Event Reports
2006

We had a great turnout. Ten schooners with a couple of Skipjacks thrown in just for fun. That made for a total of twelve captains in all. Dave Querin traveled the farthest coming from Ohio with his Sharpie. Speaking of Sharpies, four new ones (Tom Younger, Richard Rogers, Al Suydam and Buck McClellan) made their debut bringing the total to six, including mine. Ed Gera brought his newest bugeye model of the Brown Smith and Jones. Herb Jones, Marty Hayes and Mike Summers rounded out the field of schooners. Len Addiss and Butch Garren were the Skipjack sailors.

The weather was beautiful with light and variable winds . A few of the Sharpies managed to plane briefly, always a thrill. A good turnout of first mates added to the fun and made for another outstanding lunch . During lunch a brief discussion of schooner class rules was led by Al Suydam concerning static judging at the upcoming Vintage Watercraft Regatta. We will try and get something out on these changes soon. The afternoon finished out with more racing, seven races in all.

	1st	2nd	3rd
Race #1	Al Suydam	Mike Summers	Buck McClellan
Race #2	Al Suydam	Richard Rogers	Mike Summers
Race #3	Mike Summers	Buck McClellan	Marty Hayes
Race #4	Buck McClellan	Marty Hayes	???
Race #5	Marty Hayes	Buck McClellan	Mike Summers
Race #6	Mike Summers	George Surgent	Tom Younger
Race #7	Tom Younger	Mike Summers	Marty Hayes

It was a beautiful day at CMM. Plenty of sun and more than enough wind. If the sharpies weren't planing they were on their sides. Five schooners made the event. ( Marty Hayes and #8 VIVIAN, Herb Jones #00 MISS PEG, Al Suydam #22 sharpie, Ed Gera no# terrapin sharpie, George Surgent#777 BAY BOY) We had eight races in all. Al Suydam dominated the first five races until he ripped the clew out of his mainsail while hoisting it from the water, Ouch! Al was on his way to an otherwise perfect day. Herb Jones took the honors with consistent sailing through out the day. As usual a great lunch was served under the light house. Racing resumed after lunch with continued high winds.

	1st	2nd	3rd
Race #1	Al Suydam	George Surgent
Race #2	Al Suydam	Herb Jones	George Surgent
Race #3	Al Suydam	George Surgent	Herb Jones
Race #4	Al Suydam	Marty Hayes	Herb Jones
Race #5	Al Suydam	Herb Jones	Marty Hayes
Race #6	Marty Hayes	Herb Jones	George Surgent
Race #7	Herb Jones	Marty Hayes	George Surgent
Race #8	Marty Hayes	Herb Jones	George Surgent

Len Addis was the race chairman, keeping score and starting races. Eight schooners were in attendance. It was a beautiful day, good racing, good food, good friends!!!

	1st	2nd	3rd
Race #1	Herb Jones	Marty Hayes	Buck McClellan
Race #2	Al Suydam	Herb Jones	Buck McClellan
Race #3	Al Suydam	Marty Hayes	George Surgent
Race #4	Buck McClellan	George Surgent	Herb Jones
Race #5	Marty Hayes	Herb Jones	Buck McClellan
Race #6	Buck McClellan	Marty Hayes	George Surgent
Race #7	Al Suydam	Marty Hayes	Tom Younger
Race #8	Herb Jones	Marty Hayes	Al Suydam

Kent Wells bought Marty Hayes' NY 50. He also has a smaller "America" that was built by Doug Bremmer. Kent sailed the "America" too. Ed and Elsie Gera brought a few friends from the Havre de Grace Museum. Ed had problems with his Sharpie but his friend sailed Ed's Bugeye. Marty's batteries went bad so we just did some fun sailing. Winds were light to moderate that favored "Miss Peg". Got hot in the afternoon, so we sat around and yacked some and called it a day. Nice fun day.

	1st	2nd	3rd
Race #1	Herb Jones	Marty Hayes	Kent Wells
Race #2	Herb Jones	Marty Hayes	Kent Wells
Race #3	Marty Hayes	Herb Jones	Kent Wells
Race #4	Herb Jones	Marty Hayes	Kent Wells