Tampa Bay Cat Sailors do not have an official website but they did distribute an e-mail this morning concerning the results of the race. I can’t attach the complete Sailwave results since the Forum software limits you to TXT, GIF or JPG. Here is the final placement and the descriptive e-mail from TBCSI.
1 T4.9 221 Hagan, Mike Rich, Carter 1 2 1 1 4 1 = 6.
2 T4.9 262 Lindsay, Jennifer Stern, Seth 2 1 4 2 3 3 = 11
3 T4.9 189 Harnden, Chuck Harnden, Mavis 3 5 2 4 1 4 = 14
4 T4.9 32 Coffman, Michael Coffman, Theodora 4 3 3 DSQ 2 2 = 14
5 T4.9 213 Crawford, Mike Williams, Ron 6 4 5 5 6 6 = 26
6 T4.9 AUS 184 Simmons, Kirt Ruesink, Geert 8 7 7 3 5 5 = 27
7 T4.9 194 White, Rick Woodruff, Stan 5 6 6 OCS 7 DNS = 33
8 T4.9 215 Maples, John Danis, Rob 7 8 DNF 6 8 7 = 36
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Attached are the Sailwave results (as HTML) for the Taipan 4.9 Nationals/A-Class/Open Multihulls held at Gulfport Yacht Club, Gulfport, Florida on November 9-10, 2002.
GYC is planning this regatta as an annual event. It was a great event held at a gem of a club. Gulfport Yacht Club members went to great lengths to make all sailors feel welcome. There were a lot of GYC volunteers to help make everything run smoothly. The Taipan Nationals Regatta if run to this standard could become a must attend event if you enjoy well run and fun regattas.
The weather was cooperative. Both days were sunny and warm. Saturday the winds were a little fluky but Sunday they steadied out at 8-10 knots.
TBCSI offered a variety of races including gates and the traditional triangles. This was a good test for all the sailors and really tested their abilities.
The competition was intense especially in the Taipan 4.9 Nationals. There was a huge prize for the first place winner. The Taipan manufacturer offered to supply the food and accommodations, charter boat and entry fee for the winner to attend the Australian Taipan Nationals in Australian in January 2003. This trip includes 5 days before/after the Nationals for sightseeing. The only thing the winner has to pay for is air fare.
Mike Hagen and Carter Rich (the first place winners) abdicated their prize to the second place winners (Jennifer Lindsay and Seth Stern). Jennifer and Seth (both TBCSI members) are heading for Australia in January. They have promised updates to us so that we can keep TBCSI members informed.
These results were also in Monday's St. Petersburg Times sports section.
