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Results Day 1 | Results
Day 2 | Results Day 3
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September 26-28, 2002 
U.S. Men's Sailing Championship
Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club, CA
Sponsored by Rolex
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Photo By
Dick Goodman, Mallory Chairman
 September 29, 2002~ Final
The sailing throughout the Regatta was remarkably
close throughout, with the fleet tightly compacted for eight of the ten
races. Every crew was very competitive and sailed extraordinarily well.
From the Committee boat we saw one leeward mark rounding after the other
with several boats overlapped, and they were right on top of each other at
the finishes. The fleet dispersed a bit on the first race, but these
people figured it out pretty fast and we saw the fleet really tighten up
even as early as the second race. The dramatic temporary shut down of the
wind in the fifth race, and the huge shifts when it filled in again did
also cause a bit of chaos, but other than this we saw three wonderful days
of the best sailing you can imagine. If you read my earlier bulletins, you
will appreciate conditions were dicey and challenging all through.
Since the participants plan to leave this evening or
tomorrow morning, they have a lay day to enjoy a bit of Southern
California. I am looking at blue skies and nice white clouds as I write,
so they gray stuff of yesterday has dissipated, and we seem to have
something typical of this time of year.
Doug Mills, 2002 Mallory Regatta Chairman
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Day 3 Results (Final)
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Skipper:
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Area:
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2nd Day
Total
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9
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10
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Total
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Quigley
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A
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18
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7
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3
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28
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Bolyard
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D
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26
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4
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1
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31
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Sauer
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HE
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46
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8
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2
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56
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Harden
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F
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51
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1
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5
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57
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Stuart
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J
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45
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5
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8
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58
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Kieding
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J
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44
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11
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4
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59
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Demand
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C
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49
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3
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7
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59
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Coffill
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B
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52
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9
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6
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67
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Mullen
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G
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57
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2
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9
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68
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Liebmann
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K
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52
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6
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10
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68
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Photo By
Dick Goodman, Mallory Chairman
 September 28, 2002~ Day
3~Report (Prior to hearing final protest)
Today races #9 and #10 were sailed, so
the 2002 Mallory Cup Finals have concluded, though at the time of this
writing, we have one protest outstanding that is yet to be heard. The
protest should not affect the first and second places, but may affect
third place.
The venue today was again West of the
Balboa Pier, this time about half way between the Balboa Pier and the
Newport Pier, because other regattas were underway in the vicinity. A
low had moved nearby, so we had gray skies with a few hints of drizzle
for brief periods. The breeze was much farther left than we have seen
for the past two days, coming out of 190 for most of the racing period.
Wind velocity varied between 5 and 11 knots, with an average wind speed
of about seven. As on the first day of racing, chop was present, along
with swell. Interestingly, the wind died roughly fifteen minutes after
the finish of race 10, and the boats were left rolling about, and were
towed in by the chase boats.
The tentative final results for the regatta are
given below, and if the one outstanding protest alters points or
standings, a corrected version will be given shortly. I should also
remark that in the second day’s point totals, a clerical error has
been corrected.
Doug Mills, Regatta Chairman ~ 2002
Mallory Cup
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September 26-28, 2002 U.S. Men's Sailing Championship
Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club, CA
Sponsored by Rolex
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Photo by Dick Goodman, Mallory
Chair 
September 27, 2002 ~Day 2
The day began with the grey marine layer we have seen so
much in Newport Beach this summer. However, today it burned off earlier,
so before noon we had a pleasant blue sky with white clouds, in contrast
to yesterday when the marine layer hung in most of the day.
Shortly after the Committee boat anchored just off the
Balboa Pier, the morning breeze we thought was setting up died
completely, and the ocean glassed over, forcing the Committee to
postpone. This is the kind of fall day that Race Committee’s hate in
Newport Beach, since this time of year once this happens, you can look
at a glassy ocean and zero wind for the entire day. Fortunately,
however, a light breeze filled in and the first sequence was initiated
after a 40 minute delay. We were able to get a total of four races off
again today, so at the time of this writing eight of the ten races we
plan to sail have been completed.
The first three races were twice around, and the third
was once around. Wind speed was in the 6-7 knot range all day, save for
the second race where the wind began to shut down thirty seconds before
the start. The sailing both today and yesterday was very impressive, the
boats seem closely matched, and we saw numerous very tight mark
roundings. An exception was the second race today, where the wind very
nearly shut down for an extended period, with large shifts and
directional gradients all over the course. As a consequence the fleet
was widely dispersed, in contrast to the tight racing that has dominated
this event. In eight races, we have had only two protests filed, it
should be remarked.
The results summary below is preliminary, in that two
protests remain outstanding and will be heard later today. One was filed
yesterday, and we have a second from today’s sailing. If the protest
decisions affect the numbers given in the summary, an amended version
will be provided.
Doug Mills, Regatta Chairman
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Day 2 Results (Two Protests Pending)
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Skipper:
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Area:
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1st Day
Total
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5
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6
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7
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8
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Total
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Quigley
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A
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6
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3
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2
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3
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4
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18
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Bolyard
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D
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7
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2
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5
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5
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7
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26
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Kieding
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J
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23
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1
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9
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8
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3
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44
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Stuart
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J
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16
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8
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10
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2
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9
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45
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Sauer
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HE
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27
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6
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7
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1
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6
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47
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Demand
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C
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24
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10
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1
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9
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5
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49
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Harden
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F
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25
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5
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8
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4
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8
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50
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Coffill
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B
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32
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9
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3
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7
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1
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52
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Liebmann
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K
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29
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7
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4
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10
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2
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52
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Mullen
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G
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31
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4
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6
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6
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10
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57
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U.S. Men's Sailing Championship ~ September 26-28, 2002
Photo
By Dick Goodman, Mallory Chairman
September 26, 2002 ~
Race Day 1 Summary
of the First Day’s Sailing
The 2002 Mallory Cup
Finals are being sailed in Newport Beach, California, with Bahia
Corinthian Yacht Club as the host club. The race venue is just West of
the Balboa Pier, located approximately one and one half miles West of
the Newport Jetty. The starting line is a two or three hundred yards off
the beach, with the leeward mark a bit upwind of the starting line.
Today the races were
sailed in light air typical of Newport Beach this time of year; the wind
speed was in the 6-7 knot range throughout the day, from roughly 240
degrees with shifts of not more than plus or minus ten degrees. It was
thus a good day for Race Committees. We had a southwesterly swell with
very modest wind chop superimposed. Most of the day was sailed under the
grey marine layer we have seen so much this past summer, with sunshine
evident a mile or so inshore. The marine layer finally burned off at
around 3:30, so the race day ended in sunshine. Four races were
completed; the first three were twice around, and the final race a
single windward/leeward once around.
Doug Mills, Regatta
Chairman
Photos by Dick Goodman, Mallory Chairman
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Day 1 Results (One Protest Pending)
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Skipper:
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Area:
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1
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2
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3
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4
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Total
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Quiqley
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A
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2
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2
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1
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1
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6
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Bolyard
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D
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1
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1
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2
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3
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7
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Stuart
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J
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4
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3
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5
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4
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16
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Kieding
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J
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8
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4
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6
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5
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23
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Demand
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C
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3
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5
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9
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7
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24
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Harden
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F
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6
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9
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8
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2
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25
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Sauer
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HE
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7
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8
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3
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9
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27
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Liebmann
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K
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9
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10
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4
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6
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29
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Mullen
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G
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10
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6
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7
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8
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31
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Coffill
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B
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5
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7
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10
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10
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32
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