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The Rio Grande Cup began six years ago as a club regatta aimed at promoting the RG65 class within the Duke City Model Yacht Club, which was the first to adopt RG65s in the U.S. It gradually grew over the years to include skippers from adjacent states, and this year saw a jump in participation in both numbers and distances traveled to attend.

 

The cup itself is a trophy topped by a small item of Navajo silverwork. Additional trophies are awarded for second through fourth place. This was the first year that required a fleet or group scoring system. The Race Committee and Club officers chose a variation of odd/even scoring in which the groups were periodically reinitialized so that the top skippers met each other more often than by chance. Eleven races were scored with one discard. In addition, a Sportsmanship Trophy was awarded based on a vote of the competitors, as a token of the respect the recipient earned from his or her competitors.

 

The event began with practice on Friday, which introduced the new visitors to our mild, shifty, and puffy winds. A photographer from the local newspaper showed up and a picture and announcement appeared in some editions on Saturday.

 

Skippers arrived Saturday to find the pond decorated with large banners courtesy of Carveth Kramer, a festive touch which has become a Rio Grande Cup tradition. Racing proceeded smoothly with clean starts and very few penalties in declining winds. A dinner was held at a local restaurant specializing in New Mexico cuisine.

 

Sunday saw even milder and more erratic winds, which challenged the competitors significantly. The day and the event wrapped up with lunch and the awards. Eric Rosenbaum continued his winning streak but was seriously challenged by Gary Boell. Next year should be interesting.

 

The Sportsmanship Trophy was won by Chandler Hill, who was also the youngest competitor, a fact that bodes well for our sport. Three commercial Dragon Force boats were entered. Richard Ball had the best finish of this group, followed by Allen Buzzell and Tony Solo.

 

The table below results gives the characteristics of the winning boats. Data for all boats, as well as a detailed breakdown of results, can be found at www.dcmyc.org.

 

Place               Skipper           Sail#    Pts

1          Rosenbaum, Eric         11        16

2          Boell, Gary                  16        21

3          McGill, Hap                74        28

4          Robertson, Jinja          188      30

5          Arciszewski, Lech       72        31

6          Grant, Larry                03        37

7          Dantas, Mauricio         171      38

8          Rasmussen, Lou          322      39

9          Eschman, Pete             71        52

10        Radcliffe, Kieth          87        53

 

Place               Owner                        Weight            Keel Depth        Rig                  Hull

1          Rosenbaum, Eric                   950 g               325 mm           Swing              Wahoo

2          Boell, Gary,                         1240 g             330 mm           Standard         Missel

3          McGill, Hap                         1400 g             295 mm           Swing              Luch

4          Robertson, Jinja                   965 g               340 mm           Swing              Little Best

 

Summary of the 2013 Rio Grande Cup for RG65s

Dates: October 25-27

            Location: Albuquerque, NM

            Host Club: Duke City MYC (#213)

            Entries: 22

            Winds: Light and highly variable

            Races Completed: 11

            Scoring: Modified Odd/Even

            Race Committee: Earl Boebert, Race Director, who thanks: Jim Scheibner, Finish Judge; Kathy Bailey, Scorer; Judy Boebert, Spectator Relations; Peter Roupas and Paul Boucher, Photographers.

 

By Ernest Freeland, Edited by Tom Phillips  

October 19-20, 2013

 

The 2013 Annapolis EC12 Regatta is in the books after twenty four races were sailed. Fourteen EC12 Skippers descended on Warrington Farm Pond in Queenstown, MD to vie for the 2013 title. It took a little patience but after about an hour the wind decided that it would offer something that was sailable. Jamey Betz was hot out of the gate with a bullet the first race of the day and that is where he sits after thirteen races for day one, on top of the leader board. Five skippers managed a win during the day, Betz, Brawner, Freeland, Mote and Ramos each managed at least one win, they also make up the top five sailors at the end of the day.

    Dave Ramos managed to defend his title from last year by winning three races and scoring nothing worse than a fifth on day two. The wind was shifty and up from yesterday. The top three that started the day remained the top three at the end of the day just in a different order with less than 5 points separating first thru third. Ramos, Brawner and Betz really distanced themselves from the rest of the fleet with strong performances over two days of sailing. With a win in the twenty third race Bill Ewing became the six skipper to add a win to his scorecard.

    Thank you to everyone who assisted in the clean up. A huge thank you to RD Scott Graf, Spencer Graf and TR Lamb for their assistance in making this such a great regatta. John Eger provided us with a great floating dock that allowed us to have a stable dry launching area. Without the assistance of all the volunteers' events like this would never happen.

 

Top 3 were Dave Ramos, Dave Brawner, Jamey Betz.

 

2013 Annapolis EC12 Regatta

By Reichard Kahle RD, Edited by Tom Phillips  

October 12-13, 2013

 

The 26th annual Wisteria Cup on October 12th and 13th. The 14 skippers had conditions that were quite frustrating. Saturday morning began with a postponement while we waited for some wind to appear. When it did, the fleet was launched and made their way around a 1 ½ lap course, barely making a wake with their wind indicators spinning around in circles. As the day went on, it was Rick Gerry who inched out to the top of the leader board. With 11 races completed Saturday and the first throw out subtracted, it was Ricky with 34 points, Gerry Cobley with 36 and Rick West at 37 for the top three.
    Sunday morning brought us some better winds but unfortunately it clocked around towards the north which is a bad direction for our lake. The big mover of the day was Alan Perkins who had four bullets, two seconds, a third, fourth and a seventh for the nine races sailed on Sunday. It still came down to the last race with son in law Rick Gerry sailing well but losing in the end by one point.
    The Top 3 were Alan Perkins with 54 pts, Ricky Gerry with  55 and Danny Thomas with 72.
The Wisteria Cup Trophy, which is given to the skipper who completes all of the racing and finishes with the highest score, is good for a free entry to next year's regatta. This year the winner was Jerry Fernald.
    A big thank you goes to Ron and Pauline Lacroix for the help running this event. Thank you skippers as well, for your behavior and making this a smooth event to run. Full Report, scores and photos on the EC12 Web site: