Did you do the Commodore Perry Race? Jazzy was there and took a
trophy. I got a third place.

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Stand Aside, Orange Crate prevail

By SHIRLEY LEVY
BLADE SPORTS WRITER


Tricky winds that shifted and even shut down for a while gave light
air boats like Bill Bollin's Stand Aside, in the performance handicap
racing fleet, and Jim and Chris Davis' Orange Crate, in the
jib-and-main division, an edge in North Cape Yacht Club's Commodore
Perry Race yesterday.
It was dj vu all over again for Orange Crate, which has grabbed the
overall JAM division honors in all but one event it has entered this
season.

"This race was kind of tailor-made for us," said Jim Davis, who
designed the Commodore Perry course. "It started in light air, which
we relished."

The 33-foot Orange Crate jumped into the lead on the first leg, then
stretched it out the even more on the third leg, an upwind haul. But
the favorable conditions didn't last.

"On the fifth leg, the wind shifted and went to nothing,' Davis said.
"We just stopped and were doing double zeros. (Gary Melssen's) Magic
Bus passed us and beat us around the fifth mark."

For a while Melssen had a five minute lead over Orange Crate, but the
Davises made up four and beat Magic Bus by 1:30 corrected time at the
finish.

"We'd have liked to have been first to finish," Davis said, "but we
can't complain."

In addition to the Davises, crew members were Jim Tremonte, Sarah
Tremonte, Tammy Rikard, and Cindy Cherry.

The 28-foot Stand Aside, an all-Kevlar boat that weighs only 2,800
pounds, was first to finish in the PHRF division, as well as the
overall and Class A winner.

Keith Gilford, the upwind helmsman, attributed the win to good
tactics, good decisions, and "a 1500 square foot spinnaker called Big
Red."

"Everyone knows Big Red," he said, "because when it's flying, Stand
Aside goes by them like they're standing still."

Stand Aside made it's big move on the second leg when her crew noted a
persistent wind shift from north to east.

"We decided to split away from Jazzy, Jump and the other PHRF A boats
and take a course that went more to the right," Gilford said. "It was
a 50-50 chance, but it opened up 15-20 laps on Jazzy."

"On the last leg, Gerbil Racing Team, was way ahead of us and we knew
we needed at least six knots to beat them. We made 6-7 knots so it
ended up that we won."

It was also a red-letter day for Bill Pribe, who took his first first
with Wing Jammin, in JAM Class C.

"The boat is pretty light, but it seems like we've had to struggle in
light air," he said. "But we've been trying different combinations of
sails and we're finally getting it straightened out."

Erie grog was ahead on the first leg, but Wing Jammin' took over the
lead on the second.

"Actually, we were going from the south mark to G-1 and the other
boats were pointing higher than we were. We didn't know what was
happening," Pribe said.

"We went to the layline for G-1 and then we tacked. That's when we
realized that what was happening was the air was shifting very slowly.

"We went to the right and the next time we crossed tacks with Erie
Grog, we were five minutes ahead,' he said.

His crew included Bob Mockensturm, Eric Gunderson, and Wayne Williams.

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Pathetic Earthlings! No one can save you now!

We did ****ty. Keep blowing the starts, for starters, which would make it
very difficult to beat Jazzy. They were tied up and off the boat by the time
we got back. I don't think we finished last, the Beneteau 36.7 crossed the
line about 3 feet ahead of us, they give us time. Possible we finished 4th,
will find out Wednesday, folks down there apparently don't believe in
publishing results on their website in a timely fashion. Congrats on the
flag!
John Cairns
"Horvath" wrote in message
...
Did you do the Commodore Perry Race? Jazzy was there and took a
trophy. I got a third place.

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Stand Aside, Orange Crate prevail

By SHIRLEY LEVY
BLADE SPORTS WRITER


Tricky winds that shifted and even shut down for a while gave light
air boats like Bill Bollin's Stand Aside, in the performance handicap
racing fleet, and Jim and Chris Davis' Orange Crate, in the
jib-and-main division, an edge in North Cape Yacht Club's Commodore
Perry Race yesterday.
It was dj vu all over again for Orange Crate, which has grabbed the
overall JAM division honors in all but one event it has entered this
season.

"This race was kind of tailor-made for us," said Jim Davis, who
designed the Commodore Perry course. "It started in light air, which
we relished."

The 33-foot Orange Crate jumped into the lead on the first leg, then
stretched it out the even more on the third leg, an upwind haul. But
the favorable conditions didn't last.

"On the fifth leg, the wind shifted and went to nothing,' Davis said.
"We just stopped and were doing double zeros. (Gary Melssen's) Magic
Bus passed us and beat us around the fifth mark."

For a while Melssen had a five minute lead over Orange Crate, but the
Davises made up four and beat Magic Bus by 1:30 corrected time at the
finish.

"We'd have liked to have been first to finish," Davis said, "but we
can't complain."

In addition to the Davises, crew members were Jim Tremonte, Sarah
Tremonte, Tammy Rikard, and Cindy Cherry.

The 28-foot Stand Aside, an all-Kevlar boat that weighs only 2,800
pounds, was first to finish in the PHRF division, as well as the
overall and Class A winner.

Keith Gilford, the upwind helmsman, attributed the win to good
tactics, good decisions, and "a 1500 square foot spinnaker called Big
Red."

"Everyone knows Big Red," he said, "because when it's flying, Stand
Aside goes by them like they're standing still."

Stand Aside made it's big move on the second leg when her crew noted a
persistent wind shift from north to east.

"We decided to split away from Jazzy, Jump and the other PHRF A boats
and take a course that went more to the right," Gilford said. "It was
a 50-50 chance, but it opened up 15-20 laps on Jazzy."

"On the last leg, Gerbil Racing Team, was way ahead of us and we knew
we needed at least six knots to beat them. We made 6-7 knots so it
ended up that we won."

It was also a red-letter day for Bill Pribe, who took his first first
with Wing Jammin, in JAM Class C.

"The boat is pretty light, but it seems like we've had to struggle in
light air," he said. "But we've been trying different combinations of
sails and we're finally getting it straightened out."

Erie grog was ahead on the first leg, but Wing Jammin' took over the
lead on the second.

"Actually, we were going from the south mark to G-1 and the other
boats were pointing higher than we were. We didn't know what was
happening," Pribe said.

"We went to the layline for G-1 and then we tacked. That's when we
realized that what was happening was the air was shifting very slowly.

"We went to the right and the next time we crossed tacks with Erie
Grog, we were five minutes ahead,' he said.

His crew included Bob Mockensturm, Eric Gunderson, and Wayne Williams.


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Pathetic Earthlings! No one can save you now!

Did you get another flag?

SV

"Horvath" wrote in message
...
Did you do the Commodore Perry Race? Jazzy was there and took a
trophy. I got a third place.

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Stand Aside, Orange Crate prevail

By SHIRLEY LEVY
BLADE SPORTS WRITER


Tricky winds that shifted and even shut down for a while gave light
air boats like Bill Bollin's Stand Aside, in the performance handicap
racing fleet, and Jim and Chris Davis' Orange Crate, in the
jib-and-main division, an edge in North Cape Yacht Club's Commodore
Perry Race yesterday.
It was dj vu all over again for Orange Crate, which has grabbed the
overall JAM division honors in all but one event it has entered this
season.

"This race was kind of tailor-made for us," said Jim Davis, who
designed the Commodore Perry course. "It started in light air, which
we relished."

The 33-foot Orange Crate jumped into the lead on the first leg, then
stretched it out the even more on the third leg, an upwind haul. But
the favorable conditions didn't last.

"On the fifth leg, the wind shifted and went to nothing,' Davis said.
"We just stopped and were doing double zeros. (Gary Melssen's) Magic
Bus passed us and beat us around the fifth mark."

For a while Melssen had a five minute lead over Orange Crate, but the
Davises made up four and beat Magic Bus by 1:30 corrected time at the
finish.

"We'd have liked to have been first to finish," Davis said, "but we
can't complain."

In addition to the Davises, crew members were Jim Tremonte, Sarah
Tremonte, Tammy Rikard, and Cindy Cherry.

The 28-foot Stand Aside, an all-Kevlar boat that weighs only 2,800
pounds, was first to finish in the PHRF division, as well as the
overall and Class A winner.

Keith Gilford, the upwind helmsman, attributed the win to good
tactics, good decisions, and "a 1500 square foot spinnaker called Big
Red."

"Everyone knows Big Red," he said, "because when it's flying, Stand
Aside goes by them like they're standing still."

Stand Aside made it's big move on the second leg when her crew noted a
persistent wind shift from north to east.

"We decided to split away from Jazzy, Jump and the other PHRF A boats
and take a course that went more to the right," Gilford said. "It was
a 50-50 chance, but it opened up 15-20 laps on Jazzy."

"On the last leg, Gerbil Racing Team, was way ahead of us and we knew
we needed at least six knots to beat them. We made 6-7 knots so it
ended up that we won."

It was also a red-letter day for Bill Pribe, who took his first first
with Wing Jammin, in JAM Class C.

"The boat is pretty light, but it seems like we've had to struggle in
light air," he said. "But we've been trying different combinations of
sails and we're finally getting it straightened out."

Erie grog was ahead on the first leg, but Wing Jammin' took over the
lead on the second.

"Actually, we were going from the south mark to G-1 and the other
boats were pointing higher than we were. We didn't know what was
happening," Pribe said.

"We went to the layline for G-1 and then we tacked. That's when we
realized that what was happening was the air was shifting very slowly.

"We went to the right and the next time we crossed tacks with Erie
Grog, we were five minutes ahead,' he said.

His crew included Bob Mockensturm, Eric Gunderson, and Wayne Williams.


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Pathetic Earthlings! No one can save you now!

On 12 Jul 2004 13:53:00 GMT, "Scott Vernon" wrote
this crap:

Did you get another flag?


And a small (6") glass trophy.




Pathetic Earthlings! No one can save you now!

Cool!

"Horvath" wrote in message
...
On 12 Jul 2004 13:53:00 GMT, "Scott Vernon" wrote
this crap:

Did you get another flag?


And a small (6") glass trophy.




Pathetic Earthlings! No one can save you now!