May

1. Results from Saturday 5/4
2. Thanks to Jim Gregory - See you soon!
3. Welcome to Jim Carrick

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1. Results from Saturday 5/4

Saturday, May 5, 2002 was the second fleet race of the season, this one hosted by Jim Gregory with some Whaler help provided by Jeff Mosely. Results are posted on www.sfetchells.org

(Synopsis by Jeff Holder, as 1168 did not sail--the Hillsborough Concours d'Elegance was this weekend and our '57 Mercedes was featured at the show and chasing the Porsches down Hwy 1)

The top 3 boats fought it out, with 1091 winning the regatta by wining the last race, and thus the tiebreaker with 1169. 1169 was over early in the third race, and they took there time to decide whether to go back and restart, after they went back, they made a very impressive bid to get back
into the hunt, sailing from a very DFL position to finish 4th in that race.

John Sutak on 901 had excellent speed all day, and parlayed that speed into 3 second place finishes and one third place. Jeff Moseley on 1091 continued with his hot hand after doing so well in the San Diego Midwinters, winning Saturday's event with two thirds and two bullets.

The fleet welcomes Jim Carrick, who just bought Jim Gregory's 776. Jim had a few nice mid fleet finishes before retiring after two races.

Wind started out relatively light (10 - 12kts) and built as the day went on to about 15 -18 kts. Although we had an ebb tide, the water was pretty flat.

It was a classic Circle race, in that boats were forced to play either the pressure on the left, or the tidal advantages on the right. Additionally, the boats that punched hard right at the top, were rewarded with a nice 3 or 4 degree lift all day as they approached the mark on starboard. The first race had a pretty short beat in order to stay out of the way of the cruisers, (Oops, I mean Vallejo racers). Once they were gone, Jim lengthened the beat. The overall race committee work was superb.

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2. Thanks to Jim Gregory - See you soon!

Jim Gregory, a long time member of Fleet 12 with 776, Air Tuna, is leaving today to start an 18 month sailing adventure starting in New Zealand. We all wish him the best of luck. Besides being a very consistent racer, missing very few races, Jim often raced with his family, including his brother, his wife and his sons. Jim filled many positions on the Board, has been Scorekeeper and was the developer of the Fleet 12 website for 2 years. Besides all this responsibility, Jim has done very well on the racecourse, and has done particularly well travelling to regattas, including good results in San Diego.

Jim, his wife Deb, and his two sons Chris and Pat, will take delivery of their very racy Schumacher 55 very soon and sail the Pacific with her, the current plan is to be back in San Francisco in 18 months.

You can get an insight into their plans and their beautiful boat at http://www.jdgregory.com/Family/Pacific%20Cruise/Cruise%20Frames%20Page.htm

Start begging now and maybe Jim will have you on his new boat sometime!

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3. Welcome to Jim Carrick

Among other things that Jim Gregory has done well, at a very busy time for him, was to sell his fast boat to someone who will race it actively. This weekend was the first race for 776 under the new management, James Carrick, watched by the old guard on the RC boat.