Wickford Frostbite Association

Daily Results


March 11, 2001

Conditions: SSW 5-25kt Partly Sunny
Pos Sail# Name 1 2 3 4 5 Total
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1 54 Peter Greene 1 1 1     3
2 40 Doug Nannig 3 2 2 7
3 64 Bob Hicks 2 4 5     11
4 1 Rollie Whyte 7 3 3   12
5 35 John Bradley 4 6 4   14
6 22 Garrett Iannella 5 8 8   21
7 50 Nelson Weiderman 8 7 6   21
8 5 Jill Frances 7 5 DNF   22
  07 Geoff Skog DNS 9 7   DNQ

It was the toughest sailing of the year. The wind was hard out of the southwest. The gust were horrendous. You would get up on the rail and have the boat balanced and ... KA-BAM ... the wind would increase by 5 knots and shift by 30 degrees. Gil and Bud and Frankie ran the Committee boat while Mark and Michelle had their hands full on the crash boat. We managed to complete three triangles, but only barely. Peter Greene finally had his way with Tim and Chuck among the missing winning all three. Doug Nannig found the conditions to his liking taking a second for the day and Bob Hicks took third. The wind was blowing so hard at one reach mark that the second and third boats around (Rollie and Doug) chose to do "chicken jibes" rather than risking capsizing. The carnage ended mercifully when lighweight Jill Frances appeared to be trying a 360 and became the second flip victim of the season.