Thank you, David Stong, for being the RD for the day.
It was another beautiful day at the Pond, with a solid turnout from both the ODOM and Soling 50 fleets.
Results are posted below:
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Points Day Results – ODOM’s & Soling 50’s (July 12, 2025)
Category: Sail
Pete Jefferson DF95 Masters Regatta Results
Today was a good day to go sailing in San Diego. The Pete Jefferson award was happening for DF 95’s.
Eleven skippers showed up for the challenge – aka The 12 Race Masters Series ribbon run. Conditions were 4-6 knots from the west.
Really great group. Sportsmanship was high that really made this day a blast and the dogs from Bobs grill (pond dogs) were the lunch break treat.
Dennis Rogers won the day with Chris Staiger in second and Larry Grant in third.
Jess Atkinson was our RD and the host. He ran a smooth and fun event as usual.
Tri-Dragon Team Challenge – Final Standings
Perfect sailing conditions greeted the twelve competitors for the inaugural Tri-Dragon Team Challenge; the first of its kind in Travelers Trophy history. Six teams fought hand-to-hand in tightly sailed matches all afternoon. Many heats were decided by lead changes just before the finish. The Championship was determined by the Final Race of the day between Team Red and Team Green. Congratulations to the winners and all the participants! (Special thanks to Len Bose who gave up his racing spot to a fellow competitor to help Umpire the Event!)
Excellent Video and Commentary courtesy of Dr. Jim Sears!
Points Day Results – IOM’s & DF95’s (June 21, 2025)
First to kick off yesterday’s racing was the IOM’s.
Gerry Wold signed up as RD for both classes and he certainly had a challenge ahead of him. The breeze was coming from the direction every Argonaut holds with much disdain, across the pond!
Fortunately there was a bit of West in it ( At times?) and Gerry was able to set courses that stretched the length of the pond. This was going to be ‘one of those days’, the wind swirled, there were plenty of holes and mother nature just kept everyone guessing the whole day.
After winning the day, I have to say that it wasn’t due to me being the fastest, perhaps just the luckiest. :O
Add another seven boats and we saw the DF’s hit the water. Same challenges but now with the increased number of boats, everyone’s chances of getting ‘lucky’ were a whole lot less.
“Go left young man” seemed to be the strategy but that was sometimes easier said than done.
Even with quite a biased line at the North shore end, the fleet fought for the pin end and if you got away cleanly you were in good stead. (Not so easy to achieve).
BUT, even then the top mark was like a roulette wheel, enter the zone and cross your fingers. :O
Apologies for setting it there but more so for not moving it after the IOM’s.
Sailing two boats sometimes causes some time management issues. :(.
All in all the racing was extremely ’sporting’, penalties were taken appropriately and there was a high level of consideration amongst the competitors for the challenging conditions.
Congrats to the podium placegetters and congratulations to all all competitors for turning up and making it a great day at the pond.
If you havent already entered the TT teams event next weekend, get your entry in it’s going to be great fun and ’something different’.
Or even just drop down and bolster the numbers in the peanut gallery. 🙂
Thank you Kerim, Gerry and Jon for collecting the marks and putting the boat Etc. away.
Regards
Chris
Points Day Results – Soling 50’s & ODOM’s (June 7, 2025)
What can I say about today? Not a whole lot without using some graphic words not suitable around children. June gloom is in full swing. Today was about survival, as in surviving the fickle winds. On the plus side; it wasn’t raining. It was really only fun for those that played the lucky shifts correctly. Chris Davidson laid out the course and Steve Delva ran a tight ship as RD for both classes. Thanks Steve!
Despite the challenges the Soling guys had a fairly tight fleet in a mix of short and medium courses in shifty wind mostly out of the NW. In the end, Larry Grant prevailed and Gerry Wold had a very strong showing.Despite the challenges the Soling guys had a fairly tight fleet in a mix of short and medium courses in shifty wind mostly out of the NW. In the end, Larry Grant prevailed and Gerry Wold had a very strong showing.
The ODOM guys followed with all medium courses in pretty much the same challenging wind conditions. Larry Grant again dominated the fleet with Kerim Baran and Jess Atkinson hot on his heels.
A big thanks to Kerim, Steve Delva and Gil for collecting the marks and cleaning and putting the skiff away!
-Pat N.