Wave Nationals Stories, Pictures and Results

Day Three (Last Day -- Sunday)

Winds Still Around 15k for the Last Races

Paul Garlick Captures the Title

The final races were sailed in more good winds and light chop. The winds held between and 10-15 mph the entire morning. The weather has been absolutely unbeatable -- sunny skies, good wind, relatively flat seas! Guess the Florida Keys ARE a sailing paradise!

Six races were sailed today, making a total for the regatta of 18 races -- a tie for the most races run in this regatta. All thanks to a RC of Doug Young (PRO), Carol Fahle, Barb Short, Rick White (Mark Boat), Drew Gillet (Helper Boat) and Mary Wells (Scoring Ashore).

Speaking of scoring, Stan Woodruff said, "I have been sailing for forty years and have never seen this before -- you come into the beach and the scores are already posted. Unbelievable!"

The Races

Paul Garlick continued with more aces and easily won the Nationals. Mike Fahle held a solid second place -- it seemed that these two were side by side the last half of the regatta.

Jim Glanden totally dominated in the Masters Division edging out Stan Woodruff by over fifty points. Kathy Kulkoski really got it going today to recapture the Womens Division and defend here two-year reign as Queen of the Waves, edging out Kathryn Garlick for the honors.

In the Youth Class, Harry Newkirk came from way behind and scored four second-place finishes in 5 races to capture his first Youth National Championship.

Results Pending a Protest:

Rick's Place Sailing Resort
2001 Wave Nationals
Preliminary Results

Pos Fleet Sail No Crew R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R13 R14 R15 R16 R17 R18 Pts
1st Open 40 Paul Garlick 1 1 1 1 8 1 7 2 1 4 1 6 2 9 3 1 1 2 43
2nd Open 37 Mike Fahle 2 4 2 6 10 3 1 1 2 14 4 2 4 4 1 10 2 1 59
3rd Women 41 Kathy Kulkoski 11 2 10 OCS 3 5 9 3 10 13 12 12 3 1 4 9 3 3 113
4th Masters 35 Jim Glanden 6 5 25 2 1 13 5 6 7 2 7 3 10 3 14 7 7 16 114
5th Women 39 Kathryn Garlick 5 24 19 4 9 15 2 4 4 6 2 7 1 22 7 13 4 7 131
6th Open 21 Dave White 4 10 7 15 5 7 3 21 6 7 10 8 6 6 6 30 8 5 134
7th Masters 5 Stan Woodruff 7 22 4 10 OCS 10 4 24 5 5 15 9 8 18 5 3 9 17 175
8th Open 14 Kirk Newkirk 12 16 20 5 7 9 13 9 15 3 3 1 18 12 11 14 10 DNF 178
9th Youth 10 Harry Newkirk 3 9 12 11 OCS 2 16 27 9 18 16 16 24 2 2 2 5 14 188
10th Youth 22 Tommy Fruitticher 10 8 14 3 16 12 12 16 16 9 5 13 17 8 12 11 13 24 195
11th Open 20 Chris Sawyer 15 12 22 12 18 6 6 23 8 11 17 5 13 7 8 12 14 10 196
12th Masters 68 Hollis Caffee 21 14 16 7 4 18 14 11 17 12 14 10 14 OCS 15 5 12 9 213
13th Open 34 Mike Phillips 13 19 3 22 DNF DNS 8 5 11 1 6 4 5 5 23 19 OCS 13 231
14th Masters 15 Nelson Wright 16 23 8 19 6 17 11 10 3 24 8 15 15 13 16 22 16 15 233
15th Open 4 Pat Murphy 8 3 18 9 14 4 18 22 18 17 19 18 12 11 24 23 11 19 244
16th Open 38 Bob Ashford 17 OCS 6 18 15 16 15 15 14 21 9 28 7 10 13 16 6 DNS 263
17th Women 25 Terry Loewen 20 25 24 20 2 22 22 8 22 29 23 17 16 14 28 18 15 8 304
18th Open 16 Rick Loewen 18 33 26 31 24 11 10 12 13 8 20 OCS 25 31 22 6 29 4 323
19th Masters 13 John McKnight 28 13 17 21 11 14 23 29 27 20 32 27 20 19 9 24 20 11 333
20th Open 30 Per Lofgren 9 26 11 13 OCS 8 26 14 DNS DNS DNS DNS 11 20 10 4 21 12 333
21st Masters 36 Dick Anderson 24 15 31 26 OCS 19 17 18 24 25 24 11 23 28 17 8 23 21 354
22nd Women, Masters 51 Sharon Woodruff 26 11 5 14 17 28 31 32 25 31 28 22 9 16 19 25 25 23 355
23rd Open 11 Terry Richardson 14 18 21 8 12 24 21 20 19 16 18 20 19 29 DNS DNS DNS DNS 370
24th Masters 6 Norm Freeman 29 7 9 16 13 20 27 7 23 10 11 23 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 380
25th Open 7 Chip Short 31 31 27 24 21 26 19 13 29 15 26 29 26 21 21 17 19 22 386
26th Open 33 Norm Hanson 19 6 29 35 OCS 32 28 25 26 30 13 14 33 25 26 26 17 18 402
27th Women 48 Janet Caffee 27 21 23 25 OCS 25 24 DNF 12 22 27 30 34 17 18 15 27 29 413
28th Open 32 Brian Logan 25 28 30 28 20 27 20 17 28 23 22 25 21 27 27 33 24 27 419
29th Youth 63 Jimmy Meroni 36 32 34 27 22 23 25 19 21 27 31 19 30 24 25 21 OCS 6 422
30th Women 17 Paula Smyth 30 17 15 17 19 31 29 DNF 34 34 DNS DNS 28 15 20 27 18 20 428
31st Open 56 Jack Hildreth 22 30 13 23 OCS 34 30 26 20 19 21 24 27 32 30 28 OCS 26 442
32nd Masters 12 Clark Keysor 23 20 32 29 OCS 30 DNF DNS 33 26 25 21 31 23 29 31 22 25 474
33rd Open 9 Tom Cottingham 33 27 28 30 26 33 35 31 30 32 30 26 22 26 33 20 26 28 481
34th Open 3 Marty Mitchell 32 35 35 33 OCS 21 32 28 32 28 29 31 32 34 31 29 28 30 520
35th Women 8 Kathy Clark 35 34 33 32 25 29 33 30 31 33 DNF DNS 35 33 32 32 30 DNF 551
36th Open 31 Roland Richardson 34 29 36 34 23 35 34 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 29 30 DNS DNS DNS DNS 580

Garlick Stretches Lead, and His Wife Takes Over Ladies Lead

The winds built to 18-20 for the last half of the day, which made for some really screaming reaches. Paul Garlick was not phased by the heavier winds and hiked himself to two more bullets, stetching his lead over Mike Fahle to eleven points.

Master Jim Glanden has been right up front in every race and has a commanding 50-point lead over second spot Master, Stan Woodruff.

Kathryn Garlick overtook Defending Ladies Champ, Kathy Kulkoski, and is leading her by 13 points and moved into 4th place for the Open Class. Keep in mind, however, that in a big fleet like this it is really easy to have a bad start and lose 30 points in a heartbeat.

Tommy Fritticher is leading Harry Newkirk in the Youth -- mainly because Newkirk was over early after a General Recall and dipped to exonerate himself instead of rounding the end that is required when the India Rule is in effect. Otherwise, the two have been battling it out neck and neck the entire series.

Dave White is still hanging tough in the 5th spot.

Results so Far:

Rick's Place Sailing Resort
2001 Wave Nationals
Preliminary Results

Pos Fleet Sail No Crew R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 Pts
1st Open 40 Paul Garlick 1 1 1 1 8 1 7 2 1 4 1 6 26
2nd Open 37 Mike Fahle 2 4 2 6 10 3 1 1 2 14 4 2 37
3rd Masters 35 Jim Glanden 6 5 25 2 1 13 5 6 7 2 7 3 57
4th Women 39 Kathryn Garlick 5 24 19 4 9 15 2 4 4 6 2 7 77
5th Open 21 Dave White 4 10 7 15 5 7 3 21 6 7 10 8 82
6th Women 41 Kathy Kulkoski 11 2 10 OCS 3 5 9 3 10 13 12 12 90
7th Open 14 Kirk Newkirk 12 16 20 5 7 9 13 9 15 3 3 1 93
8th Masters 5 Stan Woodruff 7 22 4 10 OCS 10 4 24 5 5 15 9 115
9th Youth 22 Tommy Fruitticher 10 8 14 3 16 12 12 16 16 9 5 13 118
10th Open 34 Mike Phillips 13 19 3 22 DNF DNS 8 5 11 1 6 4 129
11th Open 20 Chris Sawyer 15 12 22 12 18 6 6 23 8 11 17 5 132
12th Masters 15 Nelson Wright 16 23 8 19 6 17 11 10 3 24 8 15 136
13th Masters 68 Hollis Caffee 21 14 16 7 4 18 14 11 17 12 14 10 137
14th Youth 10 Harry Newkirk 3 9 12 11 OCS 2 16 27 9 18 16 16 139
15th Open 4 Pat Murphy 8 3 18 9 14 4 18 22 18 17 19 18 146
16th Masters 6 Norm Freeman 29 7 9 16 13 20 27 7 23 10 11 23 166
17th Open 38 Bob Ashford 17 OCS 6 18 15 16 15 15 14 21 9 28 174
18th Open 11 Terry Richardson 14 18 21 8 12 24 21 20 19 16 18 20 187
19th Women 25 Terry Loewen 20 25 24 20 2 22 22 8 22 29 23 17 205
20th Open 16 Rick Loewen 18 33 26 31 24 11 10 12 13 8 20 OCS 206
21st Masters 13 John McKnight 28 13 17 21 11 14 23 29 27 20 32 27 230
22nd Masters 36 Dick Anderson 24 15 31 26 OCS 19 17 18 24 25 24 11 234
23rd Women, Masters 51 Sharon Woodruff 26 11 5 14 17 28 31 32 25 31 28 22 238
24th Open 30 Per Lofgren 9 26 11 13 OCS 8 26 14 DNS DNS DNS DNS 255
25th Open 33 Norm Hanson 19 6 29 35 OCS 32 28 25 26 30 13 14 257
26th Open 7 Chip Short 31 31 27 24 21 26 19 13 29 15 26 29 260
27th Open 56 Jack Hildreth 22 30 13 23 OCS 34 30 26 20 19 21 24 262
28th Open 32 Brian Logan 25 28 30 28 20 27 20 17 28 23 22 25 263
29th Women 48 Janet Caffee 27 21 23 25 OCS 25 24 DNF 12 22 27 30 273
30th Youth 63 Jimmy Meroni 36 32 34 27 22 23 25 19 21 27 31 19 280
31st Women 17 Paula Smyth 30 17 15 17 19 31 29 DNF 34 34 DNS DNS 300
32nd Masters 12 Clark Keysor 23 20 32 29 OCS 30 DNF DNS 33 26 25 21 313
33rd Open 9 Tom Cottingham 33 27 28 30 26 33 35 31 30 32 30 26 326
34th Open 3 Marty Mitchell 32 35 35 33 OCS 21 32 28 32 28 29 31 336
35th Women 8 Kathy Clark 35 34 33 32 25 29 33 30 31 33 DNF DNS 352
36th Open 31 Roland Richardson 34 29 36 34 23 35 34 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 373

Day Two (Saturday Morning)

Garlick Lost His Cape, But Still has Good Lead Overall

Winds were much better today -- 15-18 mph and still with flat seas. Garlick suffered a 7th and 8th place finishes out of the four races sailed this morning, yet still has a small lead of five points over Mike Fahle.

Jim Glanden is dominating the Masters by over 50 points. In the Ladies Kathy Kulkoski has taken a small lead over Kathryn Garlick. And Tommy Fruittichker has a 5-point lead over Harry Newkirk

More stories and pictures after we get back in this afternoon

Standings as of Noon:

Rick's Place Sailing Resort
2001 Wave Nationals
Preliminary Results

Pos Fleet Sail No Crew R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 Pts
1st Open 40 Paul Garlick 1 1 1 1 8 1 7 2 14
2nd Open 37 Mike Fahle 2 4 2 6 10 3 1 1 19
3rd Masters 35 Jim Glanden 6 5 25 2 1 13 5 6 38
4th Women 41 Kathy Kulkoski 11 2 10 OCS 3 5 9 3 43
5th Open 21 Dave White 4 10 7 15 5 7 3 21 51
6th Women 39 Kathryn Garlick 5 24 19 4 9 15 2 4 58
7th Open 14 Kirk Newkirk 12 16 20 5 7 9 13 9 71
8th Open 4 Pat Murphy 8 3 18 9 14 4 18 22 74
9th Youth 22 Tommy Fruitticher 10 8 14 3 16 12 12 16 75
10th Youth 10 Harry Newkirk 3 9 12 11 OCS 2 16 27 80
11th Masters 5 Stan Woodruff 7 22 4 10 OCS 10 4 24 81
12th Masters 68 Hollis Caffee 21 14 16 7 4 18 14 11 84
13th Masters 15 Nelson Wright 16 23 8 19 6 17 11 10 87
14th Open 20 Chris Sawyer 15 12 22 12 18 6 6 23 91
15th Masters 6 Norm Freeman 29 7 9 16 13 20 27 7 99
16th Open 38 Bob Ashford 17 OCS 6 18 15 16 15 15 102
17th Open 34 Mike Phillips 13 19 3 22 DNF DNS 8 5 107
18th Open 30 Per Lofgren 9 26 11 13 OCS 8 26 14 107
19th Open 11 Terry Richardson 14 18 21 8 12 24 21 20 114
20th Women 25 Terry Loewen 20 25 24 20 2 22 22 8 118
21st Masters 13 John McKnight 28 13 17 21 11 14 23 29 127
22nd Open 16 Rick Loewen 18 33 26 31 24 11 10 12 132
23rd Women, Masters 51 Sharon Woodruff 26 11 5 14 17 28 31 32 132
24th Masters 36 Dick Anderson 24 15 31 26 OCS 19 17 18 150
25th Women 17 Paula Smyth 30 17 15 17 19 31 29 DNF 158
26th Open 7 Chip Short 31 31 27 24 21 26 19 13 161
27th Open 32 Brian Logan 25 28 30 28 20 27 20 17 165
28th Open 33 Norm Hanson 19 6 29 35 OCS 32 28 25 174
29th Open 56 Jack Hildreth 22 30 13 23 OCS 34 30 26 178
30th Youth 63 Jimmy Meroni 36 32 34 27 22 23 25 19 182
31st Women 48 Janet Caffee 27 21 23 25 OCS 25 24 DNF 182
32nd Open 9 Tom Cottingham 33 27 28 30 26 33 35 31 208
33rd Masters 12 Clark Keysor 23 20 32 29 OCS 30 DNF DNS 208
34th Open 3 Marty Mitchell 32 35 35 33 OCS 21 32 28 216
35th Women 8 Kathy Clark 35 34 33 32 25 29 33 30 216
36th Open 31 Roland Richardson 34 29 36 34 23 35 34 DNS 225

Paul Garlick Completely Dominates the First Day

There were nearly 40 boats registered for this great event and all were eager to get going. The winds were forcasted for around 10 mph, but they are supposed to be 15 on Saturday and build to 20 on Sunday. Sort of a great way to get everyone usedd to their boats.

Four races were sailed and each was won by Paul Garlick going away -- no contest. Hold on! The third race was a squeaker with Garlick inching out Mike Fahle. Still in all Garlick has all bullets and is already 10 points ahead of the second place boat (by the way, that is Fahle). And for you whiners from last year complaining about non-Hobie sails dominating, Garlick is sailing one of the new charter boats with stock sails. Also interesting is the new Hobie stock sails is a much better sail than they have issued in the past years -- the material is stiffer and the shape is much better.

Youth sailors are doing extremely well, with Tommy Fruitticher and Harry Newkirk in a tie for third place overall

Dave White is holding on to a narrow lead over Jim Glanden, who is leading the Masters Fleet.

Another Garlick in the stew -- Yep! Kathryn Garlick is leading the Women's Division and is in 9th place overall

Standby for tomorrow for more exciting pictures (the wind will be better and there should be more excitement.

The starts were crowded but clean, with only two individual recalls for the day.

Results

Pos Fleet Sail No Crew R1 R2 R3 R4 Pts Notes
1st Open 40 Paul Garlick 1 1 1 1 4
2nd Open 37 Mike Fahle 2 4 2 6 14
3rd Youth 22 Tommy Fruitticher 10 8 14 3 35
4th Youth 10 Harry Newkirk 3 9 12 11 35
5th Open 21 Dave White 4 10 7 15 36
6th Masters 35 Jim Glanden 6 5 25 2 38
7th Open 4 Pat Murphy 8 3 18 9 38
8th Masters 5 Stan Woodruff 7 22 4 10 43
9th Women 39 Kathryn Garlick 5 24 19 4 52
10th Open 14 Kirk Newkirk 12 16 20 5 53
11th Women 51 Sharon Woodruff 26 11 5 14 56
12th Open 34 Mike Phillips 13 19 3 22 57
13th Women 68 Janet Caffee 21 14 16 7 58
14th Open 30 Per Lofgren 9 26 11 13 59
15th Women 41 Kathy Kulkoski 11 2 10 OCS 60
16th Open 11 Terry Richardson 14 18 21 8 61
17th Open 20 Chris Sawyer 15 12 22 12 61
18th Masters 6 Norm Freeman 29 7 9 16 61
19th Masters 15 Nelson Wright 16 23 8 19 66
20th Open 38 Bob Ashford 17 OCS 6 18 78
21st Women 17 Paula Smyth 30 17 15 17 79
22nd Masters 13 John McKnight 28 13 17 21 79
23rd Open 56 Jack Hildreth 22 30 13 23 88
24th Women 25 Terry Loewen 20 25 24 20 89
25th Open 33 Norm Hanson 19 6 29 35 89
26th Masters 48 Hollis Caffee 27 21 23 25 96
27th Masters 36 Dick Anderson 24 15 31 26 96
28th Masters 12 Clark Keysor 23 20 32 29 104
29th Masters 16 Rick Loewen 18 33 26 31 108
30th Open 32 Brian Logan 25 28 30 28 111
31st Open 7 Chip Short 31 31 27 24 113
32nd Open 9 Tom Cottingham 33 27 28 30 118
33rd Youth 63 Jimmy Meroni 36 32 34 27 129
34th Open 31 Roland Richardson 34 29 36 34 133
35th Women 8 Kathy Clark 35 34 33 32 134
36th Open 3 Marty Mitchell 32 35 35 33 135