FLEET 50 ARCHIVES FROM 2004Nabeel Wins 2004 Bloody Rudder Award! Nabeel Alsalam took first place in the 2004 Bloody Rudder competition, with Bobby Astrove second. The Bloody Rudder Perpetual is a traveler's trophy awarded to a Fleet 50 skipper. The trophy was donated in 2002 by Jeff Storck who broke two rudders in 2001. To qualify for the trophy, the skipper must sail in at least 6 of the 11 regattas marked with a "B" on the calendar. Those begin with the "No Gas" on April 27-28 and end with the Borderline in late October. Here are the details. Thacher Tiffany Wins US Sailing's Community Sailing Award! Our own Thacher Tiffany (Laser & Lightning sailor) has won a great honor. Unfortunately, he left the area last fall to pursue an urban planning degree at MIT, but we are glad that his great efforts to build a community sailing program on the Anacostia have received some recognition. Here is the announcement of the award. Website Gets Over 6,790 Visits in 2004! The 6,790th website visit, after tracking started on March 1, occurred on December 31. Check it out! Final Draft of 2005 Yearbook Report is Available for Your Review! The final draft of the 2005 ILCA Yearbook report is available for your review. If no other editing takes place, this is about how it will look when it is laid out in the 2005 ILCA Yearbook. If you liked the first draft better, here it is. Jason
Werner
wins
2004
Purnell
Cup!
Congratulations
to
Jason
Werner,
of
the
Havre
De
Grace
Fleet,
who
won
this
year's
Purnell
Cup
trophy.
Jason
topped
46
other
Dixie
District
sailors
who
competed
in
1
or
more
of
the
6
regattas
that
were
a
part
of
the
Purnell
Cup
series.
Those
regattas
were:
the
Potomac
Cup,
Sweet
Corn,
Duck
Challenge,
SMSA
Invitational,
Frigid
Digit,
and
the
Hampton
Fling.
Jason
was
one
of
3
skippers
who
did
5
of
the
6
regattas.
The
other
two
were
Star
Michel
and
Matt
Jay.
John
Bates
did
4.
PRSA Frostbite Regatta, Saturday, November 13. We had sunny skies, a high of 46 degrees, and winds from the north at 17 - 21 MPH, with higher gusts. The water temperature was a bone-chilling 48 degrees, and the river flow was higher than average, at 13,000 CFS (gage height 4.3 ft). This was a good kick-off for the winter Frostbite season. PRSA Annual Banquet, Saturday, November 13. More than 70 PRSA skippers and crew attended. Many thanks to Dave and Annette Dalbec who hosted us at the Terrace party room, and to Cathy Bleakly, who organized and managed the food and beverage acquisitions. Nabeel Takes First Place in the 2004 Championship Series! The top 4 finishers have closely-clustered final scores, with Nabeel on top at 127.5; Frank second at 141; Rick Welch third at 152.1, and Steve Gregg fourth at 189.6. Congratulations! Twenty-five skippers were on the water for at least one race during the year. Here are the details. PRSA Fall Series # 8, Sunday November 7 (the last one!) Eleven Lightnings came out for the last race of the season on a delightful Fall day. We had sunny skies, a high temperature of 68 degrees and directionally very steady winds from the south at 7 - 13 MPH. As Bobby exclaimed, "How could we have such a nice day in November! On our boat we were in bare feet, and soaking up the sunshine. What a great way to end the season!" It doesn't get any better than this! The river flow was back up, due to recent rains upstream, at 8,000 CFS (gage height 3.7 ft.) causing at least two boats to snag the windward mark on their way around. There were plenty of good stories to share at the picnic afterward, including three boats experiencing spinnaker halyard mishaps. Results and photos to |