Capri 14.2 Nationals

Perfect San Diego Weather Greets Capri 14.2 Sailors
By Mark Miller

On September 20-21, the placid waters of San Diego's Mission Bay lived up to its storied reputation as one of the California's premier small boat racing venues. Here, once again Mission Bay Yacht Club (MBYC) hosted the Capri 14.2 National Championship. And once again the weather cooperated with blue skies, mid-70's temperature, and 8-12 knots of steady breezes.

Boats from MBYC, Arizona YC, California YC, and Westlake Village YC were divided into two classes, Gold, for veteran racers, and Silver, for the less-experienced. Trophies for Gold Fleet went 5 deep, and those for Silver went 3 deep.
MBYC carried home the first three places in the Gold Fleet, with the first place Trophy (and the National Championship) going to skipper Scott Finkboner and Crew Jennifer Lyons of MBYC.

Silver Fleet winners were skipper Bob Amenta and crew Mark Miller from Westlake Village.

Racing was marred by only one mishap, a capsizing and subsequent turtling. This Capri 14.2 sailor watched with interest as the sailboat crew managed on their own to pull the boat up (by pulling on the centerboard) until it lay on its side. At that point one of the chase boats moved in. It approached the masthead, where a crewman knelt on the chase boat bow and lifted the masthead out of the water. Then the chase boat moved slowed toward the hull of the Capri 14.2 as the crewman lifted the mast. By the time the chase boat had gone about ten feet the Capri popped upright. Then the chase boat pulled the sailors out of the water and transferred them to the Capri. The whole procedure took only a few minutes and demonstrated the advantage of having a veteran chase boat crew.

Gold Fleet - 2008 Capri 14.2 Nationals
Place From
1 - Scott Finkboner and Jennifer Lyons MBYC
2 - Scott Hoffmann and Tyler Caroe MBYC
3 - Kevin Olenick and Smantha Olenick MBYC
4 - Mike Hester and Sarah Hester Arizona YC
5 - John Mayall and Megan Mayall Arizona YC

Silver Fleet - 2008 2008 Capri 14.2 Nationals
Place From
1 - Bob Amenta and Mark Miller Westlake YC
2 - George Tingom and Barbara Tinghom Arizona YC
3 - Fred Johnston and Akane Nakagaki MBYC

Labor Day Regatta

The Labor Day regatta was held on September 1st. It was an outstanding day. Thirty-four sailors participated. Seventeen senior sailors and seventeen junior sailors were on hand. All classes of boats were in the water. Riley Magidow took first and Max Kibbee was second in the Sabot B class. Will Dorosk and Cameron Poe were first and second in the Sabot C class. Michael Eisenberg came in first in a Laser. Jackie Hollander and Alex Silberberg were first in the CFJ Class. Bob Amenta and Mark Miller were first in a C-14.2 and Brian Rackohn and Sal Scariposo were first a C-18.