Palm Beach Gardens Valentine's Regatta Report
Baron Bremer and Carter Cain claim victories in Valentine's Regatta
by Dick Reinke, Race Director

Saturday

33 boats racing with eight races for A-fleet (Gold) and B-fleet (Silver).

Wind: What direction is it now? All over. Frustrating day for R/D and sailors. Did the best with what we had to work with as far a wind direction. All fleets tested their light air skills all over the course. On Saturday afternoon the wind settled into a southeast pattern that dictated a long one-tack beat to the weather mark. Then a reach back up the course to the leeward mark. Not much sailing skill involved to play follow the leader. We even saw some races with boats doing a beat, reach and downwind all in one leg.

At the end of racing on Saturday, with one throw out, in the Gold fleet Baron Bremer was 1st with 19 points followed by Bob Greer in 2nd with 29 points, and Joe Walter in 3rd with 42 points. In the Silver fleet Carter Cain was 1st with 19 points followed by Martin Raishbrook in 2nd with 21 points, and Tom Germer in 3rd with 26 points.

Weather: warm followed by hot. Racing ended around 3:30 pm. soon followed by a big down pour of rain in the local area.

Food committee: outstanding food selections of coffee, pastries, muffins, donut holes, bananas and apples for breakfast. Hot Hot dogs on buns with all the fixings plus pizza with various toppings for lunch. Kudos to our food committee, Ann Gelina, Kelli Greer, Alma Reinke. Barbara Pfeil and all the other club members for their contributions to the food table.

Dinner and fellowship at Paddy Mac’s Irish Pub, where we celebrated John Rowley’s birthday. After dinner I know some stayed on to the hear the band.

Sunday: What a difference a day makes

31 boats racing. 6 races for A-fleet (14 total races for regatta), 4 races for B-fleet (12 total races for regatta)

We had beautiful wind with north, northeast direction. Great windward-leeward courses with 2 1⁄2 times around the course. A bit higher winds today than on Saturday. Saw very few A-rigs; it was mostly a B-rig day. Both fleets did a great job starting with only very few individual recalls. Some tangles and dismasting, but all boats survived the day. I know for my part as R/D life was sure a lot better. The final results for the whole regatta nothing really change at the top of each class.
However the top three finishers in Silver Fleet have a free ride to the top of A fleet for our next regatta in St. Pete.

Congratulation to both Baron Bremer and Carter Cain for the first place finishes in Gold and Silver Fleet. This was the first time Baron has ever won a first in Gold Fleet. Upon the urging of Joe Walter, the traditional dunking took place for the first time winner. Joe even got a little wet himself.

Gold-Fleet Results

   
1 Baron Bremer 81 50  
2 Bob Greer 52 68  
3 Joe Walter 24 79  
4 Skip Miller 412 81  
5 Bob Brown 111 92  
6 Jack Wubbe 23 100  
7 Tony Rieck 82 103* Tie breaker
8 Brett Biwer 39 103  
9 Fred Pfeil 10 105* Tie breaker
10 David Zahn 67 105  
11 Bob Dudinsky 95 112  
12 Harry Strunk 1959 114  
13 Doug Bowe 1759 120  
14 Bud Elder 13 131  
15 John Rowley 22 142  
16 Jack Ward 04 160  
17 Ed Gelina 87 164  

Silver-Fleet Results

   
1 Carter Cain 01 33  
2 Martin Raishbrook 31 39  
3 Tom Germer 62 40  
4 Tom Phillips 265 60  
5 Jim Pardee 72 70  
6 Bud Cassidy 1821 73* Tie breaker
7 Earl Mills 210 73  
8 Ole Kistler 55 81  
9 Jim Black US21 83  
10 Frank Vella 189 89  
11 Dave Harrington 25 101  
12 John Garver 60 103  
13 Ed Atkinson 47 106  
14 Brenda Pardee 12 146  
15 Henry Miller 92 156 Did not sail on Sunday
16 Bill Ewing 70 174 Did not sail on Sunday

Click here to see a slide show of the regatta by Bob Greer.