OCRA Alum Creek 2002

September 21-22, Alum Creek State Park, Ohio

The Alum Creek OCRA regatta was held this weekend, September 21-22, 2002. The Friday evening front failed to progress as projected and the winds remained light until just after the awards ceremony on Sunday.

The regatta finished with 2 races on Saturday morning and 2 on Sunday morning. The race committee attempted to run an afternoon race on Saturday but as soon as the wind gods saw the boats hit the water they immediately showed control and went to 0 knts. Sunday started the same but built to a streaky 2-5 knots with some brief gusts. As is very typical in an OCRA regatta, about every boat class was represented in this Portsmouth racing organization. The oldest entry was the Shark class (pic dsc01996) with two boats and the newest was the F18ht entry (pic dsc02004). The largest class by far was the Mystere 4.3 class with 8 boats (pic dsc02002). Also notable was the two Tiapan 4.9s. Peg returned from injured reserves to crew with Bill Gillespie winning the low Portsmouth on their black I20. Mike Fahle dominated the high Portsmouth on the M4.3 and the overall Portsmouth honors. Steve Attard took the medium Portsmouth on a Hobie 18.

The Saturday night party was hosted by Duncan and Anne Spillman in their new house. It was an excellent location with the multilevel deck overlooking the Muirfield ravine. The party excitement peaked when the OCRA children uncovered a nest of bees buried near the woods.

Complete results will be posted to the OCRA web site but I have posted the overall Portsmouth numbers at the bottom of this page.

Question: What do you call the warm, sunny day with steady 10 to 15 knot breeze that follows two days of calm? Answer: Monday

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Skipper Name	Crew Name	Boat type	Modifications	Sail Number	race 1	race 2	race 3	race 4	Total	Throw-Out	Final Total
Mike Fahle	-	m4.3 s	-	147	3	2	3	1	9	3	6
Dave Fort	Brian Fort	m4.3 s	-	96	4	5	4	3	16	5	11
Bill Gillespie	Peg Gillespie	ni20	-	290	6	4	1	14	25	14	11
Matt Wirth	-	m4.3 s	-	74	21	6	5	2	34	21	13
Bob Everson	Katie & Jenna Everson	m4.3 s	-	150	2	7	11	5	25	11	14
Don Fecher	-	h16	L3,	71130	1	9	7	20	37	20	17
Steve Norris	Rick Norris	h16	H2,	80258	14	11	2	13	40	14	26
Attard, Steven	Kristin Attard	h18	-	3009	15	8	6	12	41	15	26
George Webb	-	m4.3 s	-	60	5	29	17	6	57	29	28
George Fecher	-	h17	H1,	5824	12	15	10	9	46	15	31
Jamie Diamond	Judy Diamond	f18htu	-	4	7	26	9	15	57	26	31
Roger Davis	Jim Thompson	p182	H1,	606	22	3	14	16	55	22	33
Jim Hearn	Verlyn Hearn	h16	-	3	11	1	26	22	60	26	34
Kenn Newbury	Ann Marie Newbury	t4.9	-	226	10	14	24	10	58	24	34
Dave Sullivan	Diana Pienta	h20	H1,	906	9	17	15	11	52	17	35
Don Norris	Chris Norris	h16	H1,	102631	8	12	18	23	61	23	38
Dan Marchese	Danny Marchese	h18	L2,	10347	25	16	8	17	66	25	41
JOHN KNIGHT	STEVE WEST	n6.0na	H2,	143	13	28	21	8	70	28	42
Robert Cella	Cheryl C Roden	h18	-	10641	17	24	12	21	74	24	50
Kevin Fort	Patricia Checkel	m4.3 s	-	66	28	32	19	4	83	32	51
Fligor, Alan	Justin Dandos	p16	H3,	1397	24	27	13	19	83	27	56
Daren Baier	Preston Baier	h16	-	548	23	13	20	24	80	24	56
Joe McHenry	Hallie Boure	sk	-	blank	19	21	16	27	83	27	56
Dunki-Jacobs, Bob	-	h17	H2,	4421	20	20	25	18	83	25	58
Bill Moran	-	t4.9u	-	224	16	22	23	26	87	26	61
Anne Spillman	-	m4.3 s	-	55	26	30	32	7	95	32	63
Jack Mouch	-	p16	L3,	7668	30	10	27	32	99	32	67
Dick Cordell	Wendy	SK	-	50	18	18	32	32	100	32	68
Ryan Froelich	-	h16	L4,	27610	27	23	22	25	97	27	70
Brian Jazek	Natasha Jazek	h16	L1,	59929	29	19	32	32	112	32	80
Kathryn Clark	-	m4.3 s	-	61	31	25	32	32	120	32	88