June 26-27
The Jet 14 Atlantic Coast championships were held on June 26th and 27th on Spruce Run Reservoir in almost perfect conditions. Nine boats showed up to compete including 2 of HSC’s newest members, the Orrs and Smiths. Making his racing debut was Connor Schwenk up from Annapolis crewing for his dad Dirk. The wind was blowing around 8 knots and quickly increased to better than 15 by the end of the 1st race on Saturday. The expert race committee was led by Bill and Nancy Waggoner and assisted by a host of HSC’s finest. The course of choice for the day was a windward-leeward covering just about all the lake. Not surprisingly Brent Barbehenn with local HSC junior Trevor VonKaenel took a bullet in the opening race with Sean and Kerrie DeFusco following behind in second. Charlie Engler and Anita DeMatteo in 1129 and Brent and Barbara Benson in 1007 also posted strong finishes. The DeFuscos and Barbehenn traded firsts in the next 3 races with the Bensons never far behind. After battling through some breakdowns, Doug Brown and Sue Mallows had 1150 moving in the final race of the day and finished 2nd just behind Brent.
Sunday started off much the same way as Saturday; the wind starting in the 8-10 knot range and building to around 15. Brent Barbehenn hopped on the RC boat and offered some on the water coaching to the fleet. Sean and Kerrie picked up where they left off on Saturday winning the first 2 races. Charlie and Anita took line honors in the 3rd race navigating the change in course perfectly. Unfortunately, the wind continued to build forcing racing to be abandoned for the day.
After the scores were totaled, Sean and Kerrie had won the regatta. Brent and Barbara took second followed by Charlie and Anita. Full results are below. Overall the regatta was a tremendous success. The weather was perfect and the racing was competitive. RC did a superb job setting square courses and keeping things moving. Thanks to all the RC members and sailors for their contributions to this regatta. A special thanks is also due to Brent Barbehenn for putting his own racing aside on Sunday to help other sailors improve.
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Race |
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Place |
Sail |
Skipper |
Crew |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
66 |
7 |
8 |
Total |
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1 |
1105 |
S. DeFusco |
K. DeFusco |
2 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
(3) |
1 |
1 |
2 |
10 |
|
2 |
1007 |
B. Benson |
B. Benson |
4 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
(DNC) |
3 |
2 |
3 |
22 |
|
3 |
1129 |
C. Engler |
A. DeMatteo |
3 |
(6) |
5 |
5 |
5 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
25 |
|
4 |
698 |
B. Barbehenn |
T. VonKaenel |
1 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
(DNC) |
DNC |
DNC |
27 |
|
5 |
970 |
B. Mohan |
T. Klein |
(7) |
3 |
6 |
6 |
4 |
5 |
3 |
4 |
31 |
|
6 |
1015 |
C. Smith |
J. Smith |
6 |
(7) |
7 |
7 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
5 |
43 |
|
7 |
1150 |
D. Brown |
S. Mallows |
(DNF) |
5 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
DNC |
DNC |
DNC |
45 |
|
8 |
1137 |
D. Schwenk |
C. Schwenk |
5 |
(DNF) |
DNC |
DNC |
DNC |
4 |
5 |
DNC |
54 |
|
9 |
1045 |
R. Orr |
D. and K. Orr |
8 |
8 |
8 |
(DNC) |
DNC |
7 |
7 |
6 |
54 |
Results Posted 7/23/04
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