26 • August 1-14, 2014 • The Log
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At left, Team of Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club of Australia celebrate their victory. Above, Team San Diego YC members pose with their medals.
Another victory
Sam Gilmour was able to best Nevin Snow of San Diego Yacht Club in the fifth race of the Governor’s Cup Finals, July 20 at Balboa Yacht Club. Gilmour of Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club of Australia, and Snow of San Diego YC each won two races in hotly contested tackling duels despite the light wind and changing con- ditions.
In the final race, Gilmour was able to be
about 7 seconds ahead at the first mark, and prevailed in their tacking duel. The two top skippers have been competing against each other in a variety of events. Both raced in the Gov. Cup in 2012 when Snow placed 4th and Gilmour 5th. Both have won Gov. Cups – Snow in 2011 and Gilmour just last year. Up to date information, at
balboayachtclub.com.
Glory for grown-ups in 4th of July Regatta By Rich Roberts
LONG BEACH — The message sent by Alamitos Bay Yacht Club’s Fourth of July Regatta was that little boats aren’t just for kids.
The two most prominent winners
were Aine McLean Fretwell and Chris Raab. Fretwell, although measuring 5 feet 2 1/2 inches in height, is a mother of three from Mission Bay Yacht Club in San Diego. With teenager Matt Cappetta as crew, she won the Snipe class Pacific Coast Championship linked into the regatta with four second places, wins in Sunday’s last two races and an earlier fifth-place she was able to discard. She was the only female skipper in the 10-boat fleet. Raab, with Scott McKeiver as crew, won the last six of nine races to bury the Lido 14 dinghy competition in a buildup to that class’s Nationals at Alamitos Bay YC next month. Fretwell said: “I’m thinking I may wake up from one wild dream. This is the big one for me. I’ve done well in some women’s events, but I like to com-
level at 10 to 12 knots Sunday, and she and Cappetta thrived in it.
But it was interesting
that she came up short of a crew only two days before the event.
Someday soon her
own kids may join her on the boat. She has a daughter, 9, and twin son and daughter, age 6. They may be back. “This is really fun,” she
said. “I love sailing out here.” So does Raab, who has
Snipe PCC champion skipper Aine McLean Fretwell with crew Matt Cappetta and Jennifer Kuritz , Alamitos Bay Yacht Club commodore.
pete with all the sailors.” She beat out three-time PCC winner
and current Snipe district champion Doug Hart by 17 points and first-day leader Eric Heim by 21. “We weren’t aggressive enough in playing the conditions,” Heim said. “Aine was just fast all weekend. She owned it.” The breeze rose just to whitecap
also excelled in Cal 20s and
Lasers. “We put in a little training, with the Nationals coming up,”
he said. Three fleets — Viper 640s, Cal 20s
and Tempests — were eliminated from competing because of an electrical breakdown in the boat hoists earlier in the week. The smaller Snipes were able to launch manually using Alamitos Bay YC’s small hoist.
All others —16 Lidos and 29 Naples Sabots — launched from the ramp.
Bay classes (nine races; one throwout)
LIDO 14 A (13) — Chris Raab/Scott McKiever, ABYC, (4)-2-2-1-1-1-1-1-1-1, 10. LIDO 14-B (3) — Stephen Mueller/Liz Perry, ABYC, 3-1-1-1-1-1-1-(4/DNC)-4/DNC, 13. NAPLES SABOT-A — (2) Erik Hou, Newport Harbor YC, (2)-1-2-1-1-1-1-1-1, 9. NAPLES SABOT- B (3) — Brett Peoples, ABYC, 1-(2)-1-1-1-1-2-1-1, 9. NAPLES SABOT-C1 (4)— Tara Rogers, Long Beach YC, 1-1-2-2-2-(3)-1-3-2, 14. NAPLES SABOT-C2 (10)— Bobby Little, ABYC/CYC, 1-2-2-2-3-3-(7)-1-1, 15.
The regatta is one of Alamitos Bay
YC’s four traditional holiday sailfests, following May’s Memorial Day Regatta and preceding the Labor Day and Turkey Day (Thanksgiving) regattas yet to come.
Class winners Ocean classes (seven races; one throwout) SNIPE (10 boats) — Aine Fretwell/Matt Cappetta, Mission Bay YC, 2-(5)-2-2-2-1-1, 10 points. INTERNATIONAL 14 (3) —Cameron
Puckey/Jake Sokorsky, Alamitos Bay YC, (1)-1- 1-1-1-1, 5.
Rich Roberts photo
Mary Longpre of Longpre Photos
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