2002 Doug Sydor Regatta Results
Arrowhead YC, Lake Winnebago, MO

September 14 - 15, 2002


(Results and narrative submitted by Mark Long on September 15, 2002)

31 boats made it to the 2002 Doug Sydor regatta this weekend at Lake Winnebago MO. Race teams came from Shreveport, Dallas, Lake Lotawana and Zenda. Winnebago is one of the smallest lakes on the MC circuit and we are located just south of Kansas City. We started the weekend with 2 short practice races with Aimee Long and Eric Hood as PRO. They enjoyed calling me OCS to get the weekend started. Conditions were 2-5 with very smooth water. Paul Estes of Lake Winnebago won a practice race and Lewis Conger of from Fleet 1 in Shreveport won the second race.

Saturday brought rain and light winds. Bob Cooley from Lake Lotawana was PRO and he was assisted by Kris Long and Amy Pollard. Bob tried to get a race in before lunch but the wind disappeared and the race was abandoned. After lunch, we went out again in calm and shifty conditions. There was a sprinkle of rain from time to time, but it did not bother the group. We sailed a W2 1/2 and Eric Hood and Jeff Baldus jumped out to a big lead with Lewis Conger and Bob Cantrell not far behind. With conditions this shifty I thought we would see a few lead changes, but Eric managed to hang on. The start for this race was difficult because there was a big header just before the start and if you did not adjust quickly you were on the third row. Finding "lanes" of clear air and sailing to dark water was everything in this race. We tried for a second race but the wind disappeared.

We ended the day with a party at Aimee and Mark Long's house. The group was fired up when they saw a perfect forecast for Sunday. The party went long. Sunday was very nice. We had a north breeze at 5 to 12. The North wind is rare so local knowledge was limited. The temperatures dropped and the sun came out. We started our first race at 9:30A and Bob Cooley set a perfect line. Robert Rimel and I went out 1 hour before the race to determine the favored side. We sailed on opposite tacks for 30 seconds with Rimel on the left side of the course and I sailed on the right, when we met in the middle, we would tack back to our side for another 30 seconds. We learned that the left side of the course was the place to be. We also learned that shifting gears would be important as some puffs required full hike with tension on the vang and at the end of the puff you had to shift gears, ease the vang and get back inside the boat quickly. Race 1 was a W2 1/2 and it was me, George Silvey, Jack Kern and Jeff Baldus in the lead at the first mark with Wiley Pollard and Austin Chamberlin close by. Clear air and sailing the lifted tack was key. If you were in traffic, you had to find lanes and sail for the puffs. There was no motorboat traffic at all so the wind was easy to see. I got a bit excited and tipped over to lose my lead 1/2 way down the last beat.

PRO Bob Cooley was very quick to get back and set another line and we had 3 races back to back to back. Race 2 was Wiley Pollard, Me and Eric hood fighting for the lead and in Race 3 John Martin of Lake Lotawana was the leader at the first mark followed by Jack Schwindler of Lake Lotawana.

Here are the top finishers:

  1. Mark Long
  2. Eric Hood
  3. Jeff Baldus (Serial Killa)
  4. Wiley Pollard
  5. George Silvey
  6. Jack Schwindler
  7. Bob Cantrell
  8. Austin Chamberlin
  9. Jon Martin
  10. Rob Reid

Thanks to all that helped make this a great event. Special thanks to all that traveled. We hope to see more of you next year.

One additional note, our fleet captain, Gunter Stien bought MC 2184 and we will grow the fleet to 21 with Gun's son taking his old boat.

Mark Long MC 1942

Pl Skipper Div Club/ST Sail R 1 R 2 R 3 R 4 Total Blue Chip
Points
1 Mark Long   AYC/ MO 1942 9 2 1 1 13 1
2 Eric Hood P Unknown 2184 1 6 2 6 15 0.5
3 Jeff Baldus   AYC/ MO 1692 2 4 7 4 17 0.5
4 Wiley Pollard   SYC/LA 2007 5 3 3 9 20 0.5
5 George Silvey M AYC/ MO 1421 11 1 6 7 25 1
6 Jack Schwindler GM MYC/ MO 1752 16 9 5 3 33 0.5
7 Bob Cantrell   MYC/ MO 1661 4 7 8 17 36  
8 Austin Chamberlin   MYC/ MO 2147 17 5 9 5 36  
9 Jon Martin   MYC/ MO 1504 18 14 13 2 47  
10 Rob Reid   MYC/ MO 1787 6 8 23 10 47  
11 Robert Rimel   AYC/ MO 2016 8 12 17 12 49  
12 Lewis Conger GM SYC/LA 2006 3 26 4 18 51 0.5
13 Randy Cooper   AYC/ MO 1711 10 16 15 11 52  
14 Scott Tillema   MYC/ MO 1524 13 13 10 21 57  
15 Jack Kern GM RCYC/ TX 2148 7 OCS 11 8 58  
16 Tom Nitz M AYC/ MO 2030 15 15 19 13 62  
17 Mike Wolcott GM SYC/LA 2153 26 10 12 15 63  
18 David Brown GM AYC/ MO 1944 23 11 14 16 64  
19 David Tillema GM MYC/ MO 1836 12 21 24 20 77  
20 Howard Chamberlin GM MYC/ MO 1994 14 19 16 DNF 81  
21 Greg Long M AYC/ MO 2005 20 23 26 14 83  
22 Terry Haug M MYC/ MO 1799 22 22 18 23 85  
23 mark tatum   AYC/ MO 1305 25 17 21 24 87  
24 Paul Estes   AYC/ MO 1645 24 25 22 22 93  
25 Jason Baker   AYC/ MO 1276 30 20 20 27 97  
26 Gary Schroeder   MYC/ MO 2116 21 24 28 26 99  
27 Bob Rimel M AYC/ MO 2034 DSQ 18 25 25 100  
28 Gunter Stein M AYC/ MO 1178 27 28 27 19 101  
29 Randy Nuttall   AYC/ MO 833 29 27 29 28 113  
30 Chuck Falkenberg M MYC/ MO 2110 19 DNS DNS DNS 115  
31 Aldo Mariotti GM AYC/ MO 937 28 29 30 29 116