DRYA awards honor a great season
By Peggy Walsh-Sarnecki
The Detroit Regional Yacht-Racing Association season flags were passed out Friday night during a dinner at the Grosse Pointe Yacht Club.
Winners almost got IOUs instead of flags. Commodore Jeff Kitson said the flags, which had been ordered weeks ago, were apparently not even cut, much less assembled on Tuesday before the awards dinner.
But Barb Seski found another flag maker, Prestige Flags, that came to the rescue and got the entire order made in 48 hours.
In addition to the skippers’ awards, the Pontiac Yacht Club won the Sutton Trophy for the most improved junior sailing program.
A special award for supporting junior sailing went to the Grosse Pointe Youth Nautical Educational Foundation, which supports junior sailing programs’ travel teams, high school sailing travel teams and offers $1,000 college scholarships to junior sailors.
Overall trophies:
Handicap overall award, the Com. H.J. Mainwaring Trophy — One Too Many, skipper Roger Renaud
Offshore One Design Overall award, the WJR Trophy — Jayhawker, Dave Sandlin
C Course One Design Overall award, the Com. C.J. Deeds Trophy — Air Force, skipper Shirley Fortune.
Class awards:
PRF 1: Chico 2, Jim Weyard, first summer, first season, Com. Fraser and Schoenherr Trophy; Epic, Ray Adams, first spring, second summer, second season; Blitz, Larry Souter, third spring, third summer, third season; Power Trip, James Kraft, second spring.
PRF 2: Pendragon, Greg Thomas, first spring, summer, season, Com. Summerlee Trophy; Velero VII, J. Sammy Barbour, second summer and season; Falcon, Ed Bayer, second spring; Titan, Dan Aitken, third spring; Seagoing, John Seago, third summer.
PRF 3: Avatar, Gordon Morlan, first spring, second summer, first season, Com. R.A. Priebe Trophy; Baron, Terry Stuck, second spring, first summer, second season; No Rebase, Ralph Richards, third summer, third season; Ben Jammin, Jim Rapelje, third spring.
PRF 4: One Too Many, Roger Renaud, first spring, summer and season, Com. James Nixon Trophy; Defiant, Fran Fitzpatrick, second spring, summer and season; Courage, Spencer Channell, third summer and season; Albacore, Rich Marsh, third spring.
Asail: Just Chill, Dave Greene, second spring, first summer and season, Com. George Voelker Cup; Brandilee, Steve Nadeau, second summer and season; Marksman, Brian Lang, first spring; Spectre, Bob and Glory Schappe, third spring, summer and season.
J-120: Hot Ticket, Mike Kirkman, second spring, first summer, first season, Com. H.C. McGregor Trophy; Jayhawker, first spring, third summer, second season; Night Moves, Henry Mistele, second summer, third season; Nauti-Boys, Ed Vermet, third spring.
Beneateau 36.7: Manitou, John Burke, first summer, first season, Com. Kotcher Trophy; Gail Force, Robert Drake, third summer, second season; Legend, Dan Shriner, second season.
C&C 35: Contender, Gary Graham, first spring, summer and season, DYC Trophy; Siochail, Brian Geraghty, second spring, summer and season; Traitor, Keys, third spring, summer and season.
Cal 25: Patriot, John McAllister, first spring, summer and season, McNaron-White Trophy; Never Alone, Ross Nuechterlein, second spring, third summer, second season; Forty-Two, Dave Simon, second summer, Frunobulax, third spring; Clytie, Dave Marshall, third season.
Express 27: Das Boot, Harald Kolter, first spring, third summer, first season, Pete H. Fortune Trophy; Air Force, Shirley Fortune, second spring, first summer, second season; Lorax, Ralph Deeds, second summer, third season; Mika, Jerry Johmeyer, third spring.
Flying Scot: FS ID 90001, Larry Breskin, first spring.
Crescent: Utopia, David Hume, first spring, summer and season, Crescent Sloop Trophy; Evil Monkey Kevin Cohen, second spring, summer and season; Moxie Susan McDonald, third spring, summer and season.
