20th Annual Shipwrights Regatta

See the complete gallery after the break.

The 20th Annual Shipwrights Regatta finally sailed on March 5th, after a postponement the week before due to snow, sleet, and high winds. The weather was considerably nicer for the second try, with 5-12 knots of wind, 40-50 degrees, and even a brief period of sunshine. 27 boats registered for the event, and 20 actually made it to the water. The course was a little confusing since the wind would not cooperate with the predetermined North or South choices on the Race Instructions. When you read the race results, please keep in mind that as many boats missed a rounding as not, and it was impossible for the Race Committee to keep up with who did and didn’t exactly follow the course. And then there were the inshore small boats who choose to do the “long course.”

It doesn’t matter. This is a “fun”, get your boat ready and your mind set for the racing season, kind of event.

May I have the Envelope Please, And the Winners Are ….

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2011 Shipwrights Regatta. Photo Gallery by Elizabeth Becker

Perpetual Awards were announced by our local and much appreciated MC. The awards were as follows:

TAKU AWARD (given to the first boat across the Start Line:  There was a tie between Dorado, Pegasus, and The Wizard. A drawing decided the winner, and that was Dorado, sailed by Joe Daubenberger and family.

PEG LEG (given to the overall winner):  No contention on this one. There was only one boat to finish within the allotted 2 hour time limit:  Mallard, an 18 foot open boat sailed by Tim Lemon. The winner of this first place award also has their name engraved on the Bronze Belaying Pin trophy which is kept in the new NWMC trophy case.

THE HOOK (given to the last boat to cross the finish line): Even though Crusoe has won any number of races in her division, this time Arren Day and the crew wrapped up the fleet.

THE GOLDEN TRIDENT (for the saltiest boat or crew): Bolt, the 19 foot Lightning sailed by Miguel Salguero, for sailing the long course and recovering from a chilly swim when a strap broke during the race.

DIRECTIONAL HELMET (for someone who gets lost or misses a buoy, or loses his directions):  Ed Barcott lost his wind direction several times during the race, it was reported, thus he wins the helmet this year.

WACK-O-MATIC (for the best use of misspent energy):  Dan Newland and his Pegasus Crew traded last year’s Peg Leg for this award. The reportedly spend a lot of time and distance trying to get around a missed mark.

WIRED CRUISING BOAT (for the first place in the Cruising division):  Satch Yarbrough on Step’n’Annie brought home the honors this year.

VAN HOPE COMMUNITY AWARD (For the most young people, or the youngest person, on a boat): Sea Marine donated a free haulout for this recipient and this year that goes to Ted Pike on Annie Too.
This year an additional award will be given to the crew of Bolt, since their whole crew was under 20 (but a Lightning hardly needs a haulout.)

MOST PICK-UP CREW (To the boat who takes on the most crew from the docks or skippers meeting, so that everyone gets to sail):  The Wizard (Dan Ginther and Piper Dunlap) won this and the Port of Port Townsend awarded a free Boat Haven haul out to them.

See the entire race results at the end of the article. We had wonderful, generous sponsors this year: Port Townsend Brewing provided the best beer in the state for the awards ceremony, Sunrise Coffee gave coffee for the skippers meeting, and both the Port and Sea Marine were very kind to donate a free haul out. We thank them all! The Port Townsend Sailing Association and the Wooden Boat Foundation/NWMC worked together to produce the race. Many people helped with the setup and take down of the whole event and Kathy Grace would like to especially thank them!! And of course, we couldn’t do it without the Race committee (Myron, Dave, and company), the mark and safety boat drivers (Erik Wennstrom and Anthony Francis) and the beautiful Sweet Roll committee boat volunteered and run by Carlyn Stark and Dale Nordland.

BOAT	SKIPPER	CLASS	TIME	PLACE	NOTES
Racing
Dorado	Joe Daubenberger	Racing	14:51:20	1
The Wizard	Piper Dunlap/Dan Ginther	Racing	14:51:52	2
Sirocco	Steve Scharf	Racing	14:52:02	3
Pegasus	Dan Newland	Racing	14:54:57	4
Annie Too	Ted Pike	Racing	15:13:16	5
Lotus	Chris Grace	Racing	15:16:34	6
Anuket	Peg Fury	Racing	15:28:17	7
Second Wind	Dwight Nicholson	Racing	15:33:28	8
Cruising
Step n Annie	Satch Yarbrough	Cruising	15:02:29	1
Perroquet	Antonio Salguero	Cruising	15:07:00	2
Pacemaker	Ed Barcott	Cruising	15:15:54	3
Erin	Steve Chapin	Cruising	15:17:32	4
deCapo	Scott Swantner	Cruising	15:19:45	5
NoName	Doug Bolling	Cruising	15:20:16	6
Crusoe	Arren Day	Cruising	15:32:03	7
Vixen	Vincent Townrow	Cruising	DNF
Inshore
Mallard	Tim Lemon	Inshore	14:49:51	1
Truant	Ronald Schmidt	Inshore	15:00:07	2
Bolt	Miguel Salguero	Inshore	15:20:45	3
nesting dinghy	Russel Brown	Inshore	15:08:15		did not register
Otter	Jeff Clithero	Inshore	DNF