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Thirty-seven Sunfish, from Maine to Georgia, raced around<br />
Harkers Island near Cape Lookout, NC, on Aug. 7-8. Photo<br />
by Mary Ramos.<br />
For information on next year’s regatta and other<br />
North Carolina Sunfish racing events, contact Rob<br />
Eberle at eberlemarine@suddenlink.net. Regatta photos<br />
and information at www.mobyachtclub.com<br />
Rob Eberle is the owner of Eberle Marine Surveys based in<br />
New Bern, NC. An avid Sunfish racer, he organizes the Hot<br />
Toddy Sunfish series in New Bern each winter. He and lifelong<br />
friend George Evans of Harkers Island host the annual<br />
Harkers Island Regatta.<br />
YC with a pack of boats close in tow. Having contended<br />
with the maze of marshes in prior years, Deale was able to<br />
easily pick one of the paths and others followed, sailing<br />
through the winding shallow water and needing only a<br />
minor amount of portage. Last year’s winner, Alex Dean of<br />
Raleigh, NC—with extensive local knowledge—took a<br />
longer inshore route through the marshes but was able to<br />
sail at a faster pace without need for portage and emerged<br />
several hundred feet in the lead.<br />
The next obstacle that lay ahead was a narrow drawbridge,<br />
but with a following breeze and favorable current,<br />
the fleet had no problem sailing through. After rounding the<br />
west end of the island, an approximate four-mile beat<br />
would carry the fleet to the finish line. Bob Patterson had<br />
dropped back but slowly reeled in the leaders and looked<br />
like a shoe-in for the win until investing in some real estate<br />
a half mile from the finish line. Within the last quarter<br />
mile—after nearly 2-1/2 hours of racing—Alex Dean came<br />
from behind to take the gun, edging out Reiner Zeppenfeld<br />
of New Bern, NC, by five seconds, with Bob Patterson placing<br />
third and Ricky Evans fourth. The lone renegade to sail<br />
clockwise, Nicholas Zahradka of Morehead City, NC, edged<br />
out only eleven boats at the finish. Sulli Edwards of Apex,<br />
NC, was the top junior, landing 14 overall.<br />
A traditional low-country boil dinner was served<br />
Saturday night for all racers and family members, complete<br />
with steamed local clams, homemade bread and a rum cake<br />
contest.<br />
Sunday morning brought clear skies and a modest nor’<br />
easterly for the second day of racing. Three windward-leeward<br />
races were sailed in smooth water and a modest cross<br />
current. Patterson led the fleet with three bullets with<br />
Reiner Zeppenfeld and Alex Dean close behind, finishing<br />
second and third respectively.<br />
Awards for the two days of racing consisted of lump<br />
crabmeat and a variety of boating gear, with generous contributions<br />
from local Sunfish dealer Triton Yacht Sales,<br />
West Marine, Eberle Marine Surveys and Prospective<br />
Technologies. The rum cake contest blue ribbon was<br />
awarded to Alex Eberle of New Bern using local islander<br />
Deda Ridgeway’s original recipe dating back nearly 50<br />
years from the Virgin Islands. Everyone took something<br />
home, including memories of another not-so-ordinary<br />
Sunfish regatta.<br />
Southeast Coast Race Calendar<br />
SEPTEMBER<br />
South Atlantic Yacht Racing Assoc. Go to this site for a list of the<br />
clubs in the region and their web sites. www.sayra-sailing.com.<br />
(state in parenthesis)<br />
4–5 Labor Day Regatta. Open. Lake Norman YC (NC)<br />
5 Youth Invitational. Open Bic, Laser, Flying Junior, 420. Lake<br />
Murray SC (SC)<br />
9-12 Force 5 NAs. Force 5.Western Carolina SC (SC)<br />
11–12 Cat Fest. Catamarans. Lake Norman YC (NC)<br />
11–12 Old Goat. Thistle. Lake Lanier SC (GA)<br />
11–12 Scots on the Rocks. Flying Scots. Lake Murray SC (SC)<br />
18–19 Board Bash. Jr & Adult. Lake Norman YC (NC)<br />
18–19 Gone with the Wind. C22. Lake Lanier SC (GA)<br />
24-26 USOD SE Regionals. Opti. Lake Norman YC (NC)<br />
25–26 D-12 Championship Series. Laser. Carolina SC (NC)<br />
25 Leukemia Cup One Design, PHRF. Savannah YC (GA)<br />
26 Wassaw Cup. PHRF. Savannah YC (GA)<br />
25–26 Bottums-up II. MC Scow. Lake Murray SC (SC)<br />
Charleston Ocean Racing Association. www.charlestonoceanracing.org.<br />
South Carolina<br />
Regular club racing - See Club Web site for details.<br />
Neuse Yacht Racing Association www.nyra.org. New Bern, NC<br />
Regular club racing - See Club Web site for details.<br />
11-12 One Design. Ensign Invitational Regatta. Oriental<br />
11-12 One Design. J/24 District 8 Series. J/24. Oriental<br />
18 NYRA. Oriental Cup. Oriental<br />
25 NYRA Women’s Regatta. Oriental<br />
Lake Lanier. www.saillanier.com. GA<br />
See club Web site for club race schedule<br />
4-5 Vern Pickering. Lake Lanier SC<br />
10-12 Special Olympics Regatta. Southern SC<br />
11-12 Old Goat. Lake Lanier SC<br />
11-12 Thistle Regatta. Lake Lanier SC<br />
18-19 C22 “Gone with the Wind.” Lake Lanier SC<br />
25-26 Snipe Battle. Lake Lanier SC<br />
Long Bay Sailing. www.longbaysailing.com<br />
See Club Web site for local club races<br />
OCTOBER<br />
South Atlantic Yacht Racing Assoc. Go to this site for a list of the<br />
clubs in the region and their Web sites.<br />
www.sayra-sailing.com. (state in parenthesis)<br />
2-3 Old Salty Regatta. Thistles. Lake Norman YC<br />
2-3 14th Annual Charleston Leukemia Cup Regatta. PHRF,<br />
News & Views for Southern Sailors SOUTHWINDS September 2010 57
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