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aturday morning it was raining, but that didn’t stop 28 sailors from heading out on the Neuse to take in the 23rd running of the Neuse River Solo.

1st place finisher Eddie Parker onboard Brown Eyed Girl (Mick Roberts photo)

Henry Frazer eyes sail shape on his Etchell Oriental Express. Frazer placed 2nd overall. (Mick Roberts photo)

FINISH	CLASS	SKIPPER	SAIL #	BOAT NAME	TYPE	PHRF
1	C	Parker, Eddie	52257	Brown Eyed Girl	Beneteau F36.7	84
2	C	Frazer, Henry	1299	Oriental Express	Etchells	120
3	C	Craig, Mike	151 ??	Doom	Etchells	120
4	B	Medlin, Ron	1829	BASH	J24	174
5	B	Whitehead, Simon	294	Capricious	Capri 25	171
6	A	Weinheimer, Mark	255	Orion	SJ 21	252
7	B	Brown, Brian	99	Nevermoore	Moore 24	162
8	A	Sugg, Speight	1855	All Wet	SJ 21	240
9	C	Brennesholtz, Mark	41958	Compass Rose	Pearson 31	153
10	A	Kirsch, Bill	986	ZIP	Ensign	264
11	B	King, Lee	30470	Any Time	S2 9.2A	180
12	B	Miller, Greg	33034	ESSO BEE	Lindenberg 26	171
13	C	Tierney, Art	460	Quixotic	Bristol 35.5	162
14	C	Bliss, Ed	183	Out of the Blue	Sabre 362	117
15	B	More, Bruce	142	Betsy	Ranger 29	195
16	B	Valinoti, Joe	221	Il Gatto	Nonsuch 30	180
17	A	Altman, Archer	3160	Smooth Move	Catalina 25	222
18	A	Bliss, Joe	USA 19	Pure Bliss	Helms 24	228
19	B	Garrett, Charles	302	Spindrift	O’Day 302	183
20	A	Bannister, Matt	53	Trilogy	Tartan 26	207
21	A	Mannion, Dick	51030	Wind Melody	Bristol 31.1	213
22	C	Kennedy, Wilma	40500	Sweet Tea	Elite 32	153
23	A	Daniels, Chris	11477	Light Wind	Catalina 22	270
24	A	Lomer, Scott	392	Frolic	Ensign	264
25	B	Paulik, Mark	001	Rapscallion	Tartan 28	180
26	C	Riley, Tom	400	Knot Even	O’Day 34	156
DNF	A	Smith, Keith	208	-	Catalina 270	207
DNF	C	Slauter, Chuck	-	Seagull	Alerion 28	150

The start – with barely enough wind to move boats

The familiar ODC committee boat

Almost high-fiving the mark

Mike Craig underway

Mark Paulik on Rapscallion does what so many did – passes the TownDock.net slow sailing photography boat (regretfully, the slow sailing isn’t intentional)

Posted Saturday October 6, 2007 by Keith N. Smith