By Dave Brawner
This year’s regatta was a one-day affair consisting of 16 races
for the 14-boat fleet. The pre-race forecast was for 20 knots
building to 30 through the day. Thankfully, that was a bit more
than we saw but none-the-less, we had plenty of breeze. B rigs
and even a C rig were dusted off and put on many boats for the
afternoon.
Three sailors battled all day for the top spot. The usual
suspects, Danny Thomas and Jarl Wathne were joined by an ever
improving and always quite Harry Mote. In the end, Jarl topped
Danny by four points and Harry by 8 points.
Harry started the day by realizing his transmitter was in a safe
spot at home. Though Harry was quite willing to be part of the
race committee, we gathered enough equipment to get him on the
water. That was bad news for the eleven of us that finished
behind him.
Ken
Shaw gets the award for driving the farthest and sailing the
least. Perhaps his boat gets carsick. After a seven hour trip
from Vermont, the boat only lasted one race. Ken later admitted
that he had parts to fix the boat but I think he’d rather heckle
us from the shore.
Mike Denest started the day with his strongest finish, which was
a third. Later in the day, his “C” rig powered him to a fourth
in the 12th race. Doug Wotring, Al Sellers and Joe
Cole each managed to win a race. John Ebell showed great
improvement over his last trip to the Liberty Bell. Major
surgery was done to Scott “the Big Dog” Todd’s boat the night
before the regatta. Somehow, he kept it together in the high
winds without being too “skeered”.
A
big thank you to Bob Kjellberg and John McKeough for running the
regatta. And an even bigger thank you again to Bob for making
the trophies. It seems that our shiny silver trophy has been
spending a lot of time down in Maryland. Congratulations Jarl.
Danny would like you to polish the trophy before he wins it next
year.
1.
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Jarl Wathne |
2.
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Danny Thomas |
3.
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Harry Mote |
4.
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Dave Brawner |
5.
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Al Sellers |
6.
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John Ebell |
7.
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Doug Wotring |
8.
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Jack Kendra |
9.
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Scott Todd |
10.
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Joe Cole |
11.
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Mike Denest |
12.
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Pete Schilder |
13.
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George Wiegand |
14.
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Ken Shaw |
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