Let's start with the big buzz around the SpinSheet office: our publisher Mary Ewenson has taken home the Southern Bay Race Week Boat of the Regatta Award for Terminally Pretty in the Viper Class! Ewenson and her husband Geoff had an exceptional seven bullets over the three days of racing. Nice work, SBRW.
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Top three finishers in each class are listed below. Full results are here.
PHRF Cruising A
1, Tempo, Jonathan Romero
2. Surely Boo, Dave Betts
3. Mortar Offer, Kent Utley
Cruising B:
1. Tipsea, Joe Grebluans
2. Packer Tacker, Chuck Thompson
3. Trilogy, Doug Leidy
Multihulls
1. Flipper, John Wayshner
2. Entourage, Ben Carver
3. Triple Threat, Tim Lyons
J/24
1. Bash, Ron Medlin, Jr.
2. Quicky, Mike Veraldi
3. Roundabout, Alan Bomar
J/70
1. Antagonist, Clarke McKinney
2. For Sale, Ron Thompson
3. Inconceivable, Mike Karn
Viper 640
1. Terminally Pretty, Mary Ewenson
2. Viper 227, David Eberwine and the Amthor Family
3. Vapor TRails, Mark Wheeler
PHRF A1
1. Voodoo 2, Leroi Lissenden
2. Afterthought, Craig Wright
3. Medidian X, Sledd Shelhorse
PHRF A2
1. Dorothy Kate, Eric Schwab
2. Cyrano, Robert Mosby
3. Feather, Phil Briggs
PHRF B1
1. Rumble, Ben Weeks and Michele Cochran
2. Goin', Dennis Hannick
3. Haka, Ryan McCrillis
PHRF B2
1. Mad Hatter, Bob Fleck
2. Cool Change, Rusty Burshell
3. Bad Habit, Robert Archer
PHRF Non Spin
1. Sea Star, Vernon Eberwine
2. Black Widow, Gade and Girardin and Copeland
3. Midnight Mistress, Jacob Brodensen
In other news... womp womp...
The full reason is that because of the Newport to Bermuda Race, only 11 boats were entered. Still bites a big one, though. Anyway, Let's get on to something less depressing.
Over 80 boats showed up to the Cedar Point One Design Regatta held in Westport, CT over the weekend, and among those were a few Bay boats. Bill Sweetser did well, coming in second place in the J/109 class onboard Rush (12 boats and just two points out of the lead). J/70 racer Jonathan Pollak of Bawlmer (hon) came in sixth place in the 17-boat fleet. Full results are here.
And if a picture is worth a thousand words, a T2P.tv video of your boat and crew is worth a thousand nights of bragging rights at the Boatyard.
If you tried to park at SSA over the weekend, you may have had a hard time due to the arrival of over 60 Snipes coming in to Naptown for the North Americans and Colonial Cup Regatta. The top Bay boat was sailed by the Chesapeake Bay's most famous Ladies Who Punch Carol Cronin and Kim Couranz, who came in 10th.
The top four boats came from San Diego and Miami. Which is interesting because I always figured that San Diego and Miami were just about man buns and fish tacos. But apparently you can sail there, too. Who knew. Anyway, Dan Phelps's full gallery, making a weird looking little boat look like a total bada$$, is here.
Doing good things for the sailing scene and for cancer patients, the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society brought their 24th annual Leukemia Cup Regatta to Annapolis on Saturday with almost 100 boats participating. The biggest class was the Harbor 20, with 24 boats. To participate, boats had to meet fundraising goals of $3500. Most surpassed that amount, bringing in unprecedented numbers to help find a cure. Here are the top three in each class:
Alerion 28 Express
1. Caroline, Kevin McNeil
2. Skimmer, Jack and Marti Detweiler
3. Magic, Jonah Seiger
Cal 25:
1. Zephyr, David hoyt
2. Chicken Little, Charlie Husar
3. Fahrvergnugen, Steven Milby
J/30
1. Shamrock, Bruce Irvin
2. Pogo, Charles Lutz
3. Insatiable, Ron Anderson
J/80
1. White Lightnin', Vince Kalish
2. USA 11, Bert Carp
3. Vayu, David Andril
PHRF B:
1. Incognito, Greg Robinson
2. Dianthus, David Tabor
PHRF C
1. Defiant, Fred Caison
PHRF N
1. Mojo, Julian Bigden
2. Divide by Zero, John Lanigan
3. Redshift, Ken Koester
Cruising Class
1. Sail Away, George Hollendursky
2. Janus, Steve Burkholder
3. Rantun Scoot, Harry Keith
CRCA Performance Cruiser
1. Rendezvous, Rodger Carter
2. Ful Circle, Paul Mikulski
3. Beatnik, Paul Kaladas
CRCA Cruiser
1. Moonlight Sail, Marshall Steele
2. Anneliese, Joe Zebleckes
3. Celerity, Rick Lober
J/35
1. Aunt Jean, Sagerholm/Christofel
2. T-Bone, Bruce Artman
J/70
1. Joint Custody, Jenn and Ray Wulff
2. Derecho, Neil Sullivan
3. Tsunami, Olds/Iseler/Ostberg
J/105
1. Wind River, Mark Elert
2. Bat IV, Andrew Kennedy
3. Breakaway, Richard Hinds
PHRF A1
1. Blockade Runner, Bingman/Teague
2. Dark Horse, David McCreight
3. Slush Fund, Jim Connelly
PHRF A2:
1. Jubilee, Keith Mayes
2. Monkey Dust, Craig and Dotty Saunders
3. Gratitude, Benedict Capuco
Harbor 20
1. Meadeor, Jim and Rachel Mead
2. Endurance, John Heintz
3. Allegro, Ken Stevens
Alright, I'm ready to go back to bed. Here's to a few boat bites, a good Kaenon tan, and another excellent weekend of sailboat racing on the Chesapeake Bay.
