Neubauer Regatta 2001 - Southwinds, October 2001

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Hall & Hall are winners at Neubauer Regatta
By Doran Cushing

They're not related, but Mitch Hall of Clearwater, FL, and Corey Hall of St. Petersburg, FL, were the top Optimist Class winners at the two-day Bruce Neubauer Regatta, hosted by Treasure Island Tennis & Yacht Club on Boca Ciega Bay Sept. 22-23.

Sailing in the combined red, blue, and white fleets, Mitch Hall won two races to edge Casey Chamberlain of Clearwater and Timothy Murphy of St Petersburg by three points in the five-race weekend series. Chamberlain was awarded second overall based on a tie-breaker with Murphy.

Thirteen-year-old Hall recently finished second at the Optimist National Championships in Rhode Island, won overall honors at a Sarasota Labor Day Regatta, and represented the United States at the class world championships in China earlier during the summer.
photo from Neubauer Regatta 2001

Green fleet champion Corey Hall
(2nd boat from mark)

Corey Hall, a sixth-grader at Southside Fundamental Middle School, won four of seven races in the Green fleet for novice sailors to finish nine points ahead of runner-up Reguli Granger of St. Petersburg.

Corey Hall has been sailing for less than a year but finished second at the Labor Day Regatta in Sarasota. The eleven-year old attributed her recent successes to lessons provided through the St. Petersburg Yacht Club's youth sailing program.

"I have a really good coach," she said.
photo from Neubauer Regatta 2001

Overall Neubauer Opti winner Mitch Hall

Class winners included Mitch Hall in the Red fleet, Chamberlain in the Blue fleet, and Mateo Vargas in the White fleet.

Describing the conditions during the event, Vargas said, "Today it was light and shifty. Yesterday the wind was pretty steady... maybe five to 10 knots."

The Neubauer event had to be delayed one week when Tropical Storm Gabrielle threatened the area last week.

"Despite the postponement, it was one of the bigger turnouts for the Neubauer Regatta in recent years...81 boats," said race co-chair Margie Sontag. "We had some boats coming from Fort Lauderdale, and we lost eight boats from Venice, which couldn't make it due to conflicts."

She added, "The Saturday night party with a disco is always fun for the kids. We try to appeal to the kids with a fun regatta, which is not so intimidating for the novice sailors."

14th Annual Bruce Neubauer Regatta
Treasure Island Tennis & Yacht Club
Boca Ciega Bay Sept. 22-23
Green Fleet 1. C Hall 16; 2. R Granger 25; 3. J. Piscitello 29; 4. E. Pruitt 31; 5. K. Schumacher 39; 6. M. Willett 44; 7. K. Carson 46; 8. C. Herms 46; 9. J. Schroeder 50; 10. D. Fecher 52; 11. M. Gillette 53; 12. J. Wallace 58; 13. M. Deson 64; 14. C. Sullivan 69; 15. M. Hanlon 92; 16. J. Sheets 96; 17. J. Sebastian Baron 96; 18. N. Forsman 107; 19. J. Ceraolo 111; 20. M. Robinson 111; 21. J. Curry 114; 22. J. Beyer 117; 23. P. Kazar 125; 24. K. Sowers 135; 25. M. Tomaino 136; 26. N. Brundage 139; 27. R. Pitts 139; 28. A. Bilan 141; 29. A. Walsh 156; 30. B. Rhein 158; 31. M. Ellis 159; 32. M. Dowd 166; 33. C. Page 177; 34. B. Alcocer 177; 35. N. Cerf 185; 36. M. Larcher 187; 37. E. Johnson 203; 38. B. Andrews 215; 39. M. Lingelbach 216; 40. K. DeHaven 218; 41. E. Weber 227; 42. G. Williams 246; 43. B. Shenn 265 Overall 1. M. Hall 9; 2. C. Chamberlain 12; 3. T. Murphy 12; 4. C. Vetter 15; 5. B. Whitman 19; 6. C. Kuebel 27; 7. C. Delaney 28; 8. C. Page 29; 9. Z. Horowitz 33; 10. M. Pelton 38; 11. M. Vargas 40; 12. C. Taylor 44; 13. M. Kuebel 44; 14. J. Kuebel 45; 15. W. Heausler 56; 16. D. Jones 57; 17. E. Billing 58; 18. J. Proctor 63; 19. A. Jones 67; 20. C. Williams 73; 21. M.K. Hall 79; 22. S. Lue 81; 23. E. Curry 85; 24. O. Ceraolo 88; 25. I. Ceraolo 90.5; 26. R. Dudenhoetes 92; 27. P. Perry 93; 28. A. Larscheid 96; 29. L. Growney 110; 30. N. Nowlan 112; 31. A. Lorenzen 117; 32. I. Booth 119; 33. T. Lehan 122; 34. K. Jennings 127; 35. D. Parrish 128; 36. M. Duvoisin 128.5; 37. K. Simpson 130

Green fleet champion Corey Hall (2nd boat from mark)