2005 Bermuda One-Two Trophies In Newport 24 June 2005

DIGNITARIES:

Mayor Newport RI: John Trifero

Commodore Newport YC: John Corbishley

Commodore Goat Island YC: Charlie Wright or Tim Hench representing

Chairman of the Rhode Island State Yachting Committee: George Pike representing

BERMUDA ONE-TWO TROPHIES GIVEN IN NEWPORT:

BEST DH LEG ELAPSED TIME FINISHES IN EACH CLASS

        1^st place skipper and crew only in each class

        Class 1 – Loose Fish - John Niewenhous & Fred Boursier

        Class 2 – Ariana - John Drozdal & Barry Sroka

        Class 3 – Wazimo - Barrett Holby & George Varga

        Class 4 – Windswept – Rick and Diane McCally

        Class 5 – Artforms – Kip Stone & Merf Owen

RI GOVERNORS TROPHY – presented by Robin Wallace

        Awarded for best combined corrected finish in fleet, by a RI resident

        Wazimo – Barrett Holby 172:10 (in 2003 it was 179:26)

CITY OF NEWPORT TROPHY – presented by Mayor John Trifero

        Awarded for the best combined corrected finish in fleet

        Artforms – Kip Stone

NEWPORT YACHT CLUB COMMODORE’S TRAY – presented by John Corbishley

        For best DH leg elapsed time finish in fleet

        Artforms – Kip Stone & Merf Owen (it was verified that Kip’s single handed time of 66:57 is a new         Bermuda 1-2 record; broke Erik Segal’s record of 67:48 in 1999)

GOAT ISLAND YACHT CLUB COMMODORE’S CUP – presented by Charlie Wright

        For best SH leg corrected time finish, by a first-time entrant

        Artforms – Kip Stone

BEST DH LEG CORRECTED TIME FINISHES IN EACH CLASS

        1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd places t skipper and crew in each class (total of 24)

        Class 1

        1^st – French Magic – JP Mouligne & Eric LeCoq – A very close match with the 2^nd place boat!

        2^nd – Loose Fish – John Niewenhous & Fred Boursier

        3^rd – Gryphon - Walid Abuhaider & Peter Madew

        Class 2

        1^st – Aggressive – Kristen Wenzel & Ray Renaud

        2^nd – Palangi – David Sherman & Peter Maloney (same place as in 2003)

        3^rd – Ariana – John Drozdal & Barry Sroka

        Class 3

        1^st – Por Favor – Mark Morwood & Bob Salitsky

        2^nd – Wazimo – Barrett Holby & George Varga (got a satellite phone for the 2^nd leg but lost the antenna)

        3^rd – Gore-Tex Fabrics –Rich Ellis & Jan Brandt (for those that don’t know, can’t be too many now, Rich decided to taste a winch on the SH leg and broke 4 front teeth)

        Class 4

        1^st – Shearwater  – Stu and Todd Heywood

        2^nd – Windswept – Rick & Diane McCally

        3^rd – Nimros – Douglas & Rod Shearer

        Class 5

        1^st - Artforms – Artforms – Kip Stone & Merf Owen

        2^nd – Swordflounder – John Ryan & Ryan Finn

        3^rd – Velocity – Mike Millard and Bjorn Johnson

CHESTER & LILLIAN MUNROE CUP

        Best DH leg corrected time finish in fleet

Aggressive – Kristen Wenzel & Ray Renaud

JUDSON CRANE WALTON III TROPHY

        Best DH leg corrected time finish, by a first-time entrant

        Walkabout – Doug & Collin Pope on a Tarten 10 modified

LINDA E. MITCHELL MEMORIAL TROPHY

        Best DH leg corrected time finish, by a crew consisting of family members

        Walkabout – Doug Pope and his son Collin

HEGEMAN ANCIENT MARINER TROPHY

        Awarded to oldest skipper in fleet

        Juan Perez

LONGEST PARTICIPANT AWARD

        The sailor who has participated in the most Bermuda 1-2 races

        Juan Perez

TOM GAMON TROPHY

        Awarded to the competitor who persisted and pursued against the greatest odds

        Rich Ellis on Gore-Tex Fabric for finishing 2^nd in the SH leg after knocking 4 front teeth out

USN SEAMANSHIP TROPHY

        Awarded to the skipper demonstrating outstanding seamanship

        Topaz – Ted Robinson & Drew Wood for getting to land with a makeshift rig after getting dismasted.

CHARLES CARPENTER ‘BIERMIESTER’ TROPHY

        Last place corrected combined time finish

        Tomkat – Tom and Kellee Gaffey

BEST COMBINED CORRECTED TIME IN EACH CLASS

        1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd place to skippers only; and

                        Class 1

·   MURRAY A. DANFORTH, JR CUP – best CCT finish, Class I

1^st Place – French Magic  – JP Mouligne

2^nd Place – Loose Fish – John Niewenhous

3^rd Place – Flying Turtle – Murray Danforth

Class 2

·   RP ASSOCIATES, INC CUP – best CCT finish, Class II

1^st Place – Walkabout – Doug Pope

2^nd Place – Tiamat – Ted Lepich

3^rd Place – Aggressive – Kristen Wenzel

 Class 3

·   SIRIT OF BERMUDA CUP – best CCT finish, Class III

1^st Place – Wazimo – Barrett Holby

2^nd Place – Gore-Tex Fabrics – Rich Ellis

3^rd Place – Trpxprs – Jan Steyn

Class 4

·   JOHN & JUDITH REBELLO CUP – best CCT finish, Class IV

1^st Place – Shearwater  – Stu Heywood

2^nd Place – Windswept – Rick McCally

3^rd Place – Nimros  – Douglas Shearer

Class 5

1^st Place – Artforms  – Kip Stone

2^nd Place – Gryphon Solo – Joe Harris

3^rd Place -  Swordflounder – John Ryan

JUAN A. PEREZ BERMUDA 1-2 SPORTMANSHIP AWARD

        Awarded to person who best exemplifies the true spirit of the Bermuda One-Two, as elected by the fleet skippers

        Stu Heywood

FAMILY TEAMS

        Flying Turtle – Murray Danforth and his daughter Sophie (2^nd time)

        Walkabout – Doug Pope and his son Collin (1^st time)

        Shearwater – Stu Heywood and his son Todd (veteran, 9^th)

        Windswept – Rick McCally and his wife Diane (1^st time)

        Nimros – Douglas Shearer and his son Andrew (veteran)

        Panacea – Peter McCrea and his son Collin (1^st time)

        Tomkat – Tom Gaffey and his daughter Kellee (1^st time)

        Strummer – Louis Meyer and his daughter Emily (1^st time)

RECOGNIZE THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE THAT HELPED MAKE THIS EVENT

        BERMUDA          

Verna Oatley                 Bermuda 1-2 Event Coordinator at St George’s Dinghy & Sports Club

Brian Oatley                  Rear Commodore – MC’d the awards in Bermuda

Gary Brangman             Dock Master – who everyone got to interface with a lot – handled leaving ST  George’s nice and orderly.

Sheila Gringley             Commodore

Bobby Oatley               Verna’s husband – race committee

Jimmy Anthony            Vice Commodore – handled the food at the social events

        NEWPORT

George Pike                   Safety Checks and Duty Station

Pat Clayton                   Committee member, Trophies and Duty Desk

Muffin Dubuc               Social Committee member; the food for all the events

Jeff Spranger                 Safety Checks, Committee member and extremely valuable support

Tink Tysor                    Duty Station and kept positions on the chart up to date

Dick Bioty                     Duty Station & Committee member

Mike Nassayni             Duty Station

Bill Sauer                       Duty Station & Committee member

Don Berrett                   Duty Station

Charlie Wright              Committee member and Commodore of GIYC

Tim Hench                     Committee member, Safety Check Coordinator & Vice Commodore of Racing at GIYC

Lillian Lopes                 Committee member and help with the food

Deb Logler & staff       For putting up with us for a month

Last but not least, all the sailors that participated to make the event it was!