fauth,Hap Q&A 80
22 163 Patterson,Bernie Ann 82
23 203 Yale,Betsy Chief 82
24 143 Roberts,Kim Folly 83
25 80 Taylor,John Ninkasi 83
26 1 Belson,Harold Columbia 84
27 254 Hirsch,Tom Aeolus 85
28 15 Reynolds,Eirk Icea 85
29 164 Wilson,Rob Angela 88
30 29 Anderson,George Silverheels 88
31 200 Freydberg,Patrick 96
32 14 Spencer,Winston Vindex 99
33 76 Sollitto,Paul Abigail 99