6th Annual Choptank Model Yacht Club Regatta  

Scott Todd

 

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Probably the best reading you'll find in this report is the scoresheet.  Not just 1st and 2nd, but all thru the list.  10 different positions were decided by just 1 point.    Despite the close scores, the racing remained pretty clean throughout the regatta. There seemed to be very little pushing, shoving, hollering and screaming.  All protests were settled out of court. 
 
The event was supposed to begin with some match racing and practice racing Friday afternoon for the early arrivals.  However, this was cancelled because of high winds and some rain leftover from Tropical Storm "Cindy".  So we packed everything up and headed down to my 46' Chesapeake Bay workboat "Endless Summer" for a short ride, a tour of a soft shell crab operation and then seafood dinners at the marina's restaurant Dockside. Thanks should  go out to Robin and Michelle for keeping us all fat and happy while there.
 
Saturday began with a light Northwest breeze, which is rare for our area this time of year.  As long as this breeze held out, racing moved along quickly, but when it dropped it was anybody's guess where it would come from next or how long it would stay there.  Anyway, the day ended with  close scores and everyone ready to go eat steamed crabs!   This years Saturday night feast, also included a surprise birthday party for my girlfriend Sara, to make up for last year's now well published inadvertent faux paux.
 
Sunday began something like Saturday did, but with maybe a little less breeze. We raced anyway and at 12 o'clock pulled the boats out for the final time.  Before the trophy presentation, leftovers were cooked on Bigdog's pondside grillin' machine (check out the picture of that).  The trophies themselves were made from some pieces of 2" thick oak that came from my grandfather's boat shop.
 
Now for the thank you's: to my race committee Dr. Jarl Wathne and Jim Coll-you guys did an outstanding job.   To Doug for help with hotels, registration, and trophies.  Certainly to Sara for doing all the shopping and for helping to put this together.  As I said to all the entrants in an email: "Our dinning room looked like a commissary at an Air Force base".  There was plenty to eat that's for sure. 
 
Finally, I 'd like to thank all the participants and I hope to see all of you again next year.  Speaking of next year,  we are planning on having it the same time as this year's regatta was, which will be the first weekend following the 4 th of July.   Mark Rinehart has already signed on for race committee duties. 
 
Hope to see everyone soon.
 
Scott
 
 
 
1. M.  RINEHART        38
2. D   THOMAS           39
3. D.  RAMOS             45
4. I.    WALTON           46
5. R.  WEST                48
6. H.  MOTE                56
7. E.  FREELAND        69
8. A.  SELLARS           71
9. J.   KENDRA            89
10. G. MUELLER         97
11. J. COLE                98
12.D. WOTRING          116
13.T.  CAUSIN             134
14.T. BOLLERS            141
15.G. DICKES              157
16.H. SLENTZ-WHALEN 159
17.T. LENHART            172
18.J. EBEL                   173
19.P. HOUGHTON         177
20.P. SCHILDER            180
21.W. WROTEN            ONLY SAILED SAT.