2001 Cowtown Classic Regatta Results
Hoover YC, Columbus, OH

May 5 - 6, 2001


(Results and narrative submitted by Mark White on May 8, 2001)

The 5th annual Cowtown Classic was held on May 5th and 6th at Hoover Reservoir, Columbus Ohio. The 22 boat turnout was a record high as was the diversity of the participants. We had a husband and wife (a boat for each), a father and daughter (a boat for each), a father and son (1 boat), a husband and wife (1 boat), and two participants from Florida.

Saturday's racing was in 10-15 mph northerly breeze, allowing for a extra long windward/leeward course, along the primary axis of the lake. 2nd year MC sailer, and heavy air ace Brian Pace proved that he was on his game opening with a 1, 4, 1. Consistency was Ted Keller's strategy, with a 2, 2, 2, 2 for the day. Despite the breeze, there didn't seem to be much speed difference among the top boats, with a wide variety of crew weights. Ron Styker's famous prime rib was a big hit as was the generous supply of domestic and imported beers.

Sunday morning brought a rare eastern breeze, 3-10, with major shifts and holes. We again ran windward leeward courses, but 3 1/2 laps due to the shortness of the legs. Ted jumped to a nice lead, winning the first race of the day and sealed the regatta win without having to sail the final race. The difficult conditions gave everyone a taste of success and failure e.g. "I'm first, no last, no first, wait a minute, where'd she come from?"

As we have done for the last 3 years, the Cowtown and Cowan Lake's "Cowan Scowin" regatta in October will be scored together with the winner taking the State of Ohio Championship.

Pl Skipper Div Club/ST Sail R 1 R 2 R 3 R 4 R 5 R 6 Total
1 Ted Keller   HYC/OH/TLYC/MI 1898 2 2 2 2 1 5 9
2 Pete Comfort   TLYC/MI 1918 7 3 8 1 3 1 15
3 Dave Bandstra   SLYC/MI 1852 5 1 5 4 2 3 15
4 Bill Best M CLYC (WI) 1930 4 7 16 3 4 4 22
5 Brian Pace   HYC/OH 1569 1 4 1 10 9 12 25
6 Curt Miller M GRYC/MI 1701 3 6 3 9 15 7 28
7 Katie Reese-Bandstra   SLYC/MI 1827 12 9 6 8 7 2 32
8 Carl Pratt GM CLSA/OH 1887 6 5 15 6 6 9 32
9 Glen Walborn   SLYC/MI 1859 9 8 4 11 8 10 39
10 Phil Weiler   CLSA/OH 1755 8 11 12 5 10 6 40
11 Mark White   HYC/OH 1530 10 13 9 7 12 14 51
12 Mary Vorel   GRYC/MI 515 14 10 7 12 11 11 51
13 Doug Kiser M HYC/OH 1400 13 15 17 14 13 13 68
14 Dan Gloeckner M HYC/OH 1101 18 18 13 17 5 17 70
15 Tom Tucker GM LESC/FL 1819 DNS DNS 10 16 16 8 73
16 Pete Japikse   CLSA/OH 1176 15 16 14 13 15 16 73
17 Jack Sanderson M HYC/OH 1625 16 17 18 15 17 15 80
18 Bob DeWitt MM LESC/FL 1775 17 14 11 DNS 19 DNS 84
19 Ron Stryker M HYC/OH 1800 11 12 DNS DNS DNS DNS 92
20 Allan Vorel   GRYC/MI 1030 19 DNF 19 18 20 18 93
21 John Bregel   HYC/OH 1050 20 DNF 20 DNF 18 DNF 95
22 Mike Kindred GM HYC/OH 1286 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 115