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March 9
11, 2007
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10th Annual W. D. Schock Memorial Regatta
As March gets into full swing, the W. D. Schock Memorial Regatta is usually one of the first regattas of the season. There were 76 entrants in seven classes this year. Participants came from as far away as Oregon, Florida, South Carolina, and Louisiana. To add to the excitement, the Santana 20s were sailing for their Western Regional trophy; and not to be outdone, the Lehman 12s initiated a San Diego Yacht Club/Newport Harbor Yacht Club Challenge Trophy
Harbor 20 Ad
He had targeted a particular neighborhood and had two people
committed to buying boats if it looked like they would be able to
put a fleet together. Ned and Gary received about 30 responses,
told them about the Harbor 20, and planned a meeting where
everyone could see and sail Garys demonstrator Harbor 20. Tom
Schock flew in to help with the meeting, and flew home with high
hopes that a fleet would soon be forming in Windmill Harbor,
Hilton Head Island. The interest generated by the ad was
UNBELIEVABLE. Two brand new Harbor 20s are on the road right now, headed for another party in South Carolina. And we expect many more to follow.
Harbor 20's #211 and 212 loaded and ready to travel east.
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| Schock 35 #83 "Schock Therapy" | Travels to 2005 Block Island Race Week | |
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By Brad Kauffman, dealer,
Annapolis, MD - Owner of Schock Therapy
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The next 2 days we had
varied finishes which placed us 1 points out of 3rd overall going
into the last day. The top 3 boats were all very well sailed Express
37s. As we entered the last day and race one, we needed to regain the
1 points we lost to get back into 3rd. The boat we needed to beat
was an Express 37 named Cabady. This boat was very well sailed and
we seemed to be battling them the whole week. The conditions started
out 18-20 knots and we managed to still stay close to Cabady and we
managed to finish 4th to their 7th in the first race the last day
placing us back in 3rd overall. Then the race committee decided to
have one last race that day. All we had to do was beat Cabady and we
had 3rd wrapped up. The conditions built to 25 knots for the last race
and we seemed to have our hands full. The seas were 6-8 feet and we
saw terrible cross-seas. Were going for it all and as a result wiped
out on the 1st down wind leg losing a crewmember overboard. We managed
to get him back on board and continued racing. There were no injuries
or damage to the boat. As a result, we were passed by 4 boats putting
Cabady at 2nd for that race leaving us at 6th. You could say that the podium was lost due to the last race. That one race put us 2 1/2 points out of 3rd for the week! All in all we saw conditions that week out of the ideal range for the Schock 35 yet we still managed to hang tough with a very competitive fleet of bigger and faster boats. We consistently beat many boats over the line boat for boat when they owed us time. The next Storm Trysail BIRW is in 2007 and we definitely plan to make it a regular away event for us. Looking toward the rest of 2005 we are very excited about upcoming IRC events this fall. Annapolis is hosting the East Coast IRC Championship in Nov. In addition, the 2006 Key West Race Week will be the IRC National Championship and we hope to have Schock Therapy chartered for that regatta. |
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| Santana 20 National Championships | Cascade Locks Oregon | |
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August 8th to
the 12th
23 boats, 7 races, wind 8 to 28 knots This years National Championships at Cascade Locks on the Gorge in Oregon was a memorable championships for the class. Long planning runs down the river surrounded by spectacular scenery coupled with excellent race management from the Columbia Gorge Racing Association will long be remembered by all of those who participated.
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After 7 races (and one
throw out), defending National Champions Bruce Golison, Steve
Washburn, Stevie Washburn and Anika Olsen on
Mini Me (Alamitos Bay YC)
won a tie breaker with four-time National Champions Chris Winnard,
Andrew Kerr & Bill Ramacciotti on
Disaster Area (Southwestern YC).
The team on Sea Bear
Lance Purdy, Patricia Purdy & Jay Magers (Folsom Lake YC)
sailed an excellent regatta and ended up 3rd overall, only
one point behind. The championship was settled between the top three
teams on the final beat of the last race.
For full results
and pictures go to:
www.s20.org
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| 2005 Lido 14 Class Championships | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Stu Robertson Wins Again Stu Robertson of Mission Bay, California, won the Lido 14 Class Championship for the second year in a row. Stu has been sailing the Lido for a really long time and was also the champion in 1975. He has always been one of the top competitors in the class and has really been on top of his game these last two years. This years event was sailed on Howard Prairie Lake near Ashland, Oregon, and was hosted by Fleet 1 (Newport Beach, California). Thirty-eight Lido 14 teams converged on this very picturesque lake August 1 -3. The first day consisted of qualifying races which split the fleet into gold and silver fleets, with 19 boats designated for each fleet. |
Conditions were great on
Monday and Tuesday, but high temperatures in the region brought more
dicey conditions on Wednesday. Light winds made it impossible to get
all of the races in on the final day, leaving the regatta two races
short of the full eight on the scheduled. This was enough, though, to
allow for a throw-out race a life saver for Stu. He finished the
series with 27 points to Greg Rodgers 22 points. Stu threw out a 16th
while Gregs worse race was an 8th, giving Stu a 3 point lead in the
final scoring. For complete results, go to the Lido 14 class website www.Lido14.org. |
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2005 Bacardi Bayview
Mackinac Race This annual race from Port Huron to Mackinac Island was a great event for Big Schock, a Schock 35 sailed by Bob Sheppard of Loudon, Ohio. The 2005 Bacardi Bayview Mackinac Race was the first major race in the Midwest to offer racing under IRC. A total of 130 boats and 11 classes sailed IRC, which meant nearly half of the fleet sailed under this relatively new rating rule. The S35 was issued an IRC rating of 1.018 and competed in the 14-boat H Class. They started in light air, then got into some pretty heavy weather conditions, and finished in light air. After an inverted start, with the smallest boats starting first, it took nine hours for the big boats to catch the Schock 35. The S35 finished the event 1st in their Division and corrected to 40th Overall in IRC. Falling in behind them was a J36, a Frers 36, a Cayenne 41, a Cal 39, an Express 35, a C&C 39, two Farr 37s, a Cat 42, a Peterson 37, a C&C 110, a Bianca 111, and an Islander 40. Not bad company! |
Elsewhere in the IRC
fleet, the Nelson/Marek Schock 55 Geronimo, owned by Henry and Sally
Ubik, finished the race 5th in the IRC E division and 34th Overall in
IRC. And while the Schock 35 and Schock 55 were sailing fast on the
Southampton Course, a group of eight Santana 35s were having a great
regatta over on the Shore Course. The Santana 35s sailed in PHRF J and
finished second, third, and fourth. The first boat in their fleet was
a C&C Mark II. Complete details can be found on the Bayview Yacht Club web site www.byc.com/mack05.
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Huntington Lake, CA Hosted by Fresno Yacht Club Reported by Tom Jenkins and Edited by L14 Class Webmaster John Papadopoulos
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This year, the 2004 Class
Champions Stu Robertson and his daughter Erin Frederick had the magic
touch to post three bullets for three races. Tom Jenkins, sailing with
Christina Campolmi finished in 2nd with 7 points, and Kurt & Anne
Wiese had finishes of 2, 2, 3. These three always distanced themselves
from the rest of the fleet. In an excellent display of sportsmanship,
Kurt retired from race 1 (thus the DSQ in the scores) because he
thought his life jacket touched a mark. In a related note, Eric Bohman and his wife Tiffany could only attend the regatta for Saturday and were sailing very well and would most certainly have placed in the top 5 if they had completed the regatta. Well Done Stu and Erin!
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