BRIAN PORTER (USA-549 FULL THROTTLE) WINS 2002 KING'S DAY REGATTA

The third and final race of the King’s Day Regatta in Jacksonville, Florida gave way to extreme
sailing conditions bringing challenging and very interesting results.

As the boats made their way to the racecourse they experienced almost flat conditions, winds around 10-12 knots.
The wind built quick increasing to 15-18 knots at the start. Everyone got off clean, most working the left side of the
course with quite a bit of scrambling for position. Working their way to the top mark, rounding first was Doug Fisher with
Morgan Reeser navigating (USA-62 “Iocane”), Nigel Pill and Alex Shaffer (USA-544 “Tommy Bahama”) was second and
overall leader Brian Porter (USA-549, “Full Throttle”) came around third hot for the top position.

As the fleet made it’s way down the course winds continued to build and sustained at 20-25 knots making for
interesting jibes, mark rounding and take downs. Porter, who had closed the gap significantly between himself and
Fisher, rounded the mark then went right making good use of clean air.

Back downwind for the second to last leg the wind was really whipping. Porter left the fleet giving him a substantial
lead to win the race. It took him 5 minutes and 45 seconds to come from the top mark to the bottom leaving the Fisher
and the Pill/Shaffer teams to battle it out. Fisher managed to close the gap significantly but it just was not enough to
over take the powerful “Full Throttle” team resulting in a second place finish. The Tommy Bahama crew battled it out
with Argyle Campbell (USA-524 “Rock n’ Roll) who made big improvements in the field landing a third place finish. The
Pill/Shaffer team was fourth. Doug Clark helming for Paula Zubrzycki (USA-495 “First Crush”) also made great strides
and landed a fifth position.

Due to increasing winds, the teams started to struggle a bit to keep the boats under control. The race committee
became witness to several “shrimping” incidents and in some cases even worse. The J-24 fleet was also on the same
course racing, one in particular lost its rig, on other boats spinnakers were mangled and destroyed. Others finally took
the kites down completely and made it across the finish line as best and as quick as they could.

The Full Throttle crew scored 3 bullets this weekend unmistakably making them the overall winners in Jacksonville.
Argyle Campbell captured second place. Some of yesterday’s contenders did not survive so well today such as
Sheldon Ecklund (USA-553) who was tied for second place overall, finished eighth in today’s race resulting in a third
place finish overall. Paula Zubrzycki finished fourth. Doug Fisher landed a fantastic fifth place finish, up from the eighth
position in yesterday’s results. Jeff Jones (USA-497 “Kilroy”) scored a twelfth position today leaving him in eighth in the
final overall standings, down from seventh.

Pat Lambert, Regatta Chairman, conducted the awards ceremony. Several customized awards were given on behalf of
the FYC. The Crab Trap Award went to the boat who caught the most crab traps in the St. John’s River over the
weekend – Terry Gibson & Doug Folsetter “Booby Trap”; winner. The Rookie of the Year Award was given to the
individual that has sailed the least before this regatta yet competed – John Raymont “No Tourism”; winner. The Shrimp
Cocktail Award given for “shrimping” with the spinnaker – Steve Jones & Eric Andrews “Sick Puppy”; winner. All other
awards given respectively to the individuals listed on the overall standings.

Kim Beddard made an announcement to the Melges 24 fleet that the Florida Yacht Club is the home of the Sterling Trophy. She briefed the crowd on the history of the trophy and how it came about. The Sterling Trophy is awarded each yearto the team that wins the International Melges 24 Class Association World Ranking. This year again, that award goes to Jamie Lea and his “Black Seal” crew.

Last but certainly not least, kudos to the FYC! In particular to Rick Preston, the designated On-water Chairman did a
fine job with all races conducted. They were professional and well organized. The FYC’s top-notch committee and
facilities really made the King’s Day Regatta one of the best to attend in the Southeast.

FINAL RESULTS

01.) BRIAN PORTER – USA-549 - FULL THROTTLE
02.) ARGLYE CAMPBELL – USA-524 - ROCK ‘N ROLL
03.) SHELDON ECKLUND – USA-553
04.) PAUL ZUBRZYCKI – USA-495 - FIRST CRUSH
05.) DOUG FISHER – USA-62 - IOCANE
06.) JEFFERY TODD – USA-58 - HOT TODDY
07.) WAYNE PIGNOLET – USA-174 - PUMBAA
08.) JEFF JONES – USA-497 - KILROY
09.) ROSS GRIFFITH – USA-155 - MOVING TARGET
10.) NIGEL PILL / ALEX SHAFFER -USA-544– TOMMY BAHAMA