2010 Soling 50 National Championship
By Stan Ogden
The
Bakersfield Model Yacht Club hosted the 2010 Soling 50 National Championship
Regatta on May 22nd and 23rd. On Saturday, the winds
ranged from 5 mph to almost 15 mph at times. There were dead spots on the pond
at Riverlakes, and also there were occasional gusts, which caused many Soling
50s to precariously plane downwind with bows down. It was exciting racing with
a few contacts and a couple of protests to the consternation for Ron Berg and
Filippo Busalacchi. Richard French won 10 out of 14 heats on Saturday with a
commanding lead at the end of the day.
On
Sunday the winds were lighter, but the racing was just as fierce. Ken Campbell
pressed and consistently beat Richard French, the leader on Saturday, but could
not quite make up the difference. Richard won 3 and Ken won 5 first place
finishes on Sunday, out of the final 10 heats. The other skippers winning first
place finishes were Ty Beach 2, Filippo 2, and Kim Robbins 1.
The winner of the J.D. Vincent
Craftsmanship Trophy for the most beautiful Soling 50 as determined and voted
on by the skippers was Ron Berg with Soling 50
#65. Ron's boat was red and white
with a beautiful chrome strip down the side.
Regatta Director was Chris
Staiger and Dave Ogden was an assistant and photographer.
Here are the results of the
regatta:
Place Skipper Sail # Home Points
1 Richard French 85 Bakersfield 34
2 Ken Campbell 81
San Diego 46
3 Ty Beach 11 San Diego 72
4 Filippo Busalacchi
1616 San Diego 82
5 Kim Robbins 711
San Diego 89
6 Ron Berg 65
Bakersfield 115
7 Tommy Busalacchi
1597 San Diego 128
8 Eric Conn 8
Long Beach 149
9 Judy Madsen 1580 Bakersfied 170
10 Bill Wright 125 Alameda DNC
