Saturday, January 27, 2007
Islamorada Friday
Morning winds were from the north (offshore) and at the upper range of class rules (22 knts). The sailors held a quick skippers meeting and decided to postpone until noon and wait for moderation. About twenty of the more than fifty competitors said they would definitely brave the conditions.
The races started on time in small chop and 15-20. Only seventeen boats decided to participate (including all four boats from Santa Cruz, California) out of the fifty-six registered for the event. Some competitors had already packed and left by the time racing began. Fortunately, even with the risk of high winds there were no major accidents, although Mike Egan was forced to retire after being fouled during a start sequence. The winds did moderate a little towards 3pm and, in all, five races were held.
Again, Lars Guck dominated the fleet and took the 1st place prize. Pete Melvin took second and Woody Cope third, with Roberto Casadei fourth. Since Lars and Pete are already qualified, Woody is the next US sailor to qualify for November 2007 Worlds.
Draft results:
To cap off the week of racing Bob Webbon delivered free pizza at the final awards ceremony.
The races started on time in small chop and 15-20. Only seventeen boats decided to participate (including all four boats from Santa Cruz, California) out of the fifty-six registered for the event. Some competitors had already packed and left by the time racing began. Fortunately, even with the risk of high winds there were no major accidents, although Mike Egan was forced to retire after being fouled during a start sequence. The winds did moderate a little towards 3pm and, in all, five races were held.
Again, Lars Guck dominated the fleet and took the 1st place prize. Pete Melvin took second and Woody Cope third, with Roberto Casadei fourth. Since Lars and Pete are already qualified, Woody is the next US sailor to qualify for November 2007 Worlds.
Draft results:
Sail Helm Nat R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 TOTAL Rank
232 Lars Guck USA (1) 1 1 1 1 4 1st
69 Pete Melvin USA 2 2 2 (3) 2 8 2nd
209 Woody Cope USA (9) 4 3 2 4 13 3rd
1 Roberto Casadei ITA 4 (7) 4 4 3 15 4th
4 Chimio de Freitas BRA 3 3 (6) 5 6 17 5th
230 Bob Hodges USA 6 (8) 5 6 8 25 6th
199 Davi Ottenheimer USA (11) 9 10 7 5 31 7th
204 Dave Penfield USA 5 6 11 (14) 10 32 8th
195 Ian Storer USA (13) 5 9 8 13 35 9th
150 Andy Kolb USA (12) 12 7 9 12 40 10th
200 Jim Godbey USA 10 (13) 12 11 7 40 11th
134 Mark Bellermann USA (16) 11 8 10 11 40 12th
169 Ward Cromwell USA (14) 10 13 13 9 45 13th
236 Matt McDonald USA 8 14 (15) 12 15 49 14th
2 Roger Wright BRA (17) 15 14 16 14 59 15th
184 Michael Egan USA 7 (DNC) DNC DNC DNC 61 16th
198 John Vincze USA 15 (16) 16 15 16 62 17th
To cap off the week of racing Bob Webbon delivered free pizza at the final awards ceremony.
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