Jacksonville Regatta, April 23-24, 2022

[Capt. Flak]

The Notice of Race and Online Entry have been posted to both the Class schedule and the Florida EC12 Association site. And the online entry is right here as well.

https://form.jotform.com/220446621684153

We hope to see everyone there for this event. The hotel has increased their rates quite a bit, but they gave us a really good deal. King room is $139.00 and two Queens is $159.00. The hotel gave us a direct link to make your reservations: https://www.ihg.com/holidayinn/hotels/u ... v=99801505

This regatta will also be the Annual Meeting of the Florida EC12 Association.

[Capt. Flak]

Entries so far for the Jacksonville Regatta. April 18.

Frank Ligon
Skip Miller
Calvin Obara
George Ballaschak
Jon Luscomb
Alan Perkins
Liz Perkins
Dan Pearce
Randy Cheshire
Robert Greer
Jim Black
John Bottensek
Baron Bremer
Dave Linville is a maybe depending on his work schedule.
Jack Shepard is a maybe. We hope he makes it.


The room block for the discounted rate is now over. I hope you all got the best rate.

Let's get the entries in ASAP. I need to make plans for food, drinks and awards.

[Capt. Flak]

Three weeks away folks. We really need you to get your entries in ASAP. Also George Ballaschak will be holding the Annual Meeting of the Florida EC12 Association this weekend.

[fligon]

I thought the meeting was after the Regatta in St. Pete.

[Capt. Flak]

George? Is the Annual Meeting in Jacksonville or St. Pete?

[Capt. Flak]

Okay, so I have corrected and the Annual Meeting of the Florida Ec12 Association will be held at the St. Pete regatta. But you guys still need to get your entries in ASAP. Thanks

[Capt. Flak]

12 boats signed up with one more possible. There is still time to enter the regatta. Let me know soon.

[Capt. Flak]

Well, I don't think I have ever been to a better regatta, both as a skipper or as RD. I am not bragging on myself as the RD. I'm talking about the Chamber of Commerce weather. Crystal clear skies, perfect 8 to 10 knots of wind mostly straight down the shore with a few big puffs and shifts to make it interesting. And, add to that the wonderful attitude of the skippers and crew. All protest were handled on the water with no words of complaint or argument. I just could not have asked for better weather, better sailors or better helpers. It was the easiest regatta I have ever RDed. I just had to start the clock and call the finishes. We didn't move a single mark the whole weekend. I take that back, we move one mark just to get it out of the way as it was not needed.

We sailed 27 heats in all. John Bottensek lead the race up to the 14th heat, when Jon Luscomb, Alan Perkins and Baron Bremer started to close in on him and eventually all would overtake him and then Liz Perkins quietly snuck in there to take 4th place. The racing was very close all weekend and just about everyone had some hiccup with there boat, be it a shroud breaking, a jib swivel snapping, a rudder servo or a battery issue. I don't think anyone didn't have something to deal with, but everyone got what ever it was fixed and everyone finished the regatta. Saturday was right on the edge of A or B rigs with about half the fleet going with the B-rigs. Those with As on had a tough time in the big puffs. Sunday was a tiny bit lighter with everyone using A-rigs.

Thank you to all my helpers, Tom Phillips, Bill Wells, John Bottensec, Frank Ligon, Randy Cheshire, Baron Bremer, Cheryl Bremer and especially Jackie Miller whole helped with the scores on the finish line. And a big thank you to all the skippers for sailing fair and clean.

See Corrected Results below.

Next up is the St Pete regatta. Get your entries in. See you at the lake.

[Capt. Flak]

CORRECTED RESULTS
My apologies to all the skippers at the Jacksonville Regatta and especially Liz Perkins. We made a few small mistakes that ended up being larger mistakes after 27 races. Thank you to Frank Ligon for trying to put the scores in is A-Fleet app and discovering the errors. Below are the corrected results.

1. Jon Luscomb 58
2. Alan Perkins 74
3. Baron Bremer 96
4. John Bottensec 101
5. Skip Miller 112
6. Liz Perkins 142
7. Robert Greer 167
8. George Ballaschak 199
9. Dan Pearce 207
10. Calvin Obara 227
11. Randy Cheshire 233
12. Frank Ligon 244
13. Jim Black 307