Sunday, September 28, 2014

Dunedin Cup 2014

 
      The 30th Annual Dunedin Cup was held on September 27, 2014 at the Dunedin Boat Club.  The venue was the beautiful St. Joseph's Sound adjacent to Caladesi Island and Honeymoon Island.
Stu and Janet enjoying a pre race snack
     The Day Sailers and Windmills started together on the line with 6 Day Sailers and 5 Windmills.  We also shared the course with beach cats, Lasers and Sunfish.
     We had a decent start with flukey wind at 6-10 with thunderstorms looming in the eastern sky.  Mark and Lil got a great jump on the fleet with a good start, good tactics and good boat speed.  They had smooth sailing around the course while the other Day Sailers battled each other and the Windmills.  We definitely experienced the calm before the storm as the dark clouds moved closer.  Mark and Lil eked over the line in first place.  Chris and Dave managed to come from behind to squeeze out a second place just a few seconds in front of Stu and Andy.  All the boats managed to finish as new wind came up.  As soon as the race committee adjusted the course the wind switched back which had the storms coming at us again.  With lightening all around, the races were abandoned
and the sailors were sent to shore.  The "one race constitutes a series"  rule applied.
     Beer trucks, food trucks and awards at the Dunedin Boat Club followed.  No stinking storms dampened the spirit of the party.  Mark also had his signature stash of spiced rum.


Boat #
Skipper
Crew
Race
Pts
Pl
61
Mark Rother
Lil Epstein
1
1
1
13
Chris Kelly
Dave Kelly
2
2
2
11835
Stu Smith
Andy Reeves
3
3
3
14024
Bruce Kreutzer
Janet Kreutzer
4
4
4
0
Mike Richardson
(JJ) James Jinright
5
5
5
1052
Eric Kendall
Nate
6
6
6



First Place Team Mark Rother & Lil Epstein

The gang coming down
Stu and Andy

Bruce and Janet
Mike and JJ
Mark and Lil



Thanks to the Race Committee



 Dave Kelly hailing the wind gods.  They answered with a bolt of lightening.  Bruce looking for something up there.








1st, 2nd and 3rd place skippers with their cups on the right.

Chris, Bruce, Dave, Eric and his wife and Janet.


October 11th is Dunedin Boat Club gulf Race- no Day Sailer Race
Next Race is Saturday, October 18th at Belleair Causeway.  Noon skippers meeting.

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