Lake Guntersville Sailing Club Guntersville, AL
Lake Guntersville Sailing Club Guntersville, AL
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| LGSC Racing Results updated 06-09-10
RACING NEWS
The postponed 2010 Guntersville Cup Races were finally held on Saturday, May 29 when 19 of the 26 original entrants braved the weather forecast of thundershowers and completed one race. The Cup had been postponed from April 24th when the absolutely terrible weather of both the 24th and 25th made it impossible to conduct the racing as originally scheduled. After the wind decided to blow in a direction not forecast or visualized from the marina, a downwind start was taken with the five spinnaker boats smartly away from the start line towards the Short Creek Light. A course that also included the Upper Guntersville Light and a yellow buoy upriver towards Seibold Light produced some close racing in all three classes.
The spinnaker class was dominated by the J24 of John McCullough. His boat screamed around the 6.4-mile course in 1 hour and 23 something minutes to take the win on corrected time and the Overall Champion Prize. Wayne Braxton and Wayne Miller brought the Tripp 26 across the line as second finisher on time but they were unable to overcome the savage handicap of this very fast boat. As a result, Charlie Rains and Keith Kuhlman in Charlie’s Capri 25, who were third across the finish line, corrected to second place in the Fleet. And then Quill Briggs, our esteemed dock master, and John Walsh, who had “borrowed” Ed Miller and his Hunter 28.5, corrected to third place in the Fleet despite deciding not attempting to fly the spinnaker at any time.
The Non Spinnaker Fleet was controlled by Amy Stapleton and Karl in her Catalina 27TS who led both on absolute and corrected time with Trish and George Brown taking a very good second place. Third place in this fleet was closely contested by Wind Song (Brent Beam), Escape (Rich Mason), Puff (Larry Bontrager) and Stargazer (Pat Lindsay), with Brent eventually winning the position. Rich might have moved up a place had not he and Chip Meegan managed to get over the start line a few seconds early (those down wind starts are tricky) and so lost time coming back.
The Non Spinnaker B Fleet was a walk-away for Rob Chamblee and his Catalina 30 who corrected to 7th overall of all boats and easily won this Fleet. Dan Plank with Cheers, his Hunter 28 was second with Garrett Gosdur (Hunter 28.5) third closely followed by John Straitfeild (Hunter 30).
With the threat of more thunderstorms, the Committee decided to limit the Regatta to the single race and the trophy presentation was moved up and followed by dinner. Despite the difficulties of getting the regatta finally completed, I believe all had a great time. Next weekend (June 5 and 6) will see an attempt at make-up races for the Club’s Spring Series. The full results for the Guntersville Cup, both by Fleet and Overall Classification, follows below.
Dick Potter Fleet Captain, Racing
2010 Guntersville Cup FLEET RESULTS One Race Only (Weather/Time)
Race No: 1 Date: May 29, 2010 First Start: 12:04:00Course: D Wind: NE 2 – 5 –10 mph PRO: Dick Potter
2010 Guntersville Cup OVERALL RESULTS
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