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John Strassman, US SAILING's
Junior Championship Chair reports:
Day three started out with a light Easterly breeze as
the competitors sailed out to the race course on Lake St. Clair for the
final day of racing. PRO Marcia Everingham posted a six legged course but
the breeze faltered and the race was shortened to four legs. Mission Bay of
Scott & Evan Hoffman and Eric Alamillo did what they had to do and beat Team
FOR from Sarasota team to maintain their very thin lead. The Noroton YC
team of Will Vernon, Kelly Crane and Mat Nestor finished third.
For the final race of the series, the Team FOR of
Fred Strammer, Katrina Salk and Zeke Horowitz understood their position and
drove the Mission Bay team deep into the pack. The Shrewsbury team won the
race with Bayview in second and Sarasota in third. Mission Bay finished the
race in seventh place which turned out to be their throw-out.
This result gave Sarasota a one point victory to
win US SAILING's Sears Cup. Mission Bay in second place will earn the
Judge’s Trophy. The home team from Bayview YC of Blake Griffin Nicholas
Ridenour and Kevin Ginnebaugh overcame a slow start and finished third
overall
The entire team at Bayview Yacht Club, led by Dr. Mike
Tapert did an excellent job hosting this year’s Chubb U.S. Junior
Triplehanded Sailing Championship for the Sears Cup. We would also like to
thank the Protest Committee headed by Bill Thorpe. I personally want to
thank Gary Shoemaker for the one-the-water reporting for days two and three
which made these dispatches possible.
The Junior Championship would also like to thank the
Chubb Group of Insurance Companies for their generous support not only of
the championship but of the Area clinics leading up to the finals.
Area D (Team FOR) Sarasota, FL 29 points
Area J (Mission Bay YC) San Diego, CA 30
Area E (Bayview YC) Detroit, MI 35
Area C (Shrewsbury Sailing and YC) Oceanport, NJ 36
Area E (Vermillion BC) Vermillion, OH 39
Area B (Noroton YC) Darien, CT 47
Area G (Richmond YC) Richmond, CA 52
Area K (Wayzata YC) Wayzata, MN 59
Area F (Ft. Worth BC) Fort Worth, TX 78
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