THE DOCTOR IS IN!
Dr. Jarl Wathne wins Cambridge
By Scott Todd
The winds for this year’s Choptank Cup Regatta started
off light and variable, but they never slacked off so much
that the heats became “drifters”. Because of the small size
of our pond, Nascar fans would consider it the
“Martinsville” of the EC-12 circuit. Even with that being
said, this was one of the few regattas that I’ve been to
where there was not a single protest. I think this proves
how much we enjoy ourselves here at this regatta.
As mentioned earlier, the doctor is in and boy does he
mean business. Jarl has already won the Champions regatta
in Charleston, The Liberty Bell in Mt. Laurel and now
Cambridge. Congratulations Jarl. Second place went to
Dave Brawner, whose son John won second place in the crab
eating contest. More about that one later. Taking a break
from the 914 circuit, Dave Ramos scored third. It should be
noted that the difference between second and third was only
one point. Sailing a brand new boat, master builder Gary
Mueller got fourth. Fifth place went to the pride of
Alabama, Al Sellers. Al also won the crab eating contest.
Harry Mote finished sixth. When Harry starts a
windward leg, he puts his boat on “munch”, look out when
that happens. Traveling all the way from Naples, Florida,
Jack Wubbe finished seventh. Jack and Mary Ellen went back
to Florida declaring they would do better at next years Crab
contest. Believe me Al is a tough act to follow and he’s
had a lot of practice. Eighth place went to Tom Causin,
assisted by daughter Jenna. Also in his second year sailing
12’s was John Ebell in ninth. John scored a bullet in race
7.
The big man from Penn. was tenth. Doug has the inside
scoop on a plaque maker and he took care of that for us
again this year. Finishing behind Doug, was our buddy from
Jersey – Joe Cole. Russ Dukehart and Dr. Pete Schilder
picked up the next two spots with Cambridge newcomers
Henry Miller and Dave Littleton finishing things out.
The Sat. night party was at my house. We had a crab feast
with all the usual trimmings. Before the feast started, I
assured everyone that, no Alaskan Crab fisherman were
harmed during the harvesting of the crabs.
Again we had a great time as usual. We’re already thinking
about next year’s regatta which will probably be held at
about the same time as this one. So please make plans to
join us.
Thanks go to our current national champion Mark Rinehart for
helping me with this one. As always, thanks to Sara for
organizing and doing the shopping for this event. Once
again, for a week before the regatta our house looked like a
commissary at an Air Force base. And finally, Jim Coll took
care of the scoring.
Thanks again to everyone who made this event possible. See
you soon.
Scott