Palm Beach Gardens Valentine's Regatta Report
Luscomb wins at home.

The weekend started with a Tune-Up session, an idea presented by Gerhard Kelter at the Naples regatta to tune up our knowledge of the Rules, Tactics, and Setup of the EC-12. Friday at1:00pm Gerhard was joined by Ken Morrison an International Sailing Judge to tune up our Rules understanding, and Alan Perkins to share his knowledge of boat setup. The session was well attended and the most heard comment was “that was good; we should do more of this”.

The Friday night party was held at Chester Brewer’s home and we all got to know each other a little more while enjoying good food & drink. And good stories & jokes. Thanks to Chester & Libby we all were well primed for the weekend of sailing.

Saturday’s winds were predicted to have gusts in the high 20’s and out of the east. Luckily, the winds were somewhat lighter and had some southerly component allowing a good competitive course which made for many position changes during each heat. B rigs were the order of the day. Lunch with dogs, pizza and John’s “No Bull” chili was a welcome break. A special treat was Ann Gelina’s caramel fudge brownies. When the racing ended for the day with 10 races we had two skippers with 3 firsts each, Scott Vernon and Jon Luscomb. But solid consistent high finishes had Alan Perkins in first place, with Jon Luscomb, Joe Walter, Doc Greer, and Jim Kaigin following in hot pursuit.

The Saturday night party at Duffy’s was also a tribute to a former member of the PBGMYS, Harry Strunk, our commodore in 2005 & 2006, who passed away way too young earlier this year. Many EC-12 sailors remember sailing with Harry. A toast by Joe Walter and Doc Greer to Harry’s life was given. The food and service was great and having our private room many jokes were heard with much laughter. A highlight was watching coverage of our regatta on ESPN!

Sunday was a picture perfect day with winds 6-8 from a favorable SE. We set a course that evaded the dreaded wind shadows and shifts of the large banyan tree on the east shore. Six more races were sailed. Jim Kaigin sailing 2020 “Hindsight” sailed very consistently near the top.

Final Results

  Skipper Sail # Points  
1 Jon Luscomb 45 58  
2 Jim Kaighan 152 61  
3 Robert Greer 152 62  
4 Alan Perkins 14 66  
5 Fred Pfeil 15 77 Tie Breaker
6 Joe Walter 24 77  
7 Steve Pfeil 10 92  
8 Scott Vernon 880 101  
9 Dave Branning 71 106  
10 Frank Vella 82 132  
11 Martin Grey 62 134  
12 Dick Reinke 36 141 Bubble Boy Award
13 Fred Greco 84 153  
14 Gerhard Kelter 18 163  
15 Brian Engle 58 195  
16 Michael Vanover 56 215  
17 John Santoro 66 220  
18 Terry McMullen 40 231  
19 Chester Brewer 16 235  
20 Dan Pearce 56 250  
21 Judith Clark 15 267 Fastest Woman Award
22 Liz Perkins 217 270  
23 Larry Brannan 362 298  

 

 

 

Photos coming soon