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The Macatawa Bay Yacht Club in Macatawa, Michigan hosted the S2 7.9 Meter 2009 Class Championship September 17-19. Determing the victor of the 23 boat fleet came down to the final race, with Spike Boston squeaking out a 1 point victory over the Padnos team aboard K2.

Brother Jeff and Doug Padnos, with Wally Cross, David Becker and Chris Balliet had dominated in the light shifty breeze, but in the final day of racing it came down to the 2 teams, Frequent Flyer and K2. In Race 5, K2 finished first, and Frequent Flyer finished 3rd. But the wind was dying, and Frequent Flyer needed another race. A 6th Race would allow Frequent Flyer to throw out their 15th place finish in Race 3.

The wind picked up just enough to allow the race committee to get off a 6th race. With a throw out race, K2 and Frequent Flyer were tied. Whichever boat finished ahead of the other would win the championship. The wind lightened and the race committee shortened the course to 3 legs. Frequent Flyer finished 4th and K2 finished 5th, good enough for Frequent Flyer to win the regatta by a 1 point margin, taking the Championship for the 11th consecutive year. Doyle sails also powered 3rd place finisher, Dr. Paul Latour. Congratulations to all competitors.

Complete results at S2 7.9 Class Website

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Labels: One Design, S2 7.9

The Sperry Top-Side Detroit NOOD Regatta was hosted by the Bayview Yacht Club, May 29-31, 2009. Congratulations to Doyle customers for another strong performance in the 2009 NOOD Regatta!

Division	Place	Yacht Name	Owner
Catalina 27	1st	Moxie	Michael Polgar
	2nd	Intense Relaxation	Robert Duker
	3rd	Escape	Bret Zimmerman
Cresent	2nd	Mania	David R. Keys
Express 27	3rd	Das Boot	Harald Kolter
Etchells	2nd	Orange Whip	Thomas Dawson
	3rd	La Tormenta	Shannon Bush
J/120	1st	Carinthia	Frank Kern
	2nd	Hot Ticket	Robert Kirkman
	3rd	Flyin' Irish	William Bresser
J/105	2nd	Dirty Harry	Harry Bloom
	3rd	Junto	Morin and Rose
NA 40	1st	Fast Tango	Malcolm Prophit
	2nd	Velero VII	John Barbour
	3rd	Seagoing	John Seago
Ultimate 20	1st	Honour	Tac Boston
	2nd	Slippery	Jim Pearson
	3rd	Wizz	Van Sheppard
Level 123	1st	Slapshot	Tom Freeman
	3rd	Slo-poke	Nikolas Lintunen
Beneteau 36.7	2nd	First Today	Gary Tisdale*
	3rd	Critical	Claudio Martin
C&C 35 Mark 1	1st	Gandalf	Don Ragan
Cal 25	2nd	Clytie	Dale Marshall*
S2 7.9	1st	Magic	Joe/Jeff Pawlowski
	3rd	Relentless	David Grover
*partial

Labels: Beneteau 36.7, C 35, Cal 25, Catalina 27, CC 35, Cresent, Etchells, Express 27, J/105, J/120, Level 123, One Design, S2 7.9, Ultimate 20

The 2008 Sperry Top-Sider St. Petersburg NOOD Regatta was sailed in light air conditions. Father and son, Spike and Brad Boston both set records for most fleet wind at the St. Petersburg NOOD Regatta. Spike and his S2 7.9, Frequent Flyer, won his class and a fifth consecutive fleet title at the regatta. Brad sailed his Ultimate 20, Honour, to claim his fifth consecutive fleet title.

Brad, with six firsts and one second, finished 12 points ahead of rival sailor Jim Pearson of Wheatley, Ontario. Spike finished 3 points ahead of the Pawlowski family of New York and Florida. The top 4 finishers in the U20 and the top 5 finishers in the S2 class use Doyle Boston sails. Both Spike and Brad have several National titles between them and together. The family owns Doyle Boston Sailmakers in Point Edward, Ontario, Canada.

Congratulations to Damian Emery and his crew on Eclipse for winning the J/105 class. Justin Scott and his crew on Husker won the Viper 640 class.

Complete Results

Boston's to Battle for Share of St. Pete NOOD Record

Labels: J/105, One Design, S2 7.9, Ultimate 20, Viper 640