1999 Fleet 18 Race Results

Tuesday Night Races at Foster City

Races start at 6 PM, see you there!

Note: We give 0.75 points for a First Place. Other places get their place as point value.

Tuesday Night races: April, May , June, July, Aug, Sept

Weekend races: Blue Boar Beach Run, Crown Memorial Beach, Woodward, Coyote Point, Del Valle, Benicia, Margarita Run, Overall Standing

Tuesday Evening Races (and Pizza)

September 1999

August, 1999

Photo of Fleet 18 on Aug 24

August, 1999			3-Aug			10-Aug				17-Aug			24-Aug			31-Aug
		Totals	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
1	Glenn Taylor	28.00	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	[4]	[4]	[4]	[4]	[4]	3	2	2	2
2	Mark Zimmer	34.25	[S]	[S]	[S]	[S]	[S]	S	S	0.75	0.75	2	3	0.75	0.75	0.75	0.75	0.75
3	Dan Colton	39.50	[S]	[S]	[S]	0.75	0.75	2	2	2	3	3	5	5	4	[S]	[S]	S
4	Al Mirel	40.50	2	2	2	[S]	[S]	[S]	[S]	3	2	0.75	2	2	0.75	[S]	S	S
5	Keith Walker	48.00	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	5	[6]	5	[6]	6	5	[S]	[S]	[S]
6	Spike Leonard	53.00	[S]	[S]	[S]	3	F	5	6	6	5	6	[7]	[7]	6	3	3	4
7	Dick Brundle	62.00	[S]	[S]	[S]	6	4	7	7	7	7	7	3	[S]	[S]	4	5	5
8	Ted Huang	98.25	0.75	0.75	0.75	[S]	[S]	[S]	[S]	[S]	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
9	Fung Yang	101.75	[S]	[S]	[S]	[S]	[S]	S	S	S	S	S	0.75	3	2	S	S	S
10	Dave Snoek	105.00	[S]	[S]	[S]	5	5	6	5	[S]	[S]	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
11	Rolf Jaeger	108.00	[S]	[S]	[S]	[S]	[S]	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	5	4	3
12	Kimberly Birkenfeld Today	109.50	[S]	[S]	[S]	[S]	[S]	0.75	0.75	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
	DNF (F) ->		5	5	5	7	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	6	6	6
	DNS (S):	12
	Throwouts:	5

July, 1999

July, 1999			6-Jul			13-Jul			20-Jul			27-Jul
		Totals	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
1	Mark Zimmer	16.00	0.75	0.75	0.75	0.75	0.75	0.75	0.75	0.75	[S]	[S]	[S]	[S]	S
2	Glenn Taylor	17.75	[3]	2	[F]	2	[3]	2	2	[4]	2	2	2	3	0.75
3	Spike Leonard	27.00	[S]	[S]	[S]	[4]	2	3	4	3	3	3	4	2	3
4	Keith Walker	27.75	[4]	[4]	3	3	4	4	[5]	[5]	4	0.75	3	4	2
5	Dick Brundle	43.00	5	5	4	[S]	[S]	[S]	[6]	6	5	4	5	5	F
6	Dan Colton	65.75	[S]	[S]	[S]	[S]	S	S	3	2	0.75	S	S	S	S
7	Rolf Jaeger	67.00	2	3	2	[S]	[S]	[S]	[S]	S	S	S	S	S	S
8	Kimberly	71.50	[S]	[S]	[S]	[S]	S	S	S	S	S	S	0.75	0.75	S
9	Dave Snoek	77.00	F	F	F	[S]	[S]	[S]	[S]	S	S	S	S	S	S
10	Don Fox	84.00	[S]	[S]	[S]	[S]	S	S	7	F	S	S	S	S	S
	DNF (F) ->		6	6	5	5	5	5	8	7	6	5	6	6	4
	DNS (S):	10
	Throwouts:	4

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June, 1999

June, 1999			1-Jun			8-Jun				15-Jun			22-Jun				29-Jun
		Totals	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
1	Teddy Huang	9.75	0.75	0.75	0.75	0.75	0.75	0.75	0.75	0.75	0.75	[2]	[S]	[S]	[S]	[S]	0.75	0.75	0.75	0.75
2	Al Mirel	24.25	2	2	2	2	[3]	2	3	3	2	[4]	2	0.75	0.75	0.75	[4]	[7]	2	[4]
3	Mark Zimmer	28.50	[S]	[S]	[S]	3	2	3	2	2	3	0.75	0.75	2	[S]	[S]	2	2	3	3
4	Dan Colton	45.00	[5]	4	3	5	5	4	4	[S]	[S]	[S]	5	3	2	2	3	3	[6]	2
5	Rolf Jaeger	54.00	4	[5]	5	[7]	[6]	[6]	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	5	[6]	5	5
6	Spike Leonard	82.00	[S]	[S]	[S]	6	[9]	5	[8]	6	F	7	6	7	5	6	7	5	7	7
7	Glenn Taylor	84.00	[S]	[S]	[S]	[S]	[S]	S	S	7	5	5	3	5	3	S	6	4	4	6
8	Keith Walker	99.00	[S]	[S]	[S]	9	7	7	6	[S]	6	6	8	8	6	4	[S]	S	S	8
9	Fung Yang	105.00	3	2	4	4	4	9	7	[S]	[S]	[S]	[S]	[S]	S	S	S	S	S	S
10	Dave Snoek	118.00	[S]	[S]	[S]	[S]	[S]	S	S	S	S	S	7	6	7	5	8	8	8	9
11	Dick Brundle	124.00	[S]	[S]	[S]	8	8	7	9	5	7	8	[S]	[S]	S	S	S	S	S	S
	DNF (F) ->		6	6	6	10	10	10	10	8	8	9	9	9	8	7	9	9	9	10
	DNS (S):	12
	Throwouts:	5

May, 1999

May, 1999			4-May			11-May			18-May			25-May
		Totals	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
1	Al Mirel	12.25	[2]	0.75	0.75	0.75	2	2	[F]	2	2	[3]	[3]	2
2	Mark Zimmer	16.50	0.75	[3]	[3]	2	3	0.75	2	3	3	[4]	2	[4]
3	Fung Yang	18.75	3	2	2	3	0.75	3	[S]	[S]	[S]	2	[4]	3
4	Teddy Huang	19.50	4	[S]	[S]	[S]	[S]	S	0.75	0.75	0.75	0.75	0.75	0.75
5	Dan Colton	32.00	[5]	4	4	4	5	4	3	4	4	[S]	[S]	[S]
6	Rolf Jaeger	42.00	[6]	5	[6]	5	4	5	6	6	[7]	6	[7]	5
7	Spike Leonard	44.00	[8]	[7]	[F]	[7]	6	6	4	7	5	5	5	6
8	Glenn Taylor	61.00	[S]	[S]	[S]	F	7	8	5	5	6	[S]	S	S
9	Keith Walker	62.00	9	6	5	[S]	[S]	[S]	[S]	S	S	7	6	7
10	Dick Brundle	65.00	7	8	F	6	8	7	[S]	[S]	[S]	[S]	S	S
11	Dave Robinson	88.00	[S]	[S]	[S]	[S]	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
	DNF (F) ->		10	9	7	8	9	9	7	8	8	8	8	8
	DNS (S):	11
	Throwouts:	4

April, 1999

The first scheduled Tuesday night regatta was set to occur at Coyote Point on April 6. Rolf Jaeger and Dan Colton showed up but no one else did. The air temp was somewhere south of 55 F. and the wind was near zero. The participation on this evening proved that the majority of Fleet 18 is composed of sensible people.

The second race of the new season was on April 13 at Foster City. The air temperature was summerlike and most sailors did not don wetsuits. Wind was excellent, 10-12 mph.

April 20 was at Coyote Pt. and there was too much wind and waves too high to set marks.(Wind 15-25mph)We sailed but did not race.

Wow, heavy wind at Foster City on April 27. If you raced you were a champion.

	April 1999		13-Apr			27-Apr
		Totals	1	2	3	4	5	6
1	Al Mirel	4.25	0.75	0.75	0.75	[2]	[2]	2
2	Teddy Huang	12.25	[S]	[S]	S	0.75	0.75	0.75
3	Fung Yang	13.00	3	2	4	4	[6]	[6]
4	Glenn Taylor	16.00	4	[6]	[6]	3	5	4
5	Mark Zimmer	19.00	Q	[3]	2	[F]	3	3
6	Dan Colton	19.00	2	4	3	[S]	[S]	S
7	Rolf Jaeger	24.00	[S]	[S]	S	F	4	5
8	Dave Robinson	26.00	6	5	5	[S]	[S]	S
9	Spike Leonard	30.00	6	7	7	[S]	[S]	S
10	Keith Walker	40.00	[S]	[S]	S	S	S	S
	DNF (F) ->		7	8	8	5	7	7
	DNS (S):	10
	Throwouts:	2

Last Updated on 4/28/99 
By Rolf Jaeger

Blue Boar Beach Run, March 13, 1999

The first race of the 1999 season. The course is the one we have used in our season closer, the Margarita Run. We always have a reverse-order-of-finish start on this course with the person who finishes last on the way to the beach given the chance to start first on the race back. For the return race the time difference for each subsequent finisher is used as the delay between that person's start time and the one before him.

The wind at the start was NE at about 5-10mph. Three fourths of the way to the beach, Mark, who was well ahead, slowed down to keep his time penalty for the return race to a minimum... this is called "sandbagging". The time differences for the first 5 finishers were within a minute and a half. Mark took about 58 minutes to complete his race.

The party on the beach was highlighted with great (though weirdly combined) food! Ray Domingo brought his homemade sushi and wasabi. Rolf and Dan brought excellent cheese, and there were girl scout cookies to go with the Blue Boar beer!

The wind rose as we partied and for most of the return race it was NW gusting 5 to 15+ mph. It was tricky under the bridges and several leaders were passed when they spent too much time swimming. Al's win was not a surprise even though he had to wait 15 minutes and 13 seconds after Keith Walker's start before he could begin his return race. Keith held onto most of his lead on the return, however, and placed a respectable 3rd.

Thanks to Kris Taylor who recorded the times.
 
 

	Race to Beach	Time
		Seconds
1	Mark Zimmer	0
2	Al Mirel	22
3	Ray Domingo	33
4	Dan Colton	44
5	Glenn Taylor	79
6	Rolf Jaeger	143
7	Keith Walker	935
8	Spike Leonard	1154
Race Back
1	Al Mirel
2	Glenn Taylor
3	Keith Walker
4	Mark Zimmer
5	Rolf Jaeger
6	Dan Colton
7	Ray Domingo
DNF	Spike Leonard

Crown Memorial Beach, Alameda, April 17, 1999

A beautiful sunny day with light, but steady, wind. Wind for the first race was about 6 mph and was about 10 mph for the last race. We kept the courses short in order to gain the most from start practice. 3 of the 5 races were on upwind-downwind (sausage) courses, the others were on simple triangles.

Mark had to leave early, giving the top spot for the day to Ray.

	Crown Beach, Alameda	Totals	1	2	3	4	5	Points
1	Ray Domingo	6.75	2	2	[4]	1	2	0.83
2	Mark Zimmer	7.25	1	1	1	[S]	S	0.67
3	Glenn Taylor	9.00	[5]	3	2	2	2	0.50
4	Rolf Jaeger	10.75	3	4	[5]	3	1	0.33
5	Spike Leonard	15.00	4	[5]	3	4	4	0.17
6	Dan Colton	20.00	[S]	S	S	S	S	0.00
7	Keith Walker	20.00	[S]	S	S	S	S	0.00
8	Fung Yang	20.00	[S]	S	S	S	S	0.00
9	Dave Snoek	20.00	[S]	S	S	S	S	0.00
10	Frank Patterson	20.00	[S]	S	S	S	S	0.00
	DNF (F) ->		6	6	6	5	5
	DNS (S):	5
	Throwouts:	1

Woodward - May 15, 1999

Woodward at its best ! Great wind (with interesting shifts !), sunshine and just the right temperature. Unfortunately, only 4 of us showed up, but we had a wonderful time. Spike showed us all how to sail that course. He seemed almost always to sail just the right tack. In the last race, he magically edged out Rolf (who had taken the lead (after a long chase) one tack after the last mark) on a side by side finish with Rolf unable to make the leeward mark of the finish line and losing one more place to Keith. Ouch !

		Totals	1	2	3	4	Points
1	Spike Leonard	2.25	0.75	0.75	[3]	0.75	0.80
2	Glenn Taylor	5.75	3	2	0.75	[4]	0.60
3	Rolf Jaeger	7.00	2	[4]	2	3	0.40
4	Keith Walker	9.00	[4]	3	4	2	0.20
	DNF (F) ->		5	5	5	5
	DNS (S):	5
	Throwouts:	1

Woodward Reservoir, 1999

Coyote Point  - June 5, 1999

The Fleet's first attempt at a weekend race at Coyote Point was met with Mother Nature's forceful welcome. It was howling ! Five of us showed up and finished the first race. The weather mark was pretty far off the ideal point (Rolf did it !) and most of us overstood it. Dan must have eagle eyes. He did not skip a beat, made it to the mark far ahead of the rest and sailed off to an unchallenged first place. Congratulations (and if just for being so good at finding that mark; just kidding). We started a second race, but only Mark and Rolf made it to the finish. The rest of us went back to shore with fear in their eyes (except for Doming; see below). Mark was first at the weather mark, but then fell. Rolf had again difficulties finding the mark, but rounded it just a bit after mark, passed Mark without falling and didn't see Mark again for quite some time. In fact it looked to him as if everybody had abandoned the race. Mark was nowhere to be seen. The second downhill leg was sheer survival with plenty of adrenaline and numerous extreme launches. Anyway, thinking he had a clear win on his hands, Rolf eased of a bit (or got tired ?), got surprised Mark who reappeared out of nowhere just a bit before the last mark and bit him to the finish. Oh, well ! Mark Mark and Rolf went at it for another 2 races with rather close finishes and then their arms almost fell off.

At the end of the day, Domingo seemed lost 'at sea'. Mark and Rolf looked for him for quite some time. Mark even sailed back out to make sure Domingo was not in sight. We were about to call the Coast Guard when Domingo arrived happily on his board from an afternoon stroll with Teddy Huang and Fung Yang. Mark red him the riot act for leaving us in the dark about his whereabouts (hopefully a lesson for all !).

Overall, the Windwing sails were clearly the choice of the day. Even Domingo sailed his. It was lots of fun (but scary).
 

		Totals	1	2	3	4	Points
1	Mark Zimmer	2.25	[2]	0.75	0.75	0.75	0.83
2	Rolf Jaeger	6.00	[4]	2	2	2	0.67
3	Dan Colton	10.75	0.75	[S]	S	S	0.50
4	Ray Domingo	13.00	3	[S]	S	S	0.33
5	Spike Leonard	15.00	[5]	S	S	S	0.17

Del Valle, July 10, 1999

	Del Valle	Total	1	2	3	4
1	Mark Zimmer	2.25	0.75	0.75	[2]	0.75
2	Ray	5.75	3	2	0.75	[5]
3	Bill	10	5	[5]	3	2
5	Rolf Jaeger	12	4	4	4	[S]
6	Glenn Taylor	13	2	6	5	[S]
4	Dick Brundle	14	6	3	[F]	5
7	Keith Walker	17	S	[S]	6	4
	DNF (F) ->		7	7	7	6
	DNS (S):		7	7	8	6
	Throwouts:	1

Benicia

Fleet 18 had great sunny day at the Benicia beach. The wind was 9-12mph, varying slowly in speed and very steady in direction so there were few shifts to play. The current for the first two races was flooding enough to make going toward the channel center risky but most of the course was set toward the North shore so a channel route was not required. The toughest time was had by the beach loungers who had their sand restricted by the rather high tide to a 10 foot zone below the cliff.

Rolf had just flown back from a 4 week stay in Germany. Jet lag took its toll and lowered his score.

		Totals	1	2	3
1	Mark Zimmer	3.50	0.75	0.75	2
2	Dan Colton	4.75	2	2	0.75
3	Glenn Taylor	9.00	3	3	3
4	Spike Leonard	14.00	4	5	5
5	Dick Brundle	15.00	5	6	4
6	Ray Domingo	16.00	6	4	6
7	Rolf Jaeger	21.00	7	F	7
	DNF (F) ->		8	7	8
	DNS (S):	7

1999 Margarita Run, Sept. 25, 1999

"Nice weather, moderate wind and a huge Thermos of Margarita mix!" is a summary of the 1999 season's last race. As always the return race from the far SW end of the Foster City Lagoon has a reverse order of finish start to give the slow sailors (or sandbaggers) of the first race a good head start to help them win on the return. Mark moved up five places from his last place start and that was good but not enough to best the 4 minute lead Al got at the start. (Al moved up 5 places as well.)

Race to Beach

1	Mark Zimmer	0:00
2	Glenn Taylor	0:51
3	Rolf Jaeger	2:39
4	Al Mirel	4:18
5	Spike Leonard	8:25
6	Keith Walker	9:45
7	Ray Domingo	10:20
8	Kim Zimmer	12:28
9	Dan Colton	12:53

Race Back

1	Al Mirel
2	Ray Domingo
3	Dan Colton
4	Mark Zimmer
5	Spike Leonard
6	Glenn Taylor
7	Keith Walker
8	Rolf Jaeger
F	Kim Zimmer

1999 Weekend Series

Overall Standing
		Crown Beach		Woodward		Coyote Point		Del Valle		Benicia		Final
		17-Apr		15-May		5-Jun		10-Jul		28-Aug		Score
1	Mark Zimmer	2	0.67	S	0	1	0.83	1	0.88	1	0.88	3.26
2	Ray Domingo	1	0.83	S	0	4	0.33	2	0.75	6	0.25	2.16
3	Glenn Taylor	3	0.5	2	0.6	S	0	5	0.38	3	0.63	2.11
4	Rolf Jaeger	4	0.33	3	0.4	2	0.67	4	0.5	7	0.13	2.03
5	Spike Leonard	5	0.17	1	0.8	5	0.17	S	0	4	0.5	1.64
6	Dan Colton	S	0	S	0	3	0.5	S	0	2	0.75	1.25
7	Bill (Windsurf Diablo)	S	0	S	0	S	0	3	0.63	S	0	0.63
8	Dick Brundle	S	0	S	0	S	0	6	0.25	5	0.38	0.63
9	Keith Walker	S	0	4	0.2	S	0	7	0.13	S	0	0.33

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