RS Aeros at the Turkey Bowl Regatta at Corinthian Yacht Club of Seattle

by Seattle RS Aero fleet 18 Nov 2020 21:52 PST November 14-15, 2020

RS Aeros at the Turkey Bowl Regatta © Jan Anderson

The Corinthian Yacht Club's annual Turkey Bowl Regatta of November 14-15 gave the first taste of winter. However conditions were great for racing and everyone was excited to be on the water in this well attended regatta with 73 competitors in total including 23 RS Aeros.

On Saturday four races were sailed with a mix of wind conditions. The first two races were medium breeze and the last race was light. The wind and current were going opposite directions throughout the day, so keeping the bow above the chop and the boat dry was important. The pin end of the start line was being pushed up the course with the current resulting in several general recalls in the very competitive RS Aero fleet. Whilst the RC worked hard to keep the line square, the pin end of the start line was still generally favored.

RS Aeros at the Turkey Bowl Regatta - photo © Jan Anderson

There were shifts on both sides of the course with longer lasting left shifts. You could go left or right up the windward leg as long as you maximized the time on the lifts and covered the fleet when there was an opportunity to do so. On the downwind legs it was important to have a good visual on the mark and it usually worked to sail close to the rhumb line while taking into account a few degrees of offset for the current.

RS Aeros at the Turkey Bowl Regatta - photo © Jan Anderson

Unfortunately on Sunday morning racing was postponed and competitors remained on shore as the wind was consistently blowing around 30kn. Shortly after noon the race committee canceled racing entirely for the day as the wind remained strong and there was no expectation that it would drop. Thus Saturday's results stood for the Regatta. Dalton Bergan had a run away lead with three bullets and a second with Andrew Loe taking 2nd from Charles Fulmer in 3rd. Special mention to young Dieter Creitz who took the race win from the more experienced sailors in the 4th race!

RS Aeros at the Turkey Bowl Regatta - photo © Jan Anderson

Thanks to CYC and all their volunteers for putting on a great regatta.

Next up for the Seattle single-handers is the next Seattle Frostbite series day on Sunday afternoon December 5 and the annual CYC/SLF Frigid Digit Regatta is on January 23-24, 2021.

More Photos by Jan Anderson are available here.

Overall Results:

Pos	Sail No	Helm	Club	R1	R2	R3	R4	Pts
1	2024	Dalton Bergan	CYC	1	1	1	2	5
2	3251	Andrew Loe	SYC	7	2	2	12	23
3	1241	Charles Fulmer	CYC	3	9	7	6	25
4	2483	Mark Reed		6	14	3	5	28
5	3256	Keith Hammer	SYC	4	5	4	15	28
6	1727	John Renehan	WW17SS	5	10	11	3	29
7	2019	Carl Buchan	CYC	18	3	6	4	31
8	2233	Dan Falk	CYC	2	4	15	14	35
9	1514	Andy Mack	SYC HRYC	14	6	10	8	38
10	1732	Matt Pistay	SYC RSCYC	10	13	5	11	39
11	2228	Jim Barrett	CYC	11	11	13	9	44
12	1977	Jay Leon	CYC	12	8	16	10	46
13	1248	Andy Schmidt	CYC	8	15	8	DNC	51
14	2084		CYC	16	16	14	7	53
15	1643	Dieter Creitz	CYC	19	DNC	12	1	54
16	2686	Giancarlo Nucci	DCYC	15	17	9	13	54
17	1377	Mike Johnson	CYC PMYC	9	7	DNC	DNC	57
18	2082	Alyosha Strum‑Palerm	SYC	13	12	DNC	DNC	66
19	2794	Tolga Cezik	CYC	21	19	17	16	73
20	8228	Annie Sorensen	CYC	20	20	19	17	76
21	1480	Alexander Baldwin	SYC	22	18	18	18	76
22	122	Jonah Zimmerman		17	DNC	DNC	DNC	80
23	2276	Matt Hemke		23	DNC	DNC	DNC	86
24	1856	Marek Omilian	STYC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	88
25	2020	Craig Horsfield	CYC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	88
26	1380	Derek Bottles	CYC SYC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	88
27	1644	Eric Becker	CYC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	88
28	1726	Jacques Garrigues	CYC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	88