2014 US Nationals – Day 2

Okoboji, July 29, 2014. Report by Danielle Richards (SCIRA USA)

Day 2 Report

Second verse same as the first. The fleet arrived to slightly sunnier skies this morning and light but steady breeze enabling to meet their scheduled 10:00am start time. After enjoying a continental breakfast and warm coffee (welcomed by the teams who spent the night in tents in what has turned out to be cooler than expected temperatures) the sailors slowly prepared their boats and headed out.

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The first start was called all clear and SCIRA Rep and National Secretary Brainard Cooper commented that “the sailors from Miami and San Diego were putting on a clinic” with Raul leading and Doug, Augie and Ernesto swapping the second through fourth spots. Raul’s win in race 4 clenched him the 2014 Crosby title and placed him on solid footing for the Heinzerling.

Place	#	Country		Skipper & Crew	Division	Fleet	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Total
1	29841		PUR	Raul Rios & Henry Dumke	Junior	591	1	3	1	1	6
2	29941		USA	Doug Hart & Ryan Hopps	Master	495	2	4	3	2	11
3	30288		USA	Augie Diaz & Aine McLean	Master	7	3	5	2	3	13
4	30473		USA	Ernesto Rodriguez & Kate Sheahan	Senior	7	4	1	5	7	17
5	30860		USA	Carol Cronin & Kim Couranz	Master	17	5	8	4	4	21
6	30904		USA	Lee Griffith & Hillary Noble	Master	256	14	2	7	5	28
7	29778		USA	Roberto Guaragna & Andre Guaragna	Master	7	7	6	6	10	29
8	30088		USA	Will Crary & Lara Dallman-Weiss	Junior	309	9	10	13	6	38
9	30089		USA	Andrew Klein & Jessica Claflin	Master	77	6	9	9	18	42
10	30336		USA	Gonzalo Diaz & Patti Bess	Master	7	8	12	15	11	46
11	30618		USA	Don Bedford & Eric Heim	Senior	495	16	7	10	14	47
12	30568		USA	Peggy Tautz & Steve Tautz	Senior	640	11	15	14	9	49
13	30262		USA	John Coolidge & Christian Cyrul	Senior	142	10	18	12	12	52
14	30600		USA	Kevin & Maxwell Hetherington-Young	Senior	77	20	11	11	13	55
15	29972		USA	Michael Bowers & Belinda Barnes	Senior	77	13	13	17	16	59
16	29109		USA	Stuart Robertson & Adam Elshahawry	Master	495	12	14	34 dsq	8	68
17	30477		USA	Gene Soltero & Laura Dahl O’leary	Master	1	25	17	8	19	69
18	28099		USA	Laura Dalgleish & Daniel Dalgleish	Senior	1	22	16	20	15	73
19	28472		USA	Cliff Wright & Hannah Graham	Master	444	15	23	18	17	73
20	28482		USA	Chris Scofield & Courtney Zurek	Senior	309	17	20	19	22	78
21	29738		USA	George Rood & Jan Churchill	Master	309	24	22	16	20	82
22	29323		USA	David Baker & Andrea Slouka	Master	640	19	19	21	24	83
23	28900		USA	Doug Swenson & Sarah Thomas	Master	210	23	21	23	23	90
24	31157		USA	Martin Bebb & Anne Rusnak	Master	68	21	25	26	27	99
25	28470		USA	Stephan Irgens & Monica Irgens	Master	705	18	26	27	34 dnc	105
26	27731		USA	Rick Scofield & Natasha Mason	Master	309	27	34 ocs	22	25	108
27	31188		USA	Mike Slouka & Steve Kurtz	Master	640	28	24	28	28	108
28	27523		USA	William Brush & Tina	Master	309	29	28	24	30	111
29	28444		USA	Guy Thomas & William Thomas	Junior	567	26	27	25	34 dnf	112
30	29692		USA	Carl Mattson & Julie Mattson	Master	640	32	29	31	21	113
31	30221		USA	Steve Avery & Harry Whittenburg	Master		30	31	29	26	116
32	31244		USA	Eliot Payson & Tyler Payson	Master	640	31	30	30	29	120
33	30680		USA	Philip Lee & Damaris Cano	Master	309	34 dnc	34 dnc	34 dnc	34 dnc	136

The second start (race 5) of the day was also all clear and the conditions were similar to the first race (race 4 if you are counting). Upon returning to shore the sailors were chatting about the fickle lake breeze and the difficulties they were having in noticing a pattern to plan for. Raul and Henry took another bullet, followed by Ernesto and Kate before retiring to shore for lunch.

As everyone enjoyed lunch the wind decided to call it quits and the Race Committee signaled for an on-shore postponement. They sent the pin end committee boat out to the center of the lake to look for the new breeze. After about 40 minutes of searching a nice 8kt breeze started to fill in from a new direction and the postponement was dropped. Once again the fleet launched, heading out for the new breeze, however as the RC went into the start sequence Brainard noticed the wind starting to swing and die down. After several drastic shifts the Race Committee called it quits for the day and sent the fleet home.

The fleet has a free night this evening and several districts are taking the opportunity to get together for a social. First start tomorrow is 10am.

Place	#	Country		Skipper & Crew	Division	Fleet	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Total
1	29841		PUR	Raul Rios & Henry Dumke	Junior	591	1	3	1	1	1	7
2	29941		USA	Doug Hart & Ryan Hopps	Master	495	2	4	3	2	4	15
3	30288		USA	Augie Diaz & Aine McLean	Master	7	3	5	2	3	3	16
4	30473		USA	Ernesto Rodriguez & Kate Sheahan	Senior	7	4	1	5	7	2	19
5	30860		USA	Carol Cronin & Kim Couranz	Master	17	5	8	4	4	5	26
6	29778		USA	Roberto Guaragna & Andre Guaragna	Master	7	7	6	6	10	7	36
7	30904		USA	Lee Griffith & Hillary Noble	Master	256	14	2	7	5	9	37
8	30088		USA	Will Crary & Lara Dallman-Weiss	Junior	309	9	10	13	6	8	46
9	30618		USA	Don Bedford & Eric Heim	Senior	495	16	7	10	14	6	53
10	30089		USA	Andrew Klein & Jessica Claflin	Master	77	6	9	9	18	11	53
11	30568		USA	Peggy Tautz & Steve Tautz	Senior	640	11	15	14	9	10	59
12	30336		USA	Gonzalo Diaz & Patti Bess	Master	7	8	12	15	11	14	60
13	30262		USA	John Coolidge & Christian Cyrul	Senior	142	10	18	12	12	16	68
14	30600		USA	Kevin & Maxwell Hetherington-Young	Senior	77	20	11	11	13	18	73
15	29972		USA	Michael Bowers & Belinda Barnes	Senior	77	13	13	17	16	17	76
16	28472		USA	Cliff Wright & Hannah Graham	Master	444	15	23	18	17	12	85
17	28099		USA	Laura Dalgleish & Daniel Dalgleish	Senior	1	22	16	20	15	13	86
18	30477		USA	Gene Soltero & Laura Dahl O’leary	Master	1	25	17	8	19	21	90
19	29109		USA	Stuart Robertson & Adam Elshahawry	Master	495	12	14	34 dsq	8	24	92
20	28482		USA	Chris Scofield & Courtney Zurek	Senior	309	17	20	19	22	22	100
21	29323		USA	David Baker & Andrea Slouka	Master	640	19	19	21	24	26	109
22	29738		USA	George Rood & Jan Churchill	Master	309	24	22	16	20	28	110
23	28900		USA	Doug Swenson & Sarah Thomas	Master	210	23	21	23	23	20	110
24	31157		USA	Martin Bebb & Anne Rusnak	Master	68	21	25	26	27	19	118
25	28444		USA	Guy Thomas & William Thomas	Junior	567	26	27	25	34 dnf	15	127
26	27731		USA	Rick Scofield & Natasha Mason	Master	309	27	34 ocs	22	25	23	131
27	31188		USA	Mike Slouka & Steve Kurtz	Master	640	28	24	28	28	25	133
28	28470		USA	Stephan Irgens & Monica Irgens	Master	705	18	26	27	34 dnc	34 dnc	139
29	29692		USA	Carl Mattson & Julie Mattson	Master	640	32	29	31	21	27	140
30	27523		USA	William Brush & Tina	Master	309	29	28	24	30	30	141
31	30221		USA	Steve Avery & Harry Whittenburg	Master		30	31	29	26	29	145
32	31244		USA	Eliot Payson & Tyler Payson	Master	640	31	30	30	29	31	151
33	30680		USA	Philip Lee & Damaris Cano	Master	309	34 dnc	34 dnc	34 dnc	34 dnc	34 dnc	170