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Unofficial Top 10 of Race 1
1) Dave Mendelblatt
2) Chip Clifton
3) Fred Hutchinson
4) Tom Whitehurst
5) Joe Blouin
6) Adriana Garcia
7) Ned Jones
8) Courtney Young
9) Juan Maegli
10) Rita Steele

Wind speed 2-6 kts
The leaders favored the left side of the course as the wind shifted from ENE to NNE during the race.
 
Unofficial Race 1 Results
1 David Mendelblatt
2 Chip Clifton
3 Fred Hutchinson
4 Tom Whitehurst
5 Joe Blouin
6 Adriana Garcia
7 Ned Jones
8 Courtney Young
9 Juan Maegli
10 Rita Steele
11 Amanda Holm
12 Bill McInnis
13 Martin Ottenheirmer
14 Malcolm Smith
15 Mark May
16 Tom Katterheinrich
17 Anne Edwards
18 Juan Delgado
19 Linda Tillman
20 Richard Tillman
21 Jackie Sims
22 Drew Staniar
23 Jim Somers
24 Todd Edwards
25 Sebastian Mera
26 Jason Castillo
27 Dan Norton
28 Rob Eberle
29 Don Bergman
30 David Hartman
31 Carlos Abisambra
32 Peter Wells
33 Clinton Edwards
34 Gail Heausler
35 Bud Narveson
36 Diana Holm
37 Courtney Whitehurst
38 Lee Parks
39 George Jackson
40 Leland Brode
41 Reid Hutchenson
42 Luis Gutierrez
43 Bob "Rapid" Buttner
44 Richard Whitehurst
45 Harriet Ottenheimer
46 Danny Escobar
47 Brian McGinnis
48 David Silverman
49 Paul Odegard
50 Nick Doty
51 Tony Elliott
52 Kevin Pierce
53 Rick Pantall
54 Richard Lament
55 Ron McHenry
56 Barbara Bernstein
57 Gil Greenwood
58 Chris Gates
59 Ray Buchanan
60 Don Esch
61 Chris Lowrie
62 Paul Magnani
63 Damien Lin
64 Lauren Whitehurst
65 Will Hackett
66 Carol McDowell
67 Rose Rowland
68 Ed Carney
69 Steve Snider
70 Bonnie Sevier
71 Lynsey Randolph
DNF Gerhart Menzel
DNS Robert Berg
DNC Bob Harding
DNC Alicia Muscato and Chloe Dietrich
DNC Dennis Wettlaufer
 
There was 1 race on Friday in a N-NE breeze ranging from 2 to 6 kts. A start to a 2nd race was attempted but abandoned due to a lack of wind. The sailors were on shore at around 4 PM. Unfortunately, a steady breeze filled in from the SW at around 4:30 PM while the fleet was drinking beer.

On Saturday morning sailors were greeted by a NE wind at 6-7 kts. Most skippers left the beach at around 9:45 for a 10:30 start. At 10:30 the wind had dropped to 2-3 kts. Up the first windward leg, Chip Clifton led a group out to the left and Rapid Buttner led a group to the right.

The right side paid big dividends. Dave Mendelblatt played the shifts out of the right middle and appeared to be leading the fleet. Rapid Buttner and Lee Parks were looking good on the far right. About 200 yards short of the windward mark, the RC abandoned the race due to a lack of wind.

The fleet is being towed to the shore for lunch.
 
It is Saturday at 2 PM. The fleet has left the beach. The breeze is from the SSE at around 3-5 kts. It looks like the sea breeze is trying to fill in which means it should continue moving right towards the WSW. Hopefully we will get race #2 started shortly.
 
Unofficial Race 2 Top 10
1) Dave Mendelblatt
2) Tony Elliot
3) Clinton Edwards
4) Drew Stanier
5) Tom Whitehurst
6) Linda Tillman
7) Anne Edwards
8) Martin Ottenheimer
9) David Silverman
10) Rob Eberle

The very large majority of the fleet sailed to the right side of the course during the first windward leg. About midway through the leg, the wind went slightly left. As the leaders approached the windward mark, the wind moved back right. Anne Edwards played the shifts up the left middle and led the fleet around the first mark. Tony Elliot, Dave Mendelblatt, Clinton Edwards, Martin Ottenheimer, Drew Stanier, David Silverman and Tom Whitehurst were in the chase group. Dave Mendelblatt took the lead on the downwind leg. He led around the left gate and protected the right side of the course to take the bullet.
 
Unofficial Series Top 10 (2 Races)
1) David Mendelblatt
2) Tom Whitehurst
3) Chip Clifton
4) Fred Hutchinson
5) Martin Ottenheimer
6) Anne Edwards
7) Juan Maegli
8) Linda Tillman
9) Ned Jones
10) Drew Stanier

It is about 4 PM. The wind has built a little and we are going to be starting another race.
 
The wind has built to 10-15 kts and is shifting between WSW and WNW. The first two starts of race 3 were recalled.

I am now officially jealous that I am not sailing.
 
Unofficial Race 2 Results

1 David Mendelblatt
2 Tony Elliott
3 Clinton Edwards
4 Drew Staniar
5 Tom Whitehurst
6 Linda Tillman
7 Anne Edwards
8 Martin Ottenheirmer
9 David Silverman
10 Rob Eberle
11 Chip Clifton
12 Dan Norton
13 Fred Hutchinson
14 David Hartman
15 Juan Maegli
16 Richard Whitehurst
17 Paul Odegard
18 Ned Jones
19 Malcolm Smith
20 Adriana Garcia
21 Juan Delgado
22 Carlos Abisambra
23 Jason Castillo
24 Todd Edwards
25 Reid Hutchenson
26 Chris Lowrie
27 Gail Heausler
28 Rita Steele
29 Luis Gutierrez
30 Sebastian Mera
31 Courtney Whitehurst
32 Harriet Ottenheimer
33 Gil Greenwood
34 Leland Brode
35 Bill McInnis
36 Chris Gates
37 Amanda Holm
38 Bob "Rapid" Buttner
39 Danny Escobar
40 Ray Buchanan
41 Jackie Sims
42 Jim Somers
43 Bud Narveson
44 Joe Blouin
45 Ron McHenry
46 Lauren Whitehurst
47 Nick Doty
48 Brian McGinnis
49 Mark May
50 Rick Pantall
51 Tom Katterheinrich
52 Don Esch
53 Robert Berg
54 Kevin Pierce
55 Lee Parks
56 Diana Holm
57 Steve Snider
58 George Jackson
59 Gerhart Menzel
60 Peter Wells
61 Don Bergman
62 Paul Magnani
63 Court Young
64 Ed Carney
65 Richard Tillman
66 Damien Lin
67 Rose Rowland
68 Barbara Bernstein
69 Richard Lament
70 Will Hackett
71 Carol McDowell
72 Lynsey Randolph
73 Alicia Muscato and Chloe Dietrich
DNF Bonnie Sevier
DNC Dennis Wettlaufer
DNC Bob Harding
 
Unofficial Race 3 Results

1 Juan Delgado
2 David Mendelblatt
3 Lauren Whitehurst
4 Tom Whitehurst
5 Juan Maegli
6 Malcolm Smith
7 Joe Blouin
8 Sebastian Mera
9 Don Bergman
10 Adriana Garcia
11 Jason Castillo
12 Anne Edwards
13 Ned Jones
14 Dan Norton
15 Carlos Abisambra
16 Chip Clifton
17 Tony Elliott
18 Chris Gates
19 Richard Tillman
20 David Hartman
21 Todd Edwards
22 Gail Heausler
23 Rita Steele
24 Amanda Holm
25 Jim Somers
26 Leland Brode
27 Bill McInnis
28 Rob Eberle
29 Richard Whitehurst
30 George Jackson
31 Luis Gutierrez
32 Bob "Rapid" Buttner
33 Tom Katterheinrich
34 Drew Staniar
35 Courtney Whitehurst
36 Chris Lowrie
37 Clinton Edwards
38 Fred Hutchinson
39 Lee Parks
40 Danny Escobar
41 Mark May
42 Linda Tillman
43 Bud Narveson
44 Ron McHenry
45 Robert Berg
46 David Silverman
47 Gil Greenwood
48 Jackie Sims
49 Don Esch
50 Kevin Pierce
51 Court Young
52 Brian McGinnis
53 Peter Wells
54 Martin Ottenheirmer
55 Reid Hutchenson
56 Paul Odegard
57 Ray Buchanan
58 Diana Holm
59 Paul Magnani
60 Steve Snider
61 Gerhart Menzel
62 Rick Pantall
63 Nick Doty
64 Damien Lin
65 Ed Carney
66 Richard Lament
67 Barbara Bernstein
68 Will Hackett
69 Harriet Ottenheimer
DNS Bonnie Sevier
DNS Lynsey Randolph
DNS Rose Rowland
DNC Bob Harding
DNC Dennis Wettlaufer
DNC Alicia Muscato and Chloe Dietrich
DNC Carol McDowell
 
Unofficial Results after 3 Races:

Pl Sail # Skipper Subgroup 1 2 3 Total
1 79320 David Mendelblatt 1 1 2 4
2 8689 Tom Whitehurst 4 5 4 13
3 59116 Chip Clifton 2 11 16 29
4 27 Juan Maegli 9 15 5 29
5 800 Adriana Garcia 6 20 10 36
6 77518 Anne Edwards 17 7 12 36
7 80278 Ned Jones 7 18 13 38
8 324 Malcolm Smith 14 19 6 39
9 25 Juan Delgado 18 21 1 40
10 78829 Dan Norton 27 12 14 53
11 80095 Fred Hutchinson 3 13 38 54
12 71 Joe Blouin 5 44 7 56
13 3868 Drew Staniar 22 4 34 60
14 23 Jason Castillo 26 23 11 60
15 75324 Rita Steele 10 28 23 61
16 45 Sebastian Mera 25 30 8 63
17 79323 David Hartman 30 14 20 64
18 79086 Rob Eberle 28 10 28 66
19 75358 Linda Tillman 19 6 42 67
20 3235 Carlos Abisambra 31 22 15 68
21 76453 Todd Edwards 24 24 21 69
22 61654 Tony Elliott 51 2 17 70
23 3335 Amanda Holm 11 37 24 72
24 2005 Clinton Edwards 33 3 37 73
25 80092 Bill McInnis 12 35 27 74
26 57062 Martin Ottenheirmer 13 8 54 75
27 60858 Gail Heausler 34 27 22 83
28 12942 Richard Whitehurst 44 16 29 89
29 79632 Jim Somers 23 42 25 90
30 181 Don Bergman 29 61 9 99
31 75417 Tom Katterheinrich 16 51 33 100
32 3487 Leland Brode 40 34 26 100
33 24 Luis Gutierrez 42 29 31 102
34 75380 David Silverman 48 9 46 103
35 78797 Courtney Whitehurst 37 31 35 103
36 3633 Richard Tillman 20 65 19 104
37 56 Mark May 15 49 41 105
38 79026 Jackie Sims 21 41 48 110
39 49333 Chris Gates 58 36 18 112
40 8471 Lauren Whitehurst 64 46 3 113
41 9102 Bob "Rapid" Buttner 43 38 32 113
42 3504 Reid Hutchenson 41 25 55 121
43 44905 Bud Narveson 35 43 43 121
44 26407 Courtney Young 8 63 51 122
45 27777 Paul Odegard 49 17 56 122
46 37417 Chris Lowrie 61 26 36 123
47 78453 Danny Escobar 46 39 40 125
48 61430 George Jackson 39 58 30 127
49 5785 Lee Parks 38 55 39 132
50 77981 Gil Greenwood 57 33 47 137
51 76356 Ron McHenry 55 45 44 144
52 80018 Peter Wells 32 60 53 145
53 3138 Harriet Ottenheimer 45 32 69 146
54 3481 Brian McGinnis 47 48 52 147
55 3460 Diana Holm 36 56 58 150
56 1 Ray Buchanan 59 40 57 156
57 80247 Kevin Pierce 52 54 50 156
58 79229 Nick Doty 50 47 63 160
59 59010 Don Esch 60 52 49 161
60 76432 Rick Pantall 53 50 62 165
61 78683 Robert Berg DNS 53 45 175
62 43916 Paul Magnani 62 62 59 183
63 89928 Steve Snider 69 57 60 186
64 22527 Richard Lament 54 69 66 189
65 3008 Barbara Bernstein 56 68 67 191
66 79372 Damien Lin 63 66 64 193
67 34183 Gerhart Menzel DNF 59 61 197
68 52686 Ed Carney 68 64 65 197
69 3458 Will Hackett 65 70 68 203
70 3227 Rose Rowland 67 67 DNS 211
71 86685 Carol McDowell 66 71 DNS 214
72 3420 Lynsey Randolph 71 72 DNS 220
73 55246 Bonnie Sevier 70 DNF DNS 224
74 78287 A Muscato and C Dietrich DNC 73 DNS 227
75 79650 Dennis Wettlaufer DNC DNC DNC 231T
76 888 Bob Harding DNC DNC DNC 231T
 
This is great. Almost real time reporting from the regatta site. Big kudos to Derek Jackson for keeping us all informed of the action. This illustrates perfectly how the Interwebs can be used by the class to do a much better job than we ever did with the Wooden Leg.
 
Ditto to what Geezer says....

As a Fort Myers resident presently in (cold) Wooster, OH, I really appreciate Dereks updates.
I hope to have some photo's (to be taken by a friend tommorow) to post soon.
Also, glad to see that it appears we have good number of young sailors at the midwinters.
Hope all are enjoying the weather, Ft.Myers, and the sailing. Hope you have a bit O' wind Sunday.
 
Saturday's third race got off after several general recalls and one black flag start that had to be abandoned when the pin drifted in the channel. The wind had dropped off a little and was blowing 8-12 kts. Shortly after the start, the wind shifted to the left favoring the sailors that started near the pin and sailed to that side of the course. At the first mark, Juan Delgado had a small lead on the fleet. He was followed by Sebastian Mera, Joe Blouin, Dave Mendelblatt, Lauren Whitehurst, Juan Maegli and Tom Whitehurst. By the leeward mark, Dave Mendelblatt had closed the gap and was second behind Juan Delgado. The top boats rounded the left gate and were greeted by a nice right hand shift after about 100 yards of upwind sailing. Dave got closer to Juan because of the shift, but was never able to get by him. At the finish, Juan Delgado took the bullet. There was a very tight race in the Whitehurst family for 3rd place honors. Lauren was thrilled to edge her father Tom, and made sure he noticed whose stern he was looking at.

The fleet went to shore for a steak dinner and beer.
 
The start of Sunday's races was moved up to 9:30 AM. That coupled with daylight savings caused lots of tired eyes in the fleet.

The wind is 5-8 kts from the northeast. Hopefully the wind will remain steady or build so we can get a few races this morning.
 
Sunday's first race finally got started after several general recalls. The black flag was flying and several boats were on the course side.

Off the start, Tom Whitehurst and Paul Odegard started near the pin and led a pack to the left side of the course. Near the boat end of the line, Malcolm Smith and Rapid Buttner were among the first to tack to the right and led a group in that direction.

Juan Maegli played the shifts up the middle of the course and led the fleet at the windward mark. He was followed by Luis Gutierrez, Joe Blouin, Courtney Whitehurst, Linda Tillman, Malcolm Smith, Ned Jones, Drew Stanier, Tony Elliot, Dave Mendelblatt and Tom Whitehurst.

Juan and Luis led the fleet around the course for the entire race. At the finish Juan edged Luis by about 10 yards to take his first bullet of the series. Courtney Whitehurst sailed a tactically sound race to take third place. Dave Mendelblatt fought through the fleet to come back to fourth.

Unofficial Top 10 of Race 4:
1) Juan Maegli
2) Luis Gutierrez
3) Courtney Whitehurst
4) Dave Mendelblatt
5) Joe Blouin
6) Malcolm Smith
7) Tom Whitehurst
8) Ned Jones
9) Chip Clifton
10) Linda Tillman
 
Unofficial Top 10 Overall after 4 races

Pl Sail Skipper R1 R2 R3 R4 Total
1 79320 David Mendelblatt 1 1 2 4 8
2 8689 Tom Whitehurst 4 5 4 7 20
3 27 Juan Maegli 9 15 5 1 30
4 59116 Chip Clifton 2 11 16 9 38
5 324 Malcolm Smith 14 19 6 6 45
6 80278 Ned Jones 7 18 13 8 46
7 800 Adriana Garcia 6 20 10 14 50
8 77518 Anne Edwards 17 7 12 15 51
9 71 Joe Blouin 5 44 7 5 61
10 78829 Dan Norton 27 12 14 16 69
 
Race 5 is underway in a NE breeze at 5-8 kts. The top 10 at the first mark are:

1) Juan Delgado
2) Juan Maegli
3) Joe Blouin
4) Tom Whitehurst
5) Jason Castillo
6) Sebastian Mera
7) Courtney Young
8) Courtney Whitehurst
9) Luis Gutierrez
10) Ron McHenry

The current series leader, Dave Mendelblatt, is in the high teens.
 
The wind has dropped and the outgoing current is strong. Most of the leaders went left in the second weather leg trying to get out of the current. The wind has moved right. Joe Blouin has taken the lead in the 5th race. At the 2nd weather mark he had about 50 yards on the chasers. The top 10 at the second weather mark are:

1) Joe Blouin
2) Juan Maegli
3) Sebastian Mera
4) Courtney Young
5) Juan Delgado
6) Dave Mendelblatt
7) Courtney Whitehurst
8) Jason Castillo
9) Tom Whitehurst
10) Clinton Edwards
 
Joe Blouin and Juan Maegli had an intense tacking duel for the last 200 yards of the final windward leg. They must have tacked 20-30 times as they approached the finish. At the finish, Joe proved that age has its benefits and took top honors.

The unoffical top 10 of race 5 are:
1) Joe Blouin
2) Juan Maegli
3) Courtney Young
4) Jason Castillo
5) Dave Mendelblatt
6) Courtney Whitehurst
7) Sebastian Mera
8) Juan Delgado
9) Tom Whitehurst
10) Chip Clifton
 
The unofficial top 10 after 5 races:

Pl Sail Skipper R1 R2 R3 R4 Total
1 79320 David Mendelblatt 1 1 2 4 5 13
2 8689 Tom Whitehurst 4 5 4 7 9 29
3 27 Juan Maegli 9 15 5 1 2 32
4 59116 Chip Clifton 2 11 16 9 10 48
5 324 Malcolm Smith 14 19 6 6 15 60
6 71 Joe Blouin 5 44 7 5 1 62
7 77518 Anne Edwards 17 7 12 15 17 68
8 800 Adriana Garcia 6 20 10 14 21 71
9 80278 Ned Jones 7 18 13 8 32 78
10 78829 Dan Norton 27 12 14 16 14 83
 
The RC is trying to start a 6th race so the competitors will can get a throw out. We are currently starting under black flag after several general recalls. The wind has increased to 8-12 kts.
 
Race 6 started cleanly under black flag. Tom Whitehurst started at the pin and led the fleet out to the left. A large left hand shift came in while the fleet was about halfway up the windward leg. All of the leaders at the first mark came out of the left side.

At the windward mark, Adriana Garcia was leading Tom Whitehurst by about 10 feet. Juan Maegli was nicely positioned in the top 5 when he roll tacked on the starboard layline about 2 boat lengths from the mark. Unfortunately Juan was a little too aggressive with his tack and tipped over. He quickly got his boat up and rounded in 10th place.

The top 10 at the first mark:
1) Adriana Garcia
2) Tom Whitehurst
3) Gail Heausler
4) Carlos Abisambra
5) Drew Stanier
6) Sebastian Mera
7) Lauren Whitehurst
8) Anne Edwards
9) Ned Jones
10 Juan Maegli
 
Tom Whitehurst, Drew Stanier and Adriana Garcia all reached the second windward mark together. Tom was on the starboard layline while the other two came in from port and had to take his stern. They have a gap of about 30 yards on the next boats.

Top 10 at the windward mark rounding #2 in race #6:
1) Tom Whitehurst
2) Drew Stanier
3) Adriana Garcia
4) Tony Elliot
5) Gail Heausler
6) Juan Maegli
7) Lauren Whitehurst
8) Chip Clifton
9) Carlos Abisambra
10) Sebastian Mera
 
Unofficial Top 10 of Race 6

1) Tom Whitehurst
2) Adriana Garcia
3) Tony Elliot
4) Juan Maegli
5) Dave Mendelblatt
6) Drew Stanier
7) Carlos Abisambra
8) Jason Castillo
9) Gail Heausler
10) Malcolm Smith
 
Unoffical Top 10 Overall after 6 races (one drop):

Pl Sail Skipper R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 Total
1 79320 David Mendelblatt 1 1 2 4 (5) 5 13
2 27 Juan Maegli 9 (15) 5 1 2 4 21
3 8689 Tom Whitehurst 4 5 4 7 (9) 1 21
4 71 Joe Blouin 5 (44) 7 5 1 27 45
5 59116 Chip Clifton 2 11 (16) 9 10 14 46
6 324 Malcolm Smith 14 (19) 6 6 15 10 51
7 800 Adriana Garcia 6 20 10 14 (21) 2 52
8 61654 Tony Elliott (51) 2 17 13 23 3 58
9 80278 Ned Jones 7 18 13 8 (32) 15 61
10 77518 Anne Edwards (17) 7 12 15 17 16 67
 
Thanks again Derek! Your updates/narration were fantastic. I hope we can do this for some future events.

As promised, I'm attaching a photo of the midwinters site(Caloosahatchee River, Ft.Myers). Unfortunately, when I asked my wife to take a photo of the racing, I neglected to tell her the racing might not be close to the launch site(forgive me, I'm in Wooster,OH) , so..... those little white specks you see in the distance are the boats . The photo does show the light wind conditions.

Hope ya'll had fun in Ft.Myers !
 

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Derek, great job. It should be a requirement that the host club of big events do this for all big regattas. Go Derek! BB
 
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