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November Club Series Report
John B simply dominates
I did not get a chance to sail in this regatta because I was visiting with family at my mother-in-laws birthday. I made it to the lake just in time to hand John B his certificate for winning. He scored 6 bullets, and 3 each of 2nd and 3rd place finishes. His total score for 12 heats with one throw out was 18. Tony Rieck was second with 27 points and three bullets Baron edged out Tom Phillips by just 2 points for third place, but Tom got 2 bullets to Baron's one.
John Garver finally got his new Mary Kay pink boat in the water and took home 5th place. He has a new set of John B sails with pink trim to rig and then the boat will be complete. I know John is excited to show her off at the upcoming Jacksonville regatta in December. Brenda Pardee made the trip from Tallahassee again and sailed well to a 6th place finish. She brought her Mother along who took over as score keeper Thanks for the beer too, Brenda.Grant Ward and Martin Gray hung in tough for 7th and 8th places respectively. Every skipper had at least one heat in the top 4 and all but John and Tony had a last place finish. This shows how tight the racing is.
Thank you Tom Germer for RD duties. I did not see your performance, but the guys tell me you did a fine job. The winds gave everyone a hard time as sailing had to be done on the West end of the lake and the building there makes for some swirling conditions.
The final regatta of the season will be in December. The date is TBA. We will let you know as soon as we set it.
| Skipper | Sail # | Points | ||
| 1 | John Bottensek | 11 | 18 | 6 firsts |
| 2 | Tony Rieck | 82 | 27 | 3 firsts |
| 3 | Baron Bremer | 81 | 40 | 1 first |
| 4 | Tom Phillips | 265 | 42 | 2 firsts |
| 5 | John Garver | 1560 | 53 | |
| 6 | Brenda Pardee | 12 | 60 | |
| 7 | Grant Ward | 1724 | 64 | |
| 8 | Martin Gray | 1302 | 70 |
2008 Club Standings (click on the month to read the report)
| Skipper |
Nov |
Dec |
TOT |
POS |
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| Tony Rieck | 10 |
11 |
6 |
RD |
6 |
9 |
7 |
49 |
1 |
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| John Bottensek | RD |
10 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
6 |
10 |
8 |
47 |
2 |
|
| Baron Bremer | 7 |
7 |
7 |
8 |
RD |
7 |
7 |
6 |
43 |
3 |
|
| Joe Walter | 9 |
RD |
3 |
7 |
5 |
8 |
8 |
40 |
4 |
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| Tom Phillips | 6 |
9 |
4 |
4 |
RD |
6 |
5 |
34 |
5 |
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| Tom Germer | 5 |
6 |
RD |
4 |
3 |
4 |
RD |
RD |
22 |
6 |
|
| Skip Miller | |
|
5 |
8 |
5 |
18 |
7 |
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| Brett Biwer | 8 |
8 |
16 |
8* |
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| Murray McQuaid | 4 |
4 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
16 |
9 |
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| Jason Hastings | 2 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
15 |
10 |
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| John Garver | 3 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
9 |
11* |
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| Grant Ward | 2 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
9 |
12 |
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| Brenda Pardee | 5 |
3 |
8 |
13 |
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| Steve Buchanan | 5 |
5 |
14 |
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| Martin Gray | 2 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
15 |
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| Larry Newcomb | 1 |
1 |
16 |
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| Dennis Miller | 1 |
1 |
17 |
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Regatta Winner |
Discard |
* Ties are broken by the highest finishing position
in the biggest regatta. |
The best six regattas are counted
towards the Club Championship |
The Jacksonville MYC currently sails the EC-12 only, but is open to expand to include multiple fleets. We sail in the shadow of Alltel Stadium, home to the Jacksonville Jaguars, in downtown Jacksonville or at the Gate Parkway lake just south of J. Turner Butler.
Regular sailing is on Sundays starting at 2 p.m. Email before coming out if you are unsure of which lake we will be at.
Contact:
Joe Walter, Commodore
Jacksonville MYC
10281 Ripple Rush Dr W
Jacksonville, FL 32257