Southwinds Sailing June 2004 - Southwinds Magazine

Lindenberg 28 “WorldChampionship,” takingfirst in four of five races.His only second came ina race in which he washoled below the waterlineat the windwardmark on the first laparound the course. Bythe time Five Speed hadreached the next mark,his most efficient crewhad already patched thehole with duct tape,bailed the water, andFive Speed continued onto finish second in therace. Sherry Beckett inFast Lane finished secondoverall, with consistent2-3 finishes.Beckett was followedclosely by the Henry/Yates team in Roo-key, anew addition to the localfleet, sailing withTeam Brevard Challenge I20 in their yellow catamaran on a screaming close reach. Photo by Sherry Beckett.mostly borrowed sails.The L28 crews were really exhilarated by the highly competitiveone-design racing (“with no PHRF whining!”).In Spinnaker A, Hasty Miller took first in his Nightwind35, with four firsts in five races. Hot on his heels in nearly everyrace was Ray Nowak on Gaucho, a Tartan 10. Another Tartan 10from Cocoa claimed third place, skippered by Bob Salmon.In Spinnaker B, Larry Etheridge, in an S2 7.9, and GreggKowalski, in a SR-Max 21, slugged it out for first and second.The lighter winds on the second day of the race favored the S2,and Etheridge finished with two firsts to clinch first place inclass. Ed Luscinskag took third in a well-used Lindenberg 22.The non-spinnaker fleet saw some very competitive racing,with old rivals Jerry Ross in the J/30, Sleighride, and JimMiller in the Beneteau 38, Sea Turtle, battling it out for firstand second. After five races, the two boats were tied with 11points. Miller took first overall with the “more firsts” tiebreaker.Third place was claimed by John Drawe and PaulAlexy in Da Pope, an S2 7.9.Only one (fool)hardy soul came out to compete in the Cruisingfleet. Rick Cope in Southern Breeze, a Beneteau 352, took fivefirsts in five races to win first overall in the class. This was Rick’sfirst regatta, so he was ecstatic with his performance.At the awards ceremony on Saturday, the winning boatswere presented with beautiful half-hull trophies, hand craftedby Noble Awards. During the awards presentation, RegattaChairman Jim Edwards took the opportunity to thank the racersfor “clean racing”... “No protests in 2 weekends of racingnoteven with a hole in one boat!!??” After awards were presented,the crews partied til the beer ran dry (and then departedswiftly). One departing skipper was heard to remark,“We’ll be back in the fall!!”Complete results and more photos can be found onlineat www.sail-race.com/myc/springresults.htmNEWS & VIEWS FOR SOUTHERN SAILORS SOUTHWINDS June 2004 43