1997 Mobjack National Championship Regatta

Thank you, Lewes Yacht Club; Connie Miller, Betsy Schmidt, Peggy, Nancy,
JJ, et al for a great Mobjack Nationals!

Congratulations to the following officers, elected at the Annual Meeting Friday evening:

            Joe Kubinek   -       President
            Jerry Desvernine - Vice President
            Mark Arnold -        Treasurer
            Jim Rice -               Secretary
            Tracy Kubinek -     Member-at-Large
            Perry Jones -          Chief Measurer Happy Birthday to Rodney Evans, Rowland Marshall and Roger Moorman... 75 years old and still sailing! (Rodney finished 2nd in the first race, Rowland was second overall! Roger was supervising the RC and spectating!)
Awards:

Anchor Award - Alex Gosse and Neil Schultz (Kilmarnock, VA)

Female Skipper Award - Tara Lytle (with Jim crewing) (Richmond, VA)

First-Time Skipper Award - Joe and Tracy Kubinek (California, MD)

Long Haul Award - Al Williamson and Tim Moody (Jefferson City, TN)

Senior Skipper Award - Rowland Marshall with Connie Miller crewing (Lewes, DE)

Junior Skipper Award - Alex Gosse and Neil Schultz (Kilmarnock, VA)

Husband-Wife Team - Barry and Laura Romberg (Alexandria, VA)

Family Award - Len and Heidi Guenther (Chesapeake, VA)

Fleet Award - Potomac River Sailing Association

Top Finishers:

Fifth Place - Cal Berger and Case Whittemore (Lewes, DE/Richmond, VA)

Fourth Place - Mark and Matt Arnold (Virginia Beach, VA)

Third Place - Trey Smith and Jordan Winteringham (Virginia Beach, VA)

Second Place - Rowland Marshall and Connie Miller (Lewes, DE)

1997 Mobjack National Champions,

for the second year in a row...

Barry and Laura Romberg They did it with only 9.5 points for 5 races! (Including a second in the final race where they rounded the last leeward mark in solid 10th! Great Sailing!
Congratulations to all!

There were a total of 26 boats, and all five races were sailed although
we came off the water for a while becalmed on Saturday and went back out
with great wind! The races were sailed in nice breeze throughout with
four Olympic courses and one Gold Cup course. There was a steady
current running down the beach for every race but the last one on
Saturday when it went slack. Otherwise the key was to go into the beach
and find the shifts. Lewes Yacht Club extended open arms and welcomed
the tent city on their front lawn, offered water aerobics at 8AM daily, a huge
continental breakfast every morning, boat parking on the canal side or
beach, great meals and hospitality. The Roosevelt Inlet made a nice
staging ride after launching boats but got hairy after the last race
with a big headwind and raging tide trying to keep us out! Sailing off
the beach was fun and gave others a front row seat. The colorful fleet
pleased the onlookers and looked quite good, even at rest between races
Saturday. We all got a lesson in anchoring together. Several times we were
sailing with huge schools of dolphins which was quite thrilling for those out on
the trapezes!

Also participating and sailing well were

Jim Rice and Pete Wallio (Hampton, VA)
Jim Gardner and his usual crew.(Alexandria, VA)
Dave Rowland and Hank Strother (Va Beach/Alexandria)
Bob Beach and crew (Winchester, VA)
Jerry and Cheryl Desvernine (Richmond, VA)
Tim and Chris McConville (Norfolk, VA)
Jim Browning and Don Polackoviks (Woodbridge/Arlington, VA)
Rodney Evans and crew (Lewes, Del)
Tom and Katie Roberts (West Point, VA)
Tom and Duncan Ward (upside-down trapeze specialist) (Washington, DC)
Sam Jackson and crew (speciallizing in the "Toss-Launch Spinnaker set") (Reisterston, MD)
The Roelofs Family (Wilmington, DE)
Merritt Burke and crew (Lewes, DE)
Steve and Richard McDonough et al.(Amityville, NY)
Ernie Gibb and crew (Eastern Shore, VA)
Bob and Bobby Stein.(Rockville, MD)

It was hot but a great weekend and Lewes was a great place to spend it.

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