Florida Sunfish State Championship
Boca Ciega Yacht Club hosted the Florida Sunfish State Championship on October 23-24.
Twenty-seven sailors arrived on Saturday morning prepared to compete on the coldest
weekend thus far this season, brrrr.
Three races were held on Saturday with winds ranging from 15-20mph with moderate chop.
Jeff Linton proved that with a long hiatus from sunfish sailing he has not lost his
winning ability. Jeff won all 3 races on Saturday, even with flipping in one of the
races, as Charlie Clifton, and Joe Blouin challenged him moderately.
Saturday night we all gathered for a Looney Party. Really, that was the name of it,
Boca Ciega's Annual Looney Party. Well the sunfish sailors felt at home, go figure.
We all dressed looney (yellow and black were the going colors), tapped the keg, ate
some food, and you can imagine the rest.
Sunday was much colder than the previous day. We all gathered on the beach waiting
for the first brave sole to hit the cold water. Dave Kaighen and Paul Strauley
started out. The rest of us didn't hear any screams of agony so we followed their
lead.
The wind was much lighter on Sunday, ranging from 5-15mph with moderate chop. Jeff
had to work a little harder on Sunday as Paul Strauley and Gail Heausler, in separate
races, gave him a run for his money. Jeff held on to win all 3 races on Sunday and
once again be named the Florida Sunfish State Champion.
POS SKIPPER R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 TOTAL 1. Linton, Jeff 0.75 0.75 0.75 0.75 0.75 0.75 4.50 2. Clifton, Charlie 3.00 2.00 5.00 5.00 3.00 4.00 22.00 3. Honour, Steve 9.00 7.00 8.00 4.00 11.00 2.00 41.00 4. Spray, John 4.00 5.00 14.00 10.00 4.00 6.00 43.00 5. Heausler, Gail 6.00 6.00 9.00 6.00 2.00 17.00 46.00 6. Strauley, Paul 13.00 9.00 6.00 2.00 13.00 3.00 46.00 7. Pantall, Rick 11.00 14.00 7.00 3.00 7.00 9.00 51.00 8. Elliott, Tony 5.00 8.00 13.00 8.00 9.00 8.00 51.00 9. Strauley, Mindy 10.00 15.00 11.00 13.00 5.00 5.00 59.00 10. Hamilton, Pat 8.00 10.00 10.00 12.00 6.00 16.00 62.00 11. Heyne, Joel 12.00 17.00 3.00 7.00 18.00 14.00 71.00 12. Kaighin, Dave 14.00 18.00 4.00 9.00 16.00 12.00 73.00 13. Montero, Jay 16.00 13.00 18.00 11.00 10.00 13.00 81.00 14. Vilardebo, Nate 15.00 12.00 15.00 14.00 19.00 7.00 82.00 15. Blouin, Joe 2.00 3.00 2.00 DNS DNS DNS 91.00 16. Reeves, SarahBeth 19.00 19.00 12.00 16.00 14.00 11.00 91.00 17. Rother, Mark DSQ 11.00 17.00 15.00 12.00 10.00 93.00 18. Blodgett, Lois 21.00 23.00 19.00 17.00 8.00 18.00 106.00 19. Carney, Ed 20.00 21.00 21.00 18.00 15.00 15.00 110.00 20. Acker, Don 18.00 16.00 20.00 19.00 17.00 20.00 110.00 21. Koch, Rod 7.00 4.00 16.00 DNS DNS DNS 111.00 22. Barron, John 23.00 25.00 22.00 21.00 21.00 19.00 131.00 23. Garber, Loretta 24.00 24.00 23.00 20.00 20.00 21.00 132.00 24. Dixon, Jeremy 17.00 20.00 DNF DNS DNS DNS 149.00 25. Meyer, Barbara 25.00 26.00 24.00 22.00 DNF DNS 153.00 26. Huff, Sandy 22.00 DNS 25.00 DNS DNS DNS 159.00 27. Clifton, Cindy DNS 22.00 DNF DNS DNS DNS 162.00