Ponchartrain Yacht Club
DATE? 1996
Kevin Northrup, sailing in his first circuit event, nearly swept the Back to School
Regatta, winning four of six races. Early downwind problems got him into trouble, but good
upwind speed and hitting every shift just right made up for the leeward losses. Sailing
near the likes of Hank Saurage and Ash Beatty, Kevin picked up some good off the wind
tricks and techniques and by the 5th race, no longer had a disadvantage downwind.
Pictured above, Hank Saurage (75200) leads Kevin Northrup (no number) and Bishop
Stieffel(43681) to the leeward mark in race five.
Hosted by Ponchartrain Yacht Club with Tommy Harris as RC and Dave Bolyard as Markset, the
races were managed nearly to perfection. This was a feat considering the Sunfish fleet was
27 strong and there were two other courses with a total of 120 boats to host.
PL Skipper Total R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 1 Kevin Northrup 10.00 1 3 4 1 1 1 2 Bishop Stieffel 26.75 11 1 2 4 3 6 3 Ash Beatty 28.00 2 4 3 6 6 7 4 Hank Saurage 31.75 16 2 1 7 2 4 5 Trin Ollinger 35.00 6 7 6 5 8 3 6 Ellis Ollinger 38.00 3 9 11 2 5 8 7 Todd Edwards 39.00 9 6 7 3 9 5 8 Gilly Chamberlain 47.00 5 5 5 11 7 14 9 Kippy Chamberlain 64.00 10 8 9 12 13 12 10 Jerry Blouin 75.00 19 10 8 10 18 10 11 Peter Kahle 81.00 8 13 20 14 15 11 12 Daniel Kolenich 81.00 12 12 12 18 14 13 13 Bruce Lindheim 84.00 14 19 17 9 16 9 14 Tommy Meric 87.00 15 20 18 28 4 2 15 Clinton Edwards 87.00 7 14 13 15 10 28 16 Johnny Potts 87.00 18 17 10 16 11 15 17 Bonner Cordell 95.00 17 15 16 19 12 16 18 Ann Edwards 97.00 13 16 15 8 17 28 19 Herb Sumrall 97.00 4 18 21 17 20 17 20 Peter Sladovich 119.00 20 11 19 13 28 28 21 Chris Buchanan 125.00 21 21 14 20 21 28 22 Alva Carbonette 129.00 24 22 22 21 22 18 23 Mark Albert 130.00 23 23 23 23 19 19 24 Philip Kliebert 135.00 22 24 24 22 23 20 25 Conner Aucoin 149.00 25 25 25 28 25 21 26 E.J. Gammage 154.00 26 27 27 28 24 22 27 C. Caldwell 163.00 27 26 26 28 28 28