for the
GYA
Sunfish Championship
August
12 & 13, 2000
Gulfport Yacht Club, Gulfport, MS
The 2000 GYA Sunfish championship (the Galloway Regatta), hosted by Gulfport Yacht Club, brought the Gulf coasts best sailors together for a weekend of hard racing. The conditions were difficult with wind conditions never exceeding 7 knots but this did not dampen the competitors spirits. The fleet of twenty five boats was one of the largest in recent Galloway history. The competitors came from as far as Texas and Florida, all with aspirations of becoming the most recent Galloway champion. The weekend showed that consistency is the key to big fleet racing. The competitors who managed to continually sail to thirds fourths and fifths prevailed while those competitors who were more erratic found themselves looking in from the outside come trophy time. Zane Yoder of Fairhope Yacht Club was the winner when the regatta came to a close on Sunday, but his win was not uncontested. Cardwell Potts of Southern Yacht Club pushed Zane falling just short and Hank Saurage finished third. The top woman was Leslie Dane (Pass Christian Yacht Club) and the top Senior was Ash Beatty (MISA) The underlying story of this great weekend though had to be the remarkable Jr. turn out, as fourteen of the twenty five competitors were younger than eighteen. This boast well for the future of the sunfish class and sailing in general. The winner of the Jr. class was David Blouin (Southern Yacht Club), followed closely by Marcel Marquette (Southern Yacht Club), and Schaeffer Dane (Pass Christian Yacht Club), who finished second and third respectfully. In all the weekend could not have gone better if it was scripted.
Results
Pos |
Div |
Name |
Sail# |
|
R1 |
R2 |
R3 |
R4 |
R5 |
R6 |
Drop |
Total |
1 |
S |
Zane Yoder |
2469 |
|
5 |
1 |
2 |
10 |
5 |
3 |
10 |
16 |
2 |
S |
Cardwell Potts |
86728 |
|
7 |
2 |
6 |
1 |
2 |
12 |
12 |
18 |
3 |
S |
Hank Saurage |
75200 |
|
12 |
3 |
12 |
3 |
1 |
6 |
12 |
25 |
4 |
S |
Bishop Stieffel |
43681 |
|
8 |
5 |
8 |
4 |
3 |
17 |
17 |
28 |
5 |
M |
Ash Beatty |
42563 |
|
3 |
9 |
9 |
5 |
20 |
4 |
20 |
30 |
6 |
M |
Tom Whitehurst |
78268 |
|
1 |
16 |
19 |
7 |
4 |
5 |
19 |
33 |
7 |
J |
David Blouin |
68854 |
|
6 |
4 |
7 |
11 |
6 |
13 |
13 |
34 |
8 |
J |
Marcel Marquette |
77570 |
|
9 |
6 |
10 |
17 |
9 |
1 |
17 |
35 |
9 |
J |
Schaeffer Dane |
31 |
|
2 |
13 |
5 |
16 |
15 |
2 |
16 |
37 |
10 |
J |
Karl Kleinschrodt |
76453 |
|
13 |
8 |
26 |
2 |
14 |
9 |
26 |
46 |
11 |
J |
Finley Ward |
78025 |
|
10 |
10 |
22 |
12 |
8 |
7 |
22 |
47 |
12 |
S |
Ellis Ollinger |
86522 |
|
4 |
19 |
1 |
18 |
21 |
8 |
21 |
50 |
13 |
J |
Sam Waller |
73703 |
|
11 |
11 |
17 |
8 |
13 |
11 |
17 |
54 |
14 |
J |
Andrew Eagan |
0 |
|
17 |
15 |
16 |
9 |
12 |
10 |
17 |
62 |
15 |
S |
Clinton Edwards |
77348 |
|
14 |
12 |
15 |
15 |
7 |
16 |
16 |
63 |
16 |
S |
Leslie Dane |
112 |
|
15 |
20 |
18 |
6 |
10 |
18 |
20 |
67 |
17 |
J |
Katje Riise |
78347 |
|
16 |
22 |
4 |
23 |
16 |
14 |
23 |
72 |
18 |
M |
Peter Weuscher |
87460 |
|
18 |
18 |
11 |
13 |
17 |
21 |
21 |
77 |
19 |
J |
Melissa Chapoton |
773481 |
|
23 |
21 |
14 |
14 |
11 |
19 |
23 |
79 |
20 |
M |
Mike Carron |
65715 |
|
19 |
7 |
23 |
20 |
19 |
15 |
23 |
80 |
21 |
J |
Charlie Cady |
85987 |
|
22 |
17 |
3 |
21 |
23 |
23 |
23 |
86 |
22 |
J |
Meredith Price |
77893 |
|
20 |
14 |
21 |
19 |
18 |
22 |
22 |
92 |
23 |
J |
Wynne Taylor |
711 |
|
21 |
26 |
13 |
22 |
22 |
20 |
26 |
98 |
24 |
M |
Leo Potvin |
61 |
|
24 |
23 |
20 |
25 |
25 |
24 |
25 |
116 |
25 |
J |
Lauren Byrd |
6885 |
|
25 |
24 |
24 |
24 |
24 |
25 |
25 |
121 |