Wildcat 2006

Acknowledgements

I thank Bob Ray for running the chase and photography boat. This isn't the first year Bob has run a chase boat for this regatta. But this year, he took both me and Terri Loewen out on Saturday for a series of great photo ops. Thanks, Bob. I can't pass up a chance to mention the roast pork prepared by the Shipes & Eads barbecueing team. A trap baited with that would have a good chance of catching Osama bin Laden if he had missed a few meals. It was great.

Principal Race Officer Louie Adiano describes the decline of Sunday's wind during the morning

The Oooops File

Some sailors just can't put a bad start behind them, and it's really crazy to try to drown yourself to exonerate shame. Finally the little girl got control of the situation and the team continued to race as if nothing more than a lost hat was the issue. You don't see this kind of behavior much at regattas, but just because the paparazzi photographer caught it for Florida Multihull Sailor, the site probably won't be nominated for a Pulitzer prize. But you all can enjoy the scene anyway.

The winners are:

If I have mistakenly identified a person in the following photos, please email me, especially if you can supply the correct ID.

Class	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
A Cats	Mike Binford	Doran Oster	Jeff Shapiro
F16	Terry Beck	Robi (Wilder Robles)	Pete Pollard
Hobie 14	Cheryl Johnson (left)	Bob Johnson	Bill Brooks
Hobie 16	Mike Burley Geri Price	Becca & Chuck Pickering	Robert Murph Marianne	Burnin'Vernon & Daniel Kuftic	Javier Junco Kate Brennan
Hobie 16 Continued				Pete & Arden Haley	Steve & Delaney Caron
Portsmouth High	Jerry & Conner Wolfe	Bob Henderson	Randy Berman Rick Uschold	Cindy & Walter Adams
Portsmouth Low	Frank Rodericks	Mark Baker & Rainer Binding	Dennis Bedgood & John Fondrk	Dave Ellis Garrett Eriksen	Richard Rayburn Jeff Herter