Beautiful weather,34 registered, 27 boats at lakeside Sat A.M. Joe Walter takes 1st
Bremer 2
Zellanack 3
Strunk 4
Bottensack 5
Kelter 6
Full report will be posted soon.Being vetted as I type.

R.C.Greer

Bob can you grab my sweater from the restaurant. It is light blue. I left it SAaturday night.....? Grab it from you in St Pete....Frank Vella

"When the cannon fires, harden up, tack or get out of my way"

I will call tonite.

R.C.Greer

Some pix are @:
http://picasaweb.google.com/greerdr/PBG22007Regatta


R.C.Greer

Good to see the well travelled Jack Wubbe and Rick West in the pics.

Question comes to mind tho - if the "World Champ" and the not far behind were racing and didn't feature at the top of the field - are we that bad down under we made Rick and Jack look good or can we say the boats are still jet lagged [:D]



Chris
NZL1 Longtack
NZL110 Swept Away NZL128 Ketch me if U Can

Chris,

Rick was 7th and Jack was 9th. Rick and Jack are both very good sailors. What you need to realize is that the racing is so close here now, that on any given weekend you will have a different winner. As it turns out, both Rick and Jack were testing new equipment, which is usually not the best thing to do on race day. Jack had a new boat and Rick new sails. As the regatta progressed, the two of them continued to improve as they worked out their tuning.

But the racing was much closer than the scores will show. For example, in the last heat of the regatta, first through third place were separated by less than half a boat length. Rick was one of only three skippers who did not take a trip to the B-fleet.

Also, for much of the first day of sailing, the winds and the shape of the lake, made for a follow the leader situation. Who ever got the best start, usually won the heat. It wasn't until later in the day, that some tacking came into play.

In short, don't let one regatta cast any doubt on your groups abilities. But YES, you do need to FEAR the USA![:D]

Joe Walter #24

Joe - My gumboots tremble in fear [:I] of the rerun in a couple or 3 years time. Nice to see you all need to be out practicing so hard already.

Go the kiwi's[:D][:p]

Chris
NZL1 Longtack
NZL110 Swept Away NZL128 Ketch me if U Can

Nice pics Greer! Good to see 3336 sailing on a high rent lake at the end.



Reichard Kahle
Charleston, SC

"Who loves you baby?"

R.C.Greer

Full regatta report posted at
www.floridaec12.com
link thru "regattas"

R.C.Greer

Hi Yachtie hows sailing way down there. Rick and I (2 old coots) take a little longer to get going, but when we do look out. We should be up to speed by 2009. See y'all then.
Jack
#23 Heritage