Reynolds Sweeps '07 Great Lakes Championship

Despite competition from two weddings in nearby Rochester, Oswego Yacht Club drew 14 J-24’s for the championship.  The local entries numbered seven while others came from Skaneateles, Toronto, Lake George, Ithaca, and Sodus Bay.

OYC supplied two race courses as J-29’s and J-30’s sailed east of Oswego harbor and the 24’s sailed west of the harbor under the direction of Sodus Bay Yacht Club’s Mike Mincher, serving as PRO.  All competing boats were weighed under Charlie Krylo’s watchful eye, while Charlie’s wife Inta weighed the crews.  Tom Doran measured sails at the local middle school gym.

On the race course, Kirk Reynolds used the favored left side in four of five races to win the weather shortened event with 10 points.  Second place turned out to be a battle between two local teams as John Enwright (13 points) edged Tom Doran’s OZ team (14 points) by a single point.  Ted Bartelwski from Toronto won the first race of the series, then slipped to fourth overall with 23 points.  Matt Johnsons’s Wiz Bucket showed excellent speed in race one as well, finishing fourth. Team Wiz Bucket finished with 34 points for the series and collected the fifth place award.

Saturday’s four races were followed by an excellent chicken dinner catered by Mike Ross, beverages sponsored by Labatts and Eagle Beverages, music by Stan and Dave, and door prizes supplied by Layline, Haarstick Sailmakers, Sampson Ropes, Harken, J Boats and Layline.  Other event sponsors included Burritt Motors, Fitzgibbons Insurance, Cam’s Pizzeria, Krylo Dance Studio, Oswego International Marina, Modular Comfort Systems, and Atlantic Marketing Group.

Sunday’s post race awards featured more chicken (ok we expected a few more entries), more beer, and trophies of J-24 half hulls on laser etched hardwood plaques.