Gulf Coast Championships Aug 2-3 PCYC July 25, 2008
Posted by Joe in Gulf Yachting Assn, J22 Sailing, One Design Sailing, Regattas (on the road).Tags: J-22, j22 racing, One Design Sailing, Pass Christian YC, PCYC, SOTC
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Pass Christian YC will host the annual GYA J/22 Gulf Coast Championships Aug 2-3. According to the e-mail flying around this should be a great event and very well attended. I am hearing numbers of 16-17 boats. The competition is always great there. Always great race committee. Most always breeze and most always current.
Fresh Aire won’t be able to make it this year. One of my really good friends and mentor has a wedding planned for his daughter on AUGUST SECOND AT TWO O’CLOCK! Actually if I have to go to a wedding, I would rather it not be one of those evening weddings where I just might think I could make it back to Jackson after the last race on Saturday. First I wouldn’t make it, second my friend would be mad at me for even trying it. So, y’all have fun.
We do have two boats coming down from JYC. Robert Muller is bringing Air Express for the first time down there. He will have crew of Jim O’Daniel and Charlotte Buchanan. Also reporting for duty is Mart Lamar with crew Edgar Buchanan and crew “TBA”. Both with be formidable on the coast. I wish you all great luck. I would love to have someone send be results at the end of the day to post on this blog!
There better be champagne at this wedding!
Update from the SOTC: July 27
I received a call from Peter Gambel yesterday with an update on the first weekend of the Summer on the Coast event. They had a great time last weekend with great breeze, a couple of “isolated” storms and some heat. Peter hasn’t been there the past couple of years and remarked “these guys have gotten a lot better or I’ve gotten worse!” Well I won’t comment, but the level of racing is definitely better than it has been in the past. Of course, it helps having a great venue. Looks like Chris, Dave and Macho got in gear early and never looked back. Congrats to them, Dwight LeBlanc and crew on their second and Boo Heausler and his crew on the third. I’ll bet next weekend is going to have some great racing. Look out Chris the target is on you now!
SOTC #1 Results!
SOTC #1 Pictures: courtesy Boo Heausler
GYA J22 Gulf Coast Championship June 19, 2007
Posted by Joe in Gulf Yachting Assn, J22 Sailing, Regattas (on the road), Sailboat racing.3 comments
Pass Christian Yacht Club August 4-5, 2007
by Phil Bylsma
Fourteen well-sailed boats showed up in Pass Christian on 4 & 5 August 2007 for the J22 GYA Championship. Four different boats earned a first place finish in the five race series. Twelve out of 14 final finish places were altered based on results of the last race proving once again, it isn’t over until it’s over in the J22 class. At the end, only one point separated each of the top three boats AND tie breakers were required to separate fourth, fifth, seventh, eighth, and ninth place finishes! Great OD racing in a class encompassing talented men and women of all ages, newcomers as well as experienced. Congratulations to all on a great regatta and hats off to Chris Wientjes, Dave Bolyard, and Macho Slavich on first place.
FINAL RESULTS
1st .22 Caliber Wientjes #754
2nd Cahoula Sweeney #716
3rd Cheap Trick Ramsay #151
4th Fast Company Heausler #1043
5th Wild Tchoup’ Kleinschrodt #870
6th Fresh Aire Gibbs #638
7th Uranium Kleinschrodt #646
8th Dynamo Humm Lamar #1028
9th Lesson #22 Williams #971
10th WWIII Marchal #8
11th Men’s Kouch Hughes #748
12th DOB O’Neal #294
13th Blew By You Wilke-Sybert #752
14th Cayenne Griglack #1081
SUMMARY OF RACES
Day one was challenging as the moderate sea-breeze was oscillating more than usual. In race one, both left and right could pay, just a matter of timing and patience. Be it left or right, the mark roundings were usually crowded as were the finishes. Four boats finished abeam of each other ( http://sports.webshots.com/photo/2303066470040772063JStnCH ) setting the tone for the regatta as a whole. .22 Caliber took the first bullet of the day followed closely by Cahoula and Dynamo Humm.
Race two brought a bit more breeze though it continued to be rather shifty, similar to race one. Cahoula took the second bullet with Cheap Trick earning a come from behind second place.
Race three conditions had more breeze and tight racing. Wild Tchoup’ (being sailed by Ken K.) was always in the hunt but the third bullet went to .22 Caliber. At the end of day one, there was a tie for first place between .22 Caliber and Cahoula.
Day two racing started in lighter breeze than day one. In race one, Cheap Trick jumped out to an early lead followed closely by Fast Company. The rest of the fleet was again tightly packed, several positions changing at the second upwind mark rounding as a result of the strong current. Cheap Trick maintained the lead, taking the first bullet of the day. Fast Company was a comfortable second.
In the final race of the day and regatta, Uranium (sailed by Ken’s son Paul), Lesson #22, and Fresh Aire wrestled with each other around the first lap. .22 Caliber worked their way into the mix as well. Uranium hung on to take the final bullet. The last race impacted almost all of the final finishing places as previously noted. The specific changes occurring were: third up to first; first down to second; second down to third; fifth up to fourth; fourth down to fifth; seventh up to sixth; tenth up to seventh; sixth down to eighth; eighth down to ninth; ninth down to tenth; thirteenth up to twelfth; twelfth down to thirteenth.
A big thanks goes to PCYC for hosting the event (and two thumbs up on the complimentary draft beer from local microbrew) as well as to Jay and Linden Williams for the use of their home for Saturday evening’s J22 party, sponsored by New Orleans J22 Fleet 46. A special tribute was paid to Jim and Jan O’Neal as well as Harry Chapman, acknowledging the O’Neal’s efforts in obtaining the perpetual trophy, named in honor of Harry, for this specific GYA event.
Here are some links to pictures taken by Martha Heausler. These are great shots of the weekend.
http://sports.webshots.com/album/560178461SGTCJg http://sports.webshots.com/album/560178894bsHYsp
Gilliland / Spring Fling Regatta April 6, 2007
Posted by Joe in Flying Scot Racing, Gulf Yachting Assn, One Design Sailing, Racing in Jackson.1 comment so far
April 21-22, 2007 JYC is hosting the Gilliland Capdevielle Regatta and the Spring Fling (open) Regatta. I know this sounds a little confusing but here’s how this deal works. The “G” is a GYA Capdevielle event for Flying Scots only. This is part of the GYA Capdevielle series of which YCs of the GYA send a representative boat/team to compete for honors. There will be three races for this and it will start a little later on Saturday than the Spring Fling Regatta which is open to everyone and as many boats as we can muster. All classes are welcome. We are anticipating J/22, Catalina 22, PHRF, maybe others. If I didn’t list your favorite class then post a comment and start talking some class into racing. Lightnings, Snipe or Sunfish anyone?
I know this is a J/22 site but from time to time I jump off onto a Flying Scot or a Laser just for kicks… or should I say to get kicked. Besides, I am really promoting racing locally, with a slant towards one design. So come on out, jump on a hull, sit down, hang on and scream a while. It’ll be good for you!
J22 Fleet 63 