High Sierra Regatta

July 12-13, 2008

Hosted by Fresno Yacht Club

For official results, please visit the Fresno Yacht Club website.

Racers drove from as far away as Seattle, WA and San Diego, CA to race in the High Sierra Regatta - the mecca for Lido 14 racers.  It was especially rewarding to see people make the trip despite record high gasoline prices (about $4.50 in California).  Hopefully next year we won't be wishing for gas to be that cheap.

Tom Jenkins sailed smart and fast in the unusually variable conditions found on Huntington Lake to win the regatta with a comfortable 6 point lead.  Race 1 was dominated from the start by Tom Jenkins.  Race 2 was lead from the start by John Papadopoulos and Stacie Brandt until they blundered the rounding at Mark 1 (near the start line) by forgetting to drop down their centerboard.  Tom Jenkins, who was close behind, passed into lead and held on to the finish - giving him two bullets and a commanding lead in the regatta.

On Sunday, the winds were very atypical - both light and extremely shifty.  The traditional starboard tack drag race to the Boy Scout camp did not occur as shifts caused the fleet to tack onto port mid way there.  Some teams went hard right and some continued towards the left.  At varying times it appeared that Walter & Terry Johnson and Ken & Sandyi Campbell - both of whom played middle of the lake strategies - were in the lead.  But then a strong shift came in on the left and everything started all over again.  As the fleet approached the weather mark it was all about Jim and Kay Sterner.  They held onto the lead until Mark 7 (the reaching mark across from the start line) when Stu Robertson passed into the lead.

We've all been watching Mark Ryan as he climbed up thru the A fleet over the past couple of years.  This time around hi sister Sarah, his regular crew, took the helm and the pair dominated the B fleet with three first place finishes.  Needless to say, Sarah is now an A sailor too!

There were a number of new teams on the lake this year, the most notable being Whit Bachelor who finished 6th in the A fleet in what is thought to be his first Lido 14 regatta.  Whit is a top level sailor hailing from San Diego who came very well prepared - he had Erin Robertson as his crew and Stu Robertson's championship winning Lido 14 #3113 boat!  Hopefully Whit found Lido 14 racing to his liking and will make it a regular part of his racing program.  Kelly Buchan and Kelsey Cochran, of Balboa Yacht Club, made their first major regatta appearance at the High Sierra Regatta.  I believe Kathy Reed was making her first major regatta appearance at the High Sierra Regatta too.

On a sadder note, Al Perez, a long time member of Lido 14 Fleet 1 (Newport Beach, CA) who has been racing Lido 14s since the early 1960s, announced this was probably his last High Sierra Regatta.  As 82, he is believed to be the longest still-active member of the Lido 14 Class.

 

A

Skipper & Crew

Sail #

R1

R2

R3

T

1st

Tom Jenkins & Andrew Brown

6244

1

1

3

5

2nd

Stuart Robertson

3113

4

6

1

11

3rd

Kurt & Anne Wiese

6240

2

5

4

11

4th

Jim & Kay Sterner

5110

5

9

2

16

5th

Bob Yates & Pat Kincaid

5051

3

8

5

16

6th

Whit Bachelor & Erin Robertson

288

6

3

9

18

7th

John Papadopoulos & Stacie Brandt

6300

13

2

7

22

8th

Walter & Terry Johnson

6288

10

4

10

24

9th

Chris Nesbitt & Dave Swain

6188

7

7

12

26

10th

Ken & Sandyi Campbell

4509

8

14

8

30

11th

Dave Carroll

4960

16

13

6

35

12th

Randy Carper & Pete LaBahn

6100

9

15

11

35

13th

Phoebe & John Staff

2999

12

10

14

36

14th

Ryder Nesbitt

4370

11

11

16

38

15th

Susan Taylor

4834

18

12

13

43

16th

Roger & Anne Hinton

3906

14

16

15

45

17th

Tracey Kenney & Robin

4430

17

17

17

51

18th

Steve & Kristina Potter

6284

19

18

18

55

19th

Steve & Anne Schupak

6262

15

20

DNC

57

20th

Steve McJones

2153

20

19

19

58

21st

Jonathan Carroll

960

21

21

20

62

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

B

Skipper & Crew

Sail #

R1

R2

R3

T

1st

Sarah & Mark Ryan

4790

1

1

1

3

2nd

Kit & Chris Lockwood

5050

2

2

2

6

3rd

Grant & Barbara Williams

4300

4

4

4

12

4th

Paul Makielski

6277

3

5

8

16

5th

Roger Patterson & Kathy

6127

6

3

7

16

6th

Kelly Cantley & Anne Eggers

5036

5

6

5

16

7th

Tracy Conn

4029

8

8

9

25

8th

Kelly Buchan & Kelsey Cochran

4952

10

13

3

26

9th

Kathy Reed

3747

11

14

6

31

10th

Terrie Canon

6087

12

9

10

31

11th

Mark Dawson

6272

7

15

13

35

12th

Tom Zinn

3606

13

7

15

35

13th

George Koch

4567

9

12

14

35

14th

Tom & Karmen Estlow

6195

15

11

12

38

15th

Chris Kip

5040

16

16

11

43

16th

Jim Drury

4963

14

10

DNF

45

17th

Pat Sayer-Handley

6149

17

17

16

50

18th

Holly Davis

2838

19

18

17

54

19th

Erik Borrowman

311

20

20

18

58

20th

Albert Perez

5115

18

DNF

DNF

60