District 2 Championship

Perry Lake, KS, USA, August 20, 2023. This past weekend August 19th and 20th Snipe Fleet #597 hosted the District 2 Championships at Perry Yacht Club at Perry Lake Kansas.

The Snipe District 2 Championship regatta was expected to be hot (as pondered during an icy February meeting) and provide heated competition, but it was next level for the 14 boats from 6 different states. The representation was impressive and of particular note was many newer and younger Snipe sailors attending their first District champs, with 5 sailors under 21 years old and of note Elliot Scofield at “seven and a half” years old sailing with his dad Chris, were always in the mix.

Despite the hottest temperatures in the country the competitors and race committee had wind conditions that were very good overall.

The RC, led by Ron Holm was able to complete four races mixing Windward-Leeward and an Olympic course on Saturday with southern breeze ranging in the teens to gusts in the low 20 mph range. The shifty gusty conditions placed a priority on tacking, depowering in the puffs and boat handling.

At the end of Saturday Union Sailing Club’s Ryan Schubert with crew Amanda Kremer and Gene Soltero and crew Siobahn O’Neill-Schwenk from Dallas Corinthian YC were tied for the lead. Once ashore in the shade all enjoyed some fantastic Kansas City style smoked bar-b-que.

After a delay Sunday morning the wind filled in and three more races were completed in lighter conditions that built from 4 to about 7 mph testing the competitors tactics and light air boat speed.

Ryan Schubert and Amanda Kremer demonstrated their skill in all conditions with 4 bullets over 7 races.

The event would not have been possible without some great volunteers. Jill Huffmire and Sarah Melling provided much appreciated on shore support of food and keeping the beverages cold. Special thanks to Neal and Nancy Barkley for providing on-site smoked bar-be-que that rivals any restaurant. Special recognition to Richard Oben, Joe Glasgow, Jeff Dobbs and Kathleen Coode for their race committee work and Sean Kahlic for great pictures.

Final Results:

Place	Skipper, Crew		Totals pts
1	Ryan Schubert , Amanda Kremer	Union Sailing Club	10
2	Gene Soltero, Siobhan O’Neill-Schwenk	Dallas Corinthian YC	26
3	Doug Day, Pat Carr	Fleet 597 KC Metro	31
4	Joe Frey, Emma Brand	Lincoln Sailing Club	33
5	Tim Kelley, John Kelley	Fleet 597 KC Metro	35
6	Joel Erickson, Edik Erickson	Fleet 597 Killcreek YC	44
7	Dennis Miller, Anne Hansen	Lincoln Sailing Club	54
8	Chris Scofield, Elliott Scofield	INSA	59
9	John Buckley, Mary Buckley	Lincoln Sailing Club	61
10	Alexander Blitz, Kim Adam	Union Sailing Club	62
11	Art Matje, Karen Hawkins	Dallas Corinthian YC	74
12	Sydney Brown, Marcia Dority Baker	Lincoln Sailing Club	79
13	Mike Kuhl, Max Frey	Lincoln Sailing Club	87
14	Cait Park, Laura Selivanoff	Lincoln Sailing Club	93

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