Friday, September 16, 2005
Mallory Cup Victory!!!!!!!!!
U.S. Men's Sailing Championship 2005Friday, September 16
Conditions: 10 - 12 knots, rain, chop and heavy seas
After three days of no wind and either hot sun or rain, the wind finally began to blow as the effects of Tropical Storm Ophelia began to affect Long Island Sound. The conditions allowed the race committee to sail longer courses and the sailors raced in the final three races in rolling seas.
Zak Fanberg (New Orleans, LA), Sara Fanberg (New Orleans, LA) and Marcus Eagan (Metairie LA), representing Bay Waveland Yacht Club won the 2005 U.S. Men's Sailing Championship after a very tight final race against Rush Creek Yacht Club's team of Kenneth Wolfe (Dallas, TX), Jake Scott (La Porte, TX) and Jameson Rabbitt (Irving TX). The two teams had swapped leads during the regatta and the racing between them was always very close with only one point separating them at the very end. Sailing for Cedar Point Yacht Club, Josh Goldman (Westport, CT), Marc Jacobi (Bridgeport, CT) and Jay Lurie (New Canaan, CT) captured third place.
This is Fanberg's third win in a row, a feat only equaled by Harry C (Buddy) Melges Jr. in the 1960's. What is bittersweet about his victory is that the team's home yacht club, Bay Waveland was destroyed in Hurricane Katrina.
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Conditions: 10 - 12 knots, rain, chop and heavy seas
After three days of no wind and either hot sun or rain, the wind finally began to blow as the effects of Tropical Storm Ophelia began to affect Long Island Sound. The conditions allowed the race committee to sail longer courses and the sailors raced in the final three races in rolling seas.
Zak Fanberg (New Orleans, LA), Sara Fanberg (New Orleans, LA) and Marcus Eagan (Metairie LA), representing Bay Waveland Yacht Club won the 2005 U.S. Men's Sailing Championship after a very tight final race against Rush Creek Yacht Club's team of Kenneth Wolfe (Dallas, TX), Jake Scott (La Porte, TX) and Jameson Rabbitt (Irving TX). The two teams had swapped leads during the regatta and the racing between them was always very close with only one point separating them at the very end. Sailing for Cedar Point Yacht Club, Josh Goldman (Westport, CT), Marc Jacobi (Bridgeport, CT) and Jay Lurie (New Canaan, CT) captured third place.
This is Fanberg's third win in a row, a feat only equaled by Harry C (Buddy) Melges Jr. in the 1960's. What is bittersweet about his victory is that the team's home yacht club, Bay Waveland was destroyed in Hurricane Katrina.
View Previous Reports and Regatta Site
// posted by BWYC member @ 2:23 PM 
