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Last Sunday we finished the Spring Frostbite Race Series with a fantastic, if somewhat blustery day of sailing.

Race 1 started in light air and was a 1 lap affair with Robbie Johnson in Pneuma collecting line honors and Jeff Hanson in Vindr Knifr getting the corrected win.

Race 2 had wind building so much that during the race, it removed or damaged at least 3 whisker poles. Mary sailed Grace to both line honors and the corrected win followed by Loren Murphy hundredths of a minute behind.

Race 3 was run in the shifty winds of the day, waiting through the occasional short lull, followed by the next gust to heal you over or round you up. The race was close with a row of 3 and 4 boats running up the river with the wind fighting for an advantage during the first lap.  Robbie again took line honors with Vindr Knifr and crew correcting to the win.

In the forth and final race of the series, we had a great start with several boats at the line with speed at the horn. The race played out very similar to race 3, with close downwind racing in play. Tim Lynch, Loren Murphy and Mary McCollum closing up the field on the upwind legs and Jeff Hanson and Robbie Johnson trying hard to pull away going downwind. In the end it was Robbie collecting line honors for the third time and Jeff Hanson correcting to his third win for the day.

The Final Standings of the Frostbite Series: 

  1.  Tim Lynch

  2.  Jeff Hanson

  3.  Randy Blair

  4.  Mary McCollum

  5.  Robbie Johnson

  6.  Greg Umbright

  7.  Jim Fredenburg

  8.  Tim and Renee Little

  9. Jerry Snell

10.  Dan Dornes

11.  Loren Murphy

I'd like to point out the eleven boats competing in this series is a huge jump from recent times, which averaged a boat count of seven.  Thanks to everyone for coming out, having fun and making our Frostbite Series a fun and exciting time on the water.

Thanks,  Jeff Hanson  Vindr Knifr

LCSA Race Committee Chair