30 • October 10 - 23, 2014 • The Log U.S. Coast
Guard team wins third annual Patriot Regatta
By Rick Roberts
LONG BEACH — Members of the U.S. Coast Guard Team 1 won the third annual Patriot Regatta, held by Long Beach Yacht Club, to honor active duty members of America’s military. The event is supported by the USO and sponsored by Friedman’s Appliance, Miyako Hybrid Hotel, Belmont Athletic Club, Toyota Motor Sales, University of Southern California, Harken and Creative Productions More than 60 members of the Army,
Army National Guard, Navy, Air Force, Marines and Coast Guard all became sailors today as they took to the waters of Long Beach Harbor on the fleet of Long Beach YC’s Catalina 37 race boats, owned and managed by the Long Beach Sailing Foundation, for a day of training and racing under the supervision and guidance of skilled coaches. Coast Guard team members Raven
Perry, Paul Cirsci and Lisa Rogers posted three first place finishes out of the five race regatta under the skilled advice and encouragement from their experienced coaches; Dustin Durant, Chris Macy, Jack Bazz, James O’Sullivan and Jack Geortner. “We loved it,” said Perry. “We defi-
Sailors wave to spectators during the 28th annual Charity Regatta hosted by Long Beach Yacht Club. The race raises money to benefit The Children’s Clinic of Long Beach.
Local sailors turn out in support of LB Children’s Clinic
By Rick Roberts
LONG BEACH — The yacht clubs of Long Beach recently hosted the 28th annual Charity Regatta benefiting The Children’s Clinic of Long Beach with more than 70 sailboats in 12 different classes.
Long Beach Yacht Club, Alamitos
Bay Yacht Club, Seal Beach YC and Shoreline YC all hosted courses for the various classes, with Alamitos Bay YC hosting seven classes made up of Lasers, Laser Radials, Lidos, Sabots and Optimists racing in Alamitos Bay. Radien Mazin, of Alamitos Bay YC,
went undefeated with three wins in the Laser class as did Drea Keswater of King Harbor Yacht Club in the Laser Radial Fleet. On Long Beach YC’s course in Long
Beach Harbor off of the Belmont Veterans Memorial Pier, the father and son team of Ron and Mike Wood, ABYC, took first place honors in the Cal 20 class winning the first two races and getting a third place finish in the last race of the day. Lisa Meier, of Long Beach YC, won
all three of her races in the Catalina 37 class and another father and son team of Art and Scott Melendres, Long
Beach YC, also won all of their races in the Cal 25 class on the Long Beach YC course. Seal Beach Yacht Club set up their
Performance Handicap Racing Fleet (PHRF) course in Long Beach Harbor with 10 boats showing up on the start line. Ray Godwin, of Long Beach YC, and
his Farr 40 team won both of the races on corrected handicap time with Bob Zellmer, Transpac Yacht Club, finishing in second place. Shoreline Yacht Club ran their PHRF
Cruising Class course in Long Beach Harbor as well and Mark Thompson’s Erickson 38 finished in first place on corrected handicap time with Steve Anderson and his Catalina 30 taking second place. The Children’s Clinic was started in
1939 by a group of doctors and busi- nessmen who recognized a need for health care in Long Beach, especially in low-income families. But it wasn’t until 1987 that four local yacht club commodores got together and decided it was time to give back to the community. Pete Ives, of Long Beach YC, Hans Schoedl, of Shoreline YC, Tom Ramsey, of Alamitos Bay YC and Larry Lewis, of Seal Beach
YC had several meetings at each other’s homes to set the plan in motion that for 28 years has benefited The Children’s Clinic. Since that time, four more yacht clubs have joined the team: Long Beach Singles YC, Navy YC of Long Beach, Marina YC and the International Order of the Blue Gavel District 10.
Class winners
Long Beach YC Catalina 37, Lisa Meier, LBYC Cal 25, Art and Scott Melendres, LBYC Cal 20, Ron and Mike Wood, ABYC
Alamitos Bay YC Laser Fleet, Radien Mazin, ABYC Laser Radial Fleet, Drea Keswater, KHYC Lido 14 Fleet, Gabe Ferramola and Melody Wong, ABYC Jr. Sabot B Fleet, Roxanne Snyder, ABYC Jr. Sabot C Fleet, Luke Worsham, Leeway Sailing Center Sr. Sabot Fleet, Lee Berlinger, ABYC Optimist Fleet, Chase Dodd, LBYC
Complete results are available at
lbyc.org.
nitely learned a lot about sailing today. I’ve never sailed before but I definitely want to do it again.” Cirsci said, “Today was really exciting and a lot of fun. Our coaches were great and let us know what we should do. I never expected a sailboat race to be so intense.” Most of the teams had six to seven members the military plus four or five coaches. But U.S. Coast Guard Team 1 was two people short today and had to go with only three members of the mili- tary. “We started off shorthanded,” Rogers
said, “but our coaches really helped. We couldn’t have done this today without our coaches. “Last year we didn’t do so well, but
this year makes up for it,” he added. Director of the Patriot Regatta, Judy
Meyer, expressed why this regatta means so much to her, “I have the high- est level of respect for the men and women of our military who put their lives on the line, so I may feel safe and secure in my own life. Our military and their families are such a worthwhile group of people, I wanted to do some- thing nice for them. This regatta is my way of giving back and saying thank you.”
Final Results 1. U.S. Coast Guard 1, 6-2-1-1-1, 11 points 2. U.S. Army National Guard, 3-6-2-2-4, 17 3. U.S. Army 2, 4-1-3-6-6, 20 4. U.S. Navy 1, 2-9-5-4-2, 22 5. U.S. Air Force 1, 1-7-7-5-3, 23 6. U.S. Marines 1, 10-4-11-3-5, 33 7. U.S. Army 1, 8-5-8-8-7, 36 8. U.S. Marines 2, 9-3-10-7-8, 37 9. U.S. Coast Guard 2, 5-11-4-11-9, 40 10. U.S. Coast Guard 3, 7-10-6-9-10, 42 11. U.S. Air Force 2, 11-8-9-10-11, 49
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