Hey Folks -
Great regatta last weekend - Glen and Diane Marsh continue to support local sailing by having a bunch of us over to their house in Navarre Beach for a race. A big thanks to Bill Losquadro of Subway Sandwiches, Steve and Juana Rudski of Juana's Pagodas, and the great folks at Sabre Sails for sponsoring such a fun event.
We had 18 boats turn out this year; two ARC 22s, four Hobie 20s, two Nacra 6.0s, one 19MX, one 18-2, three I-17Rs, one Hobie 17 Sport, two Hobie 16s, one A-Class, and a Mystere 4.3 - a diverse and amicable crowd!
We got three races in on Saturday, and a distance race on Sunday. A front came through on Friday, giving us some strong NW winds (12-17 knots) to deal with during the buoy racing on Saturday - a few teams went swimming as gusts indiscriminately knocked over the biggest (ARC 22) and the smallest (M 4.3) of the fleet.
Sunday saw a return to the more normal Southern sea breeze, but there were still some healthy puffs out there for the trap-hungry distance racers.
No injuries, damage to one sail, full bellies and empty coolers as the punch line. See you next year!
Spinnaker Fleet:
1st I-17R Chris Sawyer - 1, 2, 3, 2
2nd ARC 22 Mike Kelly, Glenn Purcell - DNS, 1, 1, 1
3rd I-17R Tom Turlington - 3, 3, 2, 4
4th ARC 22 Glen Marsh, Steve Robb - 2, 6, DNS, 3
Open A Fleet:
1st Hobie 20 Mike Wilson, Kirt VanZandt - 2, 2, 1, 4
2nd A-Class Randy Smyth - 1, 1, DNF, 1
3rd Hobie 20 John & Agata MacDonald - 3, 3, 3, 2
4th Britt Drake, Kathy Hart - 4, 4, 2, 3
Open B Fleet:
1st Mystere 4.3 John & Leah Williams - 2, 3, DNS, 1
2nd P18-2 Bruce Yates, Karin Gudmunson - 3, 1, DNS, 2
3rd H16 Steve Rudski, Jason Vallina - 1, 2, DNS, DNS
4th H17S Larry and Connie LaVine - 5, DNF, DNS, 3