Spofford Lake Regatta
Sunday August 19, 2001
Spofford Y.C., Chesterfield, New Hampshire

It was a beautiful late summer day, but of those lazy days with light and variable winds. The start was delayed by one half hour to let the wind fill in, but as the gun went off the wind died completely. Eighteen Sunfish sailors looking at each other for the entire windward leg. Fortunately the wind gradually increased after the first leg, but for the rest of the day the direction fluctuated, sometimes up to 180 degrees. Certainly a challenge for the race committee to stay up with the changes for the starts. Luck played a definite part in the racing, however Nicky Einthoven was definitely the best sailor - getting firsts in both light and heavy wind conditions.

There were ten local sailors and eight from out of town. Thanks to the kind folks from Spofford Y.C. who provided great hospitality and a wonderful lunch at this beautiful spot.

Boats:	18
DNS:	19						Race			
							1	2	3	Total
1	49899	Nicky Einthoven		Ewing, NJ	1	2	1	 4 
2	52943	Malcolm Dickinson  Old Greenwich, CT	7	1	3	 11 
3	12417	Peter Beckwith		Wayland, MA     5	3	7	 15 
4	34183	Gerhart Menzel		Simsbury, CT    4	6	5	 15 
5	77696	Ernie Morris	Stafford Springs, CT   	3	5	8	 16 
6	45554	Edweard Hnath	Willington, CT          2	4	10	 16 
7	78410	Nelson Fegley		SYC		11	11	6	 28 
8	K	Alex Gemmell		SYC		8	19	2	 29 
9		Bob Lupien		SYC		6	14	9	 29 
10	78567	John Pappalardo		SYC		10	9	13	 32 
11	25217	Jason Gemmell		Norwalk, CT     15	8	11	 34 
12	6	Allan Pickman		Dublin, NH      14	7	14	 35 
13		Peggy Frehsee		SYC		9	16	12	 37 
14	71	Joe Calabro		SYC		12	10	16	 38 
15	19775	Gordon Geick	Collinsville, CT        19	19	4	 42 
16	E	Janice Warren		SYC		16	13	15	 44 
17		Jim Huntley		SYC		13	15	19	 47 
18	X	Bob Hof			SYC		19	12	19	 50 

Nicky Einthoven thanks the host club on behalf of the out-of-town visitors

The participants