| 2004 Florida Women's Sunfish Championship (Hula Cup) May 8, 2004 at the Sarasota Sailing Squadron | |||||||||||
| Story by Cindy Taylor | |||||||||||
| I attended the Hula
Cup on May 8, 2004 which was a big event for me since I had to trailer my
Sunfish from Titusville to Sarasota across I-4. This was my third time
trailering my boat but my first highway experience. I had a cell phone, AAA,
and a credit card should anything happen and luckily nothing did. I left
Friday afternoon and arrived in Sarasota about 9:00 pm. |
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| Help was available
at the Sailing Squadron to get my Sunfish off/on the trailer. Saturday's weather was picture perfect
with light westerly breezes, about 8-12 mph.
We had seven short windward/leeward races, finishing windward at the
gate. The first race was my best race
where I almost got a 3rd but Rita Steele stole that from me right at the
finish line. Rita had tiller extension problems that race. I also remember the windward finish of the last race where, when I rounded the leeward mark, a nice set of power boat wakes surfed me toward the finish line. It's weird surfing upwind. There were a few sailors that actually got to surf over the finish line, but I had to tack to get there. |
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| All the female sailors got a hula cup along with a gift bag. The Sarasota Sailing Squadron put on a very nice regatta.There were snacks before the racing and a buffet dinner after the racing. I was glad that I made the effort to go. | |||||||||||
| Full Results: | |||||||||||
| Skipper | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Total | After drop | Place | |
| Rita Steele | 3 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 31 | 13 | 1 | |
| Linda Tillman | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 13 | 2 | |
| Rebecca Rom | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 30 | 18 | 3 | |
| Cindy Clifton | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 25 | 4 | |
| Donna Steele | 8 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 36 | 27 | 5 | |
| Cindy Taylor | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 47 | 32 | 6 | |
| Chanelle Strammmer | 10 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 47 | 35 | 7 | |
| Bonnie Sevier | 12 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 57 | 45 | 8 | |
| Julie Burnett | 6 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 57 | 46 | 9 | |
| Loretta Garber | 7 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 64 | 49 | 10 | |
| Char Sims | 9 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 81 | 65 | 11 | |
| Carol McDowell | 15 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 13 | 81 | 66 | 12 | |
| Cecily Cerutti | 16 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 88 | 72 | 13 | |
| Kathy Jenkins | 11 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 15 | 95 | 79 | 14 | |
| Leslie Nicks | 14 | 11 | 13 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 97 | 80 | 15 | |
| Jan Larabee | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 17 | 100 | 83 | 16 | |
| Sharon Del Bianco | 17 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 111 | 93 | 17 | |