24th Annual Sam Myers Memorial Regatta

July 13,14 2002, Pymatuning Sailing Club, Andover Ohio

Once again the folks at PSC put on a wonderful event. The food was great, the beer was cold, and the hospitality could not be faulted. Unfortunately the wind did not decide to co-operate. Frank Ewing, the race chair, capitalized on the one opportunity on Saturday to get a race in, and all 70 or so dinghies and cats present hit the water in early afternoon. With all those sails chopping up the little available wind, starting was a challenge but once going the conditions were quite sailable, if very light. There was enough wind on the reaches to carry the kite, as long as one stayed out of holes. Being the fourth start, Fireballs had to sail up though fleets of FJs, Javalins, and Sunfish on the way around the course (a simple triangle / windward).

Three Canadian boats made the trip down for the event, and were joined by six local boats - including the full output of Dave White's high school boat building venture (consisting of the first boat built by the program, then Lainey White's personal boat, and a donated and refurbished Rondar).

Fireball results (9 boats) are:
1st: Fred Steward
2nd: Duncan Schaefer
3rd: Phil Locker & Izabela Kurek

The other participants were, in order of finish: Michael & David Braman, Rick Clift & Mike, Mike & Jordan Reid, Dave & Lainey White, Chris Dorrington, and Matt Bliss.
Apologies for not having all crew names or full results... they were not available at the time

Next year is the 25th running of this event, and the club is promising to make it even better than ever!