Herb Shear Classic – Final

Mission Bay, May 17-18, 2014. Results and regatta report by Eric Heim - photo courtesy of Judy Tillson The 2014 Herb Shear Classic was held on May 17-18 at Mission Bay Yacht Club. 23 Teams took to the course to compete for top honors while 3 Classic Snipes were on display all weekend as a bit of eye candy. Everyone was glad that the hot and dry Santa Ana conditions abated for the event and gave Fire Crews all over Southern California a welcome change in fortunes as well. Wind direction was a very shifty Southwest all weekend. About 10-12 knots on Saturday and 7-10 on Sunday made sure that everyone had their chance at the front of the fleet at some point (even if it was short lived while Randy Lake and Kate Shehan flew by). ...

by Eric Heim 05/19/2014

Mission Bay, May 17-18, 2014. Results and regatta report by Eric Heim – photo courtesy of Judy Tillson

The 2014 Herb Shear Classic was held on May 17-18 at Mission Bay Yacht Club.

23 Teams took to the course to compete for top honors while 3 Classic Snipes were on display all weekend as a bit of eye candy. Everyone was glad that the hot and dry Santa Ana conditions abated for the event and gave Fire Crews all over Southern California a welcome change in fortunes as well.

Wind direction was a very shifty Southwest all weekend. About 10-12 knots on Saturday and 7-10 on Sunday made sure that everyone had their chance at the front of the fleet at some point (even if it was short lived while Randy Lake and Kate Shehan flew by).

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The eventual winners scored 5 wins out of 7 races, discarding a third to finish with a total of 7 pts! Fleet 495 stayed true to the Snipe Class motto with Serious Sailing and Serious Fun. After racing on Saturday, everyone made the trek to the Krebs home in Point Loma for a celebration in remembrance of Sailing Legend and past World Champion Earl Elms. The atmosphere was fantastic with Sailors joining Fisherman and many other groups all in attendance who told their favorite Earl stories and enjoyed tons of fresh seafood as well as hoisting plenty of beers in memory of our hero.

Big thanks to John Fretwell (District Governer) who organized the regatta, Pete Hunter who served as PRO, Jim Graham for helping to incorperate the Classics into the format, and Eric and Carolyn Krebs for hosting the party. Congrats to team Lake/Shehan on a solid win. Maybe you guys can put on a clinic before the PCC’s in July at ABYC to keep the scores a little closer!

Photo gallery courtesy of Judy Tillson)

(other photos: Mission Bay Yacht Club – Edna Johnson)

Place	#	Skipper	Crew	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Total
1	28854	Randy Lake	Kate Sheahan	1	1	– 3	1	1	2	1	7
2	28687	Scott Sinks	Johannes McElvain	2	2	4	– 5	5	4	2	19
3	30109	David Tillson	Cole Harris	8	6	– 11	2	3	1	6	26
4	29941	Doug Hart	Ryan Hopps	3	5	1	3	7	– 9	8	27
5	30800	Rick Arneson	Diana Waterbury	5	4	2	– 16	10	3	9	33
6	30337	Eric Heim	Neil Gompf	6	11	– 12	6	2	12	3	40
7	29248	Aine Fretwell	Austin Tipp	– 17	3	7	7	11	7	5	40
8	28858	Nick Kaschak	Krystal Treiberg	4	– 15	5	10	6	8	13	46
9	28857	John Fretwell	Taisei Hatter	11	8	9	– 13	8	11	4	51
10	30113	Bob Bowden	Gus Wirth	7	– 14	10	8	13	6	11	55
11	30550	Matt Cappetta	John Cappetta	14	7	– 18	4	9	13	12	59
12	23965	Matt Hecht	Jackie Cappellini	9	– 17	6	9	12	16	10	62
13	29013	Chris Wright	Lauren Wright	13	13	14	– 21	4	10	15	69
14	29811	Scott Dalin	Meghan Sheehan	– 20	9	17	11	14	5	16	72
15	30733	Packy Davis	Molly Davis	12	16	13	– 17	15	15	14	85
16	30687	Seth Siegler	Ben Constant	15.8 rdg	– 18	8	18	15.8 rdg	17	18	92.6
17	29702	Lanny Coon	Xavier Mollina	19	– 21	20	20	16	14	7	96
18	29646	Aimee Heim	Kim Stanford	10	12	15	12	– 24 dnc	24 dnc	24 dnc	97
19	29166	Danny North	Darin Hayden	15	– 22	16	15	19	18	19	102
20	30611	Ray Treppa	Benji	18	10	22	14	17	– 24 dnf	24 dnc	105
21	29044	Sonya Smith	Kelly Loomis	16	– 19	19	19	18	19	17	108
22	29316	Todd Smith	Kathy Black-Smith	21	20	21	– 24 dnc	20	20	24 dnc	126
23	30359	Amanda Majernik	Mark Majernik	22	– 23	23	22	21	21	20	129