Regatta Power Report
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February 2010QCYC First of the Season Race 2010
For the first time in decades, the start of the QCYC First of the Season Race was delayed one hour due to a “pea soup” fog that settled in all morning. By the time the first racers started at about noon, the fog had burned off for a great calm day on the lake with a few showers and lots of sun breaks. The 30 racers is also the third year in a row of increasing participation.
Once again a simple race of nearly 19 nm, we had 5 racers best the magic mark of less than one half percent error and joined the 500 club - i.e. 0.500% error and 4 of them were QCYC members. First overall and the Binnacle Trophy went to SYC’s Bill Grady on Zorro with 0.3171%. Second overall went to P/C Dick Timmerman on Vagabond with 0.4072% error. Bob Lindal and P/C Jeff Ewell on Suzy Q took third with 0.4257%. QCYC racers won 4 of the top 5 places with P/C Dean Lentgis on Kalos Filos in fourth overall and Bill Anderson on TheTillie in fifth earning 500 club honors and combined with Dick and Bob/Jeff to win the Al Smith Trophy for best four boat team from a club.
First in class plaques went to Dean Lentgis in Class 4 and Bill Anderson in class 3 as well as Ken Klett and Marv Elbon in Class 5 and Bruce Cullen in Class 2. P/C Lynn Montgomery was second in Class 5 and P/C Russ Oberg was third in class 2.
The overall results were:
#
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Skipper
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Boat
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%
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2
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Dick Timmerman
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Vagabond
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0.4072
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3
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Bob Lindal
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Suzy Q
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0.4257
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4
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Dean Lentgis
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Kalos Filos
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0.4278
|
5
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Bill Anderson
|
The Tillie
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0.4925
|
7
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Bruce Cullen/
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Caroline
|
0.7042
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Vince Firlotte
|
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10
|
Ken Klett/
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Klettitat
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0.9574
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Marv Elbon
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13
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Lynn Montgomery/
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Likely Lady
|
1.1125
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Larrie Chmela
|
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15
|
Russ Oberg
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Nordic Lady
|
1.1522
|
16
|
Terry Baker
|
Choppers
|
1.1744
|
19
|
Ed Hedges
|
Jo Sea
|
1.2595
|
22
|
Dave Padgett
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Slip Away
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1.6140
|
26
|
Andy Gerde
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Windy i
|
2.1888
|
27
|
Bob Yates
|
Rhumb Line
|
2.2333
|
30
|
Richard Kay
|
Matana
|
5.0659
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Next Race – Bremerton Heavy Weather
Feb 12-17
The largest race each year has usually been the BYC race held at their main station in conjunction with their Skit Night. The Race will be on Saturday, Feb 13.
The upcoming races are:
MBYC Boomerang – 3/5 to 7
Novice & Old Timers - club race 3/12 to 14
GHYC – 3/26 to 28
QCYC/SYC Eagle Harbor – 4/9 to 11
POYC/BYC EZ Pickens – 4/23 to 25
Filucy Bay – Thurs 5/27
Poulsbo YC – Friday 5/28
ICR – Sunday 5/30
Bob Lindal
