Harvest Day Regatta & District VI Championship

September 6 & 7, 2003

Eugene Yacht Club

Carl and Kurt Heisel are the new champs of District VI.  The district championship was part of Eugene Yacht Club's Harvest Day Regatta on Fern Ridge Lake (site of the 2004 Class Championships).  Saturday saw mostly cloudy skies, but with winds from 8 to 12.  Team Heisel got a bullet in each of the 3 races run on Saturday, but not without considerable effort.  Garrett and Tracy Johns were in hot pursuit only a few boat lengths behind in 2 of the races and Ron Fish finished closely behind in the other.

There were 2 races on Sunday.  The first was sailed in a medium breeze of 7-10 with the Heisels coming away with another bullet, this time with Allan Stults and Terry Sellers nipping at their heels.  Racing was postponed for about an hour as the wind dropped to nearly 0.  At close to 2:00 a southwest wind at 10-15 blew in and the last race was run with Ron Fish taking a first and Stults and Sellers again taking 2nd.  Carl and Kurt had to settle for a 3rd this time, but with 4 firsts, they emerged as District VI Champions.  2nd place was actually a 3 way tie with Johns, Fish and Stults.  Places in the last race determined the tie breaker and Ron Fish became Fleet 81's Champion.

 

Place Skipper & Crew Sail # R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 Total
1 Carl & Kurt Heisel 3731 1 1 1 1 3 7
2 Ron Fish 5077 5 2 6 4 1 18
2 Allan Stults & Terry Sellers 5071 3 7 4 2 2 18
2 Garrett & Tracy Johns 4870 2 3 2 7 4 18
5 Don Krokus & Blake Bale 2505 4 4 3 5 6 22
6 Bill Crutchfield 1952 8 5 7 6 8 34
7 Mar Fortier 507 6 9 5 8 7 35
8 David & Krista Ispas 3391 7 10 13 3 5 38
9 Paul Hantke 4846 9 6 9 10 13 47
10 Mike & Chris Romanini 2223 13 11 8 9 13 54
11 Richard Joyce & Leta Sellers 3107 13 8 13 13 13 60
12 Robert Kontra 6203 10 12 13 13 13 61