Sunday, August 22, 2004

For immediate release:

 

45th Mobjack National Championship

Fishing Bay Yacht Club, Deltaville, VA

 

Today, the final races were held for the 45th Mobjack Nationals at Fishing Bay Yacht Club.  Racing took place on the Piankatank River in Fishing and Godfrey Bays just south of Deltaville. Jim Rice of Newport News, VA with crew Pete Wallio of Hampton, VA maintained their lead over defending champion Trey Smith and crew Jordan Winteringham of Virginia Beach, VA.  This makes the 4th time Jim and Pete have earned the National Championship together as a team. Although Trey and Jordan beat Jim and Pete in the last two races, they could not overcome the lead Jim and Pete had set up earlier.  Bob Beach and crew Allan Potts of Winchester, VA finished third.  Len Guenther of Chesapeake, VA with his daughter Heidi as crew finished fourth and Meg Roberts of West Point, VA with her father, Tom as crew finished fifth. Jim and Pete scored two firsts and four seconds and a third. Trey and Jordan scored three firsts followed by a second, two thirds, and a fourth. Bob Beach won two races and Meg Roberts won the eighth race.  Seventeen boats competed with skippers aged 15 to 85.  Many family teams and three husband/wife teams competed. The races were sailed in a brisk southwest wind for two days and puffy but beautiful fall-like day on Sunday. Fishing Bay Yacht Club once again excelled at their hospitality, Mobjack Bay Beer Company of Richmond, VA sponsored the regatta providing Mobjack Pale Ale and Mobjack Red Ale for the racers and guests,dinners were catered by the Galley Restaurant in Deltaville, Tee Shirts were printed by Tee’s Tee Shirts in Deltaville. A highlight of the regatta was having more races completed than any previous Nationals due to a change in the bylaws, beautiful sailing conditions and well managed races run by the Race Committee of John and Lin McCarthy, Buck Lawrence, and Eric Mathern of Hampton Yacht Club, Cathy Clark of Richmond, VA, Blackwell Nottingham of Gloucester Point, and John Gardner of Alexandria.  In addition there was welcome news of new boats being molded in Gloucester County and a new mast section was approved.

 

Chesapeake Bay Yacht Racing Association sanctioned the regatta.  The Mobjack is a seventeen foot sloop-rigged sailboat, with a jib, main and spinnaker sails crewed by two sailors.  The boat is rigged with a trapeze for balance and a roller furling jib.  It is self-bailing and easily rightable in a capsize. Over 500 of the fiberglass boats have been built and are raced throughout the Chesapeake Bay, on the Delaware Bay and on the Great South Bay of Long Island, New York.  They are also sailed on the lakes and shores of Wisconsin, California, Texas, Florida, Indiana, Utah and New York. The boat was designed by Roger Moorman of Gloucester, VA.

 

45th Mobjack National Championship

Fishing Bay Yacht Club, Deltaville, Virginia

August 20-22, 2004

 

                                                              2:30 PM  8-22-04

 

REGATTA HIGHLIGHTS:

 

 

8 races, with one score thrown out.

 

Place

Sail#

Boat Name

Total Points

Skipper

Crew

Race 1

Race 2

Race 3

Race 4

Race 5

Race 6

Race 7

Race 8

1

444

Hostage

13

Jim Rice

Pete Wallio

1

2

2

1

2

2

3

5

2

506

Mobster

15

Trey Smith

Jordan Wintringham

2

1

3

13

3

1

1

4

3

469

Kneads The Wind

20

Bob Beach

Alan Potts

8

4

1

2

1

10

2

2

4

504

Bumble Bee Monster

25

Len Guenther

Heidi Guenther

4

3

4

3

4

4

6

3

5

451

Mobjacket

44

Meg Roberts

Tom Roberts

6

9

7

10

8

6

7

1

6

466

Vanilla

46

Sam Jackson

Pete Brown

10

10

6

9

5

5

5

6

6

501

Bad Dog

46

Tom Roberts

Elizabeth Roberts

5

8

5

6

10

7

8

7

8

456

Yolo

50

Rowland Marshall

Connie Miller

7

7

dnf

4

7

8

9

8

9

430

Smoke Dog

51

Tom Ward

Duncan Ward

11

5

8

7

9

9

4

9

10

310

Halfast

66

Rodney Evans

Jeff Futcher

9

6

9

8

13

11

11

12

11

505

Mark Ain't Here

80

Jerry Desvernine

Cheryl Desvernine

3

11

10

dns

dns

dns

10

10

12

460

Come n' About

84

Al Williamson

Tim Moody

14

12

12

12

11

12

12

13

13

433

Lunatic Fringe

86

Kevin Hanna

Kenna Hanna

dns

dns

dns

5

6

3

dns

dns

14

288

Zazou

88

Steve Nieblas

Jonathan Owen

12

13

11

11

12

dns

15

14

15

455

Blu Bayou

90

Ben Seward

Natalie Seward

dns

dns

dns

dns

dns

dns

13

11

16

510

Beyond Therapy

108

Morgan Lytle

Jim & Joanna Lytle

13

14

13

dns

dns

dns

14

dns

17

472

Fortuitous

126

John Gardner

????

dns

dns

dns

dns

dns

dns

dns

dns

 

Principle Race Officer: John McCarthy

Event Chairman: Tom Roberts

 

WINNING TEAM :Jim Rice and Pete Wallio of Newport News and Hampton, VA  Sail #444

 

Additional trophies and special awards:

 

 

The winner will be awarded the International Mobjack Championship Trophy. Prizes will also be awarded to 2nd through 5th positions.

               Jim Rice, Skipper, Newport News, VA             Pete Wallio, Crew, Hampton, VA

           

The Stein Award (Senior National Champion) shall be presented to the skipper with the best finish who is 63 years of age or older at the start of the National Championship Regatta.

            Bob Beach,  Winchester, VA

 

The Ulmer Award will be presented to the member participating in their first Nationals as a skipper who finishes highest in the regatta but does not receive a position award.

            Kevin Hanna, Seaford, VA with crew and wife Kenna Hanna

 

The Stephanie Ann Ives Memorial Trophy (Youth Award) shall be presented to that member skipper, not having reached their 21st birthday during the year the Nationals is held, who finishes highest in the regatta but does not receive a position award or the Ulmer Award for the regatta.

            Morgan Lytle, Richmond, VA with crew and family, Jim and Joanna Lytle

 

The “Family Award” shall be presented to the qualifying skipper who finishes highest in the regatta but does not receive a position award, Ulmer Award or youth award. To qualify, the skipper must have at least one crew member from another generation of their family aboard.

            Tom Roberts, Skipper with crew Elizabeth Roberts, Alexandria VA

 

The “Top Woman Skipper Award” shall be presented to the female skipper finishing highest in the National Championship Regatta. 

Meg Roberts, West Point, VA, with crew and father, Tom Roberts

 

The Mobjack Systems Award shall be presented to the husband-wife team regardless of which is skipper and crew who have the best finish among husband-wife teams.

            Jerry and Cheryl Desvernine, Richmond, VA

 

The “Long Haul Award” shall be presented to that member who trails their boat the longest distance in order to participate in the Nationals.

            Al Williamson, Knoxville, Tenn with crew Tim Moody

 

The “Fleet Award” shall be presented to the fleet (other than the host fleet) which has the largest number of boats participating in the Nationals.  In the case of a tie, the fleet with the highest total standing in the regatta shall be given the award.

            Potomac River Sailing Association

 

The “Anchor Award” shall be presented to the skipper who has the largest number of total points of all skippers completing every race.  In the tradition of this award the winner is to maintain the trophy for the following year and add one piece of memorabilia or otherwise make improvements to enhance the trophy.

            Al Williamson, Knoxville, TN with crew Tim Moody

 

The Stephen McDonough Sr. Award shall be presented to the skipper who has displayed the best

sportsmanship during the regatta.  This shall be determined by a vote of the participating sailors. 

            Jerry Desvernine, Richmond, VA.

 

 

 

RESULTS (one throw-out): 1. Jim Rice/Pete Wallio, Newport News, VA BBSA:  1-2-2-1-2-2-3-[5]  = 13;   2. Trey Smith/Jordan Wintringham, Virginia Beach, VA BBSA: 2-1-3-[13]-3-1-1-4 =15;  3. Bob Beach/Alan Potts, Winchester, VA PRSA: 8-4-1-2-1-[10]-2-2 = 20; 4 Len Geunther/Heidi Geunther, Chesapeake, VA FBYC: 4-3-4-3-4-4-[6]-3=25; 5 Meg Roberts/Tom Roberts, West Point, VA FBYC 6-9-7-[10]-8-6-7-1=44.     PRO: John McCarthy, HYC

 

Club Key  BBSA, Broad Bay Sailing Association; PRSA, Potomac River Sailing Association; HYC, Hampton Yacht Club;FBYC; Fishing Bay Yacht Club; LYC, Lewes Yacht Club (DE); GSA, Glenmar Sailing Association.

 

For more information:

Tom Roberts

President

International Mobjack Association

(804) 843-2682    mobjack@crosslink.net


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