by Carl Olbrich, RD
The winds blew and the sailing was fast at the Triangle
Model Yacht Club Regatta held May 14-15, 2005.
- Gerry Cobley wins
Triangle MYC Regatta.
- Skip Allen makes a big
splash as he returns after a 2 year hiatus from
racing.
- Chris Kakavas continues
to be one of the leaders.
- Rich Hawley improved
his position as the regatta progressed.
- Jack Wubbe new to
EC-12s, in his second regatta was impressive.
- Scott Vernon in his
quiet way was always in the chase.
- Doug Hale improved his
rudder control and his sailing improved.
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We sailed 32
races over the 2 day event and started with 11 boats on
Saturday and had eight boats sailing on Sunday. The course
was a windward / leeward with off set marks parallel to the
shore line. The wind was from the same direction both days
about 6-10 mph.
Skip Allen, on
Saturday was in first place through 12 races when he
stumbled on the shore line and both Skip and his
computerized transmitter fell into Lake Johnson. At that
point Skip had proved to himself and others that he can
still race as well as build boats and he withdrew from the
regatta. The hulls Skip has built over the years are still
very much in demand. Skip vowed to be at the Elon Regatta.
Chris Kakavas
sailed all day Saturday (22 races) and was in second place
at the end of the day. Chris was unable to sail Sunday as he
had some family commitments. Believe it or not family is
more important than sailing!!!! Jack Wubbe is from Naples,
Florida and this was his second EC-12 regatta. Jack has
built other class boats - but we have him HOOKED on EC-12s.
Winston Mathews also from Naples was in his first EC-12
regatta.
Frank Angel in
addition to having the Nationals on his mind and calling
Rick West, found out that the control board in his boat was
loose and that was the cause of the erratic behavior of his
boat. Frank did not sail on Sunday but stayed to take
pictures, keep the Race Director on his toes and lend morale
support to the rest of his team of skippers from the
Piedmont Club. Frank laughed at our score keeping for
11 skippers on a computer when he is figuring out how to
handle 56 skippers and the frequency problems for the
Nationals.
Our committee
was spear headed by Doug Hale, Jim Utley, Justin Flint, Mike
Roe and Gerry Cobley. Jim really carried the majority of the
workload. Mike as he called out the finishing boat numbers
always called out words of encouragement to the finishers.
It was a nice touch Mike. Gerry bought the trophies and
hats. Seeing that he won first place we believe he should
have spent more money on the awards. It was a great team -
thanks.
Each skipper
attending the regatta received a hat commemorating the
event. The final standings for 32 races were:
1. Gerry Cobley
2. Rich
Hawley
3. Jack Wubbe
4. Scott Vernon
5. Doug Hale
6. Chris Kakavas
(22 races)
7. Winston
Mathews
8. Cameron Hunt
9. Skip Allen
(12 races)
10. Frank Angel
(20 races)
11. John
Unterreimer (10 races)
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