2005 High Sierra Regatta

Huntington Lake, CA

Reported by Tom Jenkins and Edited by the Webmaster

Huntington Lake provided yet again one of the best backdrops for a large Lido turnout the weekend of July 9th and 10^th. The winds were not the usual heavy air but there was good breeze maxing out at about 17 kts at the bottom end of the lake. While primarily a Californian attended regatta, there were other boats such as Jim Sterner sailing with his daughter who made the trek all the way from Washington. Jim and the 31 other boats helped the Lido Class to a large turnout with a total of 32 boats. Our Class had the largest fleet beating out the Day sailors and the C-15 Classes who were gearing up for Championship regattas on Huntington Lake later in the week. I know many of us are looking forward to Huntington Lake as a possible venue for the 2006 Class Championships.

As is the case each year both divisions A and B, started together which made the starts critical to get off the line in clear air for the drag race to the Boy Scout Camp. In the B flight, Randy Carper and crew Pete LaBahn posted consistent finishes taking home 1^st place. They were sailing in Randy's new boat (6100). You may remember 6100 as George Szabo’s boat. Randy...Welcome to the A flight!

However, the newest Lido 14, 6262, being sailed by Steve and Anne Schupak, were right there close behind sailing in his second Lido regatta. Anne is the daughter of Tom and Jane Schock - builders of the Lido 14. Again, Morro Bay produces a fast Lido sailed by Juniors, Joss Giddings and Andrew Brown in 6050 who if not having a OCS possibly would have been the spoiler for Randy and Steve. Ever get the feeling like the Post 6000 series boats are coming up in speed?

The regatta was really a battle of three boats - the same three that battled for the top spot in 2004. For a refresher, in 2004 Kurt and Anne Wiese won the regatta with 5 points and Team Jenkins and Team Robertson tied with 10 points each with the tie breaker going to Team Jenkins.

This year, the 2004 Class Champions Stu Robertson and his daughter Erin Frederick had the magic touch to post three bullets for three races. Tom Jenkins, sailing with Christina Campolmi finished in 2nd with 7 points, and Kurt & Anne Wiese had finishes of 2, 2, 3. These three always distanced themselves from the rest of the fleet. In an excellent display of sportsmanship, Kurt retired from race 1 (thus the DSQ in the scores) because he thought his life jacket touched a mark.

In a related note, Eric Bohman and his wife Tiffany could only attend the regatta for Saturday and were sailing very well and would most certainly have placed in the top 5 if they had completed the regatta.

Well Done Stu and Erin!

Lido A	Skipper & Crew	Sail #	R1	R2	R3	T
1^st	Stuart Robertson & Erin Frederick	3113	1	1	1	3
2^nd	Thomas Jenkins & Christina Campolmi	6244	2	3	2	7
3^rd	John Papadopoulos & Stephanie Faillers	6188	6	6	4	16
4^th	Donald & Kit Lockwood	5050	8	5	6	19
5^th	Greg Rodgers	4794	3	7	10	20
6^th	Ken & Sandyi Campbell	4509	4	11	5	20
7^th	Ryder Nesbitt & Dina Corsi	4370	7	9	7	23
8^th	Kurt & Anne Wiese	6240	DSQ	2	3	25
9^th	Jim Sterner & daughter	5110	9	8	9	26
10^th	Eric & Tiffany Bohman	3579	5	4	DNF	29
11^th	Steve McJones	2153	11	13	11	35
12^th	Roger Patterson	6127	10	DNF	8	38
13^th	Grant & Barbara Williams	4300	12	10	OCS	42
14^th	Patrick Rygh	3000	14	15	13	42
15^th	Mike O'Neill	4532	13	12	DNF	45
16^th	Roger & Anne Hinton	3906	15	16	14	45
17^th	Tad Woody	6169	16	17	15	48
18^th	Walter Johnson	4171	OCS	18	12	50
19^th	Steve Mueller	6255	OCS	14	DNF	54
Lido B		Sail #	R1	R2	R3	PTS
1^st	Randy Carper & Pete LaBahn	6100	2	3	2	7
2^nd	Steve & Anne Schupak	6262	3	1	5	9
3^rd	Tracy Conn & Mark Stanifer	4029	5	4	3	12
4^th	Gary Schaffel	3446	1	6	6	13
5^th	Tracy Kenney	4430	4	5	4	13
6^th	Joss Giddings	6050	OCS	2	1	17
7^th	James Orth	3111	7	8	7	22
8^th	Terence Hensley	4354	6	7	DNF	27
9^th	Tom & Karmen Estlow	882	9	9	9	27
10^th	Erik Borrowman	311	11	10	11	32
11^th	Mark Hunter	3804	12	DNF	8	34
12^th	Bill Hahesy	2562	10	DNF	10	34
13^th	Albert Perez	5115	8	DNF	DNF	36

2005 High Sierra Regatta

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