Table of Contents - SEN 2198

1. Russian Rod Available
2. Tied and Tangled
3. More on Russian Rod
4. USA Team Selection Days 1 and 2

Russian Rod Available

From: Vasily Beschasny
 
I do still have stock of Russian Rod line.

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Tied and Tangled

From: Stuart Darmon
 
Hi again Roger,                        
Can I please thank everyone who got in touch offering me towline material- the response was quite overwhelming, and I now have enough to keep me happily tangled for life. 
         Regards, Stuart



More on Russian Rod
 
From: Martin Gregorie
 
Stuart, Amazon, and probably your local fishing tackle shop, sell
polyester monofil fishing line suitable for sea fishing. This stuff is
0.5 - 0.7mm in diameter with breaking strains in the range 25-45kg. Its
quite cheap, so worth trying even if it turns out to be unsuitable as
towline.

The best line I found was 100lb kite bridle: this had an unwoven
Spectra core inside a dayglo orange woven Dacron casing. It is 0.9mm
diameter and virtually non-stretch: 5kg extends it 150mm, i.e. pulls
the kinks out, and with very little extra extension at higher loader,
but it wasn't cheap. This would be good for 'classic' F1As, but
probably too draggy for launching LDAs.

Martin


USA Team Selection Days 1 and 2

The USA Team Selection process consists of a preliminary qualification (out of scope for this report) followed by a 3 day event that has 2 7 round competitions for each of  F1AB and C.  The winner of each event earns a place on the USA Team. The third team member is the person that has the highest aggregate score across the two events.

The contest is currently going on at Lost Hills under the direction of CD Terry Kerger plus a number of helpers.

So far two days of very nice weather and challenging competition.  Unofficial results below
  

USA Team Selection F1A -1
Name R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 F1 F2 TOTAL Place
Limberger, Rene 240 180 180 180 180 180 180 300 384 2004 1 = Team Place
McKeever, Mike 240 180 180 180 180 180 180 300 232 1852 2
Cai, Oliver 240 180 180 180 180 180 180 300 227 1847 3
Parker, Jim 240 180 180 180 180 180 180 125 1445 4
Barron, Peter 240 180 180 180 180 160 180 1300 5
Spence, Steve 240 180 153 180 180 180 180 1293 6
Van Nest, Brian 240 180 180 180 180 130 180 1270 7
Barron, Andrew 240 111 180 180 180 180 180 1251 8
Sifleet, Bob 240 180 180 180 180 25 180 1165 9
Brun, Pierre 240 180 180 76 180 180 119 1155 10
Bevan, David 234 119 118 124 180 180 180 1135 11
Bauer, Ken 25DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF 25 12
Rosenzweig, ShlDNF DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF 0 13

Results Unofficial

Results Unofficial
USA Team Selection F1B -1
Name R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 F1 F2 TOTAL Place
Andruikov, Alex 240 180 180 180 180 180 180 300 443 2063 1 = Team Place
Booth, Bill 240 180 180 180 180 180 180 300 402 2022 2
Vaccaro, Tom 240 180 180 180 180 180 180 300 402 2022 2
Jones, Charlie 240 180 180 180 180 180 180 300 402 2022 2
Malkhasyan, Sev 240 180 180 180 180 180 180 300 369 1989 5
Jensen, Blake 240 180 180 180 180 180 180 300 334 1954 6
Crowley, Paul 240 180 180 180 180 180 180 300 314 1934 7
Ghio, Walt 240 180 180 180 180 180 180 300 302 1922 8
Ioerger, Tom 240 180 180 180 180 180 180 300 273 1893 9
Jones, Ryan 240 180 180 180 180 180 180 256 1576 10
Simon, Greg 240 180 180 167 180 180 180 1307 11
Schlosberg, Ara 240 180 180 159 180 180 180 1299 12
MacCleery,Richa 240 180 180 95 180 180 180 1235 13
Piserchio, Bob 176 39 180 180 180 180 180 1115 14
Achterberg, Mik 240 180 180 180 180 55DNF 1015 15

USA Team Selection F1B -2
Name R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 F1 TOTAL Place
Jensen, Blake 240 180 180 180 180 180 180 204 1524 1 = Team Place
Jones, Ryan 240 180 180 180 180 180 180 144 1464 2
Malkhasyan, Sevak 240 180 180 180 180 180 180 126 1446 3
MacCleery,Richard 240 180 180 180 180 180 180 122 1442 4
Jones, Charlie 240 180 180 180 180 180 180 118 1438 5
Crowley, Paul 240 180 180 180 180 180 180 104 1424 6
Schlosberg, Aram 240 180 180 180 152 180 180 1292 7
Ghio, Walt 240 180 150 180 180 180 180 1290 8
Simon, Greg 240 180 180 180 140 180 180 1280 9
Booth, Bill 240 180 139 180 180 180 180 1279 10
Piserchio, Bob 240 180 180 180 101DNF DNF 881 11
Vaccaro, Tom 240 180 180 28DNF DNF DNF 628 12
Ioerger, Tom 240 180 180 11DNF DNF DNF 611 13
Achterberg, Mike DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF 0 14

Third Team Place = Charlie Jones
Alternate = Sevak Malkhasyan 

Results Unofficial
USA Team Selection F1C -1
Name R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 F1 F2 TOTAL Place
Parker, Faust 240 180 180 180 180 180 180 300 361 1981 1 = Team Place
Mathis, Richard 240 180 180 180 180 180 180 300 350 1970 2
McBurnett, Ron 240 180 180 180 180 180 180 279 1599 3
Chesson, Don 240 180 180 180 180 180 180 163 1483 4
Simpson, Roger 240 140 180 180 180 180 180 1280 5
Guy Menano 240 148 180 180 180 180 154 1262 6
Malkhasyan, Tar 240 180 180 88 180 180 180 1228 7
Carroll, Ed 239 143 180 180 180 180 91 1193 8
Roberts, Mike 145 152 180 134 178 82 180 1051 9
Ghio, Walt 150 180 170DNF DNF DNF DNF 500 10

Results Unofficial

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Roger Morrell