2008 District 12 Championship : Races by Class

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2008 District 12 Championship

Report by Jeffrey Imai:

Congratulations to Mark Passmore and Ivan Bunner for winning the 2008 12th District Championship. Tom White and Arthur Anosov won the Green Star event. Brian Cramer won the Masters. Richard Burgess won the Grand Masters. Josh Asermily won Leading Youth. Amanda Karahanas won Leading Lady.

WLOC won the top Blue Fleet and Seneca Lake won the top Green Fleet.

It was a great weekend of sailing. Friday got off to a slow start. After the skippers' meeting and under a postpone flag, John Chiarella held the 12th District annual meeting. We waited until 2:45 pm before the race committee boat left the dock to set the course. In light winds from the south east, Mark Passmore scored the first bullet of the regatta. After a wonderful BBQ back at National a small group headed off for an evening of spherical arts (billiards).

Saturday morning started off with no winds, rain and foggy conditions. After a brief postponement, the fleet went out to the race course. Although there was a decent breeze from the south east, at times it was difficult to see the leeward gate in front of the race committee boat. A further postponement lasted for about an hour with the first casualty of the regatta, a broken mast. After the disabled boat was removed, the postponement flag came down and racing was on. After 2 general recalls, race 2 started clean under a black flag. The second casualty of the day was a collision resulting in one boat withdrawing as it was taking on water. Passmore was able to find the marks in the fog and finished first.

The second race of the day had a clean start. The winds were building slightly and the fog was clearing. This time Cramer finished first followed closely by Passmore.

The third race saw the fog lift but dark storm clouds going north of the course. After another clean start, Passmore had a fast start, pretty much leading the entire race to finish first.

The host club, The National Yacht Club, put on a great banquet dinner, followed by the presentation of the daily keepers. After two days, Passmore had clinched first place in the regatta and did not need to sail Sunday.

Sunday morning saw some rain and light winds. The winds were from the south west. A slight wind shift forced a postponement to change the course and which allowed the last two boats to arrive to the course. As the race started the skies cleared up making it easier to spot the windward mark. Terry Line sailed high to the left and rounded the windward mark first and continued to finish first. The second downwind leg saw an exciting finish with the 5th through to the 15th boats finishing within a couple of boat lengths of each other.

Star

Place	Boat	Skipper	Crew	Sail #:	Fleet	1	2	3	4	5	Total
1	7626	Mark Passmore	Ivan Bunner	7626	WLOC	1	1	2	1	[23/DNC]	5
2	8143	Brian Cramer	Tyler Bjorn	8143	WLOC	[8]	6	1	2	2	11
3	7601	Terry Line	Larry Scott	7601	WLOC	[5]	2	5	3	1	11
4	7133	John Finch	Ruari Duffield	8265	WLOC	2	[5]	4	4	4	14
5	7824	Richard Burgess	Josh Asermily	7824	SL	3	[12]	3	8	3	17
6	7775	Hans Fogh	David Caesar	7775	LOC	[9]	3	6	7	7	23
7	7783	Dan White	Doug Carey	7783	SL	4	4	9	[13]	12	29
7	8157	Thomas White	Arthur Anosov	8157	SL	6	7	8	5	[9]	26
9	8013	Rick Dhein	Clark Dhein	8013	LG	7	11	7	6	[13]	31
10	7501	Amanda Karahanas	Tony Karahanas	7501	LOC	[14]	10	12	10	5	37
11	8083	John Chiarella	Bob Carlson	8083	SUN	[12]	9	11	9	11	40
12	8236	Philippe Hofer	Simon Foucreau	8236	Q	10	[15]	14	11	10	45
13	7127	Bob Westcott	Kevin Westcott	7127	SL	15	8	10	12	[23/DNC]	45
14	7927	David Ivey	Greg Meyer	7927	SUN	16	13	13	[23/DNS]	8	50
15	7308	Brian Mckay	Michelle Tan	7308	LOC	11	14	[16]	14	14	53
16	7930	Terry Hofkirchner	Jeffrey Imai	7930	LOC	[19]	18	15	15	6	54
17	6729	Vadim Panna	Harri Palm	6729	WLOC	13	[20]	19	16	16	64
18	6450	Steve Stobridge	Will Phipps	6450	SL	[20]	16	18	17	15	66
19	6853	Bob Magtanong	Rommel Santos	62	LOC	[21]	19	17	18	17	71
20	7111	Francis Fougere	Dory Barone	7670	LOC	18	17	[20]	19	18	72
21	6357	Greg Poole	David Winter	6357	LOC	17	[23/DNF]	23/DNS	23/DNS	23DNC	86
23	6317	Jim Thorndycraft	Eriks Rugelis	777	LOC	23/DNC	23/DNF	23/DNS	23/DNS	[23/DNC]	92
23	6770	Marshall Wilde	Phoebe McAwley	7585	LOC	22	23/DNF	23/DNS	23/DNS	[23/DNC]	91