TILGHMAN DAY TWO:After a great breakfast at Two If by Sea in Tilghman, the surviving fleet welcomed a fresh north-west breeze. Roger Baldwin and Jim Flach efficiently placed the buoys in snappy fashion and we were underway. A few no shows from yesterday and two additional boat problems reduced the 15 boat fleet to 13 for the start of the day.
Jamey, Mark and Danny kept Dave Ramos in their wake for the first set of three. Then the B sails were deployed and Mark goes 1, 1, 2, while Dave Ramos shouldered his way into the mix to keep the top four very interesting. After the great lunch served up by Elaine Hepkin we emerged from the yacht club with a 15 degree northerly shift and honkin’ wind pressure. Hmm.....”Isn’t today an NFL game day?” And so the day’s sailing was shut down. We totaled 19 races with three throw outs for the two days.
Congrats to Mark Rinehart for a one point win over Jamey Betz with Danny Thomas besting Dave Ramos for third. Kudos to Jim Flach. Scott Graf, Fred DeSantis and Harry Mote, each just off the pace, but scored several races in the top five to keep improving in this fleet.
Thanks to Roger Baldwin (the best partner a regatta could have) who brought his outboard from Easton by water to do the buoys with Bob Roe (“Mr. Enthusiasm” who did anything needed to help on Saturday) and Jim Flach, our Sunday buoy assistant. Thanks to Elaine Hepkin, who makes the presentation of our breaks so first class and to Skip Hall (professional race assistant). What a great team. Now it’s on to the Annapolis Regatta, our last leg of the Colonial Cup, in three weeks on a huge private pond east of the Bay Bridge. Come join us.
2016 Tilghman EC12 Regatta
Place Skipper Net 1 Mark Rinehart 38
2 Jamey Betz 39
3 Danny Thomas 41.2
4 David Ramos 54
5 Jim Flach 83
6 Scott Graf 94
7 Fred DeSantis 110
8 Harry Mote 122 did not sail Sunday
9 Roger Baldwin 138
10 Victor Oberg 156
11 Doug Hutchinson 180 did not sail Sunday
12 Chris Bock 191 did not sail Sunday
13 Ray Szulczewski 193
14 Norm Watkins 197
15 Mike Campbell 230 did not sail Sunday
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