Memorial Day Regatta

2008 Memorial Day Regatta

May 24^th-25^th, 2008

The 2008 EYC Memorial Day Regatta was won by class veteran Chris Winnard, sailing with his team of Lance and Patrica Purdy on the infamous “Disaster Area.” Saturday’s races could not have been more different. The first race started in very light air from the east with occasional ribbons of velocity filling in a different locations and keeping the teams guessing as to who was in the best position. Dark clouds and a new strong breeze caught up with the fleet as they made their way up the final beat. The new breeze built into the upper teens with some strong gusts for the second race and the reach back to the club. There were a few lightning sightings over the ridge, but fortunately, it never made it to the lake.

The traditional gathering around the Fleet 19 keg preceded dinner, and followed dinner as well, with the party continuing well into the night. Teams were up early and ready to go for the optimistically scheduled ten o’clock start. After a long delay, Sunday’s moderate winds finally filled in from the north and two more races were completed in more typical Fern Ridge conditions. The twenty two boat turnout included teams from as far away as San Diego, who came to check out the venue.

The Triton YC Emerald Cup regatta, June 28-29, offers one more opportunity to tune up in a local regatta before the Class Championships in July.

Submitted by Mark Forrest

Pos	Skipper	Boat	Sail #	R1	R2	R3	R4	T
1^st	Chris Winnard/Lance & Patricia Purdy	Disaster Area	138	6	2	2	1	11
2^nd	Bruce Golison/Andrew Kerr/Blair Wallace	Tinker Toy	911	1	9	1	6	17
3^rd	Eric Kownacki	Alexa	921	2	1	12	2	17
4^th	Paul Stephens	Aquila	656	9	3	4	3	19
5^th	Jason Crowson	SeaBear	497	10	4	6	4	24
6^th	Ron Fish	Giddy Up	779	4	12	3	8	27
7^th	Gordon Mattatal	H20 Boa	649	8	6	8	7	29
8^th	Doug Smith	One Eye Jacq	264	3	7	19	12	41
9^th	Mark Erdrich	Fusion	927	5	10	15	11	41
10^th	Jim Martinez	Loose Nuts	908	19	11	9	5	44
11^th	Nick Genovese	In n Out	907	14	8	10	14	46
12^th	Mark Forrest	Q	931	17	5	13	16	51
13^th	Ross Cooley	Joriann	474	11	14	17	10	52
14^th	Jerald Skeen	Atomic Punk	906	15	16	14	9	54
15^th	Nicholi Lenn	Crash Test Dummies	82	12	13	16	15	56
16^th	Nall Bodine	Orient Express	353	7	15	18	20	60
17^th	Lyle Mayer	Guano Girl	205	13	19	11	17	60
18^th	Adam Mazurkiewicz	Eve	706	18	18	7	18	61
19^th	Chet Bowers	Cia Pacha	924	DSQ	20	5	13	61
20^th	Chris Thomas	Wild Rover	57664	16	21	20	19	76
21^st	Jim Hill	Faux Pas	586	20	17	22	21	80
22^nd	John Mahoney	Mahoney	65	21	22	21	DSQ	87