Piana Cup overall

by Paige Brooks on 12 Dec 2012

Etchells Class http://www.etchells.org.au

The Piana Cup took place over the 8-9 December. By Thursday night, the first of the out of town teams were there and getting their boats set up and launched for a Friday practice race. By Saturday morning 52 boats were launched.

We worked our way up the course and handled the boat well, but our course management could have been better. At crowded mark roundings we were able to make up a lot of boats only to lose them on the upwind legs. But that's just my story. Overall, the course was shifty, the wind 8-10, the weather partly sunny. Pretty darned perfect.

Race 2 was lighter than race 1, probably 6-8 knots. Again the RC called for 1.6nm windward leg with a slight right adjustment. We tried for a port tack approach, but couldn't find a good hole to get in on the line. We were rescued by a general recall. We rolled right into a new sequence and got off a decent start. We tacked right to clear our air and worked halfway up the right side then went left. We came into the top mark on a port tack approach and were able to pick up some boats thanks to the current pushing the starboard guys away from the mark. Downwind we jibed left and saw we were near Dirk and his crew, which ultimately meant they were having a bad race. The RC shortened the course to 1.3nm, and we finished deep, but better than our first race.

Race 3 was even lighter. Off we went again on our 1.6nm mission in light shifty stuff. We got ping ponged twice by a port tack boat. Flip Wehheim and his crew won the day, with Jeff Seigal and crew close behind.

The Etchells are kept at four clubs, all virtually next door to one another, making the after race party at the BBYC darned fun. The sun set, the tree lights went on, the sailors collected and the kegs were tapped.

We didn't get any racing in on Sunday. A lot of boats were hoping to get five races in so they could drop one of Saturday's races, but it didn't happen. As soon as it looked good for racing we went out, but the wind didn't materialize.

Place	#	Other #	Boat Name	Owner	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Total
1	37	USA1137	La Tormenta	S. Bush/Wehrheim	8	5	1	14
2	96	USA1296	USA 1296	Jeffrey Siegal	1	7	9	17
3	18	USA1308	KGB	Senet Bischoff	4	15	2	21
4	58	USA1198	America Jane II	Scott Kaufman	6	13	3	22
5	17	USA1378	Keep Smiling	Marvin Beckmann	3	3	17	23
6	52	USA1152	Blonde Antelope	Keith Whittemore	10	9	5	24
7	72	USA1372	USA 1372	Dieball / McClean	5	4	16	25
8	13	USA1300	USA 1300	Pomerleau/Dressell	2	2	24	28
9	25	USA1225	USA 1225	Tom Lihan	9	12	10	31
10	33	HKG1333	Swedish Blue	Ante Razmilovic	22	1	12	35
11	97	USA1397	Raging Rooster	Peter Duncan	17	14	7	38
12	79	USA944	USA 1379	Peter Carroll	18	8	13	39
13	00	USA1200	Lion Heart	Steve Girling	14	16	11	41
14	88	BAH1388	Annie	Gary Gilbert	16	11	19	46
15	03	SUI1403	No Dramas	James McHugh	12	21	14	47
16	39	USA1239	Widespread Panic	Steve Horwitz	27	17	4	48
17	05	USA1305	Clean Execution	Michael Gavin	11	10	34	55
18	48	USA1408	USA 1408	Jim Cunningham	23	26	8	57
19	98	BER1394	Tiburon	Kneulman/Watson	19	37	6	62
20	07	USA1307	Nemesis	Jeff Nehms	21	27	15	63
21	19	USA1097	Caramba	Jose Fuentes	30	6	30	66
22	15	USA1055	Vertigo	Cumming/Lanza	13	19	35	67
23	92	USA928	Something Good	Mauk / Gonzalez	35	18	20	73
24	64	USA1264	USA 1264	Francisco/Guerriero	7	48	23	78
25	42	USA1342	Zhen	Mark Fleckenstein	34	23	22	79
26	31	USA1166	USA 1166	James Howells	37	20	26	83
27	63	USA1063	2 Th'Max	John Amendola	15	39	32	86
28	41	USA1341	USA 1341	Chuck Poindexter	24	45	18	87
29	01	USA1001	"The ""D"""	Donald Maxwell	25	29	33	87
30	68	USA1168	Mahalaga	Peter Vessella	32	28	27	87
31	62	USA1262	Scimitar	S. Neff / H. Brauer	29	38	21	88
32	10	USA1310	USA 1310	John Podmajersky	40	25	28	93
33	55	USA1355	Lucky	Bryon Ehrhart	45	22	31	98
34	21	USA1221	Riva	Wade Edwards	28	41	29	98
35	73	USA1373	Victory	Buddy Cribb	31	34	38	103
36	28	USA1328	Hat Trick	Toso / Naylon	20	43	43	106
37	71	USA1371	Flying Colors	Ken Womack	51	31	25	107
38	09	GBR1409	Hancock	David Franks	43	24	45	112
39	22	USA1202	Jeremiah	Jonah Pruitt III	36	40	39	115
40	78	USA1126	Nunkasi	Rick Kaiser	46	30	42	118
41	36	GRE1368	EFYRA 3	George Andreadis	26	56 dnc	37	119
42	45	USA1145	Trankeylo	PJ Keenan	39	36	44	119
43	85	USA1185	USA 1185	Hitchcock/Allardice	48	32	40	120
44	53	USA1178	Moxie	Fred Joosten	42	33	46	121
45	08	USA1208	Gumption	Kevin Grainger	38	49	36	123
46	04	USA1041	Jester	Robert Burgess	33	42	50	125
47	80	USA1280	USA 1280	Craig Mense	44	35	47	126
48	11	USA1111	Crapshoot	Patricia Stadel	47	44	41	132
49	93	CAN993	JRW One Design	Jerry Wendt/Andrew MacRae	41	46	48	135
50	94	USA1094	John Deere	Sharon Bourke	49	47	51	147
51	84	BRA1284	Morena Linda	Mauricio Verdier	52	51	49	152
52	57	USA808	Contessa	John Greeven	50	50	52	152
53	12	USA1212	Carina	Jonathan Nye	56 dnc	56 dnc	56 dnc	168
54	46	CAN1246	Landed Emmigrant	Hans Fogh	56 dnc	56 dnc	56 dnc	168
55	75	USA1375	USA 1375	Argyle Campbell	56 dnc	56 dnc	56 dnc	168