Owners of Annapolis Yacht Club‘s (AYC) newest fleet of one design boats, the Harbor 20’s, hosted their first East/West Sailing Regatta this past weekend. Forty-eight sailors representing four of the five national fleets participated. The East coast teams hailed from South Carolina Yacht Club (representing Fleet 3) in Hilton Head and Annapolis Yacht Club (representing Fleet 5). The West coast sailors flew here from Newport Beach, California (Representing Fleet 1) and Santa Barbara, California (representing Fleet 4).

 

The planned two day sailing event became an intense single day of racing when races were cancelled the first day due to lack of wind. Sixteen boats bobbed on the bay for 5 hours Friday morning waiting for enough of a breeze to pull off the 4 races that were scheduled.  The sailors were good natured and enjoyed cocktails and dinner in the Skipjack on a beautiful sunny evening regardless of the disappointing start to the East/West Challenge.

 

After a night of prayers to the weather gods, the race organizers were rewarded with a gentle breeze Saturday morning that built to 12 to 13 knots by the end of the day allowing the race committee to orchestrate  6 races between 11am and 4:30pm to make up for the day before.

 

At the awards banquet in the Commodore’s room later Saturday night the winners of the East West challenge were announced. Tom and Jane Schock from NHYC won first prize scoring nothing less than 2nd place in all 6 races. Second place was awarded to Skipper Eric Norman from SCYC.  Gary Thorne from BYC received third place and fourth place was given to Marshall and Susan Steele from AYC.

 

The winning Fleet was Fleet 1 of Newport Beach, followed by Fleet 3 of South Carolina, Fleet 5 of Annapolis and then Fleet 4 of Santa Barbara.  Most importantly, the winner of the East/West Regatta was the East Coast. The Annapolis Yacht Club will keep the trophy for six months and then send it down to Hilton Head for the remainder of the year.  At the conclusion of the weekend’s activities, Howard Brooks, Harbor 20 Fleet Captain expressed gratitude to all who contributed to the success of the event. “It was rewarding to have the East Coast win the trophy for the second time.  Judging from the comments of those who attended, I think it is fair to say that AYC and Fleet 5 have now set the pace for future East / West Challenges. I would especially like to thank all of our members who hosted out of town guests, those who allowed the use of their boats, and those who provided owners representatives for the races.”

 

Needless to say, hosting a Harbor-20 event such as this in just our 2nd year of Annapolis Fleet 5 existence was a big challenge and a new experience for our Harbor-20 owners.  It was  rewarding for us to work closely with George Anderson and his Race Committee team who did an outstanding job of conducting the races, and scoring the results.  Regatta Manager Linda Ambrose was a tremendous help in the registration and budgeting process and work closely with Annapolis Yacht Sales, who helped sponsor the event and with Weems & Plath who contributed to the awards, and keepsakes for the event. Putting this combination of talent together with our outstanding chef and banquet management team provided a winning combination that shined the spotlight on AYC as one of the nations truly great Yacht Clubs.

 

Our thanks also go’s to John and Marline Patmore, & Brooks Stallings for providing the support boat, to Pat Brooks for providing the host boat, and to Renee Kizziar for helping with the lunch program.  Without them and the many other people who helped with the program, we could not have had such a successful event.

 

Respectfully Submitted,

Howard Brooks & Cathie Trogdon

 

 

I’m just gazing out of my window at this beautiful day (with good breeze!) and getting excited that Twilights are starting next week!! Please sign up if you haven’t done so already.

Online registration

Sailing Instructions and course charts should be ready to go up our website by Friday.

Hope to see you all next week!

Becky Lenhart

BYC Sailing Director

949-673-3515 x 133

 

Hello Annapolis H20 Fleet,

Hello Harbor 20 Racers in Classes A, B & C

The American Legion Yacht Club – 2013 Monday Nights Sundowner Series registration is now open online:

Early registration is only $40… registration after 1755 hours Monday April 22is is $50 and after 1755 hours Monday April 29th is $60 – without a guarentee that we’ll have room… so register early!

Racing starts Monday May 6th, 2013 – several changes are in the works to enhance your team’s enjoyment:

• Sundowners will be a single series with a higher percentage of “throw-out” races to allow for missed races and “off-nights” without a series scoring impact
• Enhanced prizes are to be awarded after each race and Series trophies at the end of the season
• Pre-defined courses will have squarer starting lines and more-windward 1st marks and windward leeward courses for H20s
• Signal flags, visible from all directions, will be flown on the Committee Boat to identify courses
• Fewer changes to the Racing Rules of Sailing will be made – for more consistency with other Regattas and Series
• You will only be competing with other Class approved boats (PHRF 2013 or Harbor 20 Fleet 1 2013)

The Notice Of Race is online .

Sailing Instructions, Course Charts and Class Breaks will be available no less than a week before the first race. Please contact me with any questions.

Race safe and race fair,

Bill McNamara
ALYC Race Committee Chairman
Bill-McNamara@cox.net
(949) 360-8448

To our Fleet One members,

We have recently created a Harbor 20, Fleet 1 Facebook Page so you can see how much fun we’re having.  It contains all the social elements of sailing, racing, and off the water events.  There are hundreds of photos in different photo albums from regattas, parties, and other events that are available for you to copy, download, and share on your own Facebook page or with your friends. You can find the most recent photo albums on the “Newsfeed” (as Facebook calls the main page) or by going to the box at the top of the Facebook Page called “Photos”.

The Facebook Page contains limited regatta results with links to the host yacht club and the Harbor 20 Class Association website.  It also contains articles about recent events (such as the W.D. Schock Memorial Regatta).  You can make comments at the bottom of the articles or just click “Like”.

Also at the top of the main Facebook Page, there is a box called “Notes” in which you will find the lists of winners for each of our perpetual trophies that go back to as early as 1997 when our fleet was created.

Finally, you can post your own photos, news, and articles onto the Facebook Page for the enjoyment of everyone in the fleet.

If you click on this link, it will take you to our Facebook Page:

www.facebook.com/Harbor20Fleet1

If you would like to join our Fleet One Facebook Page to receive our news, updates and photos, please click “Like” on the homepage.  You will find the “Like” box next to the words “Harbor 20, Fleet 1, Newport Beach, CA” underneath the photo at the top of the Page.  When you click on it, “Like” will change to “Liked” and that all you need do!

We have also created an email address that you can use to contact us.  It is Harbor20Fleet1@hotmail.com

We hope to see you out on the water soon!

 

Attached is an image of the Harbor 20 sailors who attended the AYC Fleet 5 Frostbite awards March 24, 2013.  There were lots of winners and smiles while the club offered free drinks and a hot lunch in the Skipjack.

 

We all had an outstanding Fall/Winter racing series and now we can get ready for Wednesday night racing which starts April 24th.  Please enter the 2013 WNR regatta online when you have time.

Peter Trogdon #311

Taco Tuesdays May 14 – August 27th. 5:30pm H20 practice starts. 6:00pm Race Time.

Post Race: Dollar Tacos, Dollar Draft Beer, Raffle & Prizes – and race videos.