TAYC Annual Regatta, August 12 & 13, 2002


Penguin
 (13 boats) (top)
Series Standing - 5 races scored

Information is final.
Regatta results last updated: Sunday, August 14, 2022 5:57:16 PM CDT
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Pos

Sail  

Boat  

Skipper

Yacht Club

 1 

 2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

Total

Pos

1  

9660  

Rex  

Jonathan Bartlett /
Annie Bartlett  

Annapolis Yacht Club/   

1  

1  

3  

5  

2  

12  

1  

2  

9694  

Otter B  

Charles Krafft /
Cairn Krafft  

SSA/   

6  

6  

4  

2  

1  

19  

2  

3  

9677  

Family Ties  

William Lawson /
Colette Preis  

SSA/   

7  

4  

5  

1  

3  

20  

3  

4  

9664  

Puckup  

Robert Lippincott /
Segundo Fregonese  

TAYC/   

5  

2  

6  

4  

4  

21  

4  

5  

9730  

Evelyn  

jeffrey Cox /
Ellie Cox  

TAYC/   

3  

5  

1  

6  

8  

23  

5  

6  

9657  

C-Biscuit  

Chris Conway /
Campbell Conway  

Annapolis Yacht CLub/   

8  

9  

2  

3  

5  

27  

6  

7  

9575  

Intern  

Austin Powers /
Athena Arnold  

AYC/   

2  

8  

8  

8  

6  

32  

7  

8  

9669  

Lady Bug  

Raymond Bay   

West River Sailing Club  

4  

3  

7  

14/DNC  

14/DNC  

42T  

8  

9  

9662  

Against The Grain  

Spencer McAllister   

Tred Avon Yacht Club  

9  

7  

10  

7  

9  

42T  

9  

10  

9632  

Spax  

Sandy McAllister   

Tred Avon Yacht Club  

10  

10  

9  

14/DNC  

7  

50  

10  

11  

8241  

Humble Pie  

Michael BAugh /
Heneage Baugh  

Cambridge Yacht Club/   

12  

11  

12  

10  

10  

55  

11  

12  

5282  

QE 2  

john majane /
LeAnn Densmore  

SSA/   

11  

12  

11  

9  

14/DNC  

57  

12  

13  

9747  

Buttercup  

Elizabeth Principe /
Sophia Principe  

Cambridge Yacht Club/   

14/DNF  

13  

13  

11  

11  

62  

13  

 

The weather cooperated, mostly, for the 2022 Oxford Annual Regatta.  13 Penguins sailed in the very competitive fleet with Jonathan and Annie Bartlett winning the first two races and never far from the front of the fleet in the remaining three races to win the Francis Bartlett Trophy (no relation).  The temperature, peaking in the low to mid 80’s was a welcome break from the mid-90’s in the preceding days.  Saturday, the wind was out of the east, but kept migrating towards the north.  The race committee didn’t keep up with the unstable breeze, which is tricky when you have multiple fleets racing, so the first Penguin race was more like a fetch to the first mark.  The wind kept shifting, so for subsequent races, the start line would go from a committee boat end favor, to a strong pin end favor, often within the same starting sequence. The committee did rotate the course for subsequent races.

Sunday, the breeze was supposed to be 3 to 5 out of the south going to the southwest.  On the sail out to the race course, a moderately strong (8-10) southerly breeze made for a spirited beat out to the Choptank, where the race course was located.  Penguins normally sail in the Tred Avon, so this was new territory for many of us.  The wind kept shifting towards the west, so the weather mark was looking more and more like a fetch on starboard tack.  The first three fleets, Comets, Snipes, and Lasers started their one lap race, with a sizable gap between starts.  By the time the Penguins started, or tried to, the wind had gone appreciably west, so a new weather mark was set.   Unfortunately, a drifting starting line made the boat end incredibly favored, leading to a Penguin pile-up, and 3 (or 4) general recalls.  When we finally did start, the nice breeze we had earlier in the morning had all but disappeared.  At the end of the race, the committee was game to start a 6th, the other fleets having started their second race of the day shortly after the Penguins got going, the wind wasn’t cooperating, so racing was cancelled and the fleet was towed in.

We welcomed Austin Powers and his crew, Athena Arnold, sailing in the Class-owned Penguin, 9575, who started strong with a 2nd in the first race, but had trouble in the lighter stuff, which every race had a bit of, and finished 7th.  Michael Baugh, sailing with his son Heneage, toughed it out – we were way out on the Choptank and it was a wet and lumpy day Saturday, plus Heneage slipped out of the boat at the leeward mark of the first race, which dampened his spirits a bit – won the William and Alice Lane trophy for the top Classic Penguin.  It was good to see Bobby Lippincott back in his Penguin, with Segundo Fregonese as crew.  They had a 2nd in race 2 and were always near the front of the fleet.  John Majane, at 90 likely the oldest competitor at the regatta, sailed with LeAnn Myhre.  A broken floorboard made sliding across the back of the boat a bit more treacherous, however they completed all 4 races on Saturday and had only planned to sail one day.  Spencer McAllister bested his dad, Sandy, in 3 races out of 5, although Sandy took early leave of the course during race #4 to accommodate a nature call for his young crew.  Elizabeth Principe, sailing with her daughter Sophia for one race on Saturday, which ended with a capsize, but Elizabeth single-handed for some of the later races, and both of them were back in the boat for Sunday’s races.  Chris Conway, sailing with his daughter Campbell, were back in the boat, after a long hiatus (Campbell has a busy lacrosse and sailing schedule), had a 2 – 3 finish in races 3 and 4 (catching a favorable wind line, and dodging the Snipe fleet as they were preparing to start, to get to the finish line.  Jeff Cox, sailing with his daughter Ellie, won race 3, and were third in the first race, but ended up 5th overall. RJ Bay had three strong finishes, with a 3rd in the 2nd race, but got frustrated with the slow pace of the day, and chose not to compete in subsequent races. Bill Lawson, sailing with his wife, Colette Preis, bested Charlie and Cairn Krafft in race 4, getting ahead on the final beat to the finish of the one lap course, but the Krafft’s won the final (and only Sunday) race, to finish a point ahead for 2nd overall.