Lido 14 Fleet 1 (Newport Harbor, CA) Fleet Championship Regatta

 

Hosted by Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club

June 11, 2000

Sailed in the “Turning Basin”.  Sunny.  Light to medium winds from about 210 degrees magnetic.

 

Mark Gaudio won his 4th fleet championship in the last 5 years, defeating the 1998 and 1999 Class Champions along the way.  Take a closer look at the individual race scores and you’ll see a different story, however.  Going into the 5th and final race, the team of John Papadopoulos and Stephanie Faillers were handily winning the event with a total of 8 points followed by Mark Gaudio/Dustin Arnold with 12 points.  John and Stephanie, having recently won the Western Regional Championships in Seattle, WA and two bullets at the BYC Twilights on the Wednesday, were clearly in top form with finishes of 4, 2, 1, and 1.  They consistently hit the critical shifts, avoided the boat traffic, sailed in pressure and clear lanes.  But alas, the magic spell was broken just a little bit earlier than hoped.  Just after the gun went off for the 5th race and final race, John’s forestay came uncoupled from the forestay adjuster.  A ring-ding had failed or fallen off or who knows what.  By the time the forestay was reattached with a spare clevis pin, the fleet was too far gone to catch up to.  No throw outs left no room for error so John and Stephanie had to settle for 4th overall.

 

Overall Championships Scoring.  15 Overall Entries.  DNS, DNF, DSQ = 16.  No Throw Out Provided For

Pos

Sail

Skipper & Crew

Div

R1

R2

R3

R4

R5

T

1st

5151

Mark Gaudio & Dustin Arnold

A

3

4

3

2

1

13

2nd

5123

Nick & Mary Kate Scandone

A

6

1

2

6

2

17

3rd

5051

Bob Yates & Pat Kincaid

A

1

3

5

5

3

17

4th

5031

John Papadopoulos & Stephanie Faillers

A

4

2

1

1

11

19

5th

2301

Jeff & Bobby Lenhart

A

5

5

7

3

6

26

6th

2700

Jeff Nelson & Eric Heim

A

7

7

4

4

4

26

7th

3531

Mike & Renee Bartell

A

2

8

6

8

5

29

8th

4270

Jamie & Jamie DeWolfe

A

9

10

8

7

8

42

9th

4274

Amy Eggert & Chuck Simmons

B

8

6

9

9

DNS

48

10th

3650

Greg Boudreaux & Kyle ?

B

12

13

10

12

7

54

11th

6158

Jim Jackman & Eric Hall

B

13

12

11

11

9

56

12th

4469

TJ Johnson & Mike

B

11

11

12

10

12

56

13th

4110

Roy Woolsey & Eric Alleoni

B

10

9

DNF

13

10

58

14th

3262

Mark Mueller & Noelle Ladd

B

14

14

DNF

DNS

DNS

76

15th

4611

Kurt & Evelyn Wiese

A

DNS

DNS

DNS

DNS

DNS

80

 

Harrowby Perpetual (top B Sailor) Scoring.  6 B Entries.  DNS, DNF, DSQ = 7.  No Throw Out Provided For

Pos

Sail

Skipper & Crew

Div

R1

R2

R3

R4

R5

T

1st

4274

Amy Eggert & Chuck Simmons

B

1

1

1

1

DNS

11

2nd

3650

Greg Boudreaux & Kyle ?

B

4

5

2

4

1

16

3rd

4469

TJ Johnson & Mike

B

3

3

4

2

4

16

4th

6158

Jim Jackman & Eric Hall

B

5

4

3

3

2

17

5th

4110

Roy Woolsey & Eric Alleoni

B

2

2

DNF

5

3

19

6th

3262

Mark Mueller & Noelle Ladd

B

6

6

DNF

DNS

DNS

33

 

Regatta Chairmen: Mark Gaudio &John Papadopoulos

Race Committee:

            PRO:    Randy Risvold

            Marks:  Scott McKinlay

            Scribe:  Sandy Sullivan

            Flags:   Sandy Mills