United States A-Cat Association (USACA)

We tried an experiment on the West Coast this year in an attempt to increase participation in regattas. We instituted a 4-regatta series (with sponsorship from West Marine) with the idea of combining regatta scores to crown a Pacific Coast Champion.

• May 14-15, 2005 - S.O.C.K.S. Regatta in Seattle, WA
• August 15-19, 2005 - North American Championship in Cascade Locks, OR
• September 3-4, 2005 - SCYC Fall Regata in Santa Cruz, CA
• November 19-20, 2005 - Turkey Day Regatta in Long Beach, CA

First a congratulations to all three A-Cat (Santa Cruz) sailors that have sailed in the first three Pacific Coast Championship Events: Michael Egan, Davi Ottenheimer and Andy Kolb.

Final Results were calculated by having 2 throw-outs for the SOCKS event (which had 10 races total), 2 throw outs for the NA's (which had 10 races total), and 1 throw out for SC (which had 5 races total) and 1 throw out for Turkey Day (which had 6 races total). Since other sailors are out of the running just due to cumulative DNS's, the final standings are:

Place     Skipper             Sail #     TOTAL
  1       Mike Egan           102        117
  2       Davi Ottenheimer    99         127
  3       Andy Kolb           162        205

So congratulations to Mr. Michael Egan of Santa Cruz, the 2005 Pacific Coast Champion