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Report courtesy Lorain, OH. On behalf of Fleet 60 and the Edgewater Yacht Club, I want to thank all the participating Jet-14 competitors for making the 2007 Chili Bowl one of the best ever. Sailors from seven clubs participated from as far away as 2007 Jet-14 Chili Bowl - Results: For complete information on North Jet 14 sails, don't hesitate to contact our Jet 14 experts.
Report by Greg Fisher
Brent Barbehenn, with team mate Ben Stock once again dominated the event winning every race but 2. Dirk Schwenk, with wife Steph won the other 2 races and finished second overall. Michael Parramore was fifth. We are proud that North Sails performed very well once again in the Jet 14 Nationals with 1,2,5 overall!! The picture is of Brent Barbehenn from the Nationals last year...but it's the same team, same boat, nearly same scores!!! For complete information on North Jet 14 sails, don't hesitate to contact our Jet 14 experts. To order your fast Jet 14 sails online, click here.
Report by Greg Fisher
33 boats sailed the Jet 14 nationals hosted by Severn sailing Association In Annapolis,MD. The regatta was sailed August 23-26 in a variety of conditions..some very trying. One of Annapolis' top Race Officers, John Potter did a superb job keeping the racing moving along and all races were sailed. For North Sails, the results couldn't have been much better! North Sails finished 1,2,3,4*,5*,6,7,8,9,11 overall!! (* main/jib only). Brent Barbehenn from Moorestown, NJ. With team mate Ben Stork, won the event, his 11th Jet 14 National Championship! With 5 firsts in 8 races, he won the Nationals by 6 pts over myself and my wife JoAnn. We had a great time sailing the Jet and appreciated all the hospitality the class offered us. Sue and Dave Michos were kind enough to bring a new boat built by Jibetech out from Cleveland and set the boat up for us as well. We look forward to another opportunity join the group again!! Class stalwart Dirk Schwenk and his wife Steph were third 11 boats back from JoAnn and I. Sean Defusco and his wife Kerrie were 4th and Dave and Sue Michos were 5th. JoAnn Fisher won the Women's Nationals and RJ bay won the Junior Nationals. North sails were on both the winning boats in those events as well.
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Report by Greg Fisher Brent Barbehenn with crew Nicole Finnefrock took yet another Jet 14 Nationals (this makes nine!) August 19-21 at Edgewater Yacht Club in Cleveland, Oh. In fact they won with 8 straight firsts! In second was Dirk Scwenk of Annapolis, third, his law partner, Todd Lochner,fourth was Marion Zaugg and fifth was Sean Defusco. Congrats to all and we're glad you're chosen North as your sailmaker. Any questions about North Jet 14 sails, please contact out Jet 14 experts!. Below is a report from the Regatta Chair, Dave Michos: The Jet 14 Class, Edgewater Yacht club and everyone owes a great thanks to the Sponsors of the 2004 Jet 14 Nationals: Title Sponsored by Mitsubishi Electric (Cliff Peshek #1131), Event Sponsored by AC/Delco (John Gemperline #665), Captain Morgan Rum (Robert Rocawich, EYC Assistant Clubhouse Manager), Wanenmacher Insurance (John Wanenmacher), almost 30 "Sponsor-a-Keg" sponsors and 40+ donations of Silent Auction items and giveaways. Mitsubishi and others went a long way in covering the costs of getting such a great Principal Race Officer as Ken Legler, supplying skippers and crew with superior regatta clothing, and putting on fun events afterward like the AC/Delco Blender Party with Captain Morgan Rum and the Bill Buckles Liquor Box Blender. For anyone who could not come, this was a Nationals not to be missed. Ken Legler and the top notch crew of Edgewater YC Race Committee volunteers (headed by Mike Dills) set nice square lines of proper length, set nice courses, usually Modified Olympic Triangles and a couple of five-legged windward leewards. The wind shifts were quite significant shown by about 250 degrees of rightward oscillations on Friday. Ken, Mike and crew were on top of it all though, making pretty exact "Changes of Course" at both windward and leeward marks -- even making the leeward gates square. Besides the rain and swells/chop greater than the wind there was not much to complain about. The top two finishers raved about the club and facilities and said the event was the best they'd been to or it was the best Nationals. Having such a great PRO as Ken Legler was worth the cost. The racing itself was quite tight, though nine-time champion Brent Barbehenn skipper and crew Nicole Finefrock were usually at the top in #698. A few of us managed to stick with him through some of the races. Brent would always manage to flash a little better boat speed when it counted or show some great sense of the wind on the race course. As both the 2004 National Champion and newly elected President of the Jet 14 Class, I'm sure he'll pass down some tidbits either in the Jet Blast or online at the Jet14.com website or the website's Message Board. Brent walked away with eight first place finishes. Battling for second and third were law firm partners Dirk Schwenk (crew Adam Gilbertson) in #1137 and Todd Lochner (crew Jen Campbell). Though their firm is named "Lochner and Schwenk" their finishing positions were opposite as Dirk managed to finish four points ahead of Todd. The rest of the top ten were 4th place #1132 Marion Zaugg (crew Carol Van Kueren); 5th Sean Defusco (crew Kerrie Defusco); 6th #1134 Bill Buckles (crew Matt Ayers); 7th #1149 Ted Reshetiloff (crew Pete Appell) in a brand new Jibe Tech hull; 8th Dave Michos (crew Sue Michos) in the top placing wood boat); 9th #952 Hank Boissenault (crew Jill Barnes); and #10 #717 Tom Grace (crew Paula Pacheco). Perpetual trophies went to Sean and Kerrie Defusco for best finish husband/wife team; Hank Boissenault and Jill Barnes for best finish among first time nationals participants; Tom Joudrey and Angie Bond for Best Finishing Junior Skipper; and Nate Ireland and Ivan Baker for The Most Improved from Last Year's Nationals. The 2004 TTraveler'saward was given to Dave and Sue Michos. Michael and Laury Parammore finished second and Marion Zaugg and Carol Van Kueren finished third. In the B Fleet, soon to renamed the Presidential Fleet(?), were 1st #1133 Nate Ireland and Ivan Baker; 2nd #1146 Jim and EElaineLamb; 3rd #1135 Mike and Tim Vining; 4th #1145 Chris MacMurray and Frank Bajowski; and 5th #628 Steve Jackson and Chris M. On Wednesday, the Juniors and Women raced their Nationals. The race committee managed to get off one race before the wind went to 20-plus knots. As all the boats would be raced the next three days in the main event, further racing was abandoned. The top Junior finishers were #1134 Caitlin Aguero (crew Abby Rowlands); 2nd #1135 Adam Gilbertson (crew Tim Vining); 3rd #1048 Clark Kennedy (crew Hank Kennedy); and 4th #665 Mike Gemperline and Hunter Ferris. The Women's Nationals now have a Perpetual Trophy thanks to a generous donation by Joy Shipman and work by Karen Hugon. Winning were #544 Joanne Beaver (crew Laury Parammore); 2nd #628 Joy Shipman (crew Sue Michos); 3rd #884 Karen Hugon (crew Anne Rossner); 4th #1131 Katrina Posedal (crew Sue McDowell), 5th #1093 Kate Erklauer (crew Courtney Flick); and 6th #1146 Elaine Lamb (crew Faye Coscia). Friday's racing was followed by a crew race (skipper and crew swap positions). Of the 31 boats racing 23 boats participated: an extraordinary showing. Finishing first were #1137 Adam Gilbertson (crew Dirk Schwenk); 2nd #1032 Jen Campbell (crew Todd Lochner); 3rd #698 Nicole Finefrock (crew Brent Barbehenn); 4th #217 Ken Legler (crew Sue Michos); and 5th #1132 Carole Van Kueren (crew Marion Zaugg). The race included a huge right hand shift and a premature start by #217 skippered by Ken Legler. While Ken isn't really crew he was anxious to get back on a Jet and race it like he did as a teenager. Everyone had a lot of fun and maybe some of the crew will be buying their own Jets in the future. Off the water, PRO Ken Legler also did a great job Thursday evening discussing the dynamics of the Jet 14, including "tiller sawing." After each day of racing, Ken put together charts of boats' mark roundings and how they progressed at each windward/leeward/finish mark, connecting the boats with lines. Jim Lamb may be putting them on the website for your interest. The Friday evening Blender Party was a blast. A few people had a few too many blender drinks and might have spent a bit more than what they wanted on the nice items in the Silent Auction. Thanks, AC/Delco, Bill Buckles and all of the liquored up participants for such a great time. Though the multitudes of Sponsors helped make the 2004 Nationals possible, it was the participants that made it so much fun. There was a great mix of people. At past nationals in Ohio, boats usually show up on Wednesday afternoon and leave after awards on Saturday. This year most boats showed up Tuesday evening and some were not leaving until Monday afterward. Edgewater Yacht Club, Cleveland Fleet #60, District II and the rest of us truly appreciate and are honored by the Class' excitement about Jet racing on Lake > Erie. Results and more stories will be posted on the class website: Jet 14.com.
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Nearly 30 boats sailed the 2007 Jet 14 Nationals at Island Heights, New Jersey. There were a wide range of conditions the gang sailed in and some super talent to match.
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