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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.

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.

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.

Fleet 95 Team Racing
2009
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.

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.

B. If still tied, then who beat who the most in direct head to head competition.

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.

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.

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.

1	Mike & Tonya Campbell 423-280-1039		Silver Fleet
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	Frogzilla #185 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	Blind Hog # 569	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