Area D POW Semi-FinalsMay 31 - June 1, 2003Southern Yacht Yacht Club, New Orleans Event Summary: Southern Yacht Club under the Regatta Organizer Dwight LeBlanc Jr. put together an outstanding regatta that had great organization, warm temperatures ( 90's ) and winds of 12 to 16 knots on Saturday and 5 to 7 knots on Sunday.
2 full round robins were completed under a very well organized race management team lead by Bill Brundage PRO. Our skippers meeting was at 8.30 am each day and racing on Saturday did not end until 6.00pm, with eight flights completed. The final two flights were completed on Sunday.
Benz Faget of the New Orleans Yacht Club, with crew David Balyard and Chris Wientjes were a very strong 1st. They were closely followed by Dwight Leblanc III Southern Yacht Club in 2nd and crew of Ward Pitard and Shelby Friedrichs. In third with one win shy was Ross Griffith of the Carolina Yacht Club ( Charleston ) and crew Qamor Schulyler and Maorc Durlach. Fourth: Greg Siewert, crew Tim Ftesch and Jay Adam. 5th/6th were St. Petersburg Yacht Club : Skipper Rachael Silverstein: crew Lexus Ackman and Murry Silversten. 5th/6th Lauderdale Yacht Club : Bobby Noonan Skipper with crew: J.P. Wright and John Wright
We were fortunate to have a very strong group of umpires from San Francisco, Los Angeles, Long Island, Florida, Georgia , New Orleans and Virginia.
A special thanks to the Southern Yacht Club, Dwight Leblanc Jr and Bill Brundage for a very smooth, well run and successful regatta.
The United State Match Racing Championship For the Prince of Wales Bowl 2003 Final Report: (Article and pictures by Steve Wrigley)
Nathan Hollerbach with crew Matt Shirilla and Mike Hoey are seen here with Bayview Yacht Club Commodore Ted Everingham ( left ) and Prince of Wales Chairman Kirk Brown ( right ) as they are presented with US SAILING’s Prince of Wales Bowl for winning the US SAILING’S United States Match Racing Championship. Bayview Yacht Club hosted 10 teams from around the country who competed for top honors, racing on the Detroit River in front of BYC’s waterfront location. This year’s racing was accented with some exciting penalty turns at the finish line, great sailing handling and sailors climbing masts while racing to retrieve spinnaker halyards. Six teams went to the single round robin in the second stage to determine the finalists and the petit finalists. Nathan Hollerbach took on David Rosow Jr ( crew Richard Gresham and Erik Goethert ) out of the Pequot Yacht Club in Southport CT, in the finals. David and his crew earn the 2nd spot. Benz Faget ( crew David Bolyard and Chris Wientjes ) from the New Orleans Yacht Club in New Orleans LA competed against Jim Kelly ( crew Doug McClean and Steve Flam ) sailing out of Cabrillo Beach Yacht Club San Pedro CA. The Faget crew won the petits and finished 3rd overall. Jim Kelly and crew were award the fourth spot. Congratulations to all of the sailors in this year’s Prince of Wales Bowl and to the superb Race Committee lead by Marsha Everingham and her Bayview Yacht Club team. An international umpire crew lead by “Tuna” ( Arthur Wullschleger ) was on hand for the four competitive sailing days which offered warm temperatures, fair winds and fine match racing.
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