W.D. Schock Memorial Regatta

March 6 & 7, 2004

Hosted by Newport Harbor YC

This regatta started out on a blustery Saturday with a few boats experiencing breakdowns and finished on a day that started with fluky Santa Ana winds which eventually lost out to a westerly ocean breeze.  The defending Class Championship team of Mark Gaudio and John Papadopoulos started the regatta with a string of first places (some from "come from behind" situations) but Sunday was a different story all together as they fell down in the next three races, managing 3rds at best.  This brought the competition much closer with the final race being a battle between Gaudio/Papadopoulos and the team of Kurt Wiese & Greg Rogers.  Kurt could only win by finishing 1st or 2nd in the 6th and final race.  Mark match raced Kurt in the prestart to try to push them back into the fleet.  Kurt used a conveniently moored boat as a pick to break away from Mark.  Mark let up and didn't pursue after that, giving Kurt the chance to regroup and pull off a satisfactory start - leading to a first beat battle.  A commercial harbor tour boat driving through the race messed up Team Gaudio enough to let Kurt get ahead.  Soon after, the three top boats (Gaudio/Papadopoulos, Wiese/Rogers, and Robertson/Frederick) converged near the shore of Lido Island.  Gaudio/Papadopoulos found themselves in a tight spot having to keep clear of Robertson who was on a starboard tack coming off the shore but Wiese was in the way so Gaudio called out to Wiese for room to tack.  The result of all this was a bit messy - Kurt ended up doing a penalty turn for fouling Gaudio which gave Gaudio exactly the advantage he needed to get back in control and cover Kurt the rest of the way around the race course.  Phew!

This rough report was brought to you by your bruised Lido 14 reporter John Papadopoulos.

The following results were taken from www.nhyc.org.  A single throw-out was provided.

A Fleet Boat Skipper & Crew Club R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 Total
1 5151 Mark Gaudio & John Papadopoulos BCYC 1 1 1 (4) 3 3 9
2 6240 Kurt Wiese & Greg Rogers NHYC (4) 4 2 1 1 4 12
3 6200 David Levy & Kim Zuelsdorf BYC 3 3 5 3 (8) 2 16
4 2614 Freddie Stevens & Fred Stevens ABYC 2 2 4 (6) 5 5 18
5 77113 Stu Robertson & Erin Frederick MBYC (15\DNF) 15\DNC 3 2 2 1 23
6 5051 Bob Yates & Patrick Kincaid NHYC 6 6 8 (9) 6 7 33
7 3579 Eric Bohman & Tiffany Bohman AYC (11) 10 11 5 4 6 36
8 3281 Dave Smith & Jeanne Smith ABYC 9 5 (10) 10 7 9 40
9 5127 Nancy Davidson & Missy York BYC 5 9 12 8 9 (15\DNS) 43
10 4300 Grant Williams & Barbara Williams MBYC 8 7 9 (11) 11 8 43
11 4960 Dave Carroll & Noel Naff MBYC 7 8 6 (15\DNS) 15\DNS 15\DNS 51
12 4000 Larry Walter & Sara CYC 13 (15\DNC) 15\DNF 7 10 10 55
13 4532 Mike O'Neill Anacapa YC 12 12 7 12 (15\DNS) 15\DNS 58
14 1967 Dan Rossen & Randy Carper SSYC 10 11 (15\DNC) 15\DNS 15\DNS 15\DNS 66
B Fleet Boat Skipper & Crew Club R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 Total
1 6015 Roger Tilton & Pat Tilton MBYC 1 1 (2) 1 1 1 5
2 41110 Roy B. Woolsey & Natalie Mock LIYC 2 2 1 (5\DNF) 4 2 11
3 3171 Denise Murschel & LeeAnne Bale-Fish Triton YC 3 3 3 (5\DNF) 2 3 14
4 2453 Marcel Hughes & Mike Stein SCA (5\DNS) 5\DNS 5\DNS 2 3 4 19

R.C.Chair: John Drayton
Jury Chair: Ken Frost
Scorekeeper: Jenn Lancaster