William Fox from St. Pete. Second and third places were taken by representatives from Naples Sailing Center, Danny Hughes and Zachariah Schemel respectively. The PHRF fleet came in with 27 boats: seven boats in the Spinnaker fleet; six in Non-Spinnaker fleet; six Cruisers; four Pocket Cruisers; and four Multihulls. In the Spinnaker fleet, Randy St. James, on Claire, took first place, followed by Travis Yates on Indigo and Craig Crossley’s Ten, sailed by Mark Plough. In Non-Spinnaker, Gregg Knighton on Pardon You led the fleet, with Doug Deardon, on In Tune, and Dave Wilson and the crew of Solitude closely behind. All three boats had a first place on Saturday, showing the competitiveness of the racing. In Cruiser, John Lynch on Summertime placed first, followed by Doug Hensley on Marguerite and John Proctor on Baringa. In Pocket Cruiser, John Huber on Green Flash won the day followed by Skimmer with Mike Collins. In Multihull, Consensus with Bob Neff took first place, followed by John Novak on Overdo. Twenty-five Laser Radials were represented on the bay. Conner Harding of Naples won the weekend with Eduardo Perez de Ascanio of the Canary Islands coming in a close second. Patrick Shanahan and Addison Hackstaff, representing St. Petersburg Yacht Club (SPYC) placed third and fourth respectively. The Sunfish fleet was well represented with 15 boats. Davis Island Yacht Club (DIYC) led the fleet with Joe Blouin taking first place, with Gail Hausler close behind. Fred Hutchinson of Fort Myers took third with our local Luffing Lassie, Ursula Olson, coming in fourth. In the 420s, the SYSP took the top four positions: Jason D’Agostino placed first, followed by Aaron Burnett, Jack Familglietti and Stephan VerHulst. Niko Lyons of Clearwater Community Sailing Center placed fifth out of 14 boats. In the Laser 4.7 fleet, Baily Carter of DIYC took first place with eight points, representing seven races with one drop. Bogan Whitehead of VYBA was second, with Martin Hood of SPYC taking third, followed by Garrett Lawlor with a fourth out of nine boats. In the Flying Scot division, Jim Eagan took first, with Rob Pletsch close behind. Don Perry and Dave Tonkin took third and fourth, respectively. A surprisingly strong showing of eight Laser Full Rigs saw Ed Baird from SPYC take first, and Curtis Woodworth of Lauderdale Yacht Club/Coral Reef Yacht Club in second. Third to finish was Ian Ikeda, while Jeff Olson and Dave Olson came in fourth and fifth. Six boats raced in the Melges 24 fleet with Steve Liebel placing first, while DIYC’s Rob Britts and George Haynie took second and third, respectively. A Portsmouth fleet was created to capture boats unable to make up a One-Design fleet. The fleet included two Windmills, a Vanguard 15, a Chesapeake Bay 20 and a Weta. Ted Weihe on the Chesapeake 20 took first, with the Windmills skippered by Lon Ethington and Colin Browning taking second and third. Scott Liebel and his son Matt gave them all a run for their money on the Vanguard 15, coming in fourth, followed by Richard Hitchcock in fifth. Complete results can be found at www.sarasotasailingsquadron.org, or www.regattanetwork.com. See all the regatta photos at www.thatsme.zenfolio.com. News & Views for Southern Sailors
The largest fleet was the Red, White and Blue Optimists with 74 boats. Shown here, from left to right, are Ciara Dorsey of Sarasota Youth Sailing, Nicole Shaffer of Davis Island Yacht Club, and Anna Milbourn of Sarasota Youth Sailing.
420s racing with, from left to right, Aaron Burnett and Audrey Scanlon on boat #8, Ben Kalish and Henry Wallace on #12 and, Sam Tobio and Liam Donoghue on #7.
The next largest fleet of 50 boats was the Green fleet, shown here with several boats in a close rounding of the mark. SOUTHWINDS November 2012
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