2009

Why Race?
Racing allows all sailors to hone their skills and become better sailors. While there is a competitive aspect that can be very exciting, club racing on DuBay is fun, social, and is the best way to learn to make your boat do and go where you want. Have no reservations, Join us!

Racing
Lake DuBay introduced a one-design Butterfly fleet in 2009. Club racing also consists of a handicapped fleet using the Portsmouth rating system. The boats generally racing are scows of all types, day sailors, and daggerboard boats. This system allows anyone to participate in club racing and to be competitive.

Events
Racing takes place on Tuesday evenings (Portsmouth), Wednesday evenings (Butterfly) and Saturdays (Portsmouth) as listed on the club calendar.

Tuesday and Wednesday evening races will be short races, generally lasting around 20 to 30 minutes each. Three races are generally sailed.

Saturday races will be a bit longer in length. This allows the cruising boats, spinnaker equipped boats, and catamarans to "stretch their legs" a bit. Two or three races will generally be sailed with races lasting around 45 minutes each.

Race day fees are $5.00 for club members, $10.00 for non-members.

Race courses are windward-leeward with the start line either at the leeward end or in the middle of the course.

Results

Results for the current year will be posted on this page as soon as they are available.

LDBSA encourages sailors to participate in regattas. Photos, results, and any written information submitted to the club will be posted on this page.

Race Information:
Racing Rules of Sailing 2009-2012(PDF)
Race Flags and what they mean
Race starting sequence

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Club Race Results:

Tuesday
06-02-2009
07-07-2009
07-21-2009
08-04-2009
08-18-2009

 

Saturday
06-13-2009
07-18-2009
08-08-2009

 

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Open Portsmouth Results Page

Butterfly One-Design Results

 

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Regatta Results:
I-20 Spring Regatta
Syttende Mai Regatta
Butterfly Nationals
ILYA I-20 Championship
Governor's Cup Regatta
I-20 Nationals

 

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Season Archives:
2007
2008

Portsmouth Race Results, 2009

Saturday Standings:

Satuday Series, 2009		June 13, 2009		July 18, 2009		August 8, 2009		September 12, 2009
Racer	Boat	Place	Points	Place	Points	Place	Points	Place	Points	Score	Place
Terry, Joe	I-20	1	6	1	4	1	7			17	1
Gamble, Dennis	Butterfly/Flying Scot	1	6	2	3	2	6			15	2
Doty, Stewart	Lightning	2	5	3	2	4	4			11	3
Terry, Calen	Butterfly	4	3	4	1	3	5			9	4
Sims, Kurt	M-17	6	1	4	1	4	4			6	5
Ennis, Mark	J-16	3	4							4	6
Jack Thielke	Buccaneer					5	3			3	7
Peck, Ed	Butterfly	5	2							2	8
Mel Smith	J-16			3	2					2	9
Bob Swobota	MC					6	2			2	10
John Jagodinski	Butterfly					7	1			1	11

 

Tuesday Standings (final):

Tuesday Series, 2009		June 2, 2009		June 16, 2009		July 7, 2009		July 21, 2009		August 4, 2009		August 18, 2009
Name	Boat	Place	Points	Place	Points	Place	Points	Place	Points	Place	Points	Place	Points	Score	Place
Terry, Joe	I-20	1	8			1	10	1	6	1	4	1	4	32	1
Terry, Calen	Butterfly	4	5			3	8			2	3	2	3	19	2
Gamble, Dennis	Butterfly/I-20	2	7			4	7			3	2	4	1	17	3
Sims, Kurt	M-17	6	3			7	4	1	6	4	1			14	4
Doty, Stewart	Lightning	7	2			5	6	2	5					13	5
Peck, Ed	MC/Butterfly	8	1			2	9			3	2			12	6
Smith, Mel	J-16	3	6			6	5							11	7
Ennis, Mark	J-16	5	4			8	3							7	8
Dohr, Bill	Butterfly							3	4					4	9
Martin, David	Butterfly							5	2			3	2	4	10
Force, Jim	Lightning					9	2	6	1	8	1			4	11
Thielke, Jack	Buccaneer	10	1			10	1	10	1					3	12
Swobota, Bill	MC							4	3					3	13

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Tuesday August 18, 2009

The lake looked pretty darn angry as the boats took to the water for the last Tuesday evening race. The 3 foot waves quickly decreased to great, flat water and winds 5 to 10. Dennis and Kurt started out fast in Rich's I-20, but mechanical problems forced them to retire after the first race.

Results:	RC: Mike Koss, Rich Barker, Melissa Sims, Tristin Terry
Racer	Boat	Race1	Race2	Race3	Total	Place	Points
Joe Terry	I-20	1	1	1	3	1	4
Calen Terry	Butterfly	2	2	3	7	2	3
David Martin	Buccaneer	4	3	2	9	3	2
Dennis Gamble	I-20	3	4	4	11	4	1

 

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Saturday, August 8, 2009
Talk about light air! LDBSA sailors raced in it anyway. Winds about 2 with gusts to 4 made for some tricky sailing and for plenty of time for joking around on the water. It was a beautiful summer day spent with great friends and lots of dock talk back in the boatyard.

Results:	RC: Mike Koss, Chuck Jagodinski, Rich Barker
Racer	Boat	Race1	Race2	Race3	Total	Place	Points
Joe Terry	I-20	1	1	1	3	1	7
Dennis Gamble	I-20	2	4	3	9	2	6
Calen Terry	Butterfly	4	2	4	10	3	5
Stewart Doty	Lightning	6	3	2	11	4	4
Jack Thielke	Buccaneer	3	5	5	13	5	3
Bob Swobota	MC	5	6	5	16	6	2
John Jagodinski	Butterfly	7	6	5	18	7	1

 

Tuesday, August 4, 2009
LDBSA sailors experienced another evening of nearly perfect winds. There were only four boats on the line, but those four had some fantastic sailing in reasonably steady and diminishing evening winds. Thanks Dennis Gamble and Jim Force for setting an awesome course for a full evening of sailing.

Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Some rain cut the evening short, but what a GREAT turnout. Congratulations sailors!

Saturday, July 18, 2009
Great winds, and a great course made for fantastic racing. Four races were sailed and everyone had a great time.

Tuesday, July 7, 2009
10 boats competed in a medium to light air series. The weather was beautiful and the competition was great. Special thanks to Mike Koss and Chuck Jagodinski for handling RC duties.

Saturday, June 13, 2009
The first Saturday race for the season was raced in extremely light air. Primarily thermal activity, the sailors maintained patience and some luck to keep the boats moving. The absence of power boat traffic made racing in these light conditions possible.

Tuesday, June 2, 2009
The first evening of racing kicked off the 2009 season with 8 boats on the starting line!

Jack and Sheryl Thilke handled RC duties and set a good course in the varying wind conditions. The wind persistantly shifted right and the boats keeping to the right side of the fleet made ground on the rest of the competitors.

Race 1 was great fun as the boats started very competatively and everyone knocked the winter rust out. Mel Smith had boatspeed in his J-16 scow along with Stewart Doty and Jim Force sailing a Lightning.

Things got interesting in race 2 when Calen capsized as well as Kurt and Melissa Sims. The Sims got their new Melges 17 back on it's feet quickly. Calen worked hard, but needed some extra help. Calen's dad, Joe was about mid leg heading downwind when Calen gave a wave indicating he needed help. Joe and Dennis headed back up the course to assist in righting the boat and in doing so, were awarded their evening average for the second race.

With the winds up a bit and gusting, Mark Ennis and Stewart and Jim headed in to avoid taking a swim. The rest of the fleet started the final race - a windward 2 1/2. The persistant shift made the course largely starboard tack favored upwind and port tack favored downwind, but the racing was still tight. In this last race, Kurt Sims had his M-17 moving well and crossed the line first. Tearing up the course overall, were Dennis Gamble and Joe Terry, with excellent boat speed in their Butterfly sailboats.

Mel Smith was late to the start of the last race, thinking the racing was done and seeing two other boats heading in after the RC boat pulled anchor to assist in the capsize recovery during the second race. Mel sailed determined and did very well, dispite the final time.

Final Scores: