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Sperry Top-Sider NOOD Regatta - Anarchy wins

by Media Pro Int’l on 22 Mar 2007
Anarchy, overall winner of the 2007 San Diego YC NOOD Dennis St.Onge www.da-woody.com
After 82 races on three race courses for over 1,000 sailors in 14 one-design classes, today’s final day of racing at the Sperry Top-Sider NOOD Regatta in San Diego came down to one overall winner.

The Boat of the Regatta went to the Flying Tiger Anarchy, owned by Scot Tempesta who received a Sunsail charter during the 2007 Sperry Top-Sider NOOD Regatta Championship, later this year in the British Virgin Islands, where he will compete against the overall winners from each stop on the nine-regatta Sperry Top-Sider NOOD circuit.

'Wow, we are overjoyed and I’m not exactly sure we deserve it,' said Tempesta moments after receiving the award given to the best performing boat out of all entrants. Organizers said that in the two years of NOOD regattas choosing the Boat of the Regatta in San Diego was the most difficult decision to make based on outstanding performances in many of the competing classes.

'This is the first foray for the boat into racing, in terms of one design, and to get the overall win for the Flying Tiger is pretty impressive for the class,' said Tempesta. 'We have worked hard on the boat and we have to make sure it’s understood that Keith Lorence has been instrumental and key. He was on the boat that came closest to beating us. He sailed with us when we won the Midwinters. Personally speaking, I don’t think we’d be as far along without him.'

Victory almost didn’t happen; the last race came down to Anarchy and Slip Kid, owned by John Folvig to determine the class winner. Slip Kid had won the first race of the day; Anarchy finished second. 'We were worried, within the first five minutes,' he said of the last race. 'We were hauling and feeling good, and then five minutes later, we weren’t. We were pretty nervous. But, we felt if we got second, they could not beat us.


So they had to win the race. We obviously were good enough to have the ability to stay up there with him and not let anyone else get in there, although there were some boats nipping at our heels.

'What’s funny is I think everybody thinks that they’re not doing nearly as well as they are,' he continued. 'The view from off the boat is entirely different than on the boat. On our boat we thought for sure … everyone else always looked better.' Also onboard were co-owner John Rickard with crew Danny Shields, Eric Shampain, Alan and Meredith Block, Ken Blackington.

This weekend’s racing may seem the culmination of decades worth of sailing, but Tempesta has barely raced a boat in years. 'I’ve been out of the competitive sailing loop for so long, even though I’m involved in other ways,' he said. 'I took a hiatus and have a family and have my talk radio show. I think I’ll quit the sport now. I’m happy to be back, winning makes it. It’s the best sport when you win.' Neil Senturia’s Occam’s Razor finished in third place.


Rusty Nelson and his Wild Card hung onto the lead in the J/80 class by winning the final race. Second place was Curt Johnson on Avet, with Paul Rendich on Clipper in third place.

The largest class competing – the J/105 class with 23 boats – saw no changes in the top two positions from yesterday. Gary Mozer and his Current Obsession won the challenging class, beating second-place Doug Werner’s (San Diego) Javelin. Both were tied with 18 total points, but Mozer won on the count back, a tie-breaking system that rewards a better finish against the next competitor. Dennis & Sharon Case’s Wings finished third, edging out Tom Coates on Masquerade by one point.


In the J/120 class, only one race was sailed. John Laun continued his winning form from yesterday and posted a bullet to take the nine-boat class victory. Second and third places remained unchanged from yesterday with Peter Zarcades on Meltemi and Jed Olenick on Doctor No, respectively. However, Doctor No was tied on 16 points with CC Rider, owned by Chuck Nichols, and Jim, owned by John Snook. By virtue of the count back, Doctor No finished in third place.

With one race sailed in the Beneteau 40.7 class, the possibility that yesterday standings could have stood was high. All Kirk & Kathy O’Brien (San Diego) on Drumshanbo had to do was put in a solid performance. An unfortunate sixth-place finish combined with a second by Armando Silvestre on Estela-B and the win went to Estela-B and a third for the O’Briens. Despite a win by Cliff Thompson on Super Gnat, it wasn’t enough to break into the top three.

Anthony Wetherbee on Commotion was impossible to beat in the J/109 class. With three first-place finishes and only one second, in the first race, Wetherbee took home the trophy over second-place Electra, owned by Tom Brott and Linstar, owned by John Shulze, in third.

Two additional races were sailed in the International 14 class. Kris Bundy capped off an impressive weekend with a 1-2 to win the 18-boat class over Paul Galvez and Archie Massey. Brad Ruetenik was third.

After the jury threw out yesterday’s second race in the 29er class, the standings changed slightly with Cameron Biehl moving up to first place, switching places with Judge Ryan, while Jen Morgan remained in third going into the final day. Biehl did not compete in the class’s final race today, which moved him into fourth overall. Judge Ryan, Jen Morgan and Oliver Toole finished 1-2-3 in the race, the same finishes overall.

Final Leading Results - March 18, 2007

Course A

J/80 (10 boats, 5 races)
1. Wild Card, Rusty Nelson, Marina Del Rey, Calif., 1-1-4-1-1, 8 points
2. Avet, Curt Johnson, Los Angeles, Calif., 4-2-1-2-4, 13
3. Merkin, Gregg Kelly, Newport Beach, Calif., 2-5-5-5-3, 20
Clipper, Paul Rendich, Babylon, N.Y., 5-3-2,

J/105 (23 boats, 5 races)
1. Current Obsession, Gary Mozer, Beverly Hills, Calif., 2-6-1-1-8, 18 points
2. Doug Werner Javelin, San Diego, 1-5-4-6-2, 18
3. Wings, Dennis & Sharon Case, San Diego, 6-4-5-3-10, 28

Beneteau 36.7 (10 boats, 6 races)
1. Kea, Chick & Alexis Pyle, San Diego, 1-1-2-3-3-1, 11 points
2. Grizzly, Charles Bayer Grosse Pointe, Mich., 3-3-5-1-4-2, 18
3. Bella Vita, Marty Burke, Redondo Beach, Calif., 2-6-1-5-1-8, 23

Catalina 36 (6 boats, 7 races)
1. Rippin', Terry Smith, Del Mar, Calif., 2-1-1-1-1-1-4, 11 points
2. Isle Run, David Flint, Coronado, Calif., 1-2-3-3-2-4-1, 16
3. Cherimarie, Brad Poulos, San Marcos, Calif., 3-3-2-2-4-2-2, 18 16

Course B

J/120 (9 boats, 4 races total)
1. Caper, John Laun, San Diego, 2-3-1-1, 7 points
2. Meltemi, Peter Zarcades, San Diego, 1-2-6-3, 12
3. Doctor No, Jed Olenick, Olivehain, Calif., 6-1-4-5, 16

Flying Tiger (8 boats, 7 races total)
1. Anarchy, Scot Tempesta /John Rickard, San Diego, 2-1-1-2-2-2-3, 13 points
2. Slip Kid, John Folvig, Poplar Grove, Ill., 4-3-3-1-1-1-1, 14
3. Occam's Razor, Neil Senturia /Joe Markee Senturia, La Jolla, Calif., 1-2-2-6-4-4-2, 21

Beneteau 40.7 (7 boats, 4 races)
1. Estela-B, Armando Silvestre, Coronado, Calif., 4-6-1-2, 13
2. French Toast, Michael Dorgan & Steve Wright, 1-3-5-4, 13
3. Drumshanbo, Kirk & Kathy O’Brien, San Diego, 2-2-3-6, 13

J/109 (6 boats, 4 races)
1. Commotion, Anthony Wetherbee, Dana Point, Calif., 2-1-1-1, 5 points
2. Electra, Tom Brott, Cypress, Calif, 1-2-2-2, 14
3. Linstar, John Shulze, Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif., 4-3-3-4, 14

Course C

I- 14 (18 boats, 7 races)
1. Fat Bottomed Girl, Kris Bundy, Seattle, Wash., 5- 4- 1-1-3-1-2, 17 points
2. no boat name, Paul Galvez/Archie Massey, Mission Viejo, Calif., 1- 2-2-3-1-3-6, 18
3. no boat name, Brad Ruetenik, 2- 1- 4-8-2-5-3, 25

Flying Dutchman (9 boats, 8 races)
1. Tacyon, Paul Scoffin, Orange Park, Fla., 2-1-1-1-1-2-1-2, 11 points
2. no name, Greg Cole, 3-3-2-2-3-1-3-1, 18
3. Diva, Jim Algert, Chuna Vista, Calif., 4-2-4-3-2-3-2-3, 23

505 (10 boats, 8 races)
1. W’hanahakalugee, Dan Merino, San Diego, 2-2-1-1-3-1-1-1, 12 points
2. Team Oat, Gary

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