DAILY REPORTS:
Sailing Weather Services Daily Paralympic Weather Brief
Wildly Shifting Breeze but Paralympic Leaders Hold On
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Winds varied from 12-14 up to a brisk 22-knots today. The fall westerly started the Sonars off in a spectacular 15-knot breeze against a brilliant sunny sky along the Jamestown coast. However, the wind would not play and swung 50 degrees on the first leg...(more >)
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Tuesday / Wed Wrap up.
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Racing starts again on Thursday for Paralympic and Olympic Classes... The Following report is from Rick McGowan from the Npt Daily News....(more >)
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Doerr Still in Lead after Race Four DSQ
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NEWPORT, RI (October 7, 2007) “I really love sailing, the sport has given me a whole new outlook on life,” says Rick Doerr, helmsman of a Paralympic sailing team in contention to...(more >)
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RACE DAY ONE REPORT
NEWPORT, RI – (October 6, 2007) Two years of planning, practicing and organizing launched the start of the 2007 Paralympic Sailing Team Trials. The 2.4 Meter, Sonar and SKUD 18 sailors met outside of Newport Harbor all with a similar goal of earning a berth and the honor of representing the U.S. at the 2007 Paralympic games.
An unusual fall fog rolled in before racing but cleared in late morning in time for two races for all three classes. A 8-10 knot southerly stayed steady for the racing. Another fog bank rolled in during late afternoon hours and blanketed the Bay forcing the Race committee to shorten the final race of the day for the SKUD 18s.
Rick Doerr (Clifton, NJ), the current 2007 IFDS Disabled Word Champion, jumped out front quickly with crew Bill Donohue (Brick, NJ) and Tim Angle (Marblehead, MA) to win the first race of the Paralympic Selection Trials.
Jennifer French (St. Petersburg, Fla.) with crew Brian Kendall (Tampa, FL) and Michael Hersey (Hyannis, Mass.), came in second after Doerr. After Race Two was abandoned by a Rule 31.2 enactment, David Schroeder (Miami, Fla.), Keith Burhans (Rochester, NY) and John Pucillo (Waldorf, MD), sit in third place in the triple-handed class.
The Rule 31.2 race abandonment also applied to Race Two for the 2.4 Meter Class so standings with one race scored shows Charles Rosenfeld (Woodstock, Conn.) Mark Bryant (Estero, FL)and John Ruff (Pewaukee, Wisc.) lined up in first, second and third place respectively.
Racing continues tomorrow through Sunday, October 14 for all classes. One lay day is planned but not scheduled as of yet.
Welcome to Rhode Island!
Sail Newport, New York Yacht Club, Ida Lewis Yacht Club and the Rhode Island Sailing Foundation are ready to help host this very important selection process for the Paralympic Games in 2008.
Most of you are onsite already measuring, registering and getting ready for action. We are looking forward to fantastic racing in Narragansett Bay with PRO Ron Hopkins and his team hoping for quality conditions throughout the first 3 days of sailing. Weather Reports will be linked here by 0730 each day, and results will be posted after each race.
Good Luck!
Sail Newport Venue Information
2006 Olympic & Paralympic Pre-Trials Regatta Report
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Rhode Island Sailing Foundation
Click above photo for local Newport info!
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