Sonar Worlds - Shoot-out in Marblehead

by Lynn Fitzpatrick on 23 Sep 2007

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'It ended up being a one race shoot-out,' said Bill Lynn, 2007 Sonar World Champion skipper. Bill has had the 'same cast of characters' sailing with him for a long time.

Chris Huffstader, a fellow Jumbo, has been in the bow of Bill’s boats for 25 years. Chris has trimmed all sorts of jibs for Bill; he’s even frozen his tail off in the bow of an IC for Bill. Doug Savin and Ed Keller haven’t been sailing with Bill as long as Huff has, but they shared in the excitement as the foursome won the only race of the day and the final race of the Sperry Top-Sider 2007 Sonar World Championship series.

The 51-boat fleet was treated to a nice 10-15 knot southeasterly, but they were eager to get off the line. After a couple of general recalls, the fleet had to move to a different starting area about a half a mile away from the original one to avoid being in the way of some offshore work that was being done.

The fleet had a clean start in the new location, but 'the last 25% of the weather leg got really hairy,' according to Lynn. The boys from Eastern Yacht Club rounded the weather mark in fourth and Peter Galloway and his crew from Noroton Yacht Club rounded about 15 boats behind them.

One race was that entire Bill, Huff, Doug and Ed needed so that they could discard their BFD from the second race to end the regatta with 28 points. Aside from their BFD, they only had one double digit finish.

Only six points separated the second place boat from the seventh place boat. Greg Anthony and his crew on Troll took second place in the regatta with 37 points. Rick Dominique, who skippered his crew to an early lead in the regatta, sailed his throw out race today and finished third in the series. 2005 World Champion and one of the people who have done the most for the class over the years crossed the line in 17th place today and finished the regatta in four place.

Dirk Kneulman, making a swing south through New England for an Etchells regatta last weekend and the Sonar Worlds this week, was 5th overall.

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Sperry Top-Sider - SONAR Worlds 2007

Series Standing - 6 races scored

RESULTS ARE FINAL
Regatta results saved: Saturday, September 22, 2007 4:50:09 PM EDT

Pos	Bow/Sail	Boat	Skipper	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5	Race 7	Total Points	Pos
1	35/ 653		Lynn, Bill	11	[52/BFD]	2	6	5	4	28.00	1
2	14/ 439	Troll	Anthony, Greg	8	2	[26]	10	11	6	37.00	2
3	48/ 753	Dominatrix	Dominique, Rick	9	1	6	14	8	[28/ZFP]	38.00	3
4	41/ 701	Fast Forward	Galloway, Peter	6	12	[52/DSQ]	2	2	17	39.00	4
5	51/ 781		Kneulman, Dirk	20	4	4	13	[26]	1	42.00	5
6	30/ 587	Lucky Dalmation	Critch, /Robinson	1	11	19	9	[23]	3	43.00	6
7	25/ 544	Perfect Timing	Slattery, Dru	3	15	[16]	8	7	10	43.00	7
8	33/ 619	Sonar 619	Morrison, Lee	[17]	16	5	12	10	7	50.00	8
9	13/ 425	Backseat Driver	Goethert, Erik	2	23	3	3	20	[29/ZFP,20%]	51.00	9
10	08/ 384	Nefarious	Shepstone, Steve	4	[32]	12	15	9	13	53.00	10
11	31/ 605	Surprise	Monro, Bob	18	[25]	13	5	16	2	54.00	11
12	01/ 1	For Sale	Shumway, Skip	12	20	1	23	1	[32/ZFP]	57.00	12
13	38/ 689	Jambo	Edwards, Wade	15	21	8	[22]	4	12	60.00	13
14	29/ 585	Soggy Dollar	Altreuter, Sam	21	[26]	10	1	24	8	64.00	14
15	04/ 369	Spring	Franzel, Dave	16	10	17	17	[21]	5	65.00	15
16	02/ 7	A Sub Two	Snavely, Eric	7	[42]	14	25	6	14	66.00	16
17	27/ 564	Jumbo Express	Curtis, David	13	7	7	[52/OCS]	12	27	66.00	17
18	39/ 690	Rallie	Ehrhardt, Larry	5	30	[34]	28	3	15	81.00	18
19	09/ 390	Friend of the Devil	Meleney, Alex	14	3	22	24	[29]	25	88.00	19
20	12/ 411	Hup Two	Neff, Stewart	24	8	27	19	15	[37]	93.00	20
21	50/ 777	V1 - Rotate	French, Tim	26	5	11	32	[39]	24	98.00	21
22	49/ 757	Captain Hook	Foster, Bert	22	19	18	21	18	[35]	98.00	22
23	18/ 473	Guilty Pleasures	Garrard, Charlie	[39]	24	9	37	14	20	104.00	23
24	45/ 728	Cinghiale	Wilber, Robert	10	39	[40]	20	28	11	108.00	24
25	26/ 547	Penn Packet	Frisch, Peter	19	31	23	11	25	[32]	109.00	25
26	36/ 674	Valiant	Doerr, Rick	28	14	32	18	19	[41]	111.00	26
27	15/ 454	Special Ed	Sweeney, Ed	23	[49]	20	16	34	23	116.00	27
28	43/ GBR 724	Bertie	Barter, Simon	25	17	25	29	[32]	26/ZFP	122.00	28
29	05/ 374	(PD)2	DeWolfe, Peter	31	22	15	[42]	37	19	124.00	29
30	34/ 633	Jack	Kirby, Bruce	37	27	29	4	[42]	33	130.00	30
31	28/ 566	Shearwater	Sheldon, Sarah	44	6	42	30	13	[48]	135.00	31
32	20/ 487	Viento	Siener, Jonathan	36	9	24	35	[44]	40/ZFP	144.00	32
33	03/ 15	Amanda	Lawless, Mark	33	13	35	39	[41]	29	149.00	33
34	37/ 686	Vixen	Noble, Chris	38	34	21	43	[45]	21	157.00	34
35	44/ 726	Alchemy	Schaefer, Jed	27	28	31	[48]	27	46/ZFP	159.00	35
36	11/ 394	Jarel	Rothwell, Bill	35	45	[47]	7	33	42	162.00	36
37	47/ 752	Off Duty	Losee, James	29	44	36	45	17	[47]	171.00	37
38	21/ 490	Dustbowl	Davis, Tom	46	18	28	[47]	43	38	173.00	38
39	23/ 539	Tabasco	Lucas, Michael	45	46	30	27	[49]	28	176.00	39
40	32/ 607		Boulter, Chris	32	35	37	[44]	31	43	178.00	40
41	22/ 492	Saga	Troyer, Pam	[51]	37	39	26	30	50	182.00	41
42	24/ 540	Go Time	Pardo, Alex	[47]	40	43	34	22	44/ZFP	183.00	42
43	07/ 380	O2	MacMaster, Peg	42	29	38	[51/ZFP]	36	40	185.00	43
44	40/ IRL 694	Shamrock	Twomey, John	41	33	33	38	40	[44]	185.00	44
45	06/ 378	Joe's Garage	Prior, Mike	34	[48]	41	36	38	39	188.00	45
46	46/ GBR 748		Millband, Andrew	43	36	45	[46]	35	31	190.00	46
47	19/ 480	Goat	Larlee, Brent	[50]	47	49	33	46	26	201.00	47
48	10/ 391	Surly Angel	Fossen, Marty	30	41	46	40	48	[49]	205.00	48
49	16/ 458	BLEW BaYOU	Gruson, Kerry	40	43	50	31	50	[52/ZFP]	214.00	49
50	17/ 463	Cahoots	Aspinall, Jennie	48	38	44	[50]	47	46	223.00	50
51	42/ 706	Seaya	Wagner, Larry	49	50	48	49	[51]	51	247.00	51