2004 Season Results

North American Championship Regatta
September 16-19, 2004

Buzzards Bay Regatta
August 6-8, 2004

NYYC Rolex Regatta
July 23-25, 2004

Volkswagon Sail Newport Regatta
July 10-11, 2004

                                                                                           CLASS             
                                                                                |----- FINISH POSITIONS ----| 
                                                                                RACE RACE RACE RACE RACE RACE
SAIL NO  YACHT NAME      SKIPPER                   CLUB AFFIL    #1   #2   #3   #4   #5   #6   #7   POINTS  FIN
-------- --------------- ------------------------- ----------- ---- ---- --- ---- ---- ---- ----   ------  ---
     237 HOSS            Darden/Hillard/Will       Ft. Worth BC  1    1    2    1    2    1    2      10    1 
     526 SAVASANA        Brian Keane               Beverly       2    7    1    5    3    4    4      26    2
     300 KIMA            Nelson H Weiderman        Wickford      3    5    3    3    5    7P   1      27    3
     239 CYAN            Billy Baldwin             New York      6    2    6    2    4    6    3      29    4 
     493 INDEFATIGABLE   Philip A Lotz             New York      8    6    4    4    1    2    5      30    5 
      27 VORTICITY       John Toole                N. Falmouth   4    4    7    8    6    7    8      44    6
     353 WOODY           Larry Hennessy            Other         7    3    5    6    7    9    9      46    7
     461 JATO            Andrew Gillis             Newport       8    8    8    7    8    5    7      48    8
   43772 SEA SHADOW      Wilson F Pollock          Conanicut     9    9    9    9    9    8    6      59    9


P - 40% PENALTY ACCEPTED IN ARBITRATION (4 POINTS)

Spectacular! That's the only way to describe the weather and the racing this weekend. So why did we only have nine boats (seven from Fleet #14) taking advantage? It's a crying shame. If anybody has any ideas, please pass them along to Andy or Nelson.

The Sail Newport RC headed by Brad Read kept true to their motto of "More racing, less waiting." We were on the circle with the Farr 40s and the Frers 33s. All races were posted as 4 leg windward leeward courses of about a mile to a mile-and-a-quarter. Sometimes they ran the Farrs to a further mark so we'd all finish at about the same time. On Saturday we had 4 races to the southwest with the wind getting up to the 12-14 range by the end of the day. The wind direction was 240-245 with shifts in the 5-10 degree range. Glenn Darden, Rich Hillard, Phil Williamson, and their Ft. Worth Boat Club crew, ruled the day with three firsts and a second. Fighting for second were KIMA (14), SAVASANA (15), and CYAN (16).

On Sunday we had a flukey fifth race. The RC started the race in 6-8 knots with the wind from the NE (40 degrees). For awhile the left looked good. Then the right. But in the end it was WOODY going up the middle that got to the weather mark first. But SAVASANA, who rounded the weather mark next to last found the fresh breeze on the right going downhill and finished third and WOODY found no breeze and finished seventh. The top five all finished within a few boatlengths as they shortened the course after two legs. Then they waited for the breeze to fill in from the SE and the last two races were pretty steady with the wind from 110. In race 6 KIMA fouled SAVASANA on a close port-starboard and dropped herself from 2nd to 3rd for the regatta. She redeemed herself in the final race with a wire-to-wire win when she found the "sweet spot" on the last half of the first beat to pull away from the leaders. But HOSS was the class act this weekend. Let's see if she can prevail in the expected bigger fleet at Rolex.

NYYC 150th Annual Regatta
June 12-13, 2004

J105 GREEN CLASS 3
                                                                                           CLASS               TOTALS THRU
                                                                                |----- FINISH POSITIONS ----|  RACE # 6 
                                                                                RACE RACE RACE RACE RACE RACE  -----------
SAIL NO  YACHT NAME     YACHT TYPE  SKIPPER                  CLUB AFFIL RATING   #1   #2   #3   #4   #5   #6   POINTS  FIN
-------- --------------- ---------- ------------------------- ---------- ------  ---- ---- --- ---- ---- ----  ------  ---
     493 INDEFATIGABLE   J105       Philip A Lotz             New York     --     4    1    2    1    3    4   14.50    1 
     300 KIMA            J105       Nelson H Weiderman        Wickford     --     1    2    4    3    6    2   17.75    2 
     526 SAVASANA        J105       Brian Keane               Beverly      --     6    9    3    4    1    1   23.50    3 
     239 CYAN            J105       Billy Baldwin             New York     --     5    3    1    6    2    7   23.75    4 
     485 PRETTY SKETCHY  J105       Thomas P Enright          New York     --     3    4    8    5    4    3   27.00    5
   51012 WET PAINT       J105       Donald H Priestly         US Sailing   --     2    7    7  DNF   11    5   47.00    6 
     600 GHOST           J105       Kenneth Colburn           Other        --    12   12    6    2    5   11   48.00    7 
     165 IF ONLY ...     J105       Ed Sisk                   New York     --     8    6   10    7    7   10   48.00    8
     307 WET LEOPARD     J105       Jim Sorensen              St. Barth    --     7    5    5    9    9  DNC   50.00    9
     353 WOODY           J105       Larry Hennessy            Other        --    11    8   12   12    8    9   60.00   10
     500 CASEY           J105       John Taylor               New York     --     9   14   11    8  DNF    6   63.00   11
   43772 SEA SHADOW      J105       Wilson F Pollock          Conanicut    --   DSQ   10    9   13  DNS    8   70.00   12
     461 JATO            J105       Andrew Gillis             Newport      --    10   13   14   11   10   12   70.00   13
   51713 ROE RAGE        J105       Jeffrey Davis             Other        --    13   11   13   10  DNF  DNC   77.00   14

(Scores corrected 6/16/04)

Great Regatta! Two spectacular days and six races (after an hour and a half delay on Saturday). All races were four leggers run to a weather mark 1.3 miles out. On Saturday the wind started out from the north and after a delay of an hour and a half for the southerly, the first race was sailed in lightish air of 6-8 knots from 170. KIMA got off to a great start at the leeward end. They got to the weather mark first by going left and extended at each leg, winning by a handy margin. For the second race the wind clocked to SSW, and the RC posted the new course, but left the weather mark at 165. After starting the Farrs and Mumms, and the sequence for the 105s, they realized their mistake and abandoned to start again with a 210 course. This time and INDEFATIGABLE came into the weather mark bow-to-bow. INDY made the pass coming around the mark and never looked back. In the third race, many of the crews were looking for the wind to clock further right, but it never happened. The boats on the left made the best gains and CYAN made it three different winners in three races. After the delay and three races on day one, we got back to the mooring after 6 p.m. And some protests were not held until almost 11 p.m. Avoid the room!!!

On day two, the wind was south from the beginning and it was a sure thing that all the races would get underway on time. The first race was 10-12 knots and the second and third were getting up into the 14-16 range. The first race was run to 225 and the other two to 215 and the shifts were generally in the 10 degree range, so it was hard to make gains on the shifts. GHOST had her way for most of the first race and at the last rounding GHOST was leading, then INDY, then SAVASANA, then KIMA. On the final run, INDY got past GHOST and KIMA passed SAVA. But SAVASANA turned on the afterburners in the last two races. In the fifth race it was SAVASANA and KIMA leading, but SAVA overstood on the starboard layline and KIMA went even further out to get clear air. This provided the opportunity for INDY, SKETCHY, and GHOST to slip in at the mark. But SAVA used their upwind speed to advantage and could not be caught. The final race provided some good downwind surfing conditions. Again it was SAVASANA making great gains upwind and taking the gun. But not far behind, there was a photo finish for second with KIMA edging out PRETTY SKETCHY. Great racing!

-- Nelson