1997 NEIYA Regatta Results 

Doc Fellows Regatta:

The Doc Fellows Regatta was run on Sunday February 2, 1997 after one month of postponements. The conditions on Webster Lake, in Webster MA were smooth clear ice, 35-40 degree temperatures and 3 to 10 mph westerly winds.

Five races were run starting after an early morning lull that had pilots reminicing about the postponed New Englands regatta attempted on Mallets Bay in 1996 when the entire fleet showed up and the wind failed to materialize.

Nevertheless after a short delay racing began shortly after noon and continued until the last race around 4:00pm. 

18 boats registered and 15 boats completed the last race. No accidents or collisions occurred during the race although, due to the softening ice, one pilot Bob fell through thin ice while attempting to retrieve caution flags posted near open water holes. Apparantly the warm weather during the day weakened the ice and extended the range of the bad ice significantly.

The results of the race are as follows:

CLASS 
PILOT 
SAIL NUMBER 
RACE #1 
RACE #2 
RACE #3 
RACE #4
RACE #5 
THROW 
OUT
TOTAL 
POINTS
GOLD 
PLACE
SILVER 
PLACE
DN 60 Gold 
DN 60 Gold 
DN 60 Gold 
DN 60 Gold 
DN 60 Gold 
DN 60 Gold 
DN 60 Gold 
DN 60 Gold 
DN 60 Gold 
DN 60 Gold 
DN 60 Silver 
DN 60 Gold 
DN 60 Silver 
DN 60 Silver 
DN 60 Silver 
DN 60 Gold 
DN 60 Gold 
DN 60 Silver 
Jeff Kent 
Dave Koshiol 
Jay Spalding 
Matt McCauley 
Jim Papagiris 
Steve Madden 
Don Coe 
Stewart B. Hamel 
Scott McDowell 
Peter Ashley 
Francois Assenlin 
Leo A. Healy 
Amos Heckendorf 
Jack Erikson 
Carl Merrick 
Paul Zucco 
Eben Whitcomb 
Willis Goodwin 
US 3535 
US 4621 
US 4340 
US 4762 
US 4004 
US 4512 
US 00 
US 2013 
US 4315 
US 4442 
US 4938 
US 1925 
US 3388 
US 3186 
US 4374 
US 3791 
US 4775 
US 4675 
1 
2 
5 
7 
4 
13 
11 
3 
6 
10 
8 
9 
14 
15 
17 
16 
12 
18 
1 
2 
3 
4 
8 
9 
7 
5 
11 
6 
12 
10 
14 
13 
16 
15 
17 
18 
1 
3 
8 
2 
7 
5 
6 
9 
15 
4 
12 
10 
13 
14 
11 
16 
16 
16 
1 
8 
5 
6 
7 
4 
3 
9 
2 
10 
11 
16 
12 
14 
15 
13 
16 
16 
1 
6 
4 
11 
2 
3 
5 
8 
7 
10 
9 
12
13
14 
15 
15 
15 
15 
1 
8 
8 
11
8 
13 
11
9 
15 
10 
12 
16 
14 
15
17 
16 
17 
18 
4 
13
17
19 
20 
21
21 
25 
26
30 
40 
41 
52 
55 
57
59 
59 
65 
1 
2 
3 
4
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 
10 
11 
12 
13 
14 
15 
16 
17 
18 
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3 
4
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The New England Championship Regatta:

The New England Championship Regatta was run on Sunday February 23, 1997 after nearly one month of postponements. The conditions on Mallets Bay in Colchester, VT were a mix of smooth clear ice, moderately rough ice. The surface was virtually free of snow due to the rain and extremely warm weather during several days earlier in the week. Only a few very limited areas of shallow shell ice were noted on the moderate size course. 25-30 degree temperatures and 5 to 12 mph occilating north westerly winds were the order of the day. 

Five races were run starting after the 11:10 skippers meeting on the ice. The couse was run in outer Mallets bay on approximatley a 1.1 mile course between two widely separated pressure ridges. The first race began before noon after a short warm up lap and the fifth race was concluded by 3:00. All five races were scored with no throw out race.

20 boats registered and 19 boats completed the last race. No accidents or collisions occurred during the race nor did any boats suffer severe self inflicted equipment damage during the races...(for a change).

The race committee was commended for running a speedy and efficient regatta. 

The results of the race are as follows:

CLASS 

DN60 
DN60 
DN60 
DN60
DN60
DN60
DN60 
DN60 
DN60 
DN60
DN60
DN60
DN60
DN60 
DN60
DN60
DN60 
DN60
DN60 
DN60 

PILOT 

Jeff Kent 
Lloyd Roberts 
Jay Spalding 
Andre Baby 
Don Brush 
Paul Gervais 
Doug Raymond 
Don Coe 
Peter Ashley 
Jeff Hill 
Jacques Charbonneau 
Matt McCauley 
Irene Gonin 
Greg Cornelius 
Claude Morin 
Jim Papagiris 
Andre Charbonneau 
Eben Whitcomb 
Barry Mulronney 
Peter Hill 

SAIL NUMBER

US 3535 
US 3314 
US 4340 
KC 4360 
US 4009 
US 4626 
US 4272 
US 4542 
US 4442 
US 4102
KC 4992 
US 4762 
US 4417 
US 1019 
KC5001 
US 4004 
KC4630 
US 4775 
no # 
US 4230 

RACE #1

2 
5 
3 
1 
6 
10 
8 
4 
13
7 
9 
11 
12 
16 
14 
15
17 
18
21 
21 

RACE #2

5 
4 
2 
1 
3 
6 
7 
11 
8
9 
12 
13 
15 
18 
10 
16 
14 
17 
21 
21 

RACE #3

1 
3 
7 
2 
4 
6 
13 
10 
11 
18 
9
8 
15 
5 
14 
12 
16 
17 
19 
21 

RACE #4

1 
3 
2 
15 
5 
7 
4 
6 
10 
8 
14 
18 
11
9 
16 
12
13 
17 
19 
21 

RACE #5

1 
3 
6 
2 
4 
5 
7 
8 
11 
16 
14 
9 
12
17 
13 
15 
10
18
19
21 

TOTAL POINTS

10 
18 
20 
21 
22 
34 
39 
39 
53
58
58
59
65 
65 
67
70 
70 
87
99 
105 

Gold PLACE

1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6
7 
8 
9 
10
11 
12 
13
14
15 
16
17 
18
19 
20 
 
After the race the pilots were greeted by an unexpeceted snow mobil drag race event at the launch site.  If the DN's hadn't run out of wind in the cove they would have been able to our run any of the "smokers".