2006 ABYC Turkey Day Regatta

Turkey Day Regatta

November 18 & 19, 2006

Thirty Lido 14's and billions of Naples Sabots raced in the basin near ABYC in light to extremely light conditions. Kurt & Anne Wiese, who won recently at the ABYC Halloween Regatta, displayed the most consistent skill in sniffing out the shifts and puffs, and dominated the regatta from start to finish. John Papadopoulos, sailing with loaner crew Pat Kincaid, struggled to hold onto second place over current Class Champion Stu Robertson, who had his very-able crew Erin (his daughter). Bob & Bobby Little have been racing Lido 14s for a while now so most of us know that Bob has been virtually single-handing his Lido 14 while his son Bobby had a great ride or even took a nap! Most of the time these two were too far ahead for me to be sure, but I'm guessing Bobby is big enough now to be an active crew. However, it still seems like Bob is doing most of the critical work and thus gets huge kudos for their "on fire" performance. It wouldn't have been a stretch for them to win this regatta if they had completed the third race or if just one or two tough breaks had gone their way. I assume they will only get better as Bobby gets bigger and stronger. Mark & Sarah Ryan, by far the youngest Lido 14 team racing at the regatta, showed considerable skill and speed in many of the races; with a bit more study of the finer points of the rules and more hands on experience, they'll undoubtedly master the ever so tricky situations that caught them off-guard now and then. We look forward to seeing them again and again. Bob & Emily Sherwood sailed a very strong regatta and now must join the ranks of the A fleet - Congratulations to Bob, Emily, Kurt, and Anne!

Comments by John Papadopoulos


(L-R) Kurt Wiese, Anne Wiese, Jim Bateman		(L-R) Bob Sherwood, Emily Sherwood, Jim Bateman

NOTE: The following scores were updated 12/4/2006 to reflect corrections made by ABYC after the regatta awards. Positions in the B fleet have changed as a result.

A's	Skipper & Crew	Sail #	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Total	Net
1^st	Kurt & Anne Weise	6240	3	1	2	3	2	(8)	19	11
2^nd	John Papadopoulos & Pat Kincaid	6188	5	3	1	2	5	(7)	23	16
3^rd	Stu Robertson & Erin Frederick	3113	4	(6)	3	1	4	4	22	16
4^th	Bob & Bobby Little	4072	2	2	(DNC)	4	9	1	34	18
5^th	Mark & Sarah Ryan	4790	1	(8)	4	7	6	2	28	20
6^th	Eric & Tiffany Bohman	3579	6	(15)	12	5	3	3	44	29
7^th	Steve & Diane Kent	2833	8	(10)	7	9	1	5	40	30
8^th	Nancy Davidson & Missy York	5127	7	(14)	8	6	7	6	48	34
9^th	David Carroll & Noel Naff	4960	10	5	5	10	8	(12)	50	38
10^th	Deke Klatt & Ceal Potts	3625	9	9	6	11	(13)	9	57	44
11^th	Steve Potter & Brook Phillips	6284	(15)	7	10	13	12	11	68	53
12^th	Dave & Jeanne Smith	3281	11	13	(DNC)	8	11	10	69	53
13^th	Jim Grubbs & Abby Ahmanson	3661	13	4	11	12	(DNC)	DNC	72	56
14^th	Mike & Megan O'Neill	4532	14	12	9	14	10	(DNC)	75	59
15^th	Grant & Conner Hill	4310	12	11	(DNC)	DNC	DNC	DNC	87	71

B's	Skipper & Crew	Sail #	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Total	Net
1^st	Bob & Emily Sherwood	6276	1	1	4	(5)	1	2	14	9
2^nd	Tracey Kenny & Robin Tams	4430	3	5	2	3	(9)	1	23	14
3^rd	Dan Rossen & Ashley Knox	1007	(7)	6	1	1	4	5	24	17
4^th	John Burgen & Don Burdge	4648	4	2	5	(6)	3	6	26	20
5^th	Tracy Conn	4029	(9)	8	7	2	2	4	32	23
6^th	Scott & Sarah Babcock	4900	2	4	8	(11)	8	3	36	25
7^th	Peter Beale & Jennifer Davis	6274	8	(9)	3	4	5	7	36	27
8^th	Chris & Christophe Killian	6297	6	3	10	9	(DNC)	DNC	60	44
9^th	Marcel & Shannon Hughes & Jen Dunkle	6266	10	11	9	7	(12)	8	57	45
10^th	Robert Spieler & Shari Landon	6195	5	7	13	13	(14)	10	62	48
11^th	Steve Gierke & Scott Holcomb	1954	(DNC)	10	6	8	10	DNC	66	50
12^th	Kelly Cantley & Sue Service	5036	11	12	(14)	10	13	9	69	55
13^th	Tom & Karmen Estlow	882	12	(14)	11	14	6	13	70	56