05/03-04/2025
“I Love It When a Plan Comes Together!” Bob Eger and his team put together a Five Star Regatta with a blend of nostalgia from a proper Corinthian Sailing Club.
Events like this are why I enjoy RC sailing so much, with the ability to travel to different venues with little to no effort. This event brought in Travelers from as far North as Washington State and as far South as Arizona, blending in everyone in between. Twenty-one competitors were greeted with air temperatures in the low seventies and breeze from 5-20 + knots. Yes, Sunday was sailed in B rigs. Bridgeway Lakes Community Park was best described by Bob Eger: “This is our little jewel; we are very fortunate to have access to this pond.”
Like most lakes, the wind was challenging with a common quote heard in one manner or the other, “Oh now just stop that,” referring to the massif wind shifts. That’s lake sailing with the same top sailors consistently staying in the top five.
Dan Shier was trying out a new camera, and because we were sailing single heats, his commentary will be missed. It will be interesting to hear just what the audio remarks the camera picked up. As I already noted, the top favorites did reach the top of the results with George Pedrick finishing in third with the lowest gross score, Chris Staiger in second, and Larry Grant finishing at the top of the podium, all three of them with ten points of each other. All the competitors got their fill with over 26 races completed. The post-race dinners were again epic, sharing a piazza with six other competitors / good friends on Friday Night, then Fish and Chips at a local English Pub on Saturday Night. The local volunteers and sailors attend Saturday’s dinner, which doubles down on how these Travel Trophy events are so contagious and FUN.
I am not sure why hot dogs taste so much better at a ballgame or at a sailing regatta. The OA made sure everyone had a warm lunch and plenty of water. Again, a “Bravo/Zulu” for a job well done to the race committee of the two clubs. Hoping the class can return next year for our regionals.
On a side note, a couple of you made mention to me and wanted to know how the rivalry between Dan Shier and I was going. Shier crushed me AGAIN! Keeping the rivalry bell in his sail box, in fact, I don’t recall finishing in front of Shier in the 95 events yet. I had better get on it and train harder to keep this going. The smile on Shier’s face after showing me the results on the first day is now etched into my mind.
Let’s go sailing!
Len Bose
Len Bose and Bob Eger at Saturdays Dinner.
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