2000 Texas State Championship
March 25 - 26, 2000
Galveston Boat Club
Galveston, TX

Hank Saurage won the 2000 Texas State Championships held at Galveston Boat Club, in Galveston, Texas. Hank broke open a tight regatta with a come from behind win in the first race on Sunday and held on after breaking his mainsheet block in the second to secure the regatta.

Seven races were held on Offatts Bayou in Galveston, which produces incredibly close, tactical racing, where almost no lead is safe and you never feel out of any race. This weekend was no different as Saturday saw 4 winners in 4 races and left 7 sailors within shot of winning the event. Hank took command on Sunday when after hitting the pin and the pin end boat during the first start, sailed a beautiful race to score a win and grab the regatta lead. Second place then came down to a final race shoot out between Bishop and Ash that included a great tacking duel up the final beat that wasn't decided until the final 50 yards.

Galveston Boat Club will be hosting their annual regatta July 29 - 30. This regatta has drawn well over 50 boats for years and 60 are expected this year. Come see why it's the perfect place for Sunfish.


PL Skipper             Sail# Pts    R1   R2   R3   R4   R5   R6   R7    Total Throw

 1 Hank Saurage        75200  12     2    3    8    1    1    1    4       20     8
 2 Ash Beatty          42563  19     5    1    9    2    6    4    1       28     9
 3 Bishop Stieffel     43681  20     1    5    5    5    2   13    2       33    13
 4 Joanne Weberlein    76599  29     4    2    1    4   12    6   25       54    25
 5 Roy Shaw            78036  30     3    6   13    3   11    2    5       43    13
 6 David Wilson        77828  31     7   10    3    7    4    3    7       41    10
 7 Brown Horner           10  37    11    9    2    6    3    9    8       48    11
 8 Chris Friend        60001  42    12    7    4   20    5    5    9       62    20
 9 Charles Milby          34  44     6    4   15    9    7   17    3       61    17
10 Bob Sobotik         77941  70    21   12   16   12   10    7   13       91    21
11 Phil Spletter       77924  79    13   18   19   10   14    8   16       98    19
12 Larry Hill          77142  80    18   13   12   16    9   12   25      105    25
13 Vic Manning         80119  81    16   14    6   11   19   15   21      102    21
14 Shannon Galloway        6  82     9    8    7    8   25   25   25      107    25
15 Malcolm Jones       82998  87    25   16   17   15   18   11   10      112    25
16 Ken Womack             -   88    22   19   14   18   13   10   14      110    22
17 Chris Buchanan      34379  88    10   20   10   17   17   14   25      113    25
18 Jim Uroda           89925  89    14   11   22   19   16   18   11      111    22
19 Jack Aldis          48600  95    15   17   11   13   21   20   19      116    21
20 Ray Plepys          76658  97     8   21   26   26    8   19   15      123    26
21 Jeff Daigle             9  103   20   22   18   14   15   16   20      125    22
22 Tom Boren           88553  106   17   15   21   22   20   21   12      128    22
23 Mike Husley         86730  130   23   24   26   21   22   22   18      156    26
24 Vickie Stones       77083  136   19   23   24   23   24   24   23      160    24
25 Mike Mankins        78128  139   24   25   23   24   23   23   22      164    25