Report from the NAs

chris williams

Active Member
I just got home a few hours ago. The link to the final results are here - http://www.lakebluffyachtclub.org/na2012.html

First, I want to mention the great job the Lake Bluff YC members did organizing this. It was held on a Lake Michigan beach in Waukegan, IL so they had to transport all sorts of supplies up there, including coolers, computers, BBQ grills, etc. Waukegan YC loaned some power boats, and let us use their clubhouse for a dinner Friday. Thanks to all who volunteered! I also want to mention that Connie Miller and Betsy Schmidt attended their 25th consecutive NAs - due to an illness in Connie's family they got there late, but they have attended half of the 50 NAs we have had!

The first day we had only two races due to pretty light air. If I recall correctly we were sailing in a westerly, but my memory is foggy. The second day the wind required some hiking, and we had more chop. We had a northerly that built a bit as they day went by. Earlier in the day left tended to be favored, but the wind swung right towards the end of the day. My major recollection was having the eventual winner, David Mendelblatt below me on port going upwind, and he was fully sheeted in (in a Laser it would be referred to as two-blocked) and he was going faster and higher than me (not that I am a rocket-ship, but I have not seen someone be able to sheet that tight in a moderate breeze.) I should have asked him how he does it.

The final day started out with a moderate southerly with a lot of chop. As expected, the breeze built by the time our third and final race of the day started. Per this report, it was gusting to 20 (although I did not think it was that windy) while the race was underway http://www.iwindsurf.com/windandwhere.iws?regionID=142&siteID=2020&days=1&Isection=Wind+Yesterday The really memorable thing about that race was the big chop/wave action. It made for some really fun downwinds on the W/L courses we were sailing.

David Mendelblatt ended up winning by 10 points over Greg Gust.

When you look at the results, you will see an incredible number of black flag DSQs (BFDs.) The race committee had trouble getting the fleet started without general recalls the first day, so they decided to fly the black flag for every race. I have never sailed in a regatta where the committee so heavily relied on the black flag, and it resulted in a lot of BFDs.

It was a really fun regatta!! Chris
 
Below are the full results for the regatta. Thanks to all who came from near and far. Doug Warren

Sunfish NA's - 2012 at Waukegan - final

PlaceName................SCOREDivNumberClub........RC_1RC_2RC_3RC_4RC_5RC_6RC_7RC_8RC_9
1 David Mendelblatt 21 Mas 3 St. Petersburg YC DSQ 4 1 1 2 9 2 1 1
2 Greg Gust 31 Gra 31486 rcyc 3 BFD 9 2 1 4 1 2 9
3 Tom Whitehurst 51 Mas 8689 PBYC 14 6 2 BFD 5 10 5 6 3
4 Todd Edwards 65 Mas 76 Bay Waveland YC 15 5 8 6 6 BFD 10 8 7
5 Malcolm Smith 72 Mas 324 spbc 17 11 17 12 37 7 3 3 2
6 Dan Norton 77 Mas 80021 Douglas Lake 1 2 23 5 9 11 23 9 17
7 Rich Chapman 78 Mas 59541 LBYC 4 16 12 16 8 BFD 9 7 6
8 Stewart Draheim 89 You 80749 Rush Creek Yacht Clu 31 17 6 8 BFD 2 4 10 11
9 Amanda Callhan 93 Sen 80876 10 20 3 3 15 6 16 20 32
10 Brian McGinnis 104 Sen 3481 Wet Pants Sailing As 25 15 15 20 35 5 15 4 5
11 Kevin Buruchian 105 Sen 78275 Massapoag Yacht Club 33 18 26 9 13 3 7 21 8
12 Bob Findlay 114 Mas 808 9 BFD 4 17 21 14 21 15 13
13 Carlos Abisambra 115 Sen 81038 CNYC 26 32 28 22 17 1 6 5 10
14 Scott Schappe 125 Mas 79620 LBYC 12 12 25 31 7 18 17 19 15
15 Clinton Edwards 142 Mas 34 Bay-Waveland YC (BWY 44 22 11 10 3 BFD 13 27 12
16 Benn Smith 145 You 1324 Royal Bermuda Yacht 28 19 5 4 10 20 20 39 44
17 Doug Kaukeinen 151 Mas 52853 Rochester Canoe Club 2 1 31 BFD 11 15 8 BFD 4
18 Bill Draheim 156 Mas 717 Rush creek yacht clu 6 BFD 7 13 4 8 22 17 DNC
19 Fritz Hanselman 156 Gra 78744 LBYC 5 BFD 27 7 36 25 14 26 16
20 Jim Gindling 157 Mas 77731 Canandaigua Yacht Cl 21 7 16 18 50 BFD 12 12 21
21 Mark Weider 169 Gra 60673 22 BFD 21 23 27 19 25 14 18
22 Marguerite Koehler 174 Sen 71 SBWA 19 13 10 14 20 43 34 34 30
23 Anne Edwards 174 Mas 77518 Bay Waveland YC 24 27 14 43 22 24 26 11 26
24 Jim Koehler 180 Mas 7 SBWA 11 33 30 11 42 30 27 13 25
25 Doug Brown 198 Mas 4400 Hunterdon Sailing Cl 7 3 13 15 16 BFD 32 33 DNC
26 Britt Kaukeinen 199 You 80900 Rochester Canoe Club 36 10 19 28 12 27 30 40 37
27 Andrew Phillips 210 Sen 80911 Birmingham Sailing C 23 BFD 41 38 18 16 36 24 14
28 Eric Woodman 210 Mas 58984 16 BFD 24 47 23 23 24 30 23
29 MIke Fortner 215 Mas 57923 Rochester Canoe Club 8 29 22 29 31 38 BFD 36 22
30 Brent Evans 217 Mas 80243 52 9 18 36 32 12 31 38 41
31 Ron McHenry 219 Gra 76356 38 21 44 25 24 29 28 18 36
32 Liza Genovese 220 Mas 43433 34 31 33 26 25 22 18 31 50
33 Chris Williams 223 Mas 49615 18 BFD 32 19 14 BFD 19 22 20
34 Guido Bertocci 240 Mas 3891 Hunterdon Sailing Cl 30 28 51 27 38 28 33 32 24
35 Simon Bertocci 243 You 3897 Hunterdon Sailing CL 27 42 35 21 34 31 37 25 33
36 Peter Shumaker 247 Mas 4127 13 24 37 24 56 36 29 BFD 28
37 Lee Montes 254 Mas 2 Wet Pants Sailing As 32 30 49 45 28 13 35 29 42
38 Leland Brode 256 Gra 82412 Lake Bluff 45 14 39 52 26 33 44 28 27
39 Stephen Eckert 278 Mas 59739 Union Sailing Club 43 23 40 42 45 26 38 35 31
40 Chris Gates 305 Gra 49333 39 BFD 48 30 33 21 45 42 47
41 David McCary 305 Mas 80387 Shreveport Yacht Clu 35 35 50 32 29 34 47 57 43
42 Gretchen Seymour 313 Mas 80361 Lake Bluff Yacht Clu 64 36 42 34 40 37 41 48 35
43 Olivia Gugliemini 315 You 3979 Brant Beach Yacht Cl 46 26 38 35 30 BFD 40 49 51
44 Rob Eberle 323 Mas 79086 MOBYC 41 38 47 51 64 47 39 41 19
45 Kevin Gunn 331 Sen 79655 40 39 36 41 39 39 52 45 DNC
46 Andrew Daniel 338 You 80647 Royal Varuna Yacht C 49 45 56 62 48 40 48 23 29
47 Andrea Bright 341 Sen 169513 Birmingham Sailing C 29 40 20 40 60 32 59 61 DNC
48 Tom L. Katterheinric 348 Gra 75417 St Marys Boat Club 37 50 43 57 47 49 46 37 39
49 David Nielsen 349 Mas 79161 Bolton Lake Sailing 61 34 45 53 49 35 55 44 34
50 Joe kaukeinen 359 Gra 84939 RCC 54 48 29 58 19 46 62 52 53
51 Bill Brangiforte 367 Mas 61299 Barrington Frostbite 20 8 DNS DNS DNS DNS 11 16 DNC
52 Erik Hanselman 372 Sen 787447 LBYC 55 25 46 39 BFD 44 54 54 55
53 Steve Powers 384 Sen 79187 Rochester Canoe Club 42 41 55 48 59 DNS 49 50 40
54 Douglas Warren 393 Mas 78020 Lake Bluff Yacht Clu 48 44 66 49 53 41 60 53 45
55 Gwen Scott 396 Mas 34777 Greater Detroit Sunf 47 37 54 33 46 57 64 58 DNC
56 Victor Manning 404 Gra 80119 Austin Yacht Club 57 57 58 59 41 50 42 47 52
57 David Michals 404 Mas 39 Lake Bluff Yacht Clu 60 51 63 60 43 48 50 43 49
58 Tim Abbey 406 Mas 4079 Pymatuning Sailing C 66 59 53 61 55 51 43 46 38
59 Peter McCall 418 Sen 78739 50 BFD 34 37 44 17 DNS DNC DNC
60 Holly Hanselman 419 Mas 79226 LBYC 58 52 57 44 52 45 56 55 DNC
61 Edwin Owen 442 Mas 80603 Shreveport YC 53 BFD 61 50 61 58 57 56 46
62 Charles Rush 449 Gra 75236 Lake Bluff Yacht Clu 63 BFD 59 46 63 42 58 62 56
63 Daniel Resio 459 You 81025 Rappahannock River Y 69 54 52 54 58 53 66 65 57
64 Gail Turluck 471 Mas 24186 Gull Lake YC 71 47 62 67 66 52 63 60 54
65 Susan Mallows 478 Mas 77897 Hunterdon Sailing Cl 62 56 60 66 51 55 65 63 DNC
66 Kaitlyn Davis 486 Sen 59225 Greater Detroit Sunf 56 43 BFD 56 57 60 68 67 DNC
67 Susan Davidson 489 Mas 81044 St. Petersburg YC 68 49 67 64 54 56 67 64 DNC
68 Scott Diamond 504 Mas 4017 NSYC 65 55 69 55 67 54 61 DNS DNC
69 Larry Hammond 522 Gra 86337 LBYC 51 58 68 63 62 64 DNF DNS DNC
70 Patricia Manning 523 Gra 80120 Austin Yacht Club 59 53 64 65 69 63 72 DNF DNC
71 Kevin Considine 529 Mas 62485 Lake Bluff Yacht Clu 67 BFD DNS DNS DNS DNS 51 51 48
72 Janet Murphy Ryan 540 Mas 80359 Lake Bluff Yacht Clu 72 60 72 69 68 61 70 68 DNC
73 David Hanselman 546 Gra 80774 MOBYC 74 61 71 70 71 62 71 66 DNC
74 Ronaldo Borger 554 Mas 182412 73 62 70 68 70 59 73 DNC DNC
75 Constance M Miller 568 Gra 3476 DNC DNS DNS DNS 65 DNS 53 59 DNC
76 Steve Snider 571 Gra 89928 Windycrest SC 70 46 65 DNF DNS DNS DNS DNS DNC
77 Betsy Schmidt 616 Gra 19742 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 69 DNC DNC
 
When you look at the results, you will see an incredible number of black flag DSQs (BFDs.) The race committee had trouble getting the fleet started without general recalls the first day, so they decided to fly the black flag for every race. I have never sailed in a regatta where the committee so heavily relied on the black flag, and it resulted in a lot of BFDs.

It was a really fun regatta!! Chris

About those BFDs. Yes, I know that the RC are all volunteers and we should be grateful and gracious to them. I am, actually, but starting races under the Black Flag without a prior General Recall is not considered good race management.
 
Actually, to see the wind for Saturday Aug 4, do not use the link above - use this one, and look for the Aug 4 chart http://www.iwindsurf.com/windandwhere.iws?regionID=142&siteID=2020&Isection=Last 7 Days

Note that if you look at the link more than 7 days after Aug 4th, the chart is no longer available, and you will have to take my word for the wind for that day!

Chris
I think this should be the day (and Friday, too) Chris is referring to - I took a snapshot so it will be saved for future reference.
50thSFwind.jpg


I hope you were off the water before the nasty storm came rolling through on Saturday evening!

cheers,
tag
 
I'll second Chris' note on what a great job Lake Bluff did hosting this regatta. I'll also second Wavedancer's comment about not having general recalls. There were something like 12 starts held on day 1 with zero general recalls (a fact the RC emphasized on shore after racing). He put up the postpone flag at 1-2 seconds before the start rather than a general recall and enforcing the Z flag (which flew for about 5 aborted starts) or the Black Flag (which flew for about another 5-6 aborted starts). I can't recall ever seeing a black flag when there were no general recalls in a regatta, nevermind sailing every race but one under black flag in such conditions.

FUN WEEK REGARDLESS!
 

Back
Top