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2002 ALAMITOS BAY OLYMPIC CLASSES REGATTA

March 22-24, 2002
Alamitos Bay Yacht Club

Report by Rodrigo Meireles
We had this past weekend one more edition of the Olympic classes regatta. A great number of teams gathered together to sail this great regatta - to be more specific 141 boats in seven classes! Traditional Long Beach southwesterly breezes made the regatta a great event.
I was there on Thursday, the day before the regatta started. I went out with Luther Carpenter (US Sailing coach) to check the Europe sails and talk about future plans. It was also an important regatta for the Finns because it was the last qualifying event for the Olympic Team. Darrell Peck won the regatta showing that he is back in the game after a disappointing Winter series in Florida, however it was not enough to overcome Geoff Ewnsome lead. Geoff is #1, Darrel #2 and Mo Hart #3 - all powered by North. In the Europe class Meg Gaillard won showing that she is still unbeatable. Mike Dorgan and Eric Weintraub won the Star class in a 15 boats fleet.

Here's the final results:

Europe (23 boats)
1. Meg Gaillard, USA, 2 1 (3) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1; 10
2. Robert Dean, USA, 1 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 4 (10); 21
3. Krysia Pohl, USA, (9) 3 1 8 2 4 4 4 2 3; 31

Finn (15 boats)
1. Darrel PEck, USA, 4 1 1 2 (5) 4 1 1 1 1; 16
2. Bryan Boyd, USA, 1 2 2 3 1 1 4 3 4 (DNF); 21
3. Geoffrey Ewenson, USA, 3 (5) 4 1 2 2 2 4 2 2; 22
Snipe (6 boats)
1. Ken Redler, USA, 1 1 2 2 1 3 (DNS); 10
2. Jim Grubbs, USA, 3 4 1 3 3 1 (DNS); 15
3. David Tillson, USA, 3 4 1 3 3 1 (DNF); 15
Soling (8 boats)
1. Jim Medley, USA, (3) 2 2 2 3 1 1 1 1 1; 14
2. Ian Warehan, USA, 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 (3) 3 2; 16
3. Steve Smidt, USA, 1 3 3 3 1 3 3 2 2 (DNS); 21
Star (15 boats)
1. Mike Dorgan, USA, 1 2 1 1 (16) 1 2 2 3 3; 16

Links to the event web site at www.abyc.org :

Complete results

Photos day 1

Photos day 2

Photos day 3 | more photos day 3

Press Release day 1

Press Release day 2

Press Release day 3

If you are a Olympic class sailor and want to hear more about the North Olympic Program, feel free to give me a call at (619) 226-1415 or send me an mail at rodrigo@od.northsails.com. We want to hear from you and will be glad to help you with your Olympic dreams.