2010 Santana 20 Class Championships

Hosted by Fleet 12 and Fresno Yacht Club

July 19-22, 2010
 

Team Disaster Area, skippered by Bruce Golison (Long Beach, CA) and crewed by Andrew Kerr (Olympia, WA) and Willem van Waay (San Diego, CA) have won the 2010 Santana 20 Class Championships!

Going into the 7th and final race, Team Disaster Area led Team Giddy Up (skippered by Ron Fish of Eugene, OR) by 13 points however with no throw out provided, simply being OCS could easily alter the outcome of the regatta.  Team Disaster Area won the race, securing their victory with a splash of authority.

Leading up to this regatta, the winds had been not been "typical" Huntington Lake but Bruce reports that it was like someone flipped a switch as the championships were classical "sail to the boy scout camp and work the left shore" conditions.

This victory is Bruce's 4th championship title, Andrew's 6th, and Willem's 2nd (once as skipper and once as crew).

This makes Bruce's second major regatta victory in less than two months - having won the 2010 Etchells North American Championships in San Diego.

 

SCORES

Place Boat Name Skipper R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 T
1 Disaster Area Bruce Golison 2 1 3 1 3 1 1 12
2 Giddy Up Ron Fish 4 3 4 3 8 2 3 27
3 Alexa Eric Kownacki 1 4 6 2 4 13 2 32
4 Aquila Paul Stephens 7 2 8 12 1 9 8 47
5 RBC Robin Avery 9 11 5 9 5 6 4 49
6 Sea Bear Sean Purdy 12 6 7 8 10 4 7 54
7 Tinkertoy Bob Wright 8 15 1 5 9 12 12 62
8 Cia Pacha Stan Bowers 6 5 17 15 6 5 16 70
9 Tenacity Jim Hill 5 12 10 6 16 15 6 70
10 Fayest Britt Williams 3 8 13 13 18 7 9 71
11 Wild Thing Jason Crowson 13 7 2 OCS 2 3 21 73
12 One Eyed Chicken Boat Rick Gilstrap 10 9 9 10 11 8 17 74
13 Wright One II David Wright 11 16 11 11 12 14 15 90
14 Fusion Mark Erdrich 18 14 19 4 15 11 10 91
15 Gratitude Derek Martin 15 13 21 14 14 10 5 92
16 Cocaine & Hookers Iv McNamara 14 10 15 19 7 16 11 92
17 Loose Nuts Jim Martinez 17 18 12 7 20 19 13 106
18 Eve Adam Mazurkiewicz 16 17 16 17 19 18 14 117
19 Fast Eddie Todd Craig 19 19 18 16 13 17 23 125
20 Grendel Paul Fetterman 23 20 14 21 22 20 22 142
21 Scarlett Evan Thomeson 22 21 20 22 17 23 18 143
22 Guano Happens Lyle Mayer 20 22 23 18 21 22 20 146
23 Moon John Wagner 21 23 22 20 23 21 19 149
24 Tomorrow John Barnett 24 24 24 23 24 24 24 167

 

PHOTOS
Aaron and Jen have posted several hundred additional photos of the Santana 20 Class Championships on their photobucket.com account.  Click the following links to view them: 

These photos are the property of Aaron and Jen.  For promotional use, please credit the photo appropriately for anything posted in print or on a website.  For personal use like printing photos or crew shirts, I will grant the rights to use these images for free.  If you would like the high resolution image, please email Aaron at sailaaron(at)gmail.com with the names of the file(s) and I will send them to you.  For any commercial or for-profit use, we retain the full rights to these images.

VIDEOS

There are a number of Championship videos posted youtube.com.

 

Regatta Documents and Notes

PRE REGATTA NOTES
Fleet 12 is pleased to invite the Santana 20 class for superb sailing on majestic Huntington Lake, CA at the 2010 Class Championships July 19 thru 22 - immediately following the High Sierra Regatta.

Huntington Lake is located in the High Sierra Mountains of California at 7,000 ft near Fresno. Huntington Lake is known for its breeze which you can set your watch to - 10-15 knots starting at 10am. The location offers accommodations at nearby campgrounds or lakeside cabins -- there is something for everyone.

The Championships immediately follow the High Sierra Regatta (July 17-18) so that you can tune up prior to the championships and enjoy 6 days of sailing and racing – or take some time and explore the surrounding mountains and wilderness.

Make your campground reservations early - reservations for the championship dates open July 1, 2009!

To reserve go to www.recreation.gov or call 1-877-444-677.  We strongly recommend College Creek, Deer Creek, Kinnikinnik, Rancheria, Catavee, or Billy Creek Campgrounds.  College and Deer Creek are closest to the fun and action (red star on the map of the attached flyer).

For full listing of local accommodations (condos, cabins, camping), visit Fresno Yacht Club's website or click here.