Bayview One Design Regatta
June 1, 2 & 3
The Bayview Yacht Club One Design Regatta was held last weekend in breezy conditions. Nine races were held (3 each day). The winds generally were 16 to 22 knots range with gusts sometimes into the 30s. As a result, the majority of the regatta was sailed in #3s. Friday’s race one was interesting in that the Cal 25 start was moved up by 10 minutes due to two other classes not competing that day. This caught half of the Cal 25s off guard and as a result, many boats scored a DNS in race one. With a premium on boat handling and sail selection/trim and with somewhat shifty conditions the competition was great! 2011 National Champion Dave Holme and the crew aboard Holmbrew showed that they still had what it takes scoring a 3,3,1,1,2,2,4,2,1 handily winning the event.
Day 3 Race 3 start Video
http://www.youtube.com/user/mcschrage?feature=mhee
Cal 25 (One Design - 20 Boats)
1. holmebrew, USA1029, J. David Holme - 3, 3, 1, 1, 2, 2, 4, 2, 1, ; 19
2. Never Alone, USA758, Paul/Ross Nuechterlein - 4, 1, 5, 3, 1, 1, 1, 6, 5, ; 27
3. Blew By You, USA1291, Tyson Connolly - 1, 7, 9, 2, 4, 3, 6, 8, 4, ; 44
4. Obscured By Clouds, USA454, Stu Thompson - 22/DNS, 8, 2, 4, 3, 5, 2, 3, 3, ; 52
5. Clytie, USA5633, Dale Marshall - 2, 10, 3, 11, 6, 4, 5, 7, 8, ; 56
6. Draco, USA1633, Bob Orr / Brian Shenstone - 22/DNS, 6, 7, 5, 5, 6, 3, 1, 6, ; 61
7. Chickenhawk, USA694, Mark Pinney - 7, 2, 11, 6, 8, 10, 9, 9, 7, ; 69
8. Red Stripe, USA779, Bradford Kimmel - 6, 9, 4, 7, 10, 8, 10, 5, 10, ; 69
9. Pirogue, USA749, John Shumaker - 22/DNS, 5, 6, 10, 7, 7, 8, 4, 2, ; 71
10. Forty-two, USA1498, Dave Simon - 5, 4, 10, 8, 9, 9, 7, 11, 9, ; 72
11. Freestyle, USA1682, Roy Lamphier - 22/DNC, 12, 8, 12, 12, 11, 13, 13, 12, ; 115
12. Prestige Worldwide, USA1830, Ian Pouliot - 22/DNS, 11, 15, 9, 21/DNS, 21/DNS, 12, 12, 11, ; 134
13. 23 Skiddoo, USA23, Karyn Macdonald - 22/DNS, 14, 12, 15, 16, 13, 14, 16, 15, ; 137
14. Solvo, USA1084, James Morphew - 22/DNS, 16, 13, 16, 14, 12, 16, 17, 16, ; 142
15. Sehnsuchtsbang, USA1239, Christopher Van Antwerp - 22/DNS, 15, 21/DNS, 14, 17, 15, 17, 14, 13, ; 148
16. Entropy, USA778, Rodney Rask - 22/DNC, 22/DNS, 21/DNS, 21/OCS, 11, 21/DNS, 11, 10, 14, ; 153
17. Ablaze, 2631, rudy Wedenoja - 22/DNS, 13, 14, 13, 13, 16, 21/DNS, 21/DNS, 21/DNS, ; 154
18. Second Wind, USA15861, Donald Healy - 22/DNC, 22/DNS, 21/DNS, 21/DNS, 15, 14, 15, 15, 17, ; 162
19. 39er, USA39, Rick Zanotti - 22/DNS, 17, 21/DNF, 21/DNS, 21/DNS, 21/DNS, 21/DNS, 21/DNS, 21/DNS, ; 186
20. BadaBoom, USA466, Gerald Maiorano - 22/DNC, 22/DNS, 21/DNS, 21/DNS, 21/DNS, 21/DNS, 21/DNS, 21/DNS, 21/DNS, ; 191
From J. David Holme
The Bayview One Design regatta on June 1, 2, and 3 brought more than a name change to an annual 3 day regatta that for ever was a Sailing World NOOD regatta and the start of the summer racing season on Lake St Clair in SE Michigan. Bayview also branched out to more traditional dinghy type designs but the Cals with 21 boats still brought one of the largest classes to the party although that is something we are used to as we attract between 11 and 16 boats for a Tuesday night beer can race.
To the Cal 25 holmebrew it also brought an apologetically written reply to my race invitation from my foredeck who said he would be participating in a warrior dash with a new girl friend (darn kids). This left us with three 200+ pounders and a combined crew average of 54 years old so it was determined that I would leave the safety of the helm and do bow, mostly because the strength of the fore deck will not support anyone else. That put Mark McCrindle on the helm, Mike DeLano, best friend and long time sailing partner at trim, speed, tactics and hot box (our winches are located on the cabin top so this position is REALLY BUSY!), Bill Peseski on main trim and Wally Tsuha as the utility infielder.
The organizers at BYC teamed up with the group at Crescent Sail Yacht Club to run Course Circle A, which had Lightning, Thistle, Express 27, Cal 25, Cat 27 classes. We decided to relocate the boat for the series to a local lakeside park only a few hundred yards from the start instead of what was at times a 90 minute slog upwind so this was our best tactical move all weekend and made it easy for all of us to get in/out without a long sailing commute to terrific course conditions.
The weather forecast was for some big breeze. On all days we had a couple of great opening races, with the 3rd on each day being on the upper limits. In fact, on Sunday's last race, we had all we could handle. My team had a great time laughing downwind as we sailed the kite in 25+ except for the last run on the last day where I refused the set as it neared 30+. Sailing with such talented sailors makes this sort of racing so much fun. Never a nervous moment, OK, there was that broach where we wiped the Windex off the mast but other that that things went just fine.
The lasting memories from this series are too numerous to mention but the close racing from so many competitors in all conditions deserves a special shout out. If you have ever sailed on a course with small one designs in heavy air they, along with their rescue boats make a mess when they turtle especially around the top and bottom marks. New comers to the class, many who crew of high performance high profile boats not racing in the BOD come away saying the same thing; "WOW that was Fun! Why don't we do that more often?" And my reply is always the same, "We do, every Tuesday night, please join us."
J. David Holme