Colonial Cup – Final

Annapolis, May 30-31, 2015. Results and report by Alex Pline

(Photo courtesy of Spinsheet)

Final results after 6 races (1 discard)

1. Peter Commette & Brian Stout, 10

2. Hal Gilreath & Brendon Feeney, 13

3. Andrew Pimental & Kimmie Leonard, 17

4. Arthur Blodgett & Sarah Alexander, 24

5. Carol Cronin & Kim Couranz, 26

Annapolis brought two great days of sailing for the 2015 Colonial Cup. A brisk southerly of 10-15 knots was in effect for both days of the regatta. Annapolis is known to be very choppy with southerly breezes and this weekend was no different. We call it the “Annapolis Washing Machine” because the short steep waves from the wind and from boat traffic combine to make chaotic wave patterns and very challenging sailing. The racing was incredibly tight all weekend, often with leeward mark roundings ten deep and very close finishes even after an hour of racing. Four windward/leeward races were completed on Saturday and two on Sunday.

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Thanks to the hard work of fleet captain Chris Ryan, we had 30 boats registered which included the core fleet members, a number of junior skippers and crews including local high school sailors and some travelers from points (way!) south. Ultimately Peter Commette/Brian Stout came out on top despite Ernesto Rodriguez/Eddie Mintzias winning three races but suffering from a broken whisker pole. The always consistent Hal Gilreath sailing with Brendon Feeney was second and the team of Andrew Pimental sailing with Annapolis High School sailing team member Kimmie Leonard was third.

Christian Filter/Declan Lombard topped the Juniors and looks to be on a good trajectory for the Junior Worlds this fall, even topping father Henry Filter in the overall standings. We also had a silver fleet for less experienced sailors or those with older boats which was won by newcomers Todd Johnson/Faye Ferguson sailing the fleet loaner boat (1980s era Skipper).

Thanks to some local photographers on the water, we have a lot of pictures from the event:

https://plus.google.com/photos/117261086272302664704/albums/6154777315944960737?banner=pwa&authkey=CLjwuOvNpuvTaA

http://spinsheet.smugmug.com/SpinSheet/2015-Events/2015-SSA-Snipe-Colonial-Cup/

Pos	Sail	Skipper/Crew/Club	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total Points	Pos
1	29442	Commette, Peter/Stout, Brian	[3]	2	2	1	2	3	10.00	1
2	8653	Gilreath, Hal/Feeney, Brendon	2	4	3	3	1	[11]	13.00	2
3	30	Pimental, Andrew/Leonard, Kimmie	5	[6]	1	4	3	4	17.00	3
4	30473	Blodgett, Arthur/Alexander, Sarah	9	3	4	2	6	[16]	24.00	4
5	30860	Cronin, Carol/Kim Couranz	4	7	[9]	6	4	5	26.00	5
6	30500	Rienke, Eric/Hetherington, Brian	6	[11]	5	5	5	7	28.00	6
7	30552	Filter, Christian/Lombard, Declan	14	5	6	9	[16]	2	36.00	7
8	30629	Ohare, Gavin/Ohare, Holly	[11]	8	7	8	9	10	42.00	8
9	3047	Rodrigues, Ernesto/Mintzias, Eddie	1	1	[31/DNC]	31/DNC	12	1	46.00	9
10	30510	Pline, Alex/Pline, Lisa	10	10	8	10	[18]	9	47.00	10
11	30904	Griffith, Lee/Bruno, Nikki	8	9	12	[14]	8	12	49.00	11
12	29782	Kelchner, Zachery/Whitacre, Haines	7	12	10	11	11	[14]	51.00	12
13	31007	Filter, Henry/Westphal, Sandy	[16]	13	16	7	10	6	52.00	13
14	3051	Comerford, Kyle/Pline, Lexi	13	[14]	14	12	7	8	54.00	14
15	30301	Ryan, Chris/Ryan, Nicole	12	15	11	[17]	15	17	70.00	15
16	30181	Guaragna, Andre/Bennett, Jessica	15	[31/DNC]	15	13	17	13	73.00	16
17	30391	Davis, Brett/Sheehabn, Livia	[19]	16	13	16	14	18	77.00	17
18	29044	Smith, Sonya/Pickel, Steve	18	18	17	15	[19]	15	83.00	18
19	29147	Frazee, Doug/Frazee, Jasper	17	17	18	[19]	13	19	84.00	19
20	28470	Irgens, Stephan/Irgens, Monica	[20]	19	19	18	20	20	96.00	20
21	29999	Thomas, Zachery/Davis, Phil	22	20	20	20	[23]	22	104.00	21
22	305	Johnson, Todd/Ferguson, Faye	21	21	22	21	21	[23]	106.00	22
23	27734	Fuhrman, Mark/Polites, Lee	23	22	21	[31/DNC]	22	24	112.00	23
24	28999	Peva, Jamie/Peva, Trish	26	23	23	[31/DNC]	25	25	122.00	24
25	26280	Fetsch, Marty/Leasca, Theo	27	24	[31/DNC]	31/DNC	24	26	132.00	25
26	30295	Caggian, Marshall/Jones, Tony	[31/NoFin]	31/NoFin	31/NoFin	31/NoFin	31/DNC	21	145.00	26
27	28277	Virden, Jon/Quay, John	24	[31/DNC]	31/DNC	31/DNC	31/DNC	31/DNC	148.00	27
28	26895	Hidalgo, Joe/Smith, Sarah	25	[31/DNC]	31/DNC	31/DNC	31/DNC	31/DNC	149.00	28
29T	29908	Upton, John/Scheahan, Kate	[31/NoFin]	31/DNC	31/DNC	31/DNC	31/DNC	31/DNC	155.00T	29T
29T	30089	Klein, Andrew/Claflin, Jessica	[31/NoFin]	31/DNC	31/DNC	31/DNC	31/DNC	31/DNC	155.00T	29T

Final Results