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August 6, 2018
Storms threatened the first race day of the 2018 Dragon’s Breath Regatta, hosted by the Oriental Dinghy Club. It rained nearly every day in the weeks leading up to Saturday’s event, but the marks were set and sailors gathered in the Neuse regardless.The Oriental Dinghy Club Committee Boat prepares for the race.Clouds gathered in the south, and water fell miles away, but the race began. Sailors and the committee boat, consulting real-time lightning strike maps, saw no electricity in the storms. The marks were set and the PHRF races began.
Fifteen vessels competed in four divisions: Spinnaker A, Spinnaker B, Jib & Main with a PHRF rating greater than 168, and Jib & Main with a PHRF rating equal to or less than 168.
The bows of Legend and Water Phantom.Water Phantom (front) overtakes Legend after leaving the mark.Rains rolled through the first race, becoming heavier towards noon. All vessels completed the race, though one retired to wait out the storm. After lunch, the skies cleared and the winds died down. Saturday’s afternoon race went ahead under the sunshine. Sunday’s races were also clear, with the rain holding back until time for the awards ceremony.
The first and second place division winners are:
Spinnaker A
- 1st Henry Frazer, Oriental Express, Etchells
- 2nd Todd Cox, Loon, EtchellsSpinnaker B
- 1st Bob Slook, Jib’rish, J24
- 2nd Mark Thompson, Us=Them, San Juan 21Jib & Main, A
- 1st Charlie Nelson, Water Phantom, C&C 35
- 2nd Chaz & Nelda Coats, Legend, Tartan 34Jib & Main, B
- 1st Steve Peters, Mariposa, Pearson 27
- 2nd Dick Mannion, Wind Melody, Bristol 31.1The list of participants and divisions for the 2018 Dragon’s Breath Regatta.
The crew of Jib’rish move to port.Woof’s three-man crew attempt to deploy the Spinnaker.Blue Cricket and the storm.[page]
The Oriental Express headed downwind. Henry Frazer and crew were first in the Spinnaker A division.Water Phantom gets a little water on the sails.Us=Them, a San Juan 21, took second in the Spinnaker B division.Wind Dancin’s crew keeps an eye on the storms.Todd Cox on his Etchells, Loon.Loon’s crew duck under the mast as they make a turn at the mark.Lookout on the bow of Mighty Fine.Oriental Dinghy Club members Finola Corbett and Steve Peters calculate the scores.Todd Cox (far right) presents a plaque to Bob Slook and friends (Vickie Braxton, Ion and Kat Williams) took first in Spinnaker B with Bob’s J24 Jib’rish.