Wickford Frostbite Association

Daily Results

February 4, 2001
Conditions: SW-SE 5-10kt Cloudy
Pos Sail# Name 1 2 3 4 5 Total
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1 16 Tim Dawson 2 1 [DNF] 1 2 6
2 6 Chuck Allen [7] 3 1 2 1 7
3 54 Peter Greene 1 4 2 [6] 4 11
4 5 Jill Frances 3 5 [DNF] 3 3 14
5 50 Nelson Weiderman 5 2 4 [10] 6 17
6 9 Mollie Dawson 4 7 3 7 [8] 21
7 1 Rollie Whyte 8 9 6 5 [9] 28
8 64 Bob Hicks 6 12 7 4 [14] 29
9 4 Mike Browne [12] 6 5 9 10 30
10 99 Jim Padbury 9 8 10 [15] 7 34
11 40 Doug Nannig [13] 11 8 11 5 35
12 22 Garrett Iannella 14 [14] 9 8 11 42
13 35 John Bradley 10 10 11 [13] 12 43
14 0 Kyle Wilson 11 [13] 12 12 13 57
15 07 Geoff Skog [15] 15 13 14 15 57

The fifteen stalwart frostbiters that braved the bitter cold had a great day for sailing. The wind looked like it might be light as the racers left the dock, but the wind picked up before the first race and was more often in the 10+ range than it was in the 6- range. The wind started off from the southwest and gradually shifted around progressively to the southeast. In the first race out to mark 4 off the breakwater, the boats that went hard left found more wind and less current. Nelson and Garrett led the pack with the usual suspects far to the rear. But position was everything and Peter and Tim hugged the shore by the Shipyard and passed everybody and took 1-2. Race two was another starboard triangle with mark 5 as the weather mark. Nelson again made the top mark first, but Tim got the inside overlap at the leeward mark and took the bullet. The third and fourth races were up the channel. Tim and Jill led the third but rounded the wrong leeward mark and were scored DNF. Chuck and Tim finished strong with each taking a first and a second (after Chuck was forgiven for being over early when the RC called out Tim's sail number instead of Chuck's in the fourth race. The last race was sailed out to the Gong and back to the club.