Fleet 95
Fleet News
The Catalina 22 fleet was formed at Privateer Yacht Club many years ago. It was reactivated a few years ago due to the efforts Kent Overbeck. The 2009 fleet captain is Bill Robertson. Our fleet is growing rapidly. Our fleet has grown exponentially over the last few years and we are now over 35 boats, the largest one design fleet in Privateer and the largest Catalina 22 fleet in the world! One of our current fleet members, Walt Jenison, was one of the original fleet members and the Club Champion when the fleet was first formed in the early 1970's. Pictured above are 4 of our fleet members in a recent fleet race.
Four of fleet 95 recently attended the Catalina 22 National Championship Regatta at the Fort Walton Beach Yacht Club in Florida. Congratulations to Bill Robertson, John Rathjen, Tom Clark, and Dieter Kuberg for representing Fleet 95 at this event. The weather was near perfect. We got a couple of short rain showers at night, but only one day with any rain. The winds usually started out around 6 to 8 and built to 10 to 12 when the sea breeze kicked in. It was perfect C22 sailing. The Fort Walton Beach Yacht Club was a wonderful host and they have a great venue. We got in all 7 races as scheduled. The Lake Lanier Fleet dominated, taking the 1st four places. Justin Chambers in "Bucee" was 1st in both the Gold Fleet and the Spinnaker Fleet. This is the 3rd year in a row he has won it. Attending a National Regatta is a great experience. I would encourage all of you to participate in this event.
Link to the Final Results of the 2009 National Regatta
Our bid for the 2010 National Regatta was approved by the class at the business meeting in Fort Walton. Bill Robertson was elected Vice Commodore of the class as the regatta chairman for the upcoming nationals. We have our work cut out to match the quality event that was put on by Fort Walton Beach Yacht Club. A lot of you have already volunteered for positions, but we will need more help to pull this off. Please plan to be at the event at Joe Wheeler State Park in May of 2010. We will get a regatta web site set up soon with more details.
Fleet 95 Team Racing
We are trying a new concept for 2009 to try to increase participation in our fleet racing. We have set up 3 teams and will keep up with team scores. The team racing will start the 1st weekend in June and will continue through the end of October. All fleet races will count. We will have some prizes to be awarded at the PYC annual banquet for the winning team. The team scoring will work like this. It will be high point scoring. Each boat will receive a point for each boat beaten in the race plus one. The last place boat will receive 1 point for participating. The boats that do not sail will receive 0 points for the team. The team captains are encouraged to pump up their teams, promote team spirit, and get everyone on their team participating. The scoring system puts a high emphasis on participation. Team racing tactics, such as blocking another teams boat will be strictly prohibited. I hope everyone will have fun with this and that it encourages participation.
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Fleet 95 Team Racing |
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| Orange Team | Blue Team | Green Team | |||
| Fowler/Clark | John Rathjen | Bill Robertson | |||
| Campbell, Guy | Cox, Lloyd | Cofield, Stewart | |||
| George, Steve | Graham, Eddie | Easparam, Mike | Ford, Ed | Bergevin, David | |
| Kuberg, Dieter | Snyder, Pete | Jenison, Walt | Godwin, Tim | ||
| Myers, Terry | Kindervater, Kent | Irwin, Scott | Irwin, Marilyn | ||
| Prevost, Tom | Mentgen, Mark | Klein, Barry | Overbeck, Kent | ||
| V Branden, Sandy | Schmitt, Garrett | Leslie, Bryson | Sweatt, Kirby | ||
The 2009 season is now started. If you haven't been out racing, you have already missed some great wind. The Spring is the best time of year for sailing at PYC. Check out the fleet race results below.
2009 Results
Fleet Racing Rules
1. The fleet will be divided into Overall and Silver fleets. Both fleets will start together. Any time that there are 3 Catalina 22's racing from either fleet, the race will count for year end awards for the overall fleet. All boats are eligible for awards in the overall fleet. Designated boat will be excluded for awards in the Silver Fleet. After results are computed at the end of the year, boats that meet the following criteria will be excluded from the Silver fleet for the following year.
A. Qualified for awards in the overall fleet (10 races or 1/2 the races sailed, whichever is less.)
B. Finished ahead of any one of the excluded boats in 1/3 or more of the races sailed.
2. In order to qualify for year end awards, the skipper must have raced in a minimum of 1/2 of the races sailed, or 10 races; whichever is LESS.
3. All skippers will be scored with the minimum number of qualifying races, so that all skippers will be scored with the same number of races.. Skippers who have sailed more that the minimum will throw out their highest scores. The winner will be the lowest cumulative score of their best races. At the end of the season, the awards will be given to the best score from the Overall and the Silver Fleet. The number of awards will be dependent on the number of qualifiers.
4. Ties will be broken in the following manner:
A. Comparison of throw outs. (who got the most 1st's, then 2nd's, etc)
B. If still tied, then who beat who the most in direct head to head competition.
C. If still tied, then the who had the best overall average score.
D. If still tied, then they are tied.
Traveling Skippers
Our newest fleet members have breathed new life into our traveling skippers. Several regatta's that we are planning to attend year are listed below.
Catalina 22 Mid Winters - Cocoa, FL
Catalina 22 National Championship Regatta - Ft Walton Beach, FL
Gone With The Wind - Lake Lanier Sailing Club
Tennessee Valley Challenge Cup - Wheeler Yacht Club,
Equalizer - Percy Priest Yacht Club
Everyone in Fleet 95 is encouraged to attend these regattas if possible. Supporting these fleets will encourage them to support us in the Chattanooga Challenge.
Chattanooga Challenge
Four years ago Fleet 95 held the 1st annual Chattanooga Challenge. It was originally to be a challenge race among the Tennessee fleets, but our participation from all over the Southeast has been amazing. Don't miss the Next Chattanooga Challenge scheduled for May 2nd and 3rd, 2009. This is a change in our traditional date in order that we are not competing against Charleston Race Week. Watch the Privateer website for the NOR and other information about the regatta.
Fleet Roster
| 1 | Mike & Tonya Campbell 423-280-1039 |
Silver Fleet |
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| 2 | John Kabosky 423-314-8618 | Little Miss Magic # 13331 | Silver Fleet |
| 3 | Eddie & Jane Graham
423-870-4959 |
YeeHaw # 11318 | Silver Fleet |
| 4 | Dieter & Evelyn Kuberg 423-842-6714 | Wind Chaser # 15556 | Silver Fleet |
| 5 | Guy Campbell | Murdina # 12430 | Silver Fleet |
| 6 | Kent & Jane Overbeck 423-886-6432, Cell 718-2616 | Leapfrog # 14647 |
Gold Fleet |
| 7 | Kent & Bretta Kindervater | Pollen | Silver Fleet |
| 8 | Allen & Leslie Culp 423-886-0019 | Silver Fleet | |
| 9 | Jack & Suzie Cook
423-876-0092 |
Suzie Q # 11970 | Silver Fleet |
| 10 | David & Beverly Bergevin 423-843-1443 | Badam # 12454 | Silver Fleet |
| 11 | Pete & Barbara Snyder 706-891-0858 | Windabout # 8329 | Silver Fleet |
| 12 | Bill & Kathy Robertson 423-870-8334 | Gold Fleet | |
| 13 | Tim Godwin 423-942-7098 | Tide Rider # 10590 | Silver Fleet |
| 14 | Brandy & Shay Mayo 423-667-8128 | Silver Fleet | |
| 15 | John & Sandy Rathjen 423-843-1718 | Dragon Fly # 563 | Gold Fleet |
| 16 | Walt & Marcia Jenison 423-886-6655, Cell 413-7158 | LiL' BOUY BLEW # 1804 | Silver Fleet |
| 17 | Scott & Marilyn Irwin 423-802-5277 | Anorexia
# 750 |
Silver Fleet |
| 18 | Wade Pearson 423-886-6467 | Silver Fleet | |
| 19 | Bryson Leslie 706-375-8750 | Detour # 1200 | Silver Fleet |
| 20 | Barry Klein 706-260-7037 | Twilight Zone
# 15546 |
Silver Fleet |
| 21 | Kirby Sweat
423-745-9381 |
Dream Chaser # 12222 | Silver Fleet |
| 22 | Ed & Lorraine Ford 423-843-3274 | Sea Ya # 7851 | Silver Fleet |
| 23 | Rob Fowler 634-0806 & Tom Clark | Duck Soup # 15597 | Gold Fleet |
| 24 | Garrett Schmitt 706-461-4756 | # 7509 | Silver Fleet |
| 26 | Steward Cofield 706-517-5689 & Harvey Howalt | Sport | Silver Fleet |
| 27 | Michael Easparam 423-693-6700 | Stardust # 987 | Silver Fleet |
| 28 | Pat Crowe 423-870-4747 | # 7949 | Silver Fleet |
| 29 |
George Barber
423-821-3879 |
Silver Fleet | |
| 30 |
Tom Prevost
423-756-6361 |
Sea Chaser #517 | Silver Fleet |
| 31 | Keith McConnell | Silver Fleet | |
| 32 |
Bob Bissell
423-344-0126 |
#14400 | Silver Fleet |
| 33 |
Chuck Morgan
706-935-3035 |
#14369 | Silver Fleet |
| 34 |
Tom Bumgardner
423-886-2294 |
Silver Fleet | |
| 35 |
Stuart Penrose
423-478-8990 |
15647 | Silver Fleet |
Link to the history of the Catalina 22
Link to the Catalina 22 Web Site
Final 2007 Results