ABW Dec 2019 -1

At around 11 pm there was a hint of Salatan (Southerly)
wind coming up and a Salatan windward leeward course
was set up by the race committee to take advantage of it.
At around noon it was off to the races. The Hobies started
first, followed by the Geese, the Hobies were to take course
2 or twice around the windward mark while the Geese were
to take course 1 or once around the same. The Hobies
started well with a good 7 - 8 knot breeze, however when
it was time for the geese to start it dropped to less than
5 knots and eventually went down to nothing before both
fleets finished. Four Hobie 16s out of 10 had to retire from
their race and only two out of the fleet of 13 racing Geese
finished the race, with seven of the racers did not even reach
the windward mark and chose to retire.
Marks were set up near shore well in view by the rest of the
club and the audience cheered them on as they went around
the Red Paddle buoys. All competitors had timed runs and the
ones with the best time to complete the course wins. There
was the men’s division, women’s division and a race committee
division. The participants paddled the course to beat last best
time. The best time
overall was set by Hobie
Tropical Storm
Kalmaegi (Ramon)
didn’t dump rain
on the racers but
wreaked havoc on
the racing weather in
Talisay.
sailor Glenn Everret who
won the Men’s division
and was the only one
to finish the course in
under Four minutes,
completing the course
in 3:59, The Women’s
division was won by
Goose sailor Jen Doctora
who managed to still get
the best time despite
going around two marks
instead of just one, while the race committee division was
won by Ronnie Valencia. A special honorable mention was
paralympic sailor Cytie Bernardo who came in third in the
women’s division despite her limited hand dexterity.
Overall, this year’s RTV was nothing at all like past RTV’s
when racers were blessed with great racing weather. Tropical
Storm Kalmaegi (Ramon) didn’t dump rain on the racers but
wreaked havoc on the racing weather in Talisay the seven
races scheduled for the series were not completed and the
Hobie class had to settle with four races and the Goose class
three. Despite this, the sailors and guests had a great time
partying instead. Booze was never in short supply thanks to
sponsors San MIguel Beer and Very Old Captain Rum. Great
meals were available to keep the sailors full from sponsors
Batangas Lakelands and Broadwater Marine.
Maria Vidoeira with Tomas Camelo came in first in the Hobie
Class in the 2019 RTV regatta, while Glenn with Jana Everret
and Jose Gonzales with John Bendole came in 2nd and 3rd
respectively. For the Oz Goose Class Michael Storer came in
1st, followed by Thom Kleiss and Ashley Best for 2nd and
3rd. A “B” fleet was started for the Oz Goose fleet this year
for beginning sailors, while a B fleet has been around for the
Hobies for quite some time, Butch Gemora with Jen Doctora
won in the B fleet of the RTV Regatta in the Oz Goose
Class, while Itong Torres with Eric Tomacruz won in the B
fleet of the Hobie Class.
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