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2000
Comet Junior Nationals Championship
by Mark Buruchian
The
Comet Class Jr. Championship Regatta was held again at Stone Harbor,
NJ on August 17th - 18th. A total of nine boats competed in a
six race series in varying wind and weather conditions. It was
exciting to see a team from Bermuda compete, confirming the International
status of the Comet Class. All in all, the regatta was superbly
run and provided a competitive venue for a championship regatta.
Bill Young of Stone Harbor and his crew Vicki Mossbrook repeated
as Jr. National Champions in a very hard fought dual with Kevin
King and Beth Hendee of Ocean Gate Yacht Club. The Championship
wasn't decided until the last leg of the last race. Bart Nicholson,
also of Stone Harbor, proved to be the spoiler as his finishes
on the second day provided Bill the cushion needed to win the
regatta. Bart's finishes also proved good enough to edge out Kevin
Buruchian of Highland Lakes by one point for third place overall.
The Bermudan team of Maxwell Curtis and Stefan Furbert rounded
out the top five.
While the regatta was extremely competitive, a high level of sportsmanship
was also evident. One of the competitors gave up their boat to
her brother as he had broken his mast between races. In turn the
sailors with the broken mast lent their rudder to the Bermudans
who had to drop out of the prior race due to rudder problems.
Standings
and finishes were as follows:
| #4106
Bill Young |
Vicki
Mossbrook |
Stone
Harbor, NJ |
2,2,1,4,1,1 |
| #4096
Kevin King |
Beth
Hendee |
Ocean
Gate YC |
1,1,3,1,3,2 |
| #4046
Bart Nicholson |
Sarah
Van Horn |
Stone
Harbor, NJ |
7,8,4,2,2,3 |
| #3983
Kevin Buruchian |
Dan
Smit |
Highland
Lakes, NJ |
3,4,5,3,4,5 |
| #4095
Maxwell Curtis |
Stefan
Furbert |
Bermuda |
6,6,2,5,DNF,4 |
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