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Updates – Finals

The 2013 US SAILING Match Racing Championship came down to a thrilling finals between two long-time friends from the same yacht club. It was Dave Dellenbaugh, who went through the double round robin undefeated, against fellow Pequot Yacht Club member Dave Perry. Dellenbaugh had won the championship twice before and Perry had won the Prince of Wales trophy four times previously.

Dellenbaugh sailed with daughter, Rebecca Dellenbaugh, a 2010 ICSA All-American at Dartmouth, Janel Zarkowsky, who won the 2012 championship as crew for Taylor Canfield, and on the bow, Amanda Callahan. The victory was special for the Dellenbaughs after losing to Canfield in last year’s finals. 20 degree wind shifts and 2 to 3 foot swells provided many passing lanes for the two experienced match racers and there were multiple lead changes in most races. Dellenbaugh played the shifts almost flawlessly in his 3-1 win over Perry. Perry’s win came in flight 3 of the finals when he positioned his boat on the right side of the course on leg 3, benefited from the shift, and surfed past Dellenbaugh.

Perry sailed with Mike Rehe and Chris Museler, his winning crew from 2011. Perry met and defeated Stephanie Roble, representing Lake Beulah Yacht Club and Chicago Match Race Center in the best of 5 semi-finals. Roble and her crew Taylor Canfield, Brian Janney and Anne Haeger got off to a quick 2-0 lead, but Perry came back strong to tie the series 2-2. Going into the deciding match, Roble lost her bow in the pre-start dial-up and gained a penalty she carried around the course. Without the necessary room to clear the penalty at the finish, Roble set a trap hoping to catch Perry on her windward side. Perry did a great job avoiding the trap and went on to win.

Dellenbaugh met Scott Dickson, representing Long Beach Yacht Club in the semi-finals. Dickson and crew, Dustin Durant and Steve Flam benefited from an uncharacteristic pre-start penalty against Dellenbaugh in Flight 1. Dellenbaugh carried the penalty to the finish with room to clear, however did not get back to the course side after completing his penalty turn. Dellenbaugh sailed flawlessly after Flight 1 to win the semi-finals 3-1. Dickson and Roble met in the Petit-Finals and again Roble got the quick win, but failed to capitalize on the shifts in the next two flights. Dickson placed third and Roble fourth.

Finishing 5th to 8th were:

Nicole Breault, from St. Francis Yacht Club sailing with Allie Blecher, Will Madison and Chris Trezzo

Matt Graham, from Bayview Yacht Club sailing with David Komar and Chris Greenough

David Storrs, from Pequot Yacht Club sailing with Maggie Shea and Phil Robertson

Lars Hansen, from Wayzata Yacht Club sailing with Kurt Taken-Holtze and Jon Noller

The championship was hosted by Sail Sheboygan and the Sheboygan Yacht Club. Event sponsors were Gill, Hobie Polarized, Bemis Manufacturing, Windway Capital, Harken and the Sheboygan County Chamber of Commerce.

Event photos and daily recap videos can be found on the US SAILING Championship website at:http://championships.ussailing.org/Adult/USMRC.htm

Updates – Day 1

The first day of the U.S. Match Racing Championship got underway after an hour and half delay to let thunder storms move out of the area. Competitors battled both high waves and high winds throughout the day. After 5 and ¾ flights, Dave Dellenbaugh is sitting on top of the leaderboard with 6 wins, followed closely by Dave Perry with 5 wins.

Perry’s only loss came in flight 4 against Dellenbaugh. Perry came off the starting line in a strong position and held the lead until the final downwind leg. Winds were gusting 25 knots and Perry rolled to windward losing bowman, Chris Museler into the water. Perry quickly recovered his bowman, but lost his lead to Dellenbaugh.

Matt Graham, representing Bayview Yacht Club, finished the day with 3 wins and is currently in 3rd place despite being the lightest team to sail in the heavy breeze.

Nicole Breault from St. Francis Yacht in San Francisco had no trouble handling the wind and waves, but picked up the first red pre-start penalty in flight 2. Breault finished the day with 2 wins.

Unfortunately, in flight 3 both David Storrs from Pequot Yacht Club and Scott Dickson from Long Beach Yacht Club sailed to the incorrect windward mark. David was initially awarded the point, but the jury declared no winner to the match and the point rescinded.

Stephanie Roble, representing Lake Beulah Yacht Club and the Chicago Match Race Center experienced a broken boom gooseneck in flight 5 in their match against Perry and were then done for the day. Roble and Lars Hansen will sail their flight 6 match tomorrow.

PRO, Dave Bronson, will attempt to finish the double round robin tomorrow under a forecast of generally sunny skies and wind out of the west at 10 to 20 knots.

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