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Everyone came away a winner at this year’s Alter Cup held March 18-23 in
Pensacola Beach, Florida. With 18 starts, 9 full races and five consecutive
days of sailing on Nacra 20s, all of the competitors walked away smiling,
tired and satisfied (if not a little bit drunk)!
Even though every competitor was a winner, that trite term does little to
convey what really happened. So in order to give you a better understanding
of the experience, here is a list of real winners from the event.
Best Cueball – (tie) Bob Curry and John Casey. It’s Dr. Evil and
Mini-me all over again!
Best Mascot – (tie) Kirk Newkirk’s “Sinbad” owns that strip of
Pensacola Beach and Tom Hall’s setter “Rigby.”
Best Crash – Olli & Kelly Jason’s pitchpole rounding the weather
mark. Go to Jake Kohl’s website at
www.teamseacats.com to check the video footage.
Best Foosball – I wasn’t there, but apparently Jacques Bernier has a
sick wrist! Honorable Mention: Adam Borcherding.
Best Pig Boat -- #10. Just ask anyone!
Best Day of Sailing – (tie) Tues. & Wed. saw 17-20k consistent with
gusts to 24. Hey, nothing drives like a rental!
Best Win – Sue Korz’s coming from behind at the leeward mark to
squeak past Kirk Newkirk/Glenn Holmes at the finish by ¼ boat length and
Peter Nelson/Tom Hall by a full boat length in Heat 5B.
Best Nickname – “Porkchop;” party master extraordinaire at the
Pensacola Beach Yacht Club.
Best Drink – Genella’s Margarita at PBYC.
Best Mark Rounding – Nelson/Hall almost taking out the photo boat
while out of control and flying a hull. John Tomko got the worst of it when
he got squeezed out on the outside. Check it out in video at
www.teamseacats.com.
Best Partiers – (tie) too many to list, but the usual suspects
included names like Borcherding, Pitt, Korte, Winquist, Bernier and Stunzi.
Kurt Korte/Brad Winquist definitely gave the best team effort!
Best Hat – Jim Sohn’s psychedelic bandana. Whew! What’s in that guy’s
coffee?
Best Drunk – Kirk Newkirk. Any questions?
Cutest Babes – (tie) The buff Sue Korz and the hottie Kristen King.
Cutest PBYC “Babe” – there were several to choose from, but Jo Dee
Cantrell’s flirtatious eyes win out.
Best RV Graphics – Robbie Daniel/Hunter Stunzi’s decked out, Home
Depot-sponsored Olympic 5th wheel. Honorable Mention – Dave
Lennard added a silhouette of an F18 onto the crest of his RV’s wave
graphic.
Best Blues Brother imitation – John Tomko’s 24/7 shades. He must
sleep with those things on!
Most Likely To Succeed – The youth team of Michael Siau/Sam Ingham
was unfazed by the big breeze, the big boat and big kite. They performed
admirably – only capsizing once.
Nicest Team – Mike Krantz/Dave Lennard. These guys would let you run
over them with a steamroller, then thank you for parting their hair!
Most Likely to “Get Lucky” – Boudreaux wearing the pimp vest that he
wore at the awards ceremony!
Best ride – Mike & Rebecca Krantz’s BMW 530i. Sweet ride.
Best Dressed – Alex Shafer/Nigel Pitt. They redefined the “2-for-1
Closeout Rack.” Off the water they dressed impeccably. On the water, it’s
the Bobbsy twins, and not just with one set of gear – day after day after
day!
I am sure others will have different choices, but that’s it from my
perspective. One word of advice – don’t die without doing Alter Cup at least
once!!
Peter Nelson from Area H |
