The old guys at Sun City Hilton Head are pleased to announce the
17th Sun City Regatta and R3-Championship
November 8,9 2014
Bluffton SC

The NOR and application can be found at the EC 12 class site
http://www.ec12.org/Regattas/Regatta-Schedule.htm

Please note that yachts will require a measurement certificate to race
No measuring will be done prior to the regatta

Contact me at 843 368-2210 frandito@gmail.com with questions

Entrants so far (21 as of 11/6/2014)
Fran DiTommaso #2091 Sun City SC (local Fleet)
Gerry Cobley #25 Cary SC
Jim Donohoe #1706 Hilton Head, SC (local fleet)
Tom Phillips #265 St Augustine, Fla
Merv Jones #2074 N. Charleston, SC
Jim Rutherford #2009 Peach Tree City Ga
Bob Foerg #1981 Sun City SC (Local Fleet)
Scott Vernon #880 Roswell, Ga
Al Breininger #114 Sun City SC (Local Fleet)
Tim Crowley #2013 Sun City SC (Local Fleet)
Lew English #2380 Peach Tree City, Ga
Reichard Kahle #67 Charleston, SC
Tony Shoaf #1347 Mooresville. SC
Skip Allen #42 Atlanta, Ga
Alan Perkins #2014 Villages, Fla
Liz Perkins #2217 Villages, Fla
Rick Gerry #63 Charleston, SC
Dave Linville #2099 Peachtree City , Ga
Ken Williams #1693 Sharpsburg, Ga
Joe Walter #2224 Jacksonville, Fla
Chuck Millican #68 Bluffton, SC

Just registered. Looking forward to another fun time in Sun City. See you Saturday morning.

I'm going to try to make it, may be last second if that's OK.

Dave

You "Old Goats" are so much fun. Always one of my favorite gatherings.

We are at 17 entrants to the Regatta

Those that have entered should have received an email from me.

If you have not
please email me at frandito@gmail.com

thanks

Greetings

Some info for you regarding the Sun City Regatta this weekend

General;
Enter through the main gate on the South side of US #278 (always use this gate)
Follow the signs for "guest" entry and ask for special event pass.

Take the first left on to Del Webb Blvd. The lake is about one mile on the left. It is #2 Del Webb Blvd

Friday:
The lake will be open for practice, etc
We will convene at the Okatie Ale House next to the Hampton inn. I will be there at 5:30. We cannot make reservations.

Saturday and Sunday
Coffee and such early
Skippers meetings at 9:30 and 9:00 respectively
Dinner on Saturday is at Barb and Al Breininger's house at 4 Ravenglass Lane at 6pm
Directions: Once in the main gate take a left at the fourth stop sign (Red Dam Road)
Then left on Concession, left on Little River, left on Raven Glass

The 17th annual Sun City Regatta was held on November 8, 9 2014 at Lake Somerset in Sun City, South Carolina. Twenty one skippers entered the regatta which was the first Region 3 Regatta for this venue.
The two fleets completed 13 races ( 26 heats), with favorable winds from 5 to 10 both days.
Joe Walter emerged from his drought and dethroned two time defending Sun City Champion Alan Perkins for the win. Competition was tight with two tie totals in the top five positions.
Rivaling the racing were the social events, which included a catered barbecue on Saturday night as part of the entry fee. Thanks to RD Dale Smith to the many Sun City volunteers that made it happen.

Congratulations to Joe for a well deserved victory and thanks again to all of the Sun City group for the usual over the top dinner gathering Saturday night. So glad that I only had 1 1/2 hours drive time home.

My thanks to Fran, Dale, his team, Al and Barbara for a great weekend! It was a great time. Thanks again for all that you did! A top notch regatta and Saturday night social.

Skip Allen
Atlanta

What a fantastic time I had this weekend. Sun City is such a great event, mostly because of the party and the hospitality. They do the best they can to deal with wind. This weekend was mostly reaching and close beats with almost no tacks. Most the position changes happened around marks. The racing was clean and fun. and the staff were terrific. It came down to the last race to decide the winner. With the throwout factored in, I had a 2 point lead on Alan Perkins. He needed to be 3 places in front of me to take the win. At the start of the heat, I got fouled and slowed up enough for Alan to move out 5 places in front of me. It wasn't until the last windward rounding that I was able to sneak past three boats to close back up to 2 places back of Alan. We tied at 39 points and I won on the tie breaker. My heart is still pounding from the excitement...and fear.

Thanks again to everyone from Sun City and cheers to all my friends who willingly refilled my glass all night until I had to be dragged back to my room. The extra hour of sleep in the van at lake side helped. Glad nobody could find that air horn.

Another great regatta !!! Thanks Fran and crew for a great time. Congrats to the victor Jack!! Oops, I mean Joe. Now Joe is in the class of Reichard.

Great Regatta again to the old guys. You all are getting better each year.
Congratulations to my roommate on hanging on Sunday to claim the championship. Quite an accomplishment Joe, at 0130 hours Sunday morning in the shower I would have thought Jack had claimed you as a victim. But you were able to play hurt and survive. Impressive survival.

Congrats Joe on a great win.

Perhaps to should keep the "Jack" handy when sailing with #14



Martin Gray
EC-12 #2262

I learned a lot about what "Jack" does to you this weekend. Is it just coincidence that this article shows up today? http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2014/11/ ... =obnetwork