Augie Diaz and Pam Kelly won the XXXI "COMODORO RASCO" ANNUAL REGATTA by one point to Kevin Funsch and Watt Duffy from New Orleans with Carr Moody and Rick Jarchow from Lauderdale Yacht Club in third place. These guys took all the silver for the main trophy! In the AICARDI FLEET David Crawford and Daniel Weberndorser took first place with Fernando Decardenas and Jeremy Roberts in second place.
We sailed 3 races on Saturday with a Northwesterly (Cold Front) 10 to 15 mph with gusts of l8. It was quite difficult with windshifts up to 20 degrees (this is why Don Hackbarth, lake sailor, beat me badly on Saturday) and pretty cold too (70 degrees!!) but SUNNY!! On Sunday we sailed 2 races. The first one still Northwesterly turning to the North at the end of the race. We had a great last race with a Northeast wind 10 to 15 still a little shifty.
Art Auwaerter, Race Committee Chairman, with the help of the COCONUT GROVE SAILING CLUB staff and members did a SUPER JOB running 5 perfect races with Olympic and Windward-Leeward courses.
Saturday Night we had the now traditional LASAGNA DINNER at Carmen's and this year was very well attended including the Commodore of the Coconut Grove Sailing Club Charlie Branning with the first lady Cherie, Art Auwaerter and many members of the Race Committee and of course, the Snipe sailors!
The Coconut Grove Sailing Club Commodore, Charlie Branning, presented trophies on Sunday to the 5 winners, skippers and crews, took pictures of them and proceeded to the most traditional "LA BOMBA" with the winners drinking of it while the sailors sang: LA BOMBA VA….LA BOMBA VA!!! And we all had a real good time! I have to say this was one of the best "COMODORO RASCO" REGATTA! THANK YOU COCONUT GROVE SAILING CLUB!!
Gonzalo Diaz, Sr.
Pos. Sail Skipper and Crew Club or Town Races Score 1 28810 Augie Diaz/Pam Kelly Coconut Grove S. C. 1-1-6-1-1 10 2 23044 Kevin Funsch/Watt Duffy New Orleans 2-3-1-2-3 11 3 29442 Carr Moody/Rick Jarchow Lauderdale Yacht Club 3-5-3-3-4 18 4 28044 Pedro Lorson/Lori Lowe Sea Cliff, New York 4-6-4-4-2 20 5 29014 Don Hackbarth/Carlos Guevara Atlanta Yacht Club 5-4-5-8-8 30 6 29511 Ernesto Rodriguez/Bergie Montarroyos Miami Snipe Fleet 6-2-2-DNC-6 31 7 28814 Gonzalo Diaz, Sr./Gonzo Diaz Coconut Grove S. C. 8-7-DNF-5-5 39 8 25172 Gordon and Cindy Hackstaff St. Petersburg, FL 7-10-8-6-9 40 9 25484 David Crawford/Daniel Weberndorser Miami Snipe Fleet 10-13-7-7-7 44 10 23391 Fernando Decardenas/Jeremy Roberts Coconut Grove S. C. 9-11-9-12-11 52 11 28466 Robin Baker/Janet Plitt Palm Beach S. C. 11-8-10-DNC-10 54 12 28791 Jim Janda/Alex Guerrero Marathon S. C. 12-9-13-10-14 58 13 26486 Jay Chen/A.J. Suarez Coral Reef Y. C. 13-12-11-11-12 59 14 23623 Robert Ramirez/Arthur Roggeband Coconut Grove S. C. DNF-14-12-9-13 62