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MANSFIELD BARE BONES REPORT
Wow, What Wind!
The 11th Bare Bones Regatta was held this
past weekend at the Mansfield Sailing Club. The weather report for the last
few days leading up to it was not looking good at all. Everybody was
calling for thunderstorms and lots of rain. Saturday dawned with cloudy
skies and storms off to our Southwest, but boats were rolling in to the club
and it hadn’t rained yet. Originally the plan had been to run the 1st
race and then break for lunch, but with threatening weather near it was
decided at the skippers meeting to have lunch first and then get as many
races in before conditions deteriorated. The first race got under way about
1:30 in a puffy, shifty southwesterly breeze with everyone fighting to keep
the boats on their feet. We managed to get in 2 more races after that and
the rain held off till the last leg of the 3rd race. And we
never did get those thunderstorms. Saturday night the usual party was
happening at the Varley Valley that included a boat burning as an offer to
the Wind Gods. It worked to say the least. Sunday saw an increase in wind
speed, the puffs and shifts also seemed to increase dramatically. Two more
races were ran on Sunday, so we got our 5 races in for the Regatta and never
did see any of those thunderstorms the weather folks called for. Jim Taylor
dominated the Regatta with 5 bullets followed by Eric Brandt, Bill Buckles
and Kurt Andrews (see results). On behalf of the Mansfield Sailing
Club I would like to thank the 7 out-of-town boats that made the trip for
making our Regatta a success. And also, thanks to all our own members for
their efforts in pulling off another successful Bare Bones Regatta. Thank
you all.
Chris Schneider, Commodore
Mansfield Sailing Club
 | Bare Bones Flyer - Results
from Bare Bones |
| Stump Buster Flyer -
Results from the Stump Buster |
| See Results from the Wind Shift |
| The Wind Shift was a great event this year. The wind came
directly down the lake from 5 to 15 knots and was pretty steady for
Leatherlips. James Taylor won the event followed closely by Tom
Varley and Kurt Andrews. For Pictures of the teams please see the
results. Dinner was good and the
after event festivities were as always fun. |
| See the District Flyer
2006 District NOR |
| Please notice that the Fall-IN has been move back one week to October
28-29 |
| Several Ohio Boats sailed in the Burl Harmon Memorial
Indiana Open Regatta regatta May 6th and 7th. Mike Brock, Dick Pugh, Tom
Varley, Kurt Andrews, Eric Brandt and James Taylor attended the event.
It was an absolutely beautiful weekend with sunny skies and winds from 3
to 15 knots from every direction on the compass. This was a great
way to start the season, the wind was not too much nor too little, and very
variable. The hospitality is always great here with a large new deck
and a great steak dinner Saturday Night. Eric Brandt with Becky Young
and Stan Fuller sailed a very consistent regatta placing 5th after
throwing out a PMS in the 5th race.
After the first day and four races William Hofmeister was winning with
4 seconds, a team of juniors practicing for the Youth worlds was Second
(The "Kids" was there nickname on out boat) and James Taylor was in third
(1,1,12,5). The first race on Sunday brought 5 to 10 knots with 10 to 15
degree wind shifts. The "Kids" won the race followed closely by James and
William Hofmeister in 6th. So it was now down to the last race to
determine the champion. During the first attempted start of the last race
James was T-Boned just behind the port lower.
This start was general recalled giving James time to work on his boat.
Lots of Duck tape later and he decided to start the Race. After all that
James sailed off to a first place and won the regatta. Please check
the results but I believe 5 of the 6 Ohio boats were in the top 10.
Here is a picture of the winners - James Taylor with crew Nate and Bridget
Ireland. |
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