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Conditions: 10 - 22 knots, rain, chop and heavy seas
After three days of no
wind and either hot sun or rain, the wind finally began to blow as the
effects of Tropical Storm Ophelia began to affect Long Island Sound. The
conditions allowed the race committee to sail longer courses and the
sailors raced in the final three races in rolling seas.
Zak Fanberg (New Orleans, LA),
Sara Fanberg (New Orleans, LA) and Marcus Eagan (Metairie
LA),
representing Bay Waveland Yacht Club won the 2005 U.S. Men's Sailing
Championship after a very tight final race against Rush Creek Yacht
Club's team of Kenneth Wolfe (Dallas, TX), Jake Scott (La Porte, TX)
and Jameson Rabbitt (Irving TX). The two teams had swapped
leads during the regatta and the racing between them was always very
close with only one point separating them at the very end.
Sailing for Cedar Point Yacht Club,
Josh Goldman (Westport, CT), Marc Jacobi (Bridgeport, CT) and Jay Lurie
(New Canaan, CT) captured third place.
This is Fanberg's third win in a
row, a feat only equaled by Harry C (Buddy) Melges Jr. in the 1960's.
What is bittersweet about his victory is that the team's home yacht
club, Bay Waveland was destroyed in Hurricane Katrina. Kenneth
Wolfe took home the Staton J. Peele Sportsmanship Award in recognition
of his outstanding performance. James Carey (Sabina, OH) won the
Royal Victoria Trophy.
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