Alamitos Bay Memorial Day Regatta
MAY 25-26, 1996
Alamitos Bay YC

Watch out for Jerry's Woody!

Friday was looking bad. Rain in Southern California, holiday traffic
and car accidents littering the freeways. All but Craig Leweck made it
OK.  Craig and his wife Lisa had to stop at the hospital Saturday
morning to have another baby boy, Trevor. Congratulations.

Saturday began with more breeze in the morning than normal for Long
Beach. This made a few people overdress only to roast in their foulies
as the afternoon sun came out. Four races were sailed Saturday in
conditions ranging from flat water and five knots to ten knots and
chop, then going back to five knots and chop. Jerry Thompson (who
admitted to having seven Snipes in storage in Long Beach) sailed a
beautiful wood boat that he named "My Big Woody" for the regatta. We
gave Jerry's woody some extra room at the tight spots.

The wind gods brought out more breeze on Sunday and we raced three
races in 10-15 knots of breeze. I don't know what Argyle Cambell did
Saturday night but he didn't show us his usual speed on Sunday and
slipped back to third. With over ten classes sharing one start and
finish line there were some close calls on the water. Chuck Tripp
tried to call Starboard on a Cal 20 at a leeward mark. OOPS! The Cal
20 hit Tripp and moved him a bit sideways. The boats were all right
but Chuck didn't fare very well in the protest room. He was too slow
with his red flag and the protest was disallowed.

After it was all over George Szabo and Eric Wilcox won with a Mylar
jib, Tom O'neil and Laurel Timpson were second and Argyle Campell and
Ruth Pauline were third.


        ALAMITOS BAY Y.C.
        SNIPE MEMORIAL DAY REGATTA      MAY 25 & 26, 1996

   Sail No.   Competitor    1    2    3    4    5    6    7     total

1   28672   GEORGE SZABO    2    5   .75   2    2   .75  (8)    12.5
2   23678   TOM O'NEILL    (8)   3    5   .75   7    3   .75    19.5
3   28815   ARGYLE CAMPBELL 4   .75   3   (13)  8    2    7     24.75
4   24016   CHUCK TRIPP     3    2    7   (9)   4    5    4     25
5   28446   JIM GRUBBS      5   (10)  9    5   .75   7    3     29.75
6   23588   KEITH DODSON    7    6    2    4   (9)   6    6     31
7   25715   JEFF LENHART    9    8    8    3   (11)  4    2     34
8   24702   JERRY THOMPSON  12   4    4    6    3    8   (17)   37
9   28679   JEROME FOURNIER 11   7    6   (12)  5    10   5     44
10  27567   DAVID TILLSON   .75  9    10   8   (17)  11   17    55.75
11  26104   SHAWN BENNETT   6    11   11   11   6    12  (17)   57
12  26166   GRANT HILL      10  (14)  13   10   10   9    9     61
13  20560   MIKE BARTELL    13   12   12   7   (17)  17   17    78
14  23753   JORGE A. SUAREZ 15   15   14  (17)  13   13   10    80
15  25976   DAVID YOFFE     14   13  (17)  17   12   17   17    90
16  28464   CRAIG LEWECK    (17) 17   17   17   17   17   17   102

-- George Szabo