The Neuse River Solo Regatta drew 25 competitors on Saturday with Speight Sugg’s San Juan 21, "All Wet" taking top honors.

Bill Kirsch zipping along on "Zip" and heading to a second place finish

Coming in second in Class A and overall was Bill Kirsch on "Zip", an Ensign 264, while Bert Quay’s Ranger 23, "Giggles & Sweat" finished third overall and first in Class B.

 

 

Finishing third in Class A was Margaret Alexander, on her SJ21, Orion. Margaret was the only woman in the race.

At left is "Orion" with Margaret Alexander at the helm on her way to placing third in Class A

In Class B, second place went to "Pin High", Bob Boris’ Ranger 25, and third to "Anticipation", an Elite 23 helmed by Eddie Parker.

Anticipation leads Pin High (right) here. In the end, Anticipation placed third behind Pin High in Class B

 

In C-class, two J-boats topped the list. Jeff Rogers’ J-30 Siholo took first, with Ken Lury skippering J-80 "Critical Mass" in second. Ed Bliss’s Sabre 362, "Out of the Blue" took third.

 

 

 

 

 

A few cruising boats competed in the C-class, making a valiant effort. Fannasea, captained by Kent Fann represented slower cruising boats everywhere. The Valiant 40 rounded out the top 25.

Fannasea would have been a fan of a bit more wind

The solo racers’ day began with a captains’ meeting at the new Oriental Harbor Marina for the 25 captains. Somehow, their number doubled during the post-race celebration at the Topside Lounge.

As with the Oriental Cup Regatta and the Women’s Invitational in September, the weather cooperated for yet another weekend of sailboat racing off of Oriental.

PLACE	CLASS	SAIL #	BOAT NAME	BOAT TYPE	PHRF	SKIPPER
OVERALL
1			All Wet			Sugg. Speight
2			Zip			Kirsch, Bill
3			Giggles & Sweat			Quay, Bert
CLASS A
1	A	1855	All Wet	San Juan 21	252	Sugg, Speight
2	A	986	ZIP	Ensign	264	Kirsch, Bill
3	A	255	Orion	San Juan 21	252	Alexandra, Margaret
4	A	641	Jambrewlc	Ensign	264	Croughwell, Bill
5	A	5194	Pelican	Catalina 25	228	Bogardus, Paul
6	A	1578	Anasazi Chief	Ensign	264	Slauter, Chuck
7	A	443	Juan Mo'time	San Juan 23	240	Roberts,Mick
DNS	A	(Red sails)	Salamander	Oysterman 23	285	Kingsley, Ross
CLASS B
1	B	505	Giggles & Sweat	Ranger 23	216	Quay, Bert
2	B	20051	Pin High	Ranger 28	183	Boris, Bob
3	B	110	Anticipation	Elite 32	168	Parker, Eddie
4	B	30470	Anytime	S2 9.2	183	King, Lee
5	B	248	Nirvana	Cal 27-2	207	Ritchie, Peter
6	B	110	Tenacity	Ranger 22	222	Homme, George
7	B	115	How We Met	C&C 24	222	Daniel, Chris
8	B	290	Windwalker	Helms 27	204	Whitehead, Simon
9	B	1	Sayuri	C&C 30	180	Fitzgerald, Jerry
CLASS C
1	C	322	Sihaba	J-30	144	Rogers, Jeff
2	C	150	Critical Mass	J 80	114	Lury, Ken
3	C	183	Out of the Blue	Sabre 362	117	Bliss, Ed
4	C	41958	Compass Rose	Pearson 31	159	Brennesholtz, Mark
5	C	241	Archangel	Ericson 34	132	Phelps, Doug
6	C	54	Senior Moment	HB Tri	54	Benedict, George
7	C	13	Darmida	Ericson 38	123	Brown, Brian
8	C	(none)	Rhumbline	S236	159	Hurley, George
9	C	257	Fannasea	Valiant 40	144	Fann. Kent