by Dave Brawner
Ok, so Mother Nature gave us would become a warm sunny day in December for our Freeze Your Butt Off Regatta. In return, she screwed with the breeze both in direction and strength most of the day. Simply put, it was just one of those days that you do the best you can with what you have. I had courses set all over the lake. Thanks to a very cooperative fleet, everyone managed to sail 10 races using our new CESS Pool fleet management system.
The true hero of the day was Nick Mortgu, who not only supplied regatta hats, but also had an embroidered award for everyone. In addition, he was responsible for the chili at lunch and scoring. Thanks.
The new FYBOR champion is none other than EC12 National Champion, Dave Ramos. It will be interesting to see the FYBOR perpetual trophy on display right next to the Nationals trophy in his shop. They are at different ends of the spectrum as far as class goes.
Ernest Freeland crushed Jamey Betz by a full point to take runner up honors. Better known as the first person not to have to take home the FYBOR trophy.
A lot of people came from rather far distances to take part in this regatta. Thanks to all for making the effort. It was great to hang with friends all day.
| Place | Skipper | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dave Ramos | 21 |
| 2 | Ernie Freeland | 23 |
| 3 | Jamey Betz | 24 |
| 4 | Chuck Luscomb | 32 |
| 5 | Mark Rinehart | 34 |
| 6 | Ivor Walton | 38 |
| 7 | Don Barker | 42 |
| 8 | Alex Ramos | 43 |
| 9 | Scott Graf | 49 |
| 10 | Dave Branning | 53 |
| 11 | Harry Mote | 64 |
| 12 | Mike Denest | 66 |
| 13 | Jack Baldwin | 66 |
| 14 | Dave Dellenbaugh | 68 |
| 15 | Joe Cole | 73 |
| 16 | Roger Vaughan | 82 |
| 17 | Victor Oberg | 89 |
| 18 | Chris Bock | 90 |
| 19 | John Stoudt | 92 |
| 20 | Roger Baldwin | 94 |
| 21 | Bill Ewing | 97 |
| 22 | Skip Hall | 99 |
