1998 Southern California Traveling Trophy
Gavin O'Hare, the newly elected fleet captain for the Mission Bay Fleet, and wife Holly, captured the 1998 Traveling Trophy for Southern California. The O'Hare's sailed in all the events for the year and consistently scored in the top ten of the regattas that counted. Current US National Champ, George Szabo, was a close second but fell short when he was not able to sail in the Herb Shear due to his participation in the Western Hemisphere & Orient Championship in the fall. This year's events included:
Feb 14-15 Apr 25-26 July 25-26 Oct 4-5 Oct 17-18 Oct 31-Nov1
SCAYC Herb Shear Lake Lake Coronado Carolyn Nute
Midwinter's MBYC Huntington Cachuma One Design MBYC
Total Points
1 Gavin O'Hare 96.00
2 George Szabo 92.00
3 Dave Tillson 78.25
4 Doug Hart 72.25
5 Randy Lake 68.25
6 Gene Ratliffe 67.50
7 Ken Redler 67.25
8 Kevin Dumain 64.25
9 Craig Leweck 57.50
10 Chris Snow 57.25
11 Bob Bowden 56.00
12 Jerome Fournier 53.00
13 Tom Nute 53.00
14 Chuck Sinks 52.00
15 Don Bedford 46.00
16 Keith Dodson 45.50
17 Carolyn Brown 45.25
18 Bill Campbell 42.00
19 George Walker 42.00
20 Hugh Vanderspeck 41.00
21 Tom O'Neill 37.00
22 Chuck Tripp 37.00
23 Jim Grubbs 35.00
24 Jeff Lenhart 34.00
25 Jamie Fontanella 30.00
26 Rick Merriman 30.00
27 Rick Arenson 28.00
28 Bob Jackman 28.00
29 Jim Elms 27.00
30 Steve Stewart 26.00
31 Robin Gales 20.00
32 Scott Lindley 20.00
33 Russell Oiring 19.00
34 Shawn Bennett 18.00
35 Jack Franco 18.00
36 Nick Wilder 18.00
37 Gregg Morton 17.00
38 Craft 16.00
39 Packy Davis 16.00
40 Joe Harvard 16.00
41 Vince Kalish 15.00
42 Dana Moore 15.00
43 Neil Sentura 15.00
44 Charles Jenkins 14.00
45 Kent Sisk 14.00
46 Grant Hill 13.00
47 Poontious 13.00
48 Dave Schibler 12.00
49 Irvine 10.00
50 George Suarez 10.00
51 Shawn Zabelski 10.00
52 Charles Heimler 9.00
53 Craig Storms 9.00
54 Rob Pinkle 8.00
55 David Yoffie 8.00
56 John Papadopoulos 7.00
57 Nancy Grubbs 6.00
58 Juan Tellez 6.00
59 Rowena Carlson 5.00
60 Todd Smith 5.00
61 Jerry Thompson 5.00
62 Robb Walker 5.00
63 Stacie Szabo 4.00
64 Carey 3.00
65 Robert Hunt 3.00
66 Marks 2.00
67 Dan Powell 2.00
68 Mark Barra 1.00
69 Johan Lodenius 1.00
70 Tom Perry 1.00
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