NA Masters 2002 Results

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NA Masters Series #1 - Feb 16-17 Masters Midwinters East

 

NA Masters Series #2 - Feb 23-24 California Masters/MMWW                Report

   

NA Masters Series #3 - Apr 4-6 US Masters                               Report 

 

NA Masters Series #4 - Apr 27-28 Gulf Coast Masters                     Report

 

NA Masters Series #5 - May 18-19 Atlantic Coast Masters (South)      

 

NA Masters Series #6 - June 22-23 Western Canadian Masters              Report

 

NA Masters Series #7 - July 13-14 Great Lakes Masters                   Report

 

NA Masters Series #8 - July 20-21 New England Masters                 

 

NA Masters Series #9 - August 23-25 Canadian Masters                    Report

 

NA Masters Series #10 - August 24-25 No Coast Masters                 

 

NA Masters Series #11 - August 24-25 Pacific Coast Masters             
 

NA Masters Series #12 - September 7-8 Atlantic Coast Masters (North)  

 

NA Masters Series #13 - November 14-17  North American Masters              

 

  NA Masters Series #1  Masters Midwinters East, Clearwater Yacht Club, February 16-17, 2002
 

                                                                                                                  

                                                 1    2    3    4    5    6    7   

                                                Feb  Feb  Feb  Feb  Feb  Feb  Feb      H'cap   H'cap

Pos     Sail Skipper/Crew                        16   16   16   16   17   17   17      Total  -Worst Rnk

   1  156589 Marc Jacobi                         1    2    2    1    2    2    1       32.00   27.00 A1

   2  170772 Kurt Taulbee                        3    3    1    2    1    1    5       37.00   29.00 A2

   3  109628 Chris Rabb                          2    1    5    3    3   16    2       53.00   34.00 A3

   4  170336 Buzzy Heausler                      9    4    3    6   16    8   70F     130.00   58.00 M1

   5  165054 Brodie Cobb                        28    6   12    8    5    5    6       91.00   60.00 A4

   6  150083 Alden Shattuck                      8   11   18    4    7    7   25       94.00   67.00 M2

   7  172515 Ned Jones                          10    5    7   12   14    6   17       92.00   72.00 A5

   8  169575 Mark Bear                          17    8    6   73F  19    3    3      150.00   74.00 A6

   9  145477 Brett Wright                       19    9    4   15    6   24    8      106.00   79.00 A7

  10  169355 James Jacob                         6   26   28   18    8    4    4      115.00   84.00 A8

  11  161100 David Frazier                       5   20   33   14   12   11   11      120.00   85.00 M3

  12  167000 Ian Lineberger                     15   10    9    5   13   22   70F     158.00   86.00 M4

  13  171188 Rick Ericson                       18   12   14    7   15   27   13      120.00   91.00 M5

  14  152091 Rudolph Ratsep                     13    7   17   11   23   21    7      120.00   94.00 A9

  15  171175 Martin Willard                     11   16   23    9   20    9   15      124.00   98.00 A10

  16  168302 Joe Van Rossem                     12   13    8   19   70F  12   30      171.00  100.00 G1

  17  170792 Chris Boome                         7   30   29   34   10   10   14      141.00  106.00 G2

  18  171012 Randall Rea                         4   17   22   23   17   23   12      139.00  113.00 A11

  19  166918 Tim Landt                          29   19   11   16    4   26   70F     189.00  117.00 M6

  20  161125 Dick Tillman                       31   18   13   24   28   30   21      172.00  140.00 S1

  21  173690 Amnon Gitelson                     22   42   37   13   11   43    9      184.00  140.00 G3

  22  173712 Eric Robbins                       14   14   26   73F  31   14   31      217.00  142.00 M7

  23  170776 Gary Orkney                        36   25   24   32   22   15   16      184.00  146.00 M8

  24  170375 Peter Seidenberg                   24   22   19   20   33   28   29      182.00  148.00 G4

  25  172064 Lindsay Hewitt                     38   21   21   17   24   36   24      188.00  149.00 G5

  26  166004 Wade Cressman                      16   27   15   22   26   33   70F     230.00  157.00 A12

  27  158778 Hank Thorburn                      25   15   40   29   29   20   22      201.00  158.00 A13

  28  153014 Skip Caufield                      21   36   27   26   21   25   38      215.00  174.00 A14

  29  173634 Donald Woodworth                   20   37   48   33   38   18   27      228.00  179.00 G6

  30  170646 David Hartman                      41   32   39   25   18   49   23      234.00  184.00 G7

  31      10 Jorge Abreu                        34   34   73F  45    9   19   32      260.00  185.00 M9

  32  158648 Henry Dewolf                       26   53   31   73F  55   13   10      261.00  188.00 S2

  33  170110 Buck Mercer                        33   24   35   10   34   34   70F     261.00  188.00 A15

  34  166885 John Bentley                       27   38   43   73F  35   17   28      275.00  200.00 M10

  35  166856 Edward Henkel                      35   39   30   39   49   35   20      254.00  204.00 G8

  36  125104 Philip Logan                       23   44   20   27   47   54   40      269.00  213.00 M11

  37  157812 Derek Stow                         40   31   47   36   36   32   35      271.00  222.00 M12

  38  171031 David Christoff                    54   52   32   21   43   47   19      282.00  226.00 M13

  39   15527 Jim Egan                           44   35   10   30   25   70F  70F     305.00  232.00 A16

  40  173239 Halsey Bullen                      42   40   46   28   70F  38   34      305.00  234.00 G9

  41  168586 Mike Moody                         49   28   44   46   52   39   18      290.00  236.00 M14

  42  159781 Pardey Marshall                    47   45   42   37   27   31   42      285.00  236.00 M15

  43  153339 Jane Codman                        37   43   16   38   53   52   37      297.00  241.00 A17

  44  155481 Kevin Ratigan                      39   49   36   40   46   42   33      299.00  248.00 M16

  45  166901 Mark Grinder                       48   23   49   44   37   41   70F     326.00  254.00 M17

  46  148486 Bob Saltmarsh                      73O  56   34   43   51   45   26      328.00  255.00 S3

  47  172093 Bob Spillman                       30   48   50   49   40   57   44      318.00  261.00 S4

  48  170706 Ken Hopkins                        57   46   38   41   48   53   39      322.00  265.00 S5

  49    3113 Debosset Bosco                     32   58   57   51   42   50   36      326.00  268.00 S6

  50  166123 Leonard Wells                      52   51   54   50   39   29   41      330.00  274.00 M18

  51  168249 William Glenn                      50   57   41   53   32   48   45      333.00  275.00 G10

  52  171025 John Dunne                         55   29   45   47   45   44   70F     356.00  283.00 A18

  53  170019 Bob McCormack                      45   33   52   42   50   51   70F     357.00  285.00 M19

  54  169606 Robert Wolfe                       43   50   51   35   30   70F  70F     363.00  291.00 M20

  55  161958 Chip Whitesides                    46   47   53   54   44   46   46      350.00  294.00 M21

  56  135004 Warner Guedry                      58   55   56   52   41   40   70F     372.00  302.00 S7

  57  162050 Alin Vihcez                        73O  41   25   48   70F  37   70F     378.00  303.00 M22

  58  168325 Scott Citrin                       59   62   58   55   54   55   47      404.00  340.00 M23

  59   83074 Patrick Fergason                   56   59   55   31   70F  70F  70F     418.00  347.00 G11

  60  172100 Charlie Palame                     53   54   73F  73F  56   56   43      422.00  347.00 M24

  61   13805 Paul Crawford                      60   61   73F  73F  70F  70F  70F     484.00  410.00 G12

  62  170358 Paul Coward                        51   73F  73F  73F  70F  70F  70F     494.00  419.00 M25

  63  168580 Joe Volkert                        73F  73F  73F  73F  70F  70F  70F     502.00  429.00 S8

  64  169514 Iga Holtzer                        73F  73F  73F  73F  70F  70F  70F     509.00  435.00 G13

  65  166869 Steven Applegate                   73F  73F  73F  73F  70F  70F  70F     516.00  441.00 M26

= 65  169657 Fred Schroth                       73F  73F  73F  73F  70F  70F  70F     516.00  441.00 M27

= 65  156882 Lainie Pardey                      73F  73F  73F  73F  70F  70F  70F     516.00  441.00 M28

= 65  148989 Quinn Barton                       73F  73F  73F  73F  70F  70F  70F     516.00  441.00 M29

= 65  156971 Arland Whiterides                  73F  73F  73F  73F  70F  70F  70F     516.00  441.00 M30

 

  Points codes: C = DNC  S = DNS  F = DNF  R = RET  O = OCS  Q = DSQ  D = DND (non discardable)

  B = Black Flag  Z = 20% Penalty (14 points added)  Y = RDG (Redress Given)  P = Percentage Penalty

  A = APPRENTICE 35-44  M = MASTER 45-54  G = GRAND MASTER 55-64  S = GREAT GRAND MASTER 65+

                               

  NA Masters Series #2  California Masters/Masters Midwinters West, Mission Bay Yacht Club, February 23-24, 2002

California Masters Report by Nils Andersson

Pl Sail # Skipper Subgroup Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Race 5 Tot
1 162474 Doug Hart Masters 6 4 (7) 7 4 21
2 173677 Chuck Tripp Masters 3 3 (20) 14 5 25
3 172515 Ned Jones Apprentice 5 8 (14) 5 8 26
4 166148 Dave Leuck Apprentice (23) 16 4 4 4 28
5 168206 Bill Symes Masters 9 6 6 (38\OCS) 12 33
6 173248 Bob Falk Apprentice 8 (39\*1) 6 10 9 33
7 161031 Susie Pegel Masters 12 8 4 (18) 11 35
8 174300 Peter Drasnin Apprentice 6 (39\*2) 16 7 7 36
9 167285 Nils Andersson Grand Master 10 (37\*3) 17 4 9 40
10 170543 Larry Kleist Apprentice 11 (39\*4) 11 9 10 41
11 170792 Chris Boome Grand Master 7 16 (22) 12 12 47
12 165016 Ed Kimball Masters 15 (32\ZFP) 9 10 16 50
13 166056 Pat Toole Apprentice 15 10 (28) 13 21 59
14 167362 Dick Davidson Apprentice 18 (20\*5) 15 12 15 60
15 145402 Robert Hodson Masters 19 12 (22) 15 17 63
16 16 Dave Sparkuhl Apprentice 25 12 9 22 (28) 68
17 138957 Leif Gihbsson Great Grand Master 18 18 15 23 (28) 74
18 154421 Dennis Martinelli Apprentice (24) 14 20 18 24 76
19 161089 Mike Eichwald Great Grand Master 24 19 (27) 21 16 80
20 133842 Craig Schmidt Masters 27 14 16 24 (29) 81
21 170143 David Lapier Masters 29 10 25 20 (37) 84
22 173687 Tom Burden Masters 21 (38\*6) 26 16 21 84
23 171166 Kieth Sternal Masters 18 18 (33) 22 26 84
24 027 Omar Bros Masters 16 (38\*7) 24 28 19 87
25 148714 Rob Pinkel Grand Master (37\DNC) 37\DNC 10 18 23 88
26 154099 Ted Bremer Apprentice 26 23 13 (27) 26 88
27 169501 Lance Katzfey Grand Master 27 18 27 (28) 21 93
28 153103 Jim Christopher Great Grand Master 11 (36\*8) 36\*9 36\OCS 13 96
29 121351 Laura Lee Symes Apprentice 33 17 22 (35) 34 106
30 166147 Mike Barnes Masters 30 26 30 30 (35) 116
31 139017 Steohen Mueller Apprentice 34 24 (35) 32 29 119
32 168261 Jay Okamoto Masters 31 24 32 (38\OCS) 34 121
33 153350 Dean White Masters 34 (38\*10) 31 32 31 128
34 32167 Mark Ehrenborg Masters 35 (38\*11) 38\*12 27 32 132
35 154106 Pat Schifferns Apprentice (37) 28 36 34 37 135

 

2ND. EDITION OF THE LASER CALIFORNIA MASTERS

 

Thirty five competitors from as far as Australia and Dominican Republic experienced the second edition of the California Laser Masters at the Mission Bay Yacht Club in beautiful San Diego. Saturday started out with a nice 12 knots of breeze from NW, that was until it was time for the first start when the wind died completely. The PRO, Scott McKay, discovered that he had forgot to put a quarter in the wind machine. It took him about an hour and a half to find a quarter and send someone over to load the machine. We then could enjoy a nice westerly sea breeze, and we got the planned three races in. However, the fleet became really edgy in the second race and the race committee had to use the Z penalty flag after several general recalls. Eleven skippers received penalty points in that race, including myself. The strange thing is that the line was pretty square and most of the boats OCS were at the mid part of the line.

 

Coming back at the club there was a cold keg of brew waiting to be consumed and later in the evening, the traditional, cook your own dinner (ingredients provided by the club). 

 

Sunday started out with a typical San Diego, sunny day, sea breeze, which held out all day. MBYC’s, Dave Lueck, MBYC had a fantastic day with horizon jobs in both races. However, Doug Hart, MBYC ended up winning the series for the second year, by sailing a conservative regatta and without winning any race. Chuck Tripp, Long Beach, also sailed a good regatta, as usual, although he is 35 pounds heavier than Doug, which hurts in the marginal hiking conditions we experienced. Apprentice winner Ned Jones also had a solid regatta. How did I do? Well I am happy with my performance, although I made some mistakes. The biggest honor in this regatta goes to Leif Gibhsson, SCRA, at the age of 73, he sailed a very good regatta and edged out both, the favorite, Jim Christopher and Mike Eichwald in the Great Grand Master Division. I think we have to screen Jim for caffeine in the next regatta, he had OCS and Z flag penalties in three races out of the five.

 

At the trophy presentation I had the honor of presenting Doug Hart with the new perpetual trophy, called “THE OLD SILVA” made out of my twenty two year old Silva 103R compass,. Aside from all the trophies, we had a special “OVER THE HILL” trophy cane, which had attachments to it, such as plastic dentures and a pillbox. To give it to the last finisher, as planned at first, would have weakened the motivation so we decided to give it to Mark Ehrenborg (he was not caned). Not only had he talked me into becoming the new D25 Secretary, he also fouled me in the last race. O.K. he did the penalty turns, but I wasn’t satisfied. What the hell, I was the race chairman.

 

I think the regatta was a big success, and best of all, every body had a good time. Even the race committee members told me that they had fun. Try to beat that.

 

California Masters will be held on the ocean next year. I think we reached the maximum in the number of boats, running it on the bay.

 

Nils Andersson, MBYC

        

NA Masters Series #3  US Masters, Austin Yacht Club, April 4-6, 2002

 

Report on the event by 2002 US Masters Ned Jones

 

 

                         Apr  Apr  Apr  Apr  Apr  Apr  Apr  Apr  Apr                  H'cap   H'cap

Pos     Sail Skipper/Crew         04   04   04   05   05   05   06   06   06                  Total  -Worst Rnk Wom

 

   1  172515 Ned Jones            6    1    5    6    1    2    9    6   10                   82.00   68.00 A1

   2  109628 Chris Raab           1    2    2    3   13    1    5   20   11                   94.00   70.00 A2

   3  162453 Scott Young         11   19   15    2    9    7    1    4    2                  106.00   83.00 A3     

   4  174020 Eric Faust          10    7   10   11   30   18    2    1    1                  126.00   92.00 A4

   5  170375 Peter Seidenberg     4   10   12   10    6   16   10    8   16                  110.00   92.00 G1

   6  149482 Doug Peckover        2    3    1   46O  46O   4    7    3    4                  143.00   94.00 M1

   7  158683 David Morgan        21    6    4    1    4   12   14    9   14                  121.00   96.00 A5

   8  164271 John Bartlett        5    9   23    8   10    6    6   13   17                  124.00   98.00 M2

   9  153103 Jim Christopher     14   16    6    9    5    3   33   36   13                  144.00  107.00 S1

  10  169556 Brig North          13    4   11   13   15    9   24    5    8                  138.00  110.00 A6

  11  169575 Mark Bear            3   22   36   46O   2   15    3    7    6                  176.00  126.00 A7

  12  167000 Ian Lineberger      22   12    7    5   14    5   16   22   46R                 176.00  127.00 M3

  13  170930 Mark Kastel         12   13    9   12   34   10   13   27    7                  164.00  127.00 M4

  14  113062 Dave Maguire        18   18   14   28    7   19    8   17   21                  177.00  146.00 M5

  15   87785 Dierk Polzin         8   17    8   18   26   46F   4   19   15                  197.00  147.00 A8

  16  173228 Claude Welles       16   11   16   19   19   11   32   34   18                  203.00  166.00 M6

  17  167285 Nils Andersson      17   24   13   23    3   46R  21   25   25                  215.00  167.00 G2

  18  169657 Fred Schroth        46O  36   19    7   27   17   20   14    5                  218.00  169.00 M7

  19  138665 Doug Kern            9    5    3   46F  46F  46F  12   10    9                  222.00  172.00 A9

  20  161089 Mike Eichwald       30   21   22   21   23   14   22   18   23                  203.00  172.00 S2

  21  172971 Newt Wattis         24   20   31    4   22   28   25   16   20                  208.00  175.00 G3

  22  175010 Paul Parsons        34   39   35   32    8    8   15   12   24                  234.00  192.00 M8

  23  173678 Tim Landt            7   15   27   46O  20   35   11   11   46O                 245.00  196.00 M9

  24  171013 David Christoff     29   26   21   15   24   21   27   15   27                  232.00  200.00 M10

  25  161919 Alex Tupinamba      46F  46F  46F  36   11   13   19    2    3                  258.00  208.00 A10

  26  143296 Bill Mitchell       20   14   17   14   28   46C  31   32   31                  260.00  211.00 M11

  27  172091 Deke Dekeyser       28   25   20   16   16   23   38   42   38                  255.00  212.00 S3

  28   22522 Ed Fontana          15    8   46F  26   46O  31   23   43   12                  286.00  236.00 A11

  29  161911 Nelson Reynolds     27   27   32   17   17   30   36   28   35                  276.00  237.00 M12

  30  166123 Leonard Wells       26   28   33   24   35   22   34   21   28                  278.00  240.00 M13

  31  162347 Barry Bowden        23   33   29   25   33   20   41   30   34                  286.00  243.00 G4

  32  166059 Ken James           33   35   25   22   46O  38   30   35   22                  304.00  256.00 G5

  33  167265 Steve Brown         31   29   38   33   29   25   29   29   29                  299.00  258.00 M14

  34  166854 Bruce Moore         36   37   30   20   21   34   28   31   26                  299.00  258.00 A12

  35   44411 Frank Inmon         39   31   37   46F  12   39   18   24   30                  312.00  262.00 A13

  36  168594 George Sechrist     32   32   18   34   32   26   35   39   40                  306.00  264.00 G6

  37  147360 Ray Shull           25   41   26   35   18   29   40   41   36                  318.00  274.00 M15

  38  150117 Geof Andron         46C  23   28   46F  46F  46F  17   38   32                  340.00  292.00 G7

  39  158762 Roger Redwin        37   30   34   30   36   33   43   40   37                  338.00  293.00 G8

  40  166856 Edward Henkel       19   34   24   31   46O  32   46F  46F  46F                 342.00  294.00 G9

  41  165928 Sam Small           40   43   41   38   38   40   42   26   39                  347.00  304.00 O1

  42  171177 Tim Fletcher        35   40   39   27   31   27   39   37   46R                 357.00  307.00 A14

  43  171665 Ernie French        38   38   40   29   25   36   46F  46F  46F                 371.00  322.00 M16

  44  144343 JR Futcher          41   42   46F  37   37   37   37   33   33                  379.00  329.00 A15 F1

  45  157903 brad salzmann       46F  46F  46F  46F  46F  46F  26   23   19                  380.00  330.00 A16

                 Points codes: C = DNC  S = DNS  F = DNF  R = RET  O = OCS  Q = DSQ  D = DND (non discardable)

                 B = Black Flag  Z = 20% Penalty ( 9 points added)  Y = RDG (Redress Given)  P = Percentage Penalty

 

                     A = APPRENTICE 35-44  M = MASTER 45-54  G = GRAND MASTER 55-64  S = GREAT GRAND MASTER 65-75

                                                          O = OLYMPIAN 74-99

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Ned Jones Reveals All.  How Ned Jones Won the 2002 Laser Master US National Championships

 

 

The 2002 edition of the Laser Master National Championship was held in the heart of Texas in Austin. This event marks the third stop on the 2002 Laser Master North American Circuit. Lake Travis and the Austin Yacht Club hosted 45 competitors for three days and nine races with a mixed bag of conditions ranging from 3-18 knots of breeze, all under cloudy skies. As is often heard at the beginning of a major regatta, the event chairman exclaimed at the skipper’s meeting, “It is never like this here”.

 

The first day of these events as of late is filled with sailors investigating the latest variations and interpretations of the recently approved changes to the Laser running rigging. As the rules are written, the outhaul and cunningham systems can take many different forms. The chief aspects of the rigging changes are deck led outhaul and cunningham systems to cam cleats that allow adjustment from a fully hiked position. Additional blocks are legal to ease friction in the purchase systems. The rules also allow for a Laser proprietary 15:1 cascading purchase boom vang system terminating at a 180 degree swiveling cam cleat on the lower mast, allowing adjustment on any point of sail, in any conditions. These changes have brought the Laser into a new era of modern rigging, yet do not relieve the skipper from any of the skills that make the boat so challenging to sail well. These rigging changes can be added to a Laser of any vintage.

 

The start of racing brought a light and very shifty easterly breeze to Lake Travis. The local knowledge advantage was reduced by a combination of the course location in an area rarely used by local sailors, and the breeze direction. Even so, I looked to local sailors Scott Young and Eric Faust for some clue as to where to sail the beats. They were as confused as anybody, so a good policy of looking upwind as to stay in the pressure and making sure you were free to tack on the frequent shifts was the order of the day. 1997 Master World Champion Doug Peckover and 3 time US Master Champion Chris Raab quickly established their comfort with the conditions posting all top 3 finishes, and topping the standings after day 1. I was holding third place with results of 6-1-5. 2 time Master World Champion Peter Seidenberg was sitting in fourth. International Sunfish Class President Vic Manning, PRO, was happy to get in three races and stay on schedule.

 

Austin Yacht Club held nothing back off the water. Three meals a day were prepared, highlighted by a local dish that George W. feeds his distinguished visitors, Texas Barbecue. As many competitors remarked during and after the event, “Austin Yacht Club leads the hospitality ratings this year”.

 

The second day of competition saw the breeze clocking from a better direction, east-southeast, but very light. The first race saw Raab lead the entire 2-lap windward leeward course, only to be passed to finish third. I benefited from the conditions, having rounded the first top mark in the twenties, but able to claw back to sixth. Doug Peckover was scored OCS, posting his throwout race. Race 2 mixed things up even more. I finished first, Raab came in 13th, and Peckover posted his second OCS. Peckover was dropping back significantly, and Raab and I were virtually tied. Raab and I jumped out to an unassailable 1-2 early in race 3, setting the stage for an epic tacking duel up the final beat. I had led the entire race, with Chris close on my heels. Chris went on the offensive half way up the final leg. 10 tacks later, Raab is on port approaching the line. I tacked under his starboard bow, well ahead, poised to shoot the line and finish first. As soon as I completed my tack I realized I was not laying the line, and Raab was able to hold me out and finish first. I made a crucial mistake, but this was sailboat racing at it’s best! Chris and I finished up day 2 with one point between us. I was sitting in first. Chris was in second. Third place was 30 points back. The forecast for the final day was for big breeze. Chris is big. I am small.

 

The forecasters got it right for the final day, and we arrived at the lake with 10-15 knots while we rigged. Fortunately, Lake Travis is a relatively small lake, and the water stays flat even when the breeze comes up. Or so I hoped. The first race started in 12-14 knots, and Raab circled with me a bit at the start, knowing it was essentially either of our events to win or lose. The conditions were very shifty and places changed many times. Raab finished 5th and I came in 9th. With a discard, Chris is now up 7 points with 2 races to go. We sailed our own races in race 8, and the wind was now up to 15-18 knots. We both had mediocre starts and struggled to stay in phase. Chris led me by 6 boats at the first mark. On the second beat, Chris missed a couple of shifts, and tangled up in some traffic. I found some good puffs and a couple of shifts and moved into second place. I finished the race 6th and Chris posted a 20th place. Chris now had to keep his 13th from race 5, and this put me in the lead for good. I sailed a conservative last race to finish clean and win the championship.

 

The race management for the event was superb, and the competition was fierce. I am honored to have won the event, and join with the others that have captured this Championship.

 

 

 

 

NA Masters Series #4  - Gulf Coast Masters, Gulfport Yacht Club, April 27-28, 2002

 

Masters   Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Race 5 Race 6 Total Notes
1 Eric Faust A 2 1 2 0 1 1 17  
2 Sam Hopkins A 1 2 1 1 3 0 18  
3 Brodie Cobb A 3 0 3 2 2 2 22  
4 Fred Schroth M 5 3 0 3 4 4 24  
5 Alden Shattuck M 4 4 4 4 5 0 26  
6 David Hartman GM 6 6 0 5 7 7 31 OCS race 2 / DNS race 3
7 Claude Welles GM 8 8 6 6 6 0 34  
8 Barry Bowden GM 9 7 0 7 8 6 37  
9 Alex Georgieu M 11 10 0 8 10 9 53 DNS race 3
10 Tim Fletcher A 10 11 8 9 9 0 57 DNS race 6
11 J. R. FA 7 9 0 12 12 12 62  

 

Looked like a fantastic weekend's sailing for those who made the journey.

 

Report by David Hartman

As one of the few who was intelligent enough to go to Gulf Coasts and sail in fantastic conditions, I can tell you that Sam & Eric used their weight and height to grind down everyone else. Brodie did a great job nipping at their  heels, but needed some more weight and height. Ditto for Alden. Fred was actually hiking, but seemed to be on wrong tack or wrong side more than  others. Those five were the "A" fleet. I (David), Claude and Barry were duking it out with the youngsters, one of whom (John), wore us down and  finished a few lengths ahead. Our cunning and weight kept us ahead of the other youngsters -- there were only two or three. JR had an OCS and broke her top section on Sat. Alex hung in there, despite numerous cobwebs and a few capzsizes from inactivity.

We sailed in really steady southerly 12 - 15mph breeze and a nice rolling chop. Offwind legs were great with lots of waves to catch and surf. Going to weather was real work and lack of conditioning, pinching mode, lousy tacks, and various other inadequacies really showed up on the weather legs.

Eric and Sam must have been 10 to 20% faster to weather than we old Grand Masters. We need to devise a way to sail for five minutes upwind, then about 30 downwind and do three laps that way!!!  Guflport YC did a great job with the races and on shore. They deserved a lot better showing from the class. 

I'm looking forward to ACC's in Jax May 17/18. St. Johns River is a  challenging place to sail with lots of current and hopefully a good sea  breeze. FYC normally is a great host club with professional RC work. See y'all there.

Fair Sailing

David Hartman

NA Masters Series #5  - Atlantic Coast Masters, Florida  Yacht Club, May 18-19, 2002

 

                                                 1    2    3    4    5    
                                                May  May  May  May  May          H'cap   H'cap
Pos     Sail Skipper/Crew             Club       18   18   18   18   18          Total  -Worst Rnk Wom

   1  170336 BUZZY HEAUSLER                      1    2    1    1    3           18.00   13.00 M1
             TAMPA, FL
   2  171188 RICK ERICSON                        5    1    3    4    2           25.00   18.00 M2
             ST. PETERSBURG, FL
   3  175048 JOHN POTTER              BYSC       4    9    5    2    6           36.00   25.00 M3
             BEAUFORT, SC
   4  171012 RANDY REA                TIYC       2    4    4    6    4           35.00   26.00 A1
             CRYSTAL RIVER, FL
   5       1 SKIP CANFIELD            EFYC      11    7    2    5    1           41.00   27.00 A2
             JACKSONVILLE, FL
   6  170646 DAVID HARTMAN                       6    5    9    8    9           42.00   32.00 G1
             VERO BEACH, FL
   7  130873 ROBERT NORRIS                      12    6    7   10    5           55.00   40.00 A3
             BOCA RATON, FL
   8  155481 KEVIN RATIGAN            SSS       10   12    6    7   11           56.00   42.00 M4
             ORLANDO,FL
   9    8489 PETER GAMBLE             SSC        7   13   10    3   10           58.00   42.00 A4
             HILTON HEAD, SC
  10  166123 LENNY WELLS                         9   10    8   13    8           58.00   43.00 M5
             MANNING, SC
  11  170699 CHRISTIAN KOPPERNAES     BYSC       8    8   11    9    7           58.00   44.00 A5
             BEAUFORT, SC
  12  170110 BUCK MERCER              FYC        3    3   17F  17F  17F          72.00   52.00 A6
             GREEN COVE SPRGS., FL
  13  151855 BUZZ SMITH               LYC       13   15   13   11   13           70.00   54.00 G2
             PLANTATION, FL
  14   84824 DON ACKER                HSA       15   14   14   14   17F          74.00   57.00 S1
             PALM COAST, FL
  15  175140 BUTCH MUMMA              BYSC      14   11   12   12   12           76.00   59.00 A7
             BEAUFORT, SC
  16  170115 MARK RETTAWAY            LLSC      17F  17F  17F  17F  17F         100.00   80.00 A8
 

NA Masters Series #6  - Western Canadian Masters Wabamun Sailing Club, June 22-23, 2002

 

 

HANDICAPPED RESULTS     

          Sail no skipper                         1      2      3      4      5     Total     

   1 37682    Barry Tee               M    [13 ]    1      1      1      2      13.0
   2 169408   John Dawson-Edwards    GM      3      2      3      2    [ 4 ]    14.0
   3 153103   Jim Christopher       GGM      5      5    [11 ]    8      1      19.0
   4 161055   Krzysztof Machnowski    M      1      3      2    [10 ]    6      20.0
   5 5889     Jacek Suski            GM    [17 ]    4      6      4      8      26.0
   6 44411    Frank Inmon             A    [ 7 ]    6      4      3      3      28.0
   7 173725   Doug Bell              GM      4      8     10      5    [17 ]    31.0
   8 173723   Graeme Strathdee       GM     10      7    [13 ]    7      7      35.0
   9 18922    Ben Pickford            M     16     10     12      6    [24 ]    52.0
  10 6        Nollind van Bryce       A      9    [15 ]    5     13     13      52.0
  11 124589   Jim Goodvin             M     12      9      8    [DNC]   16      53.0
  12 519      Adrien Rootsaert       GM      2     18    [23 ]   22      9      55.0
  13 148774   Trevor Owen            GM     14    [17 ]    7     16     15      56.0
  14 8196     Peter Graham           GM    [18 ]   11     17     15     10      57.0
  15 11704    Ken Tichkowsky         GM      6    [22 ]   18      9     21      58.0
  16 150138   Barry O'Flynn           M     15     12    [22 ]   12     12      59.0
  17 00       Bruce Kendall           M     19     16      9     11    [19 ]    63.0
  18 171145   Dick White             GM    [24 ]   14     14     20     11      63.0
  19 43578    Stephen Reichenfeld     A      8    [23 ]   15     18     14      67.0
  20 BLANK    John Henderson          M     11     19     20     14    [22 ]    72.0
  21 162391   Andy Hunt               A    [23 ]   21     19     17      5      74.0
  22 173266   David Elliott          GM     20     13    [21 ]   19     18      74.0
  23 88117    Hilliard MacBeth        M     21     20     DNF   [DNC]   20      95.0
  24 162419   Goran Cotra             A     22    [DNF]   16     21     25      96.0
  25 69571    Harry Sweetman         GM     25     DNF    DNC   [DNC]   23