District 5  Regatta Report

Sat Jun 18th, 2016 through Sun Jun 19th, 2016

2016 Baxter Bowl

 

Report by Brad Nichol:

The Newport Harbor Yacht Club hosted the 2016 Baxter Bowl Regatta Father's Day Weekend. Six races were sailed over two days in beautiful but tricky sailing conditions.

Day one was dominated by the team of Eric Doyle and Payson Infelise who started strong with three bullets in the 10-14 knot westerly with heavy chop and swells. Once ashore the fleet enjoyed sliders and a keg provided by NHYC and decided Eric and Payson must sail with a bailer tied to their rudder for the second day.

Day two brought expectations of more wind and seas, but shortly after the start the wind shut off leaving crews battling up current in shifty wind and pounding waves. The race committee shortened the race and re-set the course as they saw new breeze coming. The fifth and sixth races were sailed in a building 14-18 knot westerly with big swells providing for great surfing off the wind.

Andy Macdonald and Brad Nichol won day two with a 1, 1, 4, but Eric Doyle and Payson Infelise prevailed after shaking off a 10th place in the first race to win the final race and the regatta. Macdonald/Nichol finished one point back in second with locals Jim Buckingham and Craig Moss in third. Fourth place was the father/stepson team of Ben Mitchell/Julian Busch and in fifth was the son/father team of Danny and Paul Cayard. Also skippering their own Stars were NHYC's own Chuck and Chas Beek.

Thank you to the NHYC race committee who ran a great event getting six races completed with multiple line adjustments and course changes. On shore refreshments were appreciated by the sailors. Photos by John Virtue can be seen here. https://www.fli ckr.com/photos/21011595@N04/albums/7215766992 4980606


Star
Place Boat Skipper Crew Sail #: Fleet 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total
1 8323   Eric Doyle   Payson Infelise   8323   NH   1.0 1.0 1.0 10.0 5.0 1.0 9
2 8250   Andrew Macdonald   Brad Nichol   8250   NH   2.0 2.0 4.0 1.0 1.0 4.0 10
3 8306   Jim Buckingham   Craig Moss   8306   NH   8.0 4.0 3.0 4.0 2.0 5.0 18
4 8082   Ben Mitchell   Julian   8082   SDB   3.0 6.0 6.0 3.0 10.0 2.0 20
5 8362   Daniel Cayard   Paul Cayard   8362   WSFB   6.0 9.0 5.0 2.0 7.0 3.0 23
6 8072   Doug Smith     8072   SBC   4.0 5.0 15.0 [DNS] 6.0 4.0 6.0 25
7 8209   Scott Hoffmann   Isao Toyama   8209   SDB   7.0 7.0 9.0 7.0 6.0 9.0 36
8 8275   Nick Madigan   David Wood   8275   NH   10.0 8.0 8.0 12.0 3.0 8.0 37
9 8189   D Scott Mason   Joel Kew   8189   NH   5.0 3.0 11.0 11.0 9.0 15.0 [DNS] 39
10 8336   Steve Brown   Tom Burruss   8336   NH   9.0 10.0 2.0 13.0 12.0 7.0 40
11 8163   Jon Pelliconi   Henry Brawner   8163   Lb   13.0 11.0 7.0 9.0 13.0 10.0 50
12 7294   Chuck Beek   Jeff Thayer   7294   NHYC   12.0 14.0 13.0 5.0 8.0 15.0 [DNF] 52
13 8088   Steve Gould   Rick Peters   8088   StFYC   11.0 12.0 10.0 8.0 11.0 15.0 [DNS] 52.0001
14 7985   Chas Beek   Buddy Mitchell   7985   NHYC   14.0 13.0 12.0 14.0 14.0 15.0 [DNS] 67

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