Smoke Signals - Metedeconk River Yacht Club

Page 4 Smoke Signals Volume 28, Issue 9
SAILING NEWS
SAILING CALENDAR
Watch this space for the 2009 Sailing Schedule.
Anyone wishing to comment on the schedule or any aspect of the racing program
may contact any member of the Regatta Committee.
Commodore Eytel has reappointed the 2008 Committee to serve for 2009.
Members are Chairman Jim Carson, Bill Bogardus, Vivian Dooren, Jim Gelenitis,
Dave Hanrahan, Sr., Jack Heacock, Kipp Heacock, Fran Lynn, Jarrett Lynn and Dave Ruiter.
EW WITER RULES FOR SEASIDE BRIDGE
The Coast Guard has proposed that the rules for the Route 37S drawbridge over Barnegat Bay at Seaside
Heights be changed so that the draw need not open unless four hours notice is given between
December 1 and March 31. Clearance is approximately 30’.
Club PHRF – Familiar names
once again topped the score sheets as the
PHRF Fall Series wrapped up on September
16. Jack Woods’ Spry finished first in
the eight boat B Division, winning four of
the six races sailed. Rick Eytel’s Big
Grin took second just ahead of Dave Alldian’s
Cymathoe, which took third.
Jarrett Lynn’s J/24 won the last three
races of the series to jump ahead of Mike
Tufariello’s J/24 to take the championship
in the six boat A Division. Pedro Escandon’s
J/24 finished third. Fritz Baier’s
Ali-Cat convincingly won C Division
three points ahead of Bill Bogardus’
Aurora and four points ahead of Mike
Borga’s Defiant. Mitch Hnatt’s Melges
24 handily beat Rick Pokorny’s and Dave
Magliaro’s boats for the first place trophy
in the Sport Boat Division.
Down Bay Invitational – The
largest fleet in several years competed in
the 2008 running of Metedeconk’s Down
Bay Invitational. Fair weather permitted
the event to be held on the traditional
course in the lower reaches of Barnegat
Bay just west of Tices Shoal. Filling out
the fleet was a contingent of PHRF sailors
and boats from Tall Oaks Yacht Club
sailing out of Forked River. Eric Wagner’s
Celestine took line honors and finished
14 minutes ahead of its nearest
competitor on corrected time to win the
event. Don Brennan’s Spirit finished
second. Tall Oak’s John Kudera, sailing
Fifty-Fifty, came in third.
J/24s – Metedeconk hosted the
final regatta of the J/24 Class’ Parkway
Series on October 4 and 5. Held on the
Metedeconk River in light and variable
winds, the annual regatta tested the nerve
and skills of the five teams competing.
Stuart Challoner found the conditions to
his liking, winning five of the six races
sailed and taking first place overall.
Jarrett Lynn, MRYC’s only other entry,
finished in second just ahead of Dan
Busch and crew in third place.
Forty-eight boats competed in the
2008 East Coast Championship sailed in
Annapolis October 23 through 26. Conditions
ranged from the usual Chesapeake
drifter to a frigid 30+ knot screamer that
limited Saturday’s sailing to a single race.
When the spray settled, Will Welles took
first place by 14 points after five races in
the talent-laden fleet. Jarrett Lynn was
MRYC’s only entry at the event.
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