Oxford Fall Wind Up - Action heats-up on the Choptank
by Paul Cayard on 6 Oct 2014
Cayard sailing the Star Pierre Orphanidis
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Paul Cayard reports on the 2014 Oxford Fall Wind Up taking place in Oxford, Maryland.
Two races were held today on the Choptank. (Love that word. Very appropriate as the water is choppy out there!) It was clear, cold and a brisk 50 degrees when we headed out to the race course at 0930.
The wind was 7-12 from the west with 30 degree shifts today which made racing anything but straight forward.
Brian and I managed to win the first race with the consistent Arthur and Dave team in second place.
In the second race, we had a good start and had Arthur and Dave seemingly under control when the wind went light and we had a reshuffle. Arthur and Dave went from sixth to first while we did the opposite.
We had some chances to get back I into it but Arthur and Dave sailed very well to win the race while Brian and I finished fifth.
So Arthur and Dave won the Wind Up and Brian and I finished second.
For us the main goal for this weekend was to make sure we are happy with the tune of this boat and get our boat maneuvering sorted out. We achieved most of that but need to keep working on out upwind speed. Arthur and Dave were a bit quicker than us.
Complete Results:
Place |
Boat |
Skipper |
Crew |
Sail #: |
Fleet |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
Total |
1 |
8000 |
Arthur Anosov |
|
8000 |
SL |
2.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
2.0 |
1.0 |
5 |
2 |
Marrekesh |
Paul Cayard |
|
8460 |
WSFB |
1.0 |
2.0 |
3.0 |
1.0 |
5.0 |
7 |
3 |
Picnic |
William Swigart |
|
8291 |
CLIS |
5.0 |
4.0 |
7.0 |
3.0 |
2.0 |
14 |
4 |
USA 8177 |
Tomas Hornos |
|
8177 |
BH |
6.0 |
5.0 |
2.0 |
5.0 |
28.0 |
18 |
5 |
7741 |
Ben Sternberg |
|
7741 |
tayc |
4.0 |
7.0 |
4.0 |
10.0 |
6.0 |
21 |
6 |
8181 |
Douglas Schofield |
|
8181 |
ES |
9.0 |
3.0 |
8.0 |
4.0 |
8.0 |
23 |
7 |
8278 |
Alberto Zanetti |
|
ARG 8278 |
OL |
10.0 |
6.0 |
5.0 |
8.0 |
7.0 |
26 |
8 |
Grinch |
Bert Collins |
|
8063 |
AN |
7.0 |
9.0 |
6.0 |
15.0 |
14.0 |
36 |
9 |
Lucky |
Alan Campbell |
|
8045 |
ES |
17.0 |
15.0 |
11.0 |
6.0 |
9.0 |
41 |
10 |
Gator |
Bryan Boyd |
|
8024 |
|
8.0 |
10.0 |
14.0 |
17.0 |
10.0 |
42 |
11 |
8395 |
Mike Hecky |
|
8395 |
CR |
13.0 |
8.0 |
10.0 |
14.0 |
18.0 |
45 |
12 |
Redemption |
Keith Donald |
|
8087 |
AN |
11.0 |
12.0 |
17.0 |
13.0 |
11.0 |
47 |
13 |
Pichon Pichoni |
Erich Mones Ruiz |
|
8285 |
BA |
32.0 [DNC] |
11.0 |
15.0 |
9.0 |
13.0 |
48 |
14 |
USA 7986 |
Barbara Beigel Vosbury |
|
USA 7986 |
AN |
18.0 |
14.0 |
13.0 |
7.0 |
16.0 |
50 |
15 |
8072 |
Doug Smith |
|
8072 |
SBC |
3.0 |
32.0 [OCS] |
9.0 |
12.0 |
29.0 |
53 |
16 |
Carolina |
Claude Bonanni |
|
8279 |
TaB |
16.0 |
13.0 |
12.0 |
20.0 |
12.0 |
53.0001 |
17 |
SPAX |
Sandy McAllister |
|
7828 |
ES |
12.0 |
17.0 |
16.0 |
23.0 |
22.0 |
67 |
18 |
Grand Pear |
Bob Lippincott |
|
7512 |
ES |
19.0 |
19.0 |
20.0 |
11.0 |
24.0 |
69 |
19 |
Mischief |
David Cox |
|
7318 |
MES |
15.0 |
16.0 |
21.0 |
18.0 |
23.0 |
70 |
20 |
Neva Jo |
Murray Leigh |
|
7996 |
CB |
14.0 |
20.0 |
19.0 |
21.0 |
19.0 |
72 |
21 |
7998 |
David Cutler |
|
7998 |
LH |
20.0 |
18.0 |
18.0 |
22.0 |
21.0 |
77 |
22 |
Sonya |
John Chiarella |
|
8215 |
Sun |
21.0 |
32.0 [DNF] |
32.0 [DNC] |
19.0 |
20.0 |
92 |
23 |
8083 |
Derek De Couteau |
|
8083 |
BI |
32.0 [DNC] |
32.0 [DNC] |
32.0 [DNC] |
16.0 |
17.0 |
97 |
24 |
Pied Piper |
Jack Jennings |
|
8464 |
LS |
32.0 [DNC] |
32.0 [DNC] |
32.0 [DNC] |
32.0 [DNC] |
3.0 |
99 |
25 |
Baracablue |
Larry Whipple |
|
8484 |
BisB |
32.0 [DNC] |
32.0 [DNC] |
32.0 [DNC] |
32.0 [DNC] |
4.0 |
100 |
26 |
Hard Crab |
Schuyler Benson |
|
8067 |
ES |
32.0 [DNF] |
32.0 [DNC] |
32.0 [DNC] |
32.0 [DNC] |
15.0 |
111 |
27 |
Mamie |
Matt Cartwright |
|
7938 |
LG |
32.0 [DNC] |
32.0 [DNC] |
32.0 [DNC] |
24.0 |
26.0 |
114 |
28 |
7802 |
Jim Albert |
|
7802 |
NCB |
32.0 [DNC] |
32.0 [DNC] |
32.0 [DNC] |
25.0 |
27.0 |
116 |
29 |
Turn It Up |
Steve Kling |
|
USA 8131 |
AN |
32.0 [DNC] |
32.0 [DNC] |
32.0 [DNC] |
32.0 [DNC] |
25.0 |
121 |
30 |
Dodie |
Carroll McCallum |
|
6420 |
CLIS |
32.0 [DNC] |
32.0 [DNC] |
32.0 [DNC] |
32.0 [DNC] |
32.0 [DNC] |
128 |
30 |
Stella |
John Maccausland |
|
USA 8490 |
CR |
32.0 [DNC] |
32.0 [DNC] |
32.0 [DNC] |
32.0 [DNC] |
32.0 [DNC] |
128 |
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