2017 Walker Cup

January 5 - 6, 2017

DISTRICT: 20

HOST

Coral Reef Yacht Club    
Miami Florida USA
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Place Boat Skipper Crew Sail #: Fleet 1 2 3 Total
1 GM   Augie Diaz   Arnis Baltins   USA 8509   BisB   8.0 2.0 1.0 11
2 8440   Jim Buckingham   Craig Moss   USA 8440   NH   5.0 6.0 6.0 17
3 8320   George Szabo   Roger Cheer   USA 8320   SDB   1.0 5.0 12.0 18
4 Antonia   Alberto Zanetti   Mark Strube   ARG 8498   OL   14.0 1.0 7.0 22
5 8506   Paul Cayard   Josh Revkin   USA 8506   WSFB   4.0 15.0 3.0 22.0001
6 Rachel   Andrew Macdonald   Brad Nichol   USA 8250   NH   9.0 3.0 10.0 22.0002
7 Remarc   Brian Cramer   Cam Lymburner   CAN 8445   WLOC   7.0 7.0 9.0 23
8 West Coast University   Charles Buckingham   Austin Sperry   USA 8230     2.0 11.0 13.0 26
9 Karin   Hubert Rauch   Edoardo Natucci   GER 8416   And   15.0 9.0 5.0 29
10 Barakablue   Larry Whipple   Marc Pickel   USA 8484   BisB   6.0 10.0 14.0 30
11 Pied Piper/National Marine   Jack Jennings   Frithjof Kleen   GER 8340   LS   3.0 4.0 RET 34
12 Star   Stuart Hebb   Mike Wolfs   CAN 8466   BisB   16.0 13.0 8.0 37
13 Southern Star   Jerry Wendt   Bryan Milne   CAN 8272   WLOC   11.0 12.0 16.0 39
14 8518   Doug Smith   Eugenio Cingolani   USA 8518   SBC   18.0 19.0 4.0 41
15 8271   Allan Cullen   Dave Martin   CAN 8271   EB   17.0 8.0 17.0 42
16 Maricota   Admar Gonzaga Neto   Figueiredo De Freitas Alexandre   BRA 8477   Par   12.0 14.0 18.0 44
17 Goodfellas   Charles F Kohlermann IV   Richard Burgess   USA 8395   NCB   10.0 17.0 20.0 47
18 Voodoo   Stefan Lehnert   Dietmar Hobbie   GER 8361   Brm   13.0 16.0 23.0 52
19 8215   John Chiarella   Larry Scott   USA 8215   Sun   20.0 21.0 15.0 56
20 7887   John Hokanson   Paul Avery   CAN 7887   BisB   26.0 24.0 11.0 61
21 8246   Shane Zwingelberg   Ed Morey   USA 8246   AN   21.0 22.0 19.0 62
22 8302   Jason Veatch   Phil Toth   USA 8302     24.0 18.0 21.0 63
23 Tess   Mike Phinney   Alex Baker   USA 8410   SLE   19.0 20.0 27.0 [DNF] 66
24 8351   Henrik Dannesboe   Jan Bonhoeffer   SUI 8351   Sem   22.0 27.0 [OCS] 22.0 71
25 USA 8507   James Revkin   Chad Easley   USA 8507   BH   25.0 23.0 27.0 [DNF] 75
26 8148   Aaron Smith   Tim Ostrander   USA 8148   Asp   23.0 25.0 27.0 [DNF] 75.0001

Report by Paul Cayard:Josh and I are back at it here in Miami in the Star Walker Cup and the Mid Winter Championship, four days of racing with up to 8 races in total. The first two days races will count for the Harry Walker Memorial trophy.

Today’s racing was delayed while the race committee waited for the northwesterly wind to die and the southeasterly sea breeze to fill. This made the start of race 1 around 13:00 in 7 knots. The sea was flat and the maximum wind of the day was about 15:00 at 8 knots.

In the first race, Josh and I sailed pretty well and got up into the lead half way up the first leg. But a couple mistakes that kept us from winning. We finished 4th behind George Szabo in first, Charlie Buckingham in 2nd and Jack Jennings in 3rd. Buck senior was 5th.

In race 2, we were in a group of four boats called over early at the start down at the pin end of the line. The race committee took about 45 seconds to make the call (which they are not required to do but do regularly within 10-15 seconds). This put us and the other three boats about 1:30 behind the 26 boat fleet by the time we started. There was nothing remarkable about either race today so making a comeback in the second race was tough.

George Szabo leads the regatta with 6 points, Jack Jennings in 2nd with 7 and Augie Diaz, the current World Champion, in 3rd with 10 points. Josh and I got back to 15th in the 2nd race so we are in 10th overall with 19 points.

Tomorrow’s forecast is for light sea breeze to fill in the afternoon again. Saturday is supposed to be 14-16 knots from the south and Sunday is forecast to be 22-26 knots with gusts well over 30 knots from the north northwest.

Day Two:

Only one race was held today on Biscayne Bay and it was trying. The race committee postponed ashore again today waiting for wind and finally around 13:30 a feeble southeasterly breeze filled in at 5 knots. The wind died throughout the race to less than 1 knot at the finish.

Josh and I had a good start and sailed well to lead at the first mark. The wind was getting spotty on the first downwind leg and Augie Diaz found good pressure off the the right side and moved from 6th to a close second. Josh and I held the lead at the second windward mark with Augie and Arnie right in our tail but with a huge gap back to third by this time.

The wind dropped to 2 knots at this point. 3/4’s of the way down the final run to the finish, Augie gybed away, again to the right, and it was too light to cover (match). The little wind that there was then shifted 60 degrees in his favor and he won the race. Jack Jennings passed us as well. We were lucky to get 3rd as the wind kept shifting and we almost could not get to the finish line.

We finished 6th over all for the Walker Cup and are in that position going into the final two days of the Mid Winter Championship.

Tomorrow’s forecast is for 12-15 knots from the South Southwest. We should be able to get three races in. Sundays forecast is for strong wind. Unfortunately I have to leave tomorrow night so Sundays forecast doesn’t really matter to us.

A Results for three races on Jan 5 and 6.