Race Committee: Skip Herold (Brandermill SC), Ross Stearns (GRSA), Mark Mabry (GRSA)

11 boats participated in this team race, 8 Brandermill Sailing Club boats and 3 GRSA boats.

• 1st Place Flying Scot 5055, Tom Gallagher and Ben Ward (GRSA)
• 2nd Place Laser Radial 169538, Ilan Chueca (BSC)
• 3rd Place Thistle 3187 Bill Kitchens and Robert Behny (GRSA)
• Swift Creek Cup trophy held by GRSA this year, Flying Scot 5055, Tom Gallagher and Ben Ward

Swift Creek Cup 2018 will be hosted by Brandermill Sailing Club

GRSA Race Committee

Race Committee: Gabbie and Pete Holberg

We launched three fleets: Flying Scots (5 boats), Thistles (3 boats), and Lasers (4 boats) and held three races.

Overall Finishes for each fleet are:

Flying Scots

• 1st Place FS 4391 Dave Upton, K. Itunourson
• 2nd Place FS 5055 Tom Gallagher, Mark Olszowy
• 3rd Place FS 5846 Mills Jones, Karen Reilly-Jones

Thistles

• 1st Place Thistle 1696 Rob Perera, Sarah Clark
• 2nd Place Thistle 3187 Bill Kitchens, Johnny Siger, Nancy Kitchens
• 3rd Place Thistle 1705 Kevin Schultz, R. Schultz

Lasers

• 1st Place Laser 169538 Ilan Chueca
• 2nd Place Laser 184457 Peter Patnaude
• 3rd Place Laser 114294 Chris Greatwood

GRSA Race Committee

2017 Commodore’s Cup Regatta Results:

Commodore’s Cup Winners

Skipper:  Kate Gomes
Crew:     Vince Gomes

Flying Scot

Race Committee:  Mills Jones, Bill McClintock, & Ross Stearns

Flying Scot Fleet

FBYC = Fishing Bay Yacht Club, SBSC = Selby Bay Sailing Center.  All others are from GRSA

Fleet: Flying Scot 

With fair winds building and three fleets on the course, it was a fantastic day of sailing at GRSA, followed by a great meal and a wonderful evening of fine weather, food, and friends.  Below are the final results from the day.  Special thanks to our amazing RC volunteers: Mike Hogeland, Ed Flanagan, and Ryan Flanagan!

Thistle Fleet

Scot Fleet

Laser Fleet

We invite everyone to join us for the Swift Creek Cup Regatta, Saturday September 17th, hosted by the Brandermill Sailing Club.

Fair Winds,

Ben Ward - Race Committee Chair

Final Results

1. Charles Kraft- 635- 15 pts
2. John Suddreth- 279- 19 pts
3. Rob Perera -1696 -26 pts
4. Scott Buehler - 3687 - 29 pts
5. Chris Annand - 4021 - 36 pts
6. John Howell - 3849 -40 pts
7. Bill Kitchens - 3187- 41 pts
8. John Gilmore - 3141 -42 pts
9. Dave Deptula - 4045 -47 pts
10. Kevin Schults -1705 -50 pts
11. Ed John - 4023 -56 pts
12. Sam Bedinger - 2121 -70 pts

We had an excellent day of racing as two fleets raced each other, and raced to get in as much racing as possible before the weather turned nasty.  We set a short windward/leeward course and got off a few races.  Below are the results.

Flying Scot Fleet

Skipper                    Hull#             Race 1           Race 2          Score         Overall

Chris Cookson        4105                    1                      1                  2                  1st

Garland Hanson    5661                    2                      2                  4                 2nd

Pete Hollberg         4868                   3                       3                  6                3rd

Thistle Fleet

Skipper                    Hull#         Race 1       Race 2     Race 3      Score   Overall

Rob Perera              1696                1                1                 2              4           1st

John Suddreth         279                2               3                  1              6           2nd

Bill Kitchens           3187                3               4                  3              10        3rd

Kevin Schulz           1705                4               2                  4              10        4th

GRSA's annual Around the Island Regatta is a fantastic, family friendly race event and is always well attended.  This year was no exception with 13 boats entered and 11 boats finishing.  This is our only distance race, around a small island located on the far end of the reservoir. Despite technical difficulties with the committee boat, we had a clean start.  The winds were blustery but our skippers managed to keep their boats upright and crew mostly dry.

Race Results (scored on Portsmouth handicap):

Skipper             Boat              Elapsed Time        Handicap Finish

Bill Kitchens       Thistle            1:22:36                        1st Place

Dave Upton         Flying Scot    1:30:38                       2nd Place

Pete Cookson      Flying Scot    1:31:30                        3rd Place

Garland Hanson Flying Scot    1:31:49                        4th Place

Kate Gomes         Flying Scot    1:32:27                        5th Place

Bruce Koch          Flying Scot    1:32:38                        6th Place

Peter Patnaude   Flying Scot    1:34:22                        7th Place

Kaitylyn Reilly    Flying Scot    1:40:24                        8th Place

Carlos Rudge       Hobie 18       1:34:06                         9th Place

Mike Hogeland     Flying Scot    1:43:26                        10th Place

Barry Carter        APB                 2:32:00                       11th Place

I'd rather be sailing than working any day, that's for sure.  Today we had a mix of clouds and sun, which made for a pleasant day on the water, even if the wind was ridiculously shifty (even for the reservoir).  Our RC was patient with the light, puffy air and managed to squeeze out a few races. One thing we were missing today was more boats!  

We would like to once again say thank you to our guest race committee volunteers, Debbie C. and Mosbey W. of FBYC for their help. And on that note, I'd like to put in a plug to all GRSA members to sign up in advance to help with race committee duty using our new RC Volunteer sign-up sheet.  See all the races on the calendar for 2016 and sign up early.  It's a great way to enjoy a day on the water and get a close-up view of the action!

We hope everyone will mark their calendar and make a point to join us for the final race of the 2016 GRSA Frostbite Series, Sunday March 20th. Also, bring an appetizer or crockpot dish and when the racing is done, we'll enjoy the refreshments and give out awards for the Top 3 finishers of the series.

Here are the results from today's races: