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2002 Championship Concludes at Green Pond |
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A strong west wind off the cliffs at Green Pond, provided
a stiff challenge as SANJL concluded its 2002 championship series.
Quick and sometimes violent wind shifts forced numerous capsizes
and break downs. Sailors had to react quickly as their boats sometimes
"auto-tacked" into surprising positions. Stephen Manson
finished first overall.
Mike Wheeler checks for overlaps as
he leads a group into the wing mark. More
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Jim Liggett, sailing fast, turned
in a very strong performance and finished second for the day.
He was followed by Doug Brown and Derek Jackson. The two sailors
matched each other down to the last race, exchanging top finishes
to see who would edge out who in this year's series. Rich Mastrangelo
continued his fine sailing finishing sixth and moving up to
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The Challenger Fleet was won by Kevin Buruchian (This
summer's Junior SANJL Champion). His teammate from Highland Lake,
Kevin Murphy (another junior) was not far behind finishing 3rd.
George Barrett and Tom Doris upheld the honor of the senior sailors
finishing 2nd and 4th respectively. Two new faces joined the winner's
circle for the daily trophies. Jim Carter and Thomas Nawrot finished
3rd and 4th respectively.
Susan Mallows was welcomed to her first SANJL regatta
receiving the "I sailed award".
A special thanks to Jack Skinner and Kaaren Young
for putting on the event, and also to Bruce
Cattanach for coordinating the door prizes from local dealers.
But the big thank you goes to Derek Jackson who devoted countless
hours to make this year's SANJL events a reality. Without Derek,
there is no question that some of the regattas would not have happened.
He rearranged the schedule and found last minute venues to host
regattas when our normal sailing areas literally dried up in the
drought.
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| Final SANJL
2002 Championship Series Results |
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Championship |
Challenger |
| 1st |
Stephen
Manson |
Kevin
Buruchian |
| 2nd |
Derek Jackson |
George Barrett |
| 3rd |
Doug Brown |
Kevin Murphy |
| 4th |
Rich Mastrangelo |
Tom Doris |
Full
Results
| Green Pond
- Day Four |
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Championship |
Challenger |
| 1st |
Stephen Manson |
Kevin Buruchian |
| 2nd |
Jim Liggett |
George Barrett |
| 3rd |
Doug Brown |
Jim Carter |
| 4th |
Derek Jackson |
Thomas Nawrot |
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Results |
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| A rare warm Saturday in late September
greeted 30 SANJL sailors to Greenwood Lake and treated them to great
day of sailing. In the Championship division, Rich Mastrangelo raced
to consistently top finishes. Showing good speed and tactics in conditions
that at times baffled his fellow competitors, Rich returned to the
top of the SANJL fleet after a several year hiatus. The Challenger
Division was won by long time SANJL sailor Frank Blesso Sr.
Much thanks to Bob Krahulik for expertly and single-handedly
running the regatta on the water.
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| Greenwood
Lake- Day Three |
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Championship |
Challenger |
| 1st |
Rich Mastrangelo |
Frank Blesso SR |
| 2nd |
Derek Jackson |
Megan Keating |
| 3rd |
Stephen Manson |
George Barrett |
| 4th |
Dave Davies |
Tom Doris |
Full Results
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Great sailing winds highlighted day two. A cool
15 knot northerly blew down Lake Hopatcong. All 35 competitors
had a chance to stretch out their hiking muscles as the race
committee set very long windward legs. Much thanks to Woody
and the rest of the race committee for their efforts. Also
a big thank you to Todd Stevens for organizing the regatta
at the last minute.
Again the challenger fleet proved to be successful.
This time it was won by junior sailor Kevin Burichian. He
grew over the off season and looked very comfortable sailing
in the breeze.
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Hopatcong - Day Two |
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Championship |
Challenger |
| 1st |
Stephen Manson |
Kevin Buruchian |
| 2nd |
Derek Jackson |
Megan Keating |
| 3rd |
Bob Griswold |
Mark Califano |
| 4th |
Bill Betts III |
Sandra Myerson |
Full
Results
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A beautiful spring day with 33 boats racing made
for picturesque sailing on Highland Lake. Large windshifts and velocity
changes keep the fleet guessing. The second race was highlighted
by 27 boats finishing in a virtual tie by riding a large puff downwind
across a small finish line as an astonished race committee took
cover!
The new challenger category inspired many great performances.
Nice to see George Barrett (Should he really be in Challenger fleet?)
sail a perfect second race to beat the entire fleet. Even with this
great race he could not over come Tom Doris who bested the challenger
fleet for the day.
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Lakes - Day One |
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Championship |
Challenger |
| 1st |
Stephen Manson |
Tom Doris |
| 2nd |
Don Sensenig |
George Barrett |
| 3rd |
Mark Buruchian |
Kevin Murphy |
| 4th |
Bob Griswold |
Ray Buchanan |
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Results
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Gold Team Sweeps
2002 SANJL Team Race Regatta
Four teams of Sunfish sailors battled light
winds in the first annual SANJL team race. Kevin Murphy, Dan
Glashauser, Jim Liggett, and Mike Wheeler, (Team Gold) were
victorious, convincingly winning all of their matches.
The day began with a discussion of team race
rules and tactics. Six very short races were then sailed in
light air. The day concluded with a post race talk about experiences
and lessons learned on the race course. Awards were then presented
to the top 3 teams.
Despite the weather everyone agreed that the
event was a success to be enjoyed again next season. It was
great to see a very strong junior turn out. In fact junior
sailors won most of the races as the seniors elected to battle
things out back further in the fleet. We look forward to seeing
more of you at the next one.
Results
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The 2002 SANJL Junior Champion Regatta was held
on Saturday, July 20th at Highland Lakes, NJ. A total of 19
boats competed in beautiful sailing conditions. The fleet
comprised both a junior (under 18) and midget division (under
14) and attracted sailors from throughout northern NJ, including
Mountain Lakes, Packanack Lake, and Hunterdon.
In a tightly contested dual that came down
the final and deciding race, Kevin Buruchian of Highland Lakes
held off Nathan Maier of Hunterdon to take the title for the
4th consecutive year. Rounding out the top five were Kevin
Murphy (HL), Brian Caine (ML) and Will Landau (ML).
The Midget Division was also very competitive.
Caleb Zimmerman was the first Midget. He has established himself
as one to watch. His first race ever was the Mountain Lakes
regatta on July 6th . He was first midget there, and again
at the (club only) junior regatta at Hunterdon. Caleb doesn't
even have a boat of his own yet. He has been using club boats
and borrowed boats. Not a bad way to start your racing career
with 3 age group wins in 3 regattas! Young James Napolitano
(HL) thrilled the crowd as he led most of the final race.
The nonpartisan cheering helped James place third for both
the race and the regatta, with the his teammate Justin Murphy
(HL) grabbing the runner-up position.
| SANJL
Junior Championship- Highland Lake |
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Junior |
Midget |
| 1st |
Kevin Buruchian (HL) |
Caleb Zimmerman (Spruce Run) |
| 2nd |
Nathan Maier (Spruce Run) |
Justin Murphy (HL) |
| 3rd |
Kevin Murphy (HL) |
James Napolitano (HL) |
| 4th |
Brian Caine (ML) |
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| 5th |
Will Landau (ML) |
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