Write-Up
Pacific Coast Championships - Columbia River Gorge, Oregon, USA
Another awesome long weekend with big breeze funnelling down the Columbia River Gorge!
All the 9 rigs stayed rolled tight inside their bags and the fleet had fun in 7s and 5s!
Thanks to Derek Bottles for his account;Pacific Coast Champs are done and it was the best regatta for us in the Aero yet. Very close racing, big improvements from everyone and classic Cascade Locks, Columbia Gorge Racing Association, sailing conditions of windy, sunny with warm air and water.
Dan came back from behind in the last two races to win.
Jay was second, local Gorge resident Andy Mack 3rd.
John (Jays son) 4th, very impressive for someone tipping the scales at 155Lbs or 70Kg. I held on for 5th.
We saw a lot of new guys in the boat with good results later in the event as they started to get gybes off in 20-30 knots. Lots of boat to boat racing all weekend for everyone.
Fantastic debriefs after sailing really helped close the gaps.
Results
12 races, 2 drops
Pos |
Sail |
Skipper |
Rating |
Club |
R1 |
R2 |
R3 |
R4 |
R5 |
R6 |
R7 |
R8 |
R9 |
R10 |
R11 |
R12 |
Total |
1 |
1384 |
Dan Falk [Aero 7] |
90.8 |
CYC Seattle |
1 |
[3] |
1 |
[2] |
1 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
15 |
2 |
1976 |
Jay Renehan [Aero 7] |
90.8 |
Seattle YC |
2 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
[OCS] |
1 |
1 |
[7] |
2 |
2 |
17 |
3 |
1514 |
Andy Mack [Aero 7] |
90.8 |
Seattle YC/HRYC |
3 |
[6] |
4 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
[5] |
3 |
1 |
4 |
4 |
28 |
4 |
1478 |
John Renehan [Aero 7] |
90.8 |
Waterway 17 SS |
7 |
4 |
5 |
4 |
[10] |
6 |
5 |
3 |
[20] |
4 |
3 |
3 |
44 |
5 |
1380 |
Derek Bottles [Aero 7] |
90.8 |
Seattle YC |
[8] |
2 |
3 |
6 |
5 |
7 |
[9] |
6 |
6 |
5 |
7 |
6 |
53 |
6 |
1127 |
Todd Willsie [Aero 7] |
90.8 |
CYC Seattle |
4 |
5 |
6 |
5 |
[9] |
5 |
4 |
4 |
7 |
[10] |
6 |
8 |
54 |
7 |
1969 |
JD Reddaway [Aero 7] |
90.8 |
CYC Seattle |
6 |
7 |
7 |
8 |
6 |
[9] |
6 |
8 |
5 |
6 |
[20] |
5 |
64 |
8 |
1244 |
Bill Symes [Aero 7] |
90.8 |
NHYC/WSC |
5 |
[20] |
[20] |
20 |
8 |
4 |
3 |
7 |
4 |
3 |
5 |
10 |
69 |
9 |
1644 |
Eric Becker [Aero 7] |
90.8 |
CYC Seattle |
9 |
10 |
8 |
7 |
7 |
11 |
10 |
9 |
[12] |
[16] |
9 |
7 |
87 |
10 |
1481 |
Dan Herron [Aero 7] |
90.8 |
TBD |
10 |
8 |
9 |
9 |
14 |
14 |
13 |
[16] |
9 |
[15] |
13 |
13 |
112 |
11 |
1250 |
David Rogers [Aero 7] |
90.8 |
CYC Seattle |
[20] |
[20] |
20 |
20 |
11 |
10 |
8 |
10 |
10 |
11 |
8 |
9 |
117 |
12 |
2081 |
Douglas Stumberger [Aero 7] |
90.8 |
CYC Seattle |
11 |
[20] |
[20] |
20 |
3 |
8 |
7 |
11 |
8 |
12 |
20 |
20 |
120 |
13 |
68 |
Martin Gibson [Aero 7] |
90.8 |
WSC/SSC |
[20] |
11 |
[20] |
20 |
20 |
13 |
15 |
13 |
11 |
9 |
10 |
12 |
134 |
14 |
5 |
Buff Wendt [Aero 5] |
95.5 |
CA |
[20] |
[20] |
20 |
20 |
13 |
12 |
12 |
12 |
14 |
8 |
14 |
11 |
136 |
15 |
7 |
JB Duler [Aero 7] |
90.8 |
St Francis YC, CA |
[20] |
9 |
[20] |
20 |
15 |
15 |
11 |
15 |
15 |
13 |
12 |
15 |
140 |
16 |
1726 |
Jacques Garrigues [Aero 7] |
90.8 |
CYC Seattle |
[20] |
[20] |
20 |
20 |
OCS |
17 |
14 |
17 |
13 |
14 |
11 |
14 |
160 |
17 |
1732 |
Graham Vaughan [Aero 7] |
90.8 |
CYC Seattle |
[20] |
[20] |
20 |
20 |
12 |
16 |
16 |
14 |
20 |
20 |
20 |
20 |
178 |
18 |
1247 |
Paul Gloster [Aero 5] |
95.5 |
Santa Barbara, CA |
[20] |
[20] |
20 |
20 |
20 |
20 |
20 |
20 |
16 |
17 |
15 |
20 |
188 |
19 |
1 |
Tom Burden [Aero 7] |
90.8 |
SSS |
[20] |
[20] |
20 |
20 |
20 |
20 |
20 |
20 |
20 |
20 |
20 |
20 |
200 |
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