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Annapolis, cont'd — 'Q' crew Dee Smith, John Bonds, and Dee's wife Jocelyn; the Farr 40 'Crocodile Rock' (46999) now lives in Annapolis and partakes in the huge Wednesday night beer can series; Gary Jobson won the competitive Etchells fleet; 'Annie', Jobson's Etchells, in action (hey, nice bow number!); and the friendly Annapolis YC. All photos 'Latitude'/rob unless otherwise noted.
on April 29-May 1. This was the third regatta (after St. Pete and San Diego) on the NOOD's annual 9-city tour, and it's traditionally the biggest or second-biggest regatta on the schedule. The seven-race series was hosted by Annapolis YC, which somehow organized four different race
circles to accommodate the crowd. The Chesapeake Bay weather wasn't quite as accommodating, featuring cold, rainy conditions and light shifty winds the first two days before concluding with a postcard-perfect day on Sunday. Annapolis oral surgeon Neil Sullivan's
Melges 24 M-Fatic, with Morgan Reeser driving, won the 38-boat Melges 24 class with an emphatic 2,1,3,6,2,2,1 record. The regatta doubled as the Melges 24 National Championship, which Sullivan previously won in Charleston, SC, in 2000. Topping off a memorable weekend, M-Fatic was named Overall Boat of the Regatta, earning Sullivan a week at Sunsail's Club Colonna resort in Antigua this January. June, 2005 •
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