1999 US Masters Championships

Somebody said, "It couldn't be done!", but Indianapolis Fleet 409 did it. The U.S. Masters Championship Regatta entertained 27 entries with extremely low water, good winds, great and challenging courses, 5 races, super parties, and wonderful camaraderie. That is what Snipe sailing is all about! Masters sailors came from California, Florida, Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, New York, and all points in between. Winds were 10-15 mph in the first two races, 5-10 mph in the third race, and 12-18 mph in the final two races. Jerry Thompson was forced to leave early due to the passing of his mother, but Jerry, Terry Timm, Scott Cline, Jim Richter and Dick Tillman had a battle royal in every race for first overall. In the end, it was Terry who hit the shifts when he needed to, and he won the 1999 U.S. Masters Championship Trophy.

--BUZZ LEVINSON

		FINAL STANDINGS

Terry Timm/Mark Spicknall	  2  1  1  1  2  -- 6.75 M
Scott Cline/Cindy Cline	  1  2  2  4  4  -- 12.75 A
Jim Richter/Julie Richter	  5  4  3  3  3  -- 18 M
Dick Tillman/Linda Tillman	  3  6  4  5  1  -- 18.75 M
Cliff Browning/Pattie Gully	  10 9  7  10 14 -- 50 A
Randy Fridlund/Mary Fridlund 12 10 10 13 5  -- 50 A
Bob Herdrich/Chris Herdrich	  9 17 15  6  6  -- 53 A
Buzz Levinson/Gwen Marshall	  7  5 17  2 23  -- 54 GM
Bruce Hurst/Correne Walmler  20 7  9  12 7  -- 55 M
Bob Foster/Glenn Foster	  11 16 8  9 11 -- 55 GM
Tom Townsend/Jack Townsend    8 20 6  17 13 -- 64 A
Fritz Gram/Jane Gram		  16 11 5 11 DNS -- 68 M
Sam Mollett/Joe Lassaux	  17 12 18 7 DNF -- 78 GM
Tom Kling/John Constantine	  24 21 12 15  9 -- 81 A
Steve Snider/Mark Chouqutte  14 19 23  8 19 -- 83 M
Dick Hand/Lori Guban		  13 14 DNS 22 8 -- 85 M
Jerry Thompson/Katie Heywood  4 3 DNS DNS DNS -- 87 M
Bill Worster/April Worster	  18 15 22 18 15 -- 88 A
Frank Hiatt/Patsy Hiatt	  15 18 14 24 21 -- 92 GM
Bill Flack/Jaimie Gilhooley  22 24 27 14 17 -- 104 M
John Muhlhausen/Ken McGinity 23 13 16 DNS DNS -- 104 M
Dave Nickels/Rosie Mitchell  21 27 20 19 18 -- 105 M
Fred Hegel/Ronnie Hagel      25 25 24 21 12 -- 107 M
Paul Zent/Jerry Sentman      27 23 21 20 20 -- 111 GM
Ray Sepanski/Andrea Sepanski DNS DNS 11 DNS DNS -- 121 GM
Nick Longsworth/Elke Longsworth 26 26 24 23 DNS -- 124 GM
Frank Clevenger/Larry Bennet DNF 28 26 25 22 -- 129 GM

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