US Master Nationals & Frigid Digit

(Photo courtesy of Ted Morgan)

Annapolis, MD, USA, September 22, 2019

The 2019 US Masters & Frigid Digit is a wrap! Augie Diaz/Lexi Pline sailed consistently fast to maintain the lead all three days of the Masters. Jim Bowers/Julia Rabin squeaked in over Peter & Connie the last day to win the tie-breaker for second. The Commettes took third, followed by Gavin & Holly O’Hare and Henry Filter/Sandy Westphal. Augie/Lexi and Jim/Julia were also 1st & 2nd in the Frigid Digit, but Gavin & Holly had a great day Saturday to move up in the FD scoringto take 3rd. Evan Hoffmann/Shira Golub were 4th and Peter & Connie rounded out the top 5. (Scoring note/explanation: 8 races were sailed in total. 2 Masters Only races Friday, 2 Combined Masters/FD races Saturday + 2 FD only, and 2 Combined Masters/FD races Sunday)

In the Divisions, Jim/Julia were the top Apprentice Masters, Carol Cronin/Kim Couranz were top Masters, Augie/Lexi were top Grand Masters and Lanny Coon/Gus Wirth (with a combined age of 142!!!).

Thanks again to all the Sponsors who stepped up to help us pay the bar tab and to all the Fleet 532 volunteers who helped make it all happen. It takes a village to run a successful Snipe regatta! Finally, thanks to all the competitors who made the effort to come to the regatta, with folks traveling from California, Florida, Ohio, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and even an international traveler from Canada.

US Masters Results:

Pos	Sail	Skipper/Crew	Club	Subdivision	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total Points	Pos
1	30288	Augie Diaz/Lexi Pline	Coconut Grove Sailing Club	Grand Master	1	2	[4]	1	1	1	6.00	1
2	31171	Jim Bowers/Julia Rabin	Winchester Boat Club	Apprentice Master	[7]	1	1	5	4	5	16.00	2
3	31442	Peter Commette/Connie Commette	Lauderdale Yacht Club	Grand Master	2	3	2	3	6	[13]	16.00	3
4	30629	Gavin OHare/Holly Ohare Erica Seamon	Eastport Yacht Club	Apprentice Master	6	6	3	2	[13]	11	28.00	4
5	30195	Henry Filter/Sandy Westphal	Severn Sailing Association	Master	[10]	10	10	6	2	2	30.00	5
6	31295	Carol Cronin/Kim Couranz	Severn Sailing Association	Master	5	7	5	11	3	[12]	31.00	6
7	31313	Alex Pline/Lisa Pline	Severn Sailing Association	Master	4	15	6	7	[17]	4	36.00	7
8	30301	Chris Ryan/Jill Bennett	Severn Sailing Association	Apprentice Master	12	4	14	8	[15]	3	41.00	8
9	29702	Lanny Coon/Gus Wirth	Mission Bay Yatch Club	Super Grand Master	15	[16]	8	4	8	8	43.00	9
10	31304	Lee Griffith/Nikki Bruno	Surf City Yacht Club	Master	11	5	13	9	7	[15]	45.00	10
11	29499	Art Rousmaniere/Jennifer Rousmaniere	Winchester Boat Club	Master	8	8	[12]	10	9	10	45.00	11
12	29968	Jno Disch/Karen Disch		Apprentice Master	3	11	15	[21/OCS]	11	7	47.00	12
13	28142	Bryan Fishback/Lorie Stout	Severn Sailing Association	Master	9	9	7	[21/OCS]	10	14	49.00	13
14	29572	Charlie Bustamante/Michele Bustamante		Master	18	12	9	[21/OCS]	5	6	50.00	14
15	30299	Steve Callison/Martha Godfrey	Hoover Sailing Club	Master	[17]	13	11	12	14	9	59.00	15
16	31325	Chris Hains/Leo Arsenault	Guelph Community Boating Club	Grand Master	14	14	16	13	12	[17]	69.00	16
17	29964	Robert Panza/Adina Manu	Quassapaug Yacht Club	Grand Master	16	18	17	[21/OCS]	16	16	83.00	17
18	30390	Howard Miller/Keisha Meyer	Cowan Lake Sailing Association	Apprentice Master	13	17	18	[21/OCS]	18	18	84.00	18
19	30904	Ben Shaevitz/LeAnn Myhre	Moraine Sailing Club	Master	[19]	19	19	14	19	19	90.00	19
20	31391	Brett Davis/Christina Persson	Severn Sailing Association	Apprentice Master	[21/DNC]	21/DNC	21/DNC	21/DNC	21/DNC	21/DNC	105.00	20

Frigid Digit Results:

Division: Snipe (25 boats) (top)

Pos	Sail	Skipper/Crew	Club	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total Points	Pos
1	30288	Augie Diaz/Lexi Pline	Coconut Grove Sailing Club	[5]	1	5	1	1	1	9.00	1
2	31171	Jim Bowers/Julia Rabin	Winchester Boat Club	2	[6]	4	2	5	5	18.00	2
3	30629	Gavin OHare/Holly Ohare Erica Seamon	Eastport Yacht Club	4	2	1	3	[15]	12	22.00	3
4	29966	Evan Hoffmann/Marissa Golison	San Diego Yacht Club	1	[14]	3	4	4	13	25.00	4
5	31442	Peter Commette/Connie Commette	Lauderdale Yacht Club	3	3	2	9	8	[15]	25.00	5
6	30195	Henry Filter/Sandy Westphal	Severn Sailing Association	13	8	10	[14]	2	2	35.00	6
7	31313	Alex Pline/Lisa Pline	Severn Sailing Association	8	9	13	6	[20]	4	40.00	7
8	31295	Carol Cronin/Kim Couranz	Severn Sailing Association	6	13	6	13	3	[14]	41.00	8
9	29782	Zachery Kelchner/Shalom Fadullon	Severn Sailing Association	7	4	12	11	[17]	10	44.00	9
10	29704	Lanny Coon/Gus Wirth	Mission Bay Yatch Club	10	5	14	[26/OCS]	10	8	47.00	10
11	29781	Charlie Bess/Sharon Johnson	LYC Junior Sailing	12	7	9	15	6	[17]	49.00	11
12	29572	Charlie Bustamante/Michele Bustamante		11	[26/OCS]	15	10	7	6	49.00	12
13	28142	Bryan Fishback/Lorie Stout	Severn Sailing Association	9	[26/OCS]	8	5	12	16	50.00	13
14	31304	Lee Griffith/Nikki Bruno	Surf City Yacht Club	16	11	7	8	9	[18]	51.00	14
15	30301	Chris Ryan/Jill Bennett	Severn Sailing Association	17	10	17	7	[18]	3	54.00	15
16	31280	Art Rousmaniere/Jennifer Rousmaniere	Winchester Boat Club	15	12	11	[19]	11	11	60.00	16
17	30299	Steve Callison/Martha Godfrey	Hoover Sailing Club	14	15	[16]	12	16	9	66.00	17
18	29968	Jno Disch/Karen Disch		18	[26/OCS]	19	16	13	7	73.00	18
19	31325	Chris Hains/Leo Arsenault	Guelph Community Boating Club	19	16	[21]	20	14	20	89.00	19
20	29964	Robert Panza/Adina Manu	Quassapaug Yacht Club	20	[26/OCS]	20	17	19	19	95.00	20
21	30390	Howard Miller/Keisha Meyer	Cowan Lake Sailing Association	21	[26/OCS]	18	18	21	21	99.00	21
22	25810	Ben Shaevitz/LeAnn Myhre	Moraine Sailing Club	[23]	17	22	21	23	23	106.00	22
23	26109	Chris Adriance/Kristin Mullins	Severn Sailing Association	22	[26/DNC]	26/DNC	26/DNC	22	22	118.00	23
24T	27734	Mark Fuhrmann		[26/DNC]	26/DNC	26/DNC	26/DNC	26/DNC	26/DNC	130.00T	24T
24T	31391	Brett Davis/Christina Persson	Severn Sailing Association	[26/DNC]	26/DNC	26/DNC	26/DNC	26/DNC	26/DNC	130.00T	24T

Notes

(1)	Scoring System is ISAF Low Point 2017-2020
(2)	Time limit expired (TLE) penalty is: Finishers plus 1
(3)	Finishes in [brackets] denote throwouts