2019 Sunshine Open Results

From the Sunshine Open Regatta at Severn Sailing Association this weekend: Gusts of 40 kts on Saturday kept the fleet on shore and 2 kts on Sunday offered only one race. Congratulations to Scott Williamson and Bob Tan winning their fleets.

Division: Laser (17 boats) (top)

Pos	Sail	Skipper/Club	1	Total Points
1	184116	Williamson, Scott/ Severn Sailing Association	1	1.00
2	214620	Waiting, David/ SSA	2	2.00
3	204428	Russom, Mike/ Brant Beach YC	3	3.00
4	156631	Johnson, Eric/ SSA	4	4.00
5	188095	Schoene, David/ SSA	5	5.00
6	198025	Shingledecker, Luke/ SSA	6	6.00
7	213962	Holweger, Mark/ SSA	7	7.00
8	193965	Knab, Jim/ Rehoboth Bay SA	8	8.00
9	152989	Futcher, JuneRose/ BTYC	9	9.00
10	199139	Russom, Dennis/ Brant Beach YC	10	10.00
11T	166870	Empey, Bruce/ SSA	18/TLE	18.00T
11T	173258	Lynch, Matthew/ SSA	18/DNC	18.00T
11T	174236	Kerrest, Jacques/ SSA	18/DNC	18.00T
11T	184620	Gay, Brendan/ SSA	18/DNC	18.00T
11T	192031	Linares, Carlos/ SSA	18/DNC	18.00T
11T	194620	Jacob, James/ SSA	18/DNC	18.00T
11T	196147	Reich, Bryan/ SSA	18/DNC	18.00T

Division: Laser Radial (13 boats) (top)

Pos	Sail	Skipper/Club	1	Total Points
1	196023	Tan, Robert J./ ssa	1	1.00
2	203955	Haldeman, Dorian/ Severn Sailing Association	2	2.00
3	191967	Moore, Jeffrey/ SMSA	3	3.00
4	206135	Burls, Natalie/ SSA	4	4.00
5	134195	McKenna, Koralina/ SSA	5	5.00
6	207150	Lawson, William/ SSA	6	6.00
7	200585	Young, Christopher/ SSA	7	7.00
8	214625	Cofer, Steven/ SSA	8	8.00
9	208036	Paufler, Pam/ Severn Sailing	9	9.00
10	153006	Westphal, Sandy/ SSA	10	10.00
11	188921	Schoene, Lauren/ Severn Sailing Association	11	11.00
12	166892	Feusahrens, Devon/ SSA	12	12.00
13	212662	McMurray, Kelly/ Ocean City Yacht Club	13	13.00

 

Register for 2017 Laser District Championship/Sunshine Open, April 22-23!

Hello Laser Sailors!

Time is running out to register for the 2017 Laser District Championship/Sunshine Open, April 22-23!
NOR and online registration: http://severnsailing.org/content.aspx?page_id=87&club_id=549086&item_id=620485

• Your registration fee includes a few of the best things from the area.
• after racing keg of Heavy Seas Loose Cannon (a local favorite brewed in Baltimore
• tasty crab cake dinner catered by CrabTownCurbs Cusine (extra dinner tickets available for $25), and
• a moisture-wicking tech shirt, designed by StoutGear (artwork shared on Facebook yesterday) https://www.facebook.com/groups/206466696149325/permalink/1127004367428882/

Sailors who register between now and April 10 will be guaranteed a regatta shirt at check in. Early registration discount ends on April 14.

I hope to see you there!

Scott Williamson
Laser Fleet 10

2016 Sunshine Open Results

The District 11 Championship was held at Severn Sailing Association (SSA) in Annapolis, Maryland this year, in conjunction with their annual Sunshine Open Regatta.  Conditions were fairly typical for this early season regatta with intermittent rain and breezy conditions forecast for Saturday and sunshine with diminishing winds for Sunday.  Thirty nine sailors were registered for the event, twenty seven full rigs and twelve radials.  One of the best events to kick off the east coast sailing season, the Sunshine Open is a long standing regatta dating back to the 70’s when the Laser was first introduced by Bruce Kirby.

Saturday began with intermittent rain and a strong breeze out of the north northwest.  Twelve to fourteen knots of wind with overcast skies and temps in the 60’s greeted the sailors as they sailed out to the course in Whitehall Bay, just below the Chesapeake Bay Bridge.  Strong outgoing current and shifty conditions kept most of the fleet on the left of the course in the early races.  The first day saw Leo Boucher, an up and coming Junior sailor from Severn Sailing Association, battling it out with a former District 11 Champion, James Jacob, for first in the Full Rig Fleet.  Conditions were challenging, with the strong current and the intermittent swells from passing freighters creating big waves across the course, and the wind driven swells adding to the mix.  Saturday ended with James Jacob in first, Leo Boucher close behind and Scott Williamson in third. The Radial Fleet had Kim Couranz in first, Jaques Kerrest in second and Dorian Haldeman in third.

As the sailors made their way back to SSA the sun came out and treated all to a beautiful sunset, with the Naval Academy and the Maryland Statehouse in the background.  A dinner of Maryland crab cakes and a great local band capped off a fun evening.

Sunday dawned bright and cool with better than forecast breeze promising another great day on the water.  The ten knot breeze that greeted the sailors on the way out to the course soon began to waver and go right.  After two challenging races with shifty conditions in a dying breeze Leo Boucher came through with two bullets (1-1-2-1-1) to capture first place in the Full Rig Fleet, followed by James Jacob (2-2-1-1-3) in second and Eric Reitinger, from Brant Beach, in third.  Mike Russom (previous District 11 Champion) and Scott Williamson filled in at fourth and fifth place.  District 11 Champion, Leo Boucher was also the First Junior sailor and June Rose Futcher was the First Woman finisher in the Full Rig Fleet.  In the Radial Fleet, three Severn Sailing Association members took top honors, Kim Couranz (1-1-1-1-2) finished in first with Dorian Haldeman (2-4-2-2-6) in second and Bill Lawson in third place.  Susan Taylor and Jacques Kerrest, both of Severn Sailing, rounded out the top five in fourth and fifth respectively.  Kim also took top honors as the First Woman in the Radial Fleet.

Standard 1st thru 3rd

Sunshine Open District 11 Championship 2016 (Leo Boucher, James Jacobs and Eric Reitinger)

Radial 1st thru 3rd

Sunshine Open District 11 Championship (Kim Couranz, Dorian Haldeman and Bill Lawson)

All in all it was a great event with competitors from up and down the east coast attending and many sailors returning year after year.

PICTURES

Division: Laser (27 boats) (top)

Pos	Sail	Boat/Club	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total Points	Pos
1	157851	Leo Boucher/ Severn Sailing Association	1	1	[4]	2	1	1	6.00	1
2	194620	James Jacob/ Severn Sailing Association	2	2	1	1	3	[8]	9.00	2
3	194505	Eric Reitinger/ Brant Beach Yacht Club	[11]	3	3	6	4	3	19.00	3
4	204428	Mike Russom/ Northern Virginia Model Yacht Club	3	[12]	6	3	7	2	21.00	4
5	209747	Scott Williamson/ Tred Avon Yacht Club	4	[10]	2	4	8	10	28.00	5
6	173969	Alexander A. Meller/ Severn Sailing Association	7	4	8	7	5	[12]	31.00	6
7	196023	Robert J. Tan/ Severn Sailing Association	10	[13]	9	8	2	4	33.00	7
8	198025	Luke Shingledecker/ Severn Sailing Association	6	8	5	5	9	[28/DNC]	33.00	8
9	100655	Charlie Brewer/ Fishing Bay Yacht Club	5	5	7	9	11	[17]	37.00	9
10	196080	Steven Schmidt/ Cooper River Yacht Club	9	6	[16]	11	6	5	37.00	10
11	199139	Dennis Russom/ Brant Beach Yacht Club	12	[15]	13	10	12	9	56.00	11
12	209702	Michael Parramore/ Severn Sailing Association	13	9	12	[16]	13	11	58.00	12
13	190513	Eric Bennung/ Corinthian Yacht Club of Cape May	16	[21]	10	15	10	14	65.00	13
14	188095	David Schoene/ Severn Sailing Association	8	7	11	14	[28/DNC]	28/DNC	68.00	14
15	166870	Bruce F. Empey/ Severn Sailing Association	14	11	15	13	15	[20]	68.00	15
16	156631	Eric Johnson/ Severn Sailing Association	15	[17]	14	12	14	13	68.00	16
17	192031	Carlos Linares/ Severn Sailing Association	18	16	17	17	[19]	19	87.00	17
18	200405	Edward John/ Severn Sailing Association	21	19	18	[28/DNS]	20	18	96.00	18
19	184620	Brendan Gay/ Severn Sailing Association	20	20	20	18	18	[21]	96.00	19
20	152989	JuneRose J. Futcher/ Club TBD	17	18	[28/DNF]	28/DNC	28/DNC	6	97.00	20
21	209752	David Stenger/ Severn Sailing Association	19	14	19	[28/DNS]	28/DNC	28/DNC	108.00	21
22	204415	Britt Drake/ Maurice River Yacht Club	[28/DNC]	28/DNC	28/DNC	28/DNC	17	15	116.00	22
23	205512	Adam Glass/ Severn Sailing Sailing	[28/DNC]	28/DNC	28/DNC	28/DNC	16	16	116.00	23
24	137777	Michael J. Waters/ Severn Sailing Association	[28/DNC]	28/DNC	28/DNC	28/DNC	28/DNC	7	119.00	24
25T	180536	Steven D. Cofer/ Severn Sailing Association	[28/DNC]	28/DNC	28/DNC	28/DNC	28/DNC	28/DNC	140.00T	25T
25T	185776	Jerry Smith/ Severn Sailing Association	[28/DNC]	28/DNC	28/DNC	28/DNC	28/DNC	28/DNC	140.00T	25T
25T	201214	Joe Hidalgo/ Severn Sailing Association	[28/DNC]	28/DNC	28/DNC	28/DNC	28/DNC	28/DNC	140.00T	25T

Notes

(1)	Scoring System is ISAF Low Point 2013-2016
(2)	Time limit expired (TLE) penalty is: Finishers plus 2
(3)	Finishes in [brackets] denote throwouts

Division: Laser Radial (12 boats) (top)

Pos	Sail	Boat/Club	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total Points	Pos
1	194577	Kim Couranz/ Severn Sailing Association	1	1	1	[3]	1	2	6.00	1
2	203955	Dorian Haldeman/ Severn Sailing Association	2	4	2	2	6	[7]	16.00	2
3	207150	Bill E. Lawson/ Severn Sailing Association	4	3	3	5	2	[6]	17.00	3
4	180524	Susan D. Taylor/ Severn Sailing Association	[6]	5	5	4	3	3	20.00	4
5	174236	Jacques Kerrest/ Severn Sailing Association	3	2	4	1	[13/DNC]	13/DNC	23.00	5
6	200168	Rick H. Landell/ Cooper River Yacht Club	[7]	7	7	7	5	4	30.00	6
7	170722	Csila Gal/ Potomac River Sailing Association	9	[10]	8	6	4	8	35.00	7
8	153006	Sandy Westphal/ Severn Sailing Association	10	9	10	[13/DNF]	7	1	37.00	8
9	175592	John Gebhardt/ Severn Sailing Association	5	6	6	8	[13/DNC]	13/DNC	38.00	9
10	200585	Christopher J. Young/ Severn Sailing Association	8	8	[9]	9	8	5	38.00	10
11	44844	LeAnn Myhre/ Severn Sailing Association	[13/DNC]	13/DNC	13/DNC	13/DNC	9	9	57.00	11
12	186519	Christine Potts/ Severn Sailing Association	[13/DNC]	13/DNC	13/DNC	13/DNC	13/DNC	13/DNC	65.00	12

Notes

(1)	Scoring System is ISAF Low Point 2013-2016
(2)	Time limit expired (TLE) penalty is: Finishers plus 2
(3)	Finishes in [brackets] denote throwouts

District 11 Championship and Sunshine Open

The Sunshine Open Regatta is coming up fast.  This regatta is also the District 11 Championship and the first regatta for SSA with the new Laser sails.  Registration is up on the severnsailing.org website and this coming Friday the 15th is not only the Tax deadline, but the deadline to avoid the late registration fee.  The reason I do this is so I can have a good handle on T-shirts and dinners.  So, make sure to register and pay before the 15th.  We have a great party lined up for Saturday night with fine Chesapeake Bay Crab Cakes for dinner, a great band and a keg.  What better way to kick off the season?
We had a great Frostbite season this winter.  One of the best turnouts I’ve seen.  I still have a few Frostbite glasses to pass out to those of you who qualified by sailing in at least half of the days.  I know who you are and I will be down at SSA this Saturday celebrating opening day.  I’ll have the Frostbite glasses with me so track me down and get yours.

2015 District Championship Results

It still felt a bit like frostbiting – but make no mistake – it’s spring and Severn Sailing Association held their Sunshine Open that doubled as the District 11 Championship. 28 Standards and 16 Radials set out to do 4 races in cloudy conditions with temperatures in the 60s. Many sailors elected to wear their drysuits.

The forecast for Saturday was pretty dim – but with the RC out on the water seeing it fill in – the sailors were sent out pretty much on time where they would have 6-10 knots throughout the day.

Winning races on the first day in the standard fleet were Luke Shingledecker, Kevin Shockey (2)  and John Shockey.  The Radial fleet was tightly matched with Kim Couranz and Mike Schmidt trading races.

Saturday evening the sailors were treated to great meal and most hung around until the band shut the place down later in the evening.

Sunday morning the weather was a bit better with mostly sunny skies, a little warmer temperatures than Saturday and winds in the 8-11 range.  Racing was postponed a bit while Saturday’s scores were straightened out and 2 more races were sailed.

Congratulations to Luke Shingledecker winning his second Standard District Championship in a row.  And congratulations to Mike Schmidt on winning  his first Radial District Championship – Mike is the first sailor to have won both the Standard and Radial District Championship.

Standard Winners 1st: Luke Shingledecker 2nd: John MacCausland 3rd: Eric Reitinger 1st Junior: Phil Schofield 1st Woman: JuneRose Futcher

Radial Winners 1st: Mike Schmidt 2nd: Kim Couranz 3rd: Chase Carraway

 

Results

2014 Sunshine Open Results

The Sunshine Open, held at Severn Sailing Association in Annapolis, offered close to ideal conditions for this early season regatta.  Thirty four boats were registered, 23 standard rigs and 11 radial rigs.  Although conditions were light to nothing on the way out to the course the first day, the wind soon filled in to the forecasted 12-15 knots out of the northwest.  The sun was shining but the water temperatures were still cool enough to warrant spray tops and even a dry suit or two.

Competition was fierce in the standard fleet on Saturday with four points separating 1^st and 3^rd place after four races.  At the end of the first day John MacCausland was leading the standard fleet with Mike Russom, Jonathan Phillips and Luke Shingledecker close behind.  Kim Couranz led the radial fleet with Susan Taylor and Dorian Haldeman in second and third.  On the way back to the dock both fleets were treated to 20+ knots with gusts exceeding 30.  Timing is everything.

Saturday evening the sailors enjoyed drinks and dinner on the deck overlooking the Naval Academy, Annapolis and the Chesapeake Bay.  The Unified Jazz Ensemble provided cool jazz on the upper deck to round out a great evening.

Sunday turned out just as beautiful with bright sunny skies and breeze in the low to mid-teens. The race committee got in three more races on Sunday for the standard fleet and two for the radials before the wind turned shifty and began to die.  Final results did not change much from Saturday.  In the standard fleet John MacCausland finished in first with 11 points through 6 races scored, Mike Russom was second with 15 points and Jonathan Phillips was third with 19 points.  In the radial fleet Kim Couranz was first with 7 points through 5 races scored, Susan Taylor was second with 10 points and Dorian Haldeman was third with 15 points.

Steven D Cofer
Laser Fleet 10

Results

Sunshine Open This Weekend!

Severn Sailing Association will be kicking off the season with the Sunshine Open this weekend on April 26-27.    Time to get your boat scrubbed clean, gear dusted off and REGISTER!  We are getting prepared for a great opening Laser Regatta at SSA.  Real Food has worked up a great menu, they have an impressive selection of beers on tap, and we have engaged the Unified Jazz Ensemble, www.unifiedjazz.com, to provide entertainment on the upper deck after sailing on Saturday.  The weather has been great lately and the long range forecast looks promising.  Spring is here and it’s time to get back on the water.

• Registration Website
• NOR
• Entry List

2013 Sunshine Open Results

Results from Severn Sailing Association’s Sunshine Open Regatta are posted.  John MacCausland from Cooper River Yacht Club was the winner in the 30-boat Standard Fleet while Janel Zarkowsky from SSYC won the 14-boat Radial fleet.  The Standard fleet was the only fleet to get in one race in the light-air on Saturday.  Both fleets sailed 5 races in better wind on Saturday.

Sunshine Open This Weekend

The Severn Sailing Association Laser Fleet will hold their Annual Opening Laser Regatta, the Sunshine Open (NOR), on April 27 and 28 this year. First gun will be at 11:00 on Saturday and 10:00 on Sunday. Water will be provided on the course.

After a challenging year of partying in the parking lot and changing in the bushes this will be a great opportunity to showcase our new Clubhouse, locker rooms, expanded deck and revamped Dark & Stormy’s Cafe. The dinner menu looks fantastic and what better way to end a day on the water than to enjoy a great dinner with good friends, watching the sun go down over historic Annapolis.

Sunshine Open Regatta Menu:

Entrée
Grilled Salmon with Cilantro Cucumber Salsa
Herb Encrusted Pork Loin with onion and apple chutney
Garden Salad
Potato Lyonnaise

Dessert
Ginger Cake with Rum Caramel Sauce and Cream

Dark & Stormy’s will be open to provide breakfast each morning, serving coffee, orange juice, fruit, bagels & cream cheese, and breakfast sandwiches.

Join us for the Sunshine Open, a great Annapolis tradition. Register early for a discount. Extra dinners will be available for non-sailing friends and family.

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2012 Sunshine Open Results

Severn Sailing Association’s Sunshine Open saw plenty of Sunshine on Saturday with 10-12 knots of wind out of the south and temperatures in the 70’s.  Unfortunately Sunday was anything but Sunny with rain and chilly conditions.  25 boats sailed 4 races on Saturday and 3 on Sunday with boats from as far away as Fishing Bay Yacht Club to the South and Toms River Yacht Club to the North.  Steve Cofer hosted a great party and dinner Saturday night.

With 3 bullets on Sunday Luke Shingledecker (SSA) took the pole followed by Eric Reinker (SSA) and David Schoene (SSA).  In the radials it was Dorian Haldeman (SSA), Kim Couranz (SSA) and Sandy Westphal (SSA).

Complete Results