Nepean One Design Regatta 2002

It was a fun weekend in Ottawa, in a cold wet rainy and miserable kind of way. The Nepean One Design delivered wind this year, with it generally in the low teens gusting to the high teens, from the East-North-East. The rain could be ignored while racing (it rained ALL WEEKEND), but with a high of only 14 degrees it felt more like we were sailing the fall Screwball instead of the June NOD. These conditions may have kept some of the locals away, as the turnout was a bit lower than previous years. The presense of the out-of-towners from Montreal and Toronto was really appreciated!

With 8 races run over 4 days, I won't attempt any play-by-play... its all just a blur now. The RC was very efficient - races started on time and there was no waiting about. The general flow of the weekend would have Tom with George and Peter with Joe gapping out a bit on the first beat and then continuing to draw away from the field. Stephanie generally had 3rd place to herself, and the rest of us fighting it out in midpack. But there were several variations on that theme. In the first race 3rd through 5th finished virtually overlapped (the course was a triangle, windward, leeward, with a hook finish). McEvoy was 2nd boat around the windward mark in one race. A few boats spent time upside down throughout the weekend, and there were the usual assortment of gear failures. The new Winders of Tom & Joe are fast and well thought out boats, but it still comes down to who's sailing them, and the winners of the weekend definitely deserved their place at the front.

Phil Locker, CAN14678

Pos'nSail NoHelmCrewClubRacesTotal
1CAN14767George StedmanTom EgliPCYC1,1,1,(2),1,1,1,17
2CAN14769Joe JospePeter KellyPCYC(2),2,2,1,2,2,2,213
3CAN14467Stephanie MarlerEricaPCYC3,5,3,3,3,(6),3,323
4CAN14678Phil LockerEvelyn SimpsonNSC5,4,(OCS),4,4,4,4,530
5CAN13890Mike McEvoySteven DoyleNSC7,6,4,5,5,3,(DNF),DNS40
6CAN10295Gaetan LavoiGuy LeblancNSC4,3,5,6,(DNS),DNS,DNS,DNS48
7US12533Jason PhillipsJulieTS&CC6,(DNS),DNS,DNS,DNS,5,DNF,455
8CAN12684Brian KlassenCJ KlassenTS&CC(DNS),7,6,7,6,DNS,DNS,DNS56
9CAN12362Doug CornerAntica LockerNSC(DNS),DNS,DNS,DNS,DNS,DNS,DNS,DNS70