Bold Mothers Intergalactic Regatta

Once again the Bolde Mothers Regatta at Cuba Lake in western NY provided a wonderfull weekend of sunshine (mostly), good breeze (mostly) and the HUGE Genesse Beer Truck (allways). Sixteen Snipes, along with 8 Lightnings attended this year. The promised miserable weather (it is called Dismal Valley after all) never materialized. In my 7 years attending this regatta, it has never lived up to that reputation!

Racing got underway on Saturday morning as things were drying out from the thunderstorms on Friday night. The glassy lake gave way to a 5-7 knot southwesterly breeze which makes for a nice beat up one leg of the lake. Dick/Moe Mitchell jumped out to a nice lead by tacking (gracefully, even when 7 months pregnant!) on the shifts and lead around all marks. Fritz/Jane Gram, Alex/Lisa Pline and Chris Haines exchanged positions right up to the finish.

The second race was pretty much a carbon copy with Mitchels having a comfortable lead, with John/Adrienne Korkoz mixing it up in the top five. After lunch the third race got underway as the breeze was lightening. Pline/Mitchells started next to each other and remained close around the course. On the last leg the breeze was down to a whisper with a group of boats, including Plines and Mitchells, off on the generally unfavored left side. It looked really ugly for a while when the boats on the right had slightly better breeze and angle. Near the port tack layline a (very) small puff came in with Pline getting it first (a lefty even!). Korkoz's coming in from the right managed to just sneak in front of Mitchells at the finish.

The Saturday night pig roast was, as usual, delicious. The Plethora of kids at the regatta provided intertainment as they "danced" to the band.

After the breeze made a few false starts directionwise, the third race got underway with Mitchells and Plines again starting close. They ended up splitting sides of the course but no one gaining favor as they came back together in some traffic. Plines faired slightly better rounding the windward mark first as several boats tacked on Mitchells. The breeze continued to fill to about 10 knots with the rich getting richer in the still shifty breeze. Bill Buckles/Joe Murphy had a strong race to finish second, just in front of Jno Disch and the Mitchells.

During the awarding of trophies, regatta chairman Leo Murphy showed his cool by not missing a beat in his presentation, eventhough a youngster desiring the attention of the crowd, decided at that moment bathing suits were optional! Many thanks to the Cuba Lake Yacht Club and Leo Murphy for hosting another great Bolde Mothers Intergalactic.

Final Results:

Pl  Skipper/Crew		       #1      #2      #3      #4      total
--  -------------------------         -----   -----   -----   -----    -----
1.  Alex/Lisa Pline			2	2	1	1	5.5
2.  Dick/Moe Mitchell			1	1	3	4	8.5
3.  Dirk/Buddy Kneulman			5	5	5	8	23
4.  Fritz/Jane Gram			4	3	8	9	24
5.  John/Adrienne Korkoz		9	4	2	11	26
6.  Jno Disch/Bill			6	6	12	3	27
7.  Bent Poulsen/Id Crook		7	9	6	6	28
8.  Bill Buckles/Joe Murphy		13	13	4	2	32
9.  Darryl/Susan Waskow			8	12	7	5	32
10. Chris Haines/			3	7	11	13	34
11. Leo Murphy/Jennifer Ayers		12	10	9	7	38
11. Matt Heywood/Russell		11	8	10	10	39
12. Pieroti				10	11	dnf	12	39
13. Robb Hays/				14	14	14	14	56
14. Mike McCart/Julie			15	16	13	16	60
15. Dave Whyman/Osian			16	15	15	15	61
16. Bill/Nancy Willmarth		dns	dns	dns	dns	68

-- Alex Pline