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The Event Horizon boat, right, leads a group of J-24 sail boats in putting their spinnakers up to head downwind during Saturday’s 2019 Dillon Open.
Elaine Collins / Special to the Daily
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Sailbots racing in the Etchells fleet put up their spinnakers for a downwind leg of racing on Saturday as part of the 2019 Dillon Open on Lake Dillon.
Elaine Collins / Special to The Daily
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The Silverback boat (at center), helmed by Frank Keesling, sails upwind with other boats on Saturday during the 2019 Dillon Open on Lake Dillon.
Elaine Collins / Special to The Daily
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A member of Community Sailing of Colorado competing in the Laser Radial division rights his boat during Saturday racing as part of the 2019 Dillon Open on Lake Dillon.
Elaine Collins / Special to The Daily
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A sailor attempts to catch a frisbee thrown from skipper Josh, Bowens-Rubin’sJ-24 boat dubbed Zero Gravity (at right) during this weekend’s 2019 Dillon Open on Lake Dillon.
Elaine Collins / Special to The Daily
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The first-, second- and third-place finishers in the Star fleet racing division pose for a celebratory photo together on Sunday at the Dillon Marina as part of the 2019 Dillon Open on Lake Dillon.
Elaine Collins / Special to The Daily
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Members of helm Hans Bucher’s Elusive boat in the Star Fleet racing division pose for a photo to celebrate their third-place finish after the 2019 Dillon Open of sailing on Lake Dillon.
Elaine Collins / Special to The Daily
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Members of helm Hans Bucher’s Elusive boat in the Star Fleet racing division sail their way to a third-place finish during this past weekend’s 2019 Dillon Open of sailing on Lake Dillon.
Elaine Collins / Special to the Daily
DILLON — Weather heavily affected the number of races able to be held at this past weekend’s Dillon Open Regatta, the world’s highest annual regatta at 9,017 feet above sea level, hosted by the Dillon Yacht Club. In the end several Summit County locals finished in the top-3 of their respective racing divisions.
Sailors in big-boat racing divisions were able to get in a maximum of only two races in their respective divisions, all big-boat races held Saturday, while small boats were able to get as many as a dozen races in over the two days.
Cole Brunner, who helped to host and coach at the event as a senior sailing instructor for Dillon Junior Sailing, said Saturday’s lighter, shifting winds affected the ability of big boats to get out and race while Sunday’s thunderstorm-riddled weather reduced racing to just a few small-boat races.
“This year, for the dinghies (small boats), we were able to get 11 to 12 races off for most boats,” Brunner said. “So we were very diligent in getting the dinghies on the water and racing pretty good conditions Saturday. We had a little light wind, but what was happening was the wind was circling around the lake, and whenever the wind circles, we have to move the course accordingly.
Brunner said the winds forced three course resets Saturday. Then, on Sunday, only about a half-dozen small-boat races were able to go off due to winds sustained at 8 to 12 knots, with puffs up to 15.
2019 Dillon Open Regatta at Lake Dillon
Etchells fleet
Place. boat, helm name, race 1 (place), race 2, total
1. Silverback, Frank Keesling, 1, 1, 2
2. Bullseye, Scott Snyder, 3, 2, 5
3. Mendocino, Rich Rinehart, 2, 5, 7
J-22 fleet
1. Nauti Moose, Michael Kline, 1, 2, 3
2. Mud Flap Girl, Ted Lischer, 6, 1, 7
3. Jonathan Bean, Jonathan Bean, 3, 4, 7
J-24 fleet
1. Event Horizon, Stephen Bergman, 2, 1, 3
2. Phantom, Todd Warnygora, 1, 3, 4
3. Sheetheads, Frank Kelble, 6, 2, 8
PHRF A fleet
Place. boat, helm name, rating, score
1. Shenanigans, Joe Chinburg, 198, 1
2. CeeLaygs, Toby Hamer, 218, 2
3. Galactic, Mark Reece, 135, 3
PHRF B fleet
1. Wharf Rat, Patrick Dorsch, 270, 1
2. The Brew Crew, Keith DeLine, 2
3. Don’t Look. Back, Robert Nold, 3
Pearson Ensign Fleet
Place. boat, helm name, score
1. Wildcat, Gerry Huttrer, 1
2. Black Cat, Christopher Williams, 2
3. Ptarmagin, Chris Pierce, 3
Star fleet
Place. boat, helm name, race 1 (place), race 2, total
1. Quick Exchange, Aaron Smith, 1, 2, 3
2. Quick Feet, Paul Kresge, 3, 1, 4
3. Elusive, Hans Bucher, 2, 3, 5
Laser full
Place. yacht club, skipper, Total points over 11 races
1. Denver Sailing Association, Carlos Abisambra, 13
2. DSA & Dillon Yacht Club, Kurt Robinson, 25
3. Dan Desenmeyer, DYC, 32
Laser radial
1. Community Sailing of Colorado, Alex Horne, 11
2. DYC, Lucas Fesenmeyer, 23
3. CSC, Ryan Gelston, 25
C420
Place. yacht club, skipper, Total points over 10 races
1. CSC, Cameron Holland/Case Huey, 9
2. CSC, Tamsin Horne/Dora Shlosberg, 18
3. CSC, Johnny Raheb/Heath Megnin, 27
RS Tera
Place. yacht club, skipper, Total points over 12 races
1. CSC/Union Sailing Club, Carl Richter, 10
2. CSC/USC, Henry Richter, 18
3. Leonardo Fernandes, CSC, 40