2025 DF95 Region 8 Championship Regatta (R8CR)

Class: DF95
Chevrons: Red - Regional
Dates: 17-18 May 2025
Location: Mission Bay Model Yacht Pond, San Diego, CA
Host Club: San Diego Argonauts; Club No: 8
# of Entries: 21
Winds: Saturday: 4-8 Knots, S to SW, Shifty. Sunday: 5-10 Knots, WSW to W, more steady
Races Completed: 18
Scoring System: HMS, 2-Fleets, 4-Boat Promotion/Relegation

2025 DF95 R8CR Results
Place Skipper Sail# Points
1 Mark Golison 55 36.0
2 Jim Sears 74 48.0
3 Chris Davidson 169 56.0
4 Gary Boell 71 56.1
5 Jon Rogers 44 70.0
6 Dennis Rogers 43 77.0
7 Stephan Cohen 28 101.0
8 Chris Collins 531 116.0
9 Jerry Brower 4 123.0
10 Gary Rozsyk 59 140.0
11 Gil Jansky 41 159.0
12 Chris Raab 58 166.0
13 Dan Shier 121 173.0
14 Kerim Baran 87 186.0
15 Len Bose 97 193.0
16 Pat Nevitt 53 195.0
17 Eugene Elliott 48 198.0
18 Rod Sturgess 911 211.0
19 Bob Kruft 25 223.0
20 Joe Legg 187 226.0
21 Henry Johnson 69 251.0

The San Diego Argonauts hosted the AMYA 2025 Dragonflite95 Region 8 Championship Regatta May 17th-18th. 21 Skippers from 4 different states including 2 past DF95 National Champions competed.
The HMS with 2 Fleets and 4-Boat Promotion/Relegation was utilized, resulting in 12/13 Boat Heats throughout the event. The racecourse was set with 6 marks: a Start/Finish line, two windward marks, and a leeward gate. The standard long course, which was used for all races, consisted of two laps. Saturday competitors faced drizzly cold conditions and shifty south to south-westerly winds, which required constant mark adjustments. Even so, most races on Saturday consisted of long port tacks up the pond with occasional short starboard hitches. Saturday's successful skippers managed to dodge the biggest holes and take advantage of the fingery puffs to keep their sails full and their boats moving.
By the end of Saturday, 8 races were completed and the Top 5 were: 1) Golison, 2) Boell, 3) Davidson, 4) Sears, 5) Baran.

Sunday morning began with more promising conditions: warmer temperatures and 5-8 knot winds a bit more westerly than the day before. By lunch, the sun emerged and racing was completed in classic San Diego conditions: 8-10 knots of wind straight down the pond under sunny skies and warm temperatures.

Mark Golison held solidly onto 1st, while Jim Sears leapfrogged into 2nd and Chris Davidson fought past Gary Boell to take 3rd by a mere tenth of a point. The Rogers Brothers (who have a habit of finishing adjacent to each other) took 5th (Jon) and 6th (Dennis).

Skippers were given secret ballots to vote for the one competitor who best exemplified sportsmanship both on and off the racecourse: They chose Jon Rogers to receive the Corinthian Spirit Award.