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RACINGtoo, and he doesn’t see me. LEEWARD BOAT….LEEWARDBOAT!! I give way slightly but there is no contact as Frankluffs up to windward. Rounding the windward mark,“head in the boat,” quickly easing main and jib, adjustingbarber-hauler, raising centerboard, easing outhaul….butdarn, if Frank hasn’t slipped inside sailing deeper andgoing just about as fast. Focus…focus…focus, need room tojibe onto port without fouling him. Okay, go. I pop theboom around as Frank hollers. STARBOARD BOAT!HOLD YOUR COURSE, FRANK! I’m afraid to look at mysails because I’m staring at the Isotope coming down on mefast. He missed my stern by a few inches. Gentleman that heis, he did hold his course and did not try to manufacture afoul by turning into me. That’s when I noticed my jib waspoorly trimmed…focus. We crossed again on the windwardleg with 92 just ahead on starboard headed for the finish line.Frank finished second in race 6, and Eric finished fourth. 92finally won a race! And in the end, with Eric finishing fourth,it was enough to clinch the 2006 nationals trophy.Sarasota Sailing Squadron Labor DayRegatta, Sept. 2-3By Morgan StinemetzWith more than 230 competitors on hand for racing, thetwo-day Labor Day Regatta at the Sarasota SailingSquadron had a little bit of everything for nearly everybody.Optimists at the Sarasota Sailing Squadron Labor Day Regatta.Photo by John Nora.Saturday’s winds were light and steady. Sunday’s windswere lighter still and with a splatter of rain showers in evidence.The 60th annual Labor Day Regatta was a success byany measure.In the Opti-combined red, blue and white fleet, 56boats, Michael Zonneberg, a Team FOR member—FORstands for Florida Oceanic Racing—pulled his irons out ofthe fire on Sunday when, in the only race run, he got a firstplacefinish. Zonnenberg, from Tampa, posted the bullet togo with the 1-6-8 he had notched on Saturday. With notenough races run to allow a throwout, Zonnenberg had 16points. Tied for second in the red, blue and white fleets were56 October 2006 SOUTHWINDS www.southwindsmagazine.com
Jasper Curry sailing his Optimist in the Sarasota SailingSquadron’s Labor Day Regatta. Photo by John NoraMichael Booker from St. Petersburg (4-10-1-4) and MichaelPopp (2-4-11-2). Booker and Popp were also Team FORmembers.In the Opti green fleet, 85 boats, the top spot went toJake Freedman of Naples Community Sailing Club, whoraced in six races, and five of his best counted toward hiswin. His line score was 2-1-1-4-(6)-1. Jake Waddell of PalmBeach had an identical score, 9 points, but finished secondin class because of a tiebreaker—Freeman had more firstplacewins than he did. Third went to Ian Pinsholster ofNaples Community Sailing Club with 24 points and a linescore of 4-5-4-6-5-(20).Boats racing under PHRF handicapping rules sailed a 7-mile course on Sarasota Bay on Sunday while strugglingwith light airs and winds that were as shifty as a pickpocketat an amusement park. The race committee served up areverse handicap race for the PHRF contestants.In the PHRF true cruising class, 4 boats, MorganStinemetz of Palmetto won his race on Sunday. Combinedwith a previous win on Saturday, Stinemetz had two bullets, buthe also had a serious mental failure in Saturday’s first race. Heand his crew sailed the wrong course. Stinemetz had five pointsdumped on him for the mistake. He finished with seven points,but that was good enough for a class win. Steve Schwark ofSarasota, sailing a Pearson 33, Maggiemae, had first place inhand, but then did not finish the last race, so he ended up witheight points. Marc Fortune, sailing a Watkins 27, was third inwhat amounted to a four-boat class.In the PHRF spinnaker class, Doug Fisher’s big, yellowkiller, XS, posted three bullets to win easily. In second wasComet, Randy St. James’ Melges 24 with three second-placefinishes. St. James is from Sarasota. Third in class went toBob Armstrong of Bradenton, whose J/29, Mischief hadthree third-place finishes.PHRF non-spinnaker went to Greg Knighton’s Misty, aRanger 33. Knighton had three first-place finishes. In Tune,Doug Deardon’s Impulse 26, was second, and RudyReinecke’s Ohh Zone, a Beneteau FC 12, was third.In the SR Max 21 class, 4 boats, it was Sarasota’s CharlieClifton in first with a line score of 2-3-1. In second came TimMiller’s Elixir with a line score of 3-1-3. Third was taken byBill Johnsen with 4-2-3.One Up, Bill Fisher’s Stiletto 27, was the sole multihull,so Fisher was a shoe-in for first. Or last. Take your pick.The full-rigged Laser class was won by Fred Strammerof Nokomis. David Hernandez of Fort Myers came in second,and Jeff Olson of Sarasota was third.The Laser Radial class, 44 boats, was won by EmilyBilling of the Clearwater Yacht Club. Sam Blouin of Tampawas second. Ian Holtzworth of St. Petersburg came in third.In the Laser 4.7 class, it was Cam Hall in first, JasonKuebel in second and Katrina Salk in third. Salk is also a2006 co-winner of the Sears Cup, US SAILING’s youthtriple-handed championship.The Flying Scot class, 8 boats, saw Michael Roberts ofTampa in first after six races and one throwout. In secondcame Fred Strammer, Jr. of Nokomis. Ron Pletsch ofSarasota latched onto third.The 420 non-spinnaker class, 3 boats, was taken byAndrew Bilan and Matt Cowles with five straight bullets.Second went to Amy Hodges. Matthew Buchanan wasthird.The 420 spinnaker class went to Tommy Fink of CrystalRiver; second was earned by Trey Lehan of Tampa andAndrew Jones of Sarasota was third.The Sunfish class, 20 boats, was all Paul Strauley.Mindy Strauley placed second and Tony Eliot came in third.Sailing in the Traditional SummersetRegatta, Fort Myers Beach, FL, Sept. 2-3By Steve RomaineSteve Romaine (holding the boat) and crew who won the TrueCruising A class award. Photo by Mary Naylor.Forty-three boats raced in the Caloosahatchee Marching andChowder Society’s (CMCS) 41st Annual Labor Day regattatitled Summerset. Sailors of southwest Florida have gatheredfor 41 consecutive years to celebrate the end of summerby participating in the area’s premiere sailing event. Thisyear’s skippers and their crews competed in seven classes,from eight sailing clubs hailing from Punta Gorda to MarcoIsland. Eight CMCS boats just cruised to Naples as well.The regatta consisted of two races. The first was the 22-nautical-mile West Marine Coastal Race Saturday, startingat Fort Myers Beach with a nice westerly breeze, followedby rainsqualls with winds reaching up in the 30-knot rangebefore the boats finished near Gordon’s Pass in Naples.Sunday, was originally scheduled for two races but wasreduced to one 5-nautical-mile race as severe weather hamperedthe race committee’s effort to proceed as planned.Activities coordinated by CMCS Vice Commodore andRegatta Chairman Forrest Banks and his committee wereNews & Views for Southern Sailors SOUTHWINDS October 2006 57
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