1996 Eastern Region Championship


Eastern Lakes Regatta sailed on Button Bay March 2nd, 1996 in beautiful weather when everyone else on the east coast was getting a massive snow storm.

Ice condition: Snow ice fine pebbly surface smoothing through out the day as the temperature rose.

Weather: Partly cloudy; Temp 27 - 35 F. winds 10-18 knots with 15 degree shifts

Course length: 1-1/2 Stature miles

Race Committee and commandant: Peter Hill (ran a good race - try to figure that start!!!)

One of the best conditions this year. The race was sailed on great ice with good weather and a perfect sunset over the Adirondacks. The winds alternated between light air and heavier air giving a good wide variety of conditions.

The race was topped off with a pizza fest at the Brush's who graciously opened their home to the competitors. Who would have expected the topic to turn after passing the bottle of advil (there were seven races run in less than 5 hours) to the potential IDNIYRA adoption of the new materials proposal from the North American fleet of IDNIYRA. What does it mean for next year if the fleet won't know the results of the IDNIYRA vote until sometime between 12/15 and 1/1/97? Will sailors build fiberglass spars anticipating adoption of the new regs on spec? There was no consensus.

Some sailors tried to sail Sunday, but with the intermittent snow squalls and white outs by 2:00 everyone was off the ice and on the road and happy to have sailed another day.

Results were as follows:

 1st    M. Obrien       US 3456
 2nd    J. Kent         US 3535
 3rd    D. Connell      US 1630
 4th    P. Gervais      US 4626
 5th    J. Spalding     US 4340
 6th    D. Brush        US 4009
 7th    D. Terwillinger US 4244
 8th    J. Harlow       US 4699
 9th    B. Condon       US 4099
10th    R. Saccardo     US 4897
11th    M. Mc Cauley    US 4762
12th    B. Burgess      US 4823
13th    T. Cox          US 4306
14th    R. Meumuller    US 1766
15th    Irene Gonin     US 4417
16th    E. Witcomb      US 4775
17th    Luc Buxton      US 3758

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