by Capt. Flak » Sun Apr 26, 2015 5:22 pm
Wow what a great regatta. Today was just beautiful. Strong winds with both A and B rigs out. The sun was out for most of the day as well. A few times everyone wished they had C-rigs on. Three dismastings, and one big hole below the waterline were the low points of the day. None of them were from bad choices, but just major gusts that took people out of control. Dick Hedderick was on fire with 6 bullets in 15 races. His final score was almost half of that of second place. Only two points separated 2nd from 4th. The best part of the regatta was the loudest people on the course were the Race Staff saying "Boats in the water".
Big thanks to all the skippers for really clean sailing. And when mistakes were made, turns were done without an argument. I must also thank my staff for whom I could not have run this regatta. All the club guys who came out on Friday to set marks, put in the docks and clean up the shore and trim trees. To Jeff Witzel for hosting a great Friday Cookout. To Baron for his help with the chase boat and setting marks. To Tom Germer, Rick Noddin and Joe Ruschak for helping on the line and watching marks. To Cheryl Bremer for getting the lunch and to Karen Luscomb for helping set it up. To Garret Witzel for being "Boat Boy" all weekend. And finally to the most important helpers, our scorekeepers, Trish Gray and Pat Ruschak. Excellent job everyone. Oh, and a big thanks to Ken Morrison, our judge who only had to hear redress requests.
Thank you to Dick Hedderick for running the Florida EC12 Association these past three years. You did a great job. Looking forward to the next leadership team of George Balaschak, Chairman, Dan Pearce, Vice Chairman, and Larry Brannan, Treasurer.
Here are the scores:
1. Dick Hedderick 55
2. Jon Luscomb 91
3. Jack Ward 92
4. Alan Perkins 93
5. Bob Greer 103
6. Ricky Gerry 105
7. John Santoro 110
8. Jim Kaighin 113.8
9. Dave Lyons 128.4
10. Martin Gary 153
11. Brian Engle 200
12. Dick Reinke 202 Bubble Boy. Dick sailed in 22 out of 30 heats sailed. The average was 17 out of 30.
13. Tom Phillips 223
14. Scott Vernon 229 Tie Breaker. Scott was the guy who got the hole and missed the last three races.
15. Brenda Pardee 229
16. Gerd Petersen 238
17. Judith Clarke 246 Judy spent 5 races in a row in the A-fleet and made a necklace out of her clothespin.
18. John Goldsworthy 263
19. Liz Perkins 271
20. Dan Pearce 279
21. Ruben Caseres 294 Ruben's boat broke towards the end of racing and he missed two races
22. George Balaschak 303 George sailed all weekend with stitches in his belly from emergency gallbladder surgery. He finally had to stop sailing near the end, but put in such a great effort.
23. Richard Sbordone 306
24. Jeff Witzel 311
25. Jim Pardee 314.6
26. Larry Brannan 359
27. Dennis Headberg 376 sailing his first ever regatta in a boat he has owned for less than a month. Great job.
The top 5 for the Florida Championship are:
1. Dick Hedderick
2. Jon Luscomb
3. Alan Perkins
4. Bob Greer
5. Joe Walter (3rd place points for RD helped. otherwise it would have been Jack Ward in 5th)
Joe Walter #24