Doc Gilbert Memorial 
Potomac Cup 2005
April 30-May 1 
Lightning Class Series Summary
Pl Sail # Skipper 1 2 3 4 5 Tot
1 14855 Dick Hallagan 1 1 3 1 10 16
2 14941 Pierce Barden 9 3 1 3 5 21
3 15240 Steve Constants 6 2 6 4 6 24
4 15016 Jamie Brickell 8 4 8 7 2 29
5 15195 Pat McGee 3 6 14 10 1 34
6 14321 Jack Jones 5 5 10 13 4 37
7 15024 Jason Werner 13 10 15 11 3 52
8 15101 Dan Liston 4 9 11 19 11 54
9 15202 Todd Johnson 10 15 20 2 9 56
10 14672 Mark Grinder 11 21 2 16 7 57
11 15159 Frank Hanson 14 8 17 6 12 57
12 14366 Patrick Phelan 12 12 19 5 14 62
13 15018 Star Mikell 15 11 7 14 16 63
14 15142 Nabeel Alsalam 7 20 16 9 17 69
15 14367 Phil Lange & Dan Pope 30\DNS 17 5 15 13 80
16 14553 Rick Welch 19 22 9 12 18 80
17 14049 Diana Lohmeyer 18 7 4 30\DNS 22 81
18 14525 John Bates 20 16 22 8 15 81
19 11767 Harry Keith 16 18 21 21 8 84
20 14968 Bynre O'Brien 17 14 12 17 30\DNF 90
21 14627 Jim Dillard 21 19 13 18 21 92
22 15084 Joe Buczkowski 2 13 18 30\DNC 30\DNC 93
23 15156 Dave Pyle 22 25 26 24 23 120
24 13977 Chandler Owen 30\DNF 27 25 20 19 121
25 14019 Joe Anderson 24 23 23 23 30\DNF 123
26 15228 David Thompson 25 26 24 25 24 124
27 10226 Jim Greenwell 23 24 27 26 30\DNS 130
28 15054 Jonathan Lange 30\DNS 30\DNF 30\DNF 22 20 132
29 14037 Joe Warren 30\DNC 30\DNC 30\DNC 30\DNC 30\DNF 150
30 14566 Frank Gallagher 30\DNC 30\DNC 30\DNC 30\DNC 30\DNC 150

Although potentially severe thunderstorms were predicted for Saturday, they never materialized, and we had great sailing in 8 - 12 MPH southeasterly breezes under overcast skies.  On Sunday it was even better, sunny with good, if gusty 15 - 20 MPH winds from the northwest.  Jeff Storck headed a race committee of highly skilled PRSA skippers, including Frank Gallagher, Bobby Astrove, Red Fehrle,  Rob Tompkins, Cathy Bleakly,  Latane Montague and Bill Kleysteuber, who showed us how a regatta should be run.  

Kudos to all who made this regatta a success, including all the participants; our sponsor Heinekens; and the members of the Regatta Organizing Committee:

  • Jeff Storck and the Race Committee;
  • Cathy Bleakly, Pat McGee and Jeff Storck for scoring;
  • Jim Dillard for lining up the park; the ABC permit; the sponsor; the beverages; and the ice, and getting it all down to Leesylvania;
  • Drew Hudson for etching inscriptions on our beautiful trophies;
  • Barb Thompson and Catherine Calvin for planning and serving our signature filet and salmon dinner on Saturday and the hot dog lunch on Sunday
  • Nabeel Alsalam for lining up the powerboats, locating and bringing the RC equipment (anchors, marks, flags, radios), serving as a roving ambassador, helping with masts, and transporting crew from McLean and Arlington down to Leesylvania and back again;
  • Todd Johnson for agreeing to organize a jury to hear protests;
  • Joe Kimak for writing more than 500 individually-personalized invitation emails to Lightning skippers in eastern seaboard fleets;
  • Marian Bruno and Gary Roberts for organizing and conducting registration and for providing Saturday and Sunday breakfast;
  • Frank and Maryann Gallagher for making bag lunches;
  • Steve Gregg and Catherine Calvin for researching options on memorabilia other than T-shirts 
  • Jeff Storck for ordering the Koozie coolers and getting them delivered;
  • Rob Tompkins for photography; for transporting the charcoal grill from and back to the rental place; and especially for providing his boat to Chandler Owen;
  • Joe Anderson for serving as the point of contact for out-of-town skippers needing housing;
  • Peter Grimes, for hosting guest skipper Joe Anderson on Peter's newly-acquired 14019;
  • Joe Warren for serving as crew matchmaker, delighting several new crew and out-of-town skippers in the process;
  • Rick Welch for doing most of the grilling on Saturday evening
  • All who contributed hors d'oeuvres and desserts for the Saturday dinner 
  • All who provided housing to out-of-town skippers

David Thompson
Chair, Regatta Organizing Committee

 

 

2 May, '05, 10:28
St. Pete Scorer