Detroit NOODs 2006

Brad Boston, sailing hull #200, the first Abbott-built Ultimate 20 to hit the water, took first place in the Ultimate 20 one-design fleet at the Detroit NOODs. While Boston completed the regatta with seven straight bullets, competition among the fleet was very close. Angela Scheibner, from Charlotte NC, and Nancy Duffy, from Windsor, Ontario, took second and third places respectvely.

Tehweather for the regatta was mostly sunny except for a midwest rain storm after retiring on Saturday. Wind ranged from 10-12 knts on Friday; 14 knts dying to below 6knts on Saturday, and a picture-perfect 8-10knts to finish on Sunday.

Complete final results follow.

Skipper Boat R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 Total
1
Brad Boston
Honour
 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7
2
Angela Scheibner
High Cotton
4 2 5 2 2 3 4 22
3
Nancy Duffy
Prize
 3 3 4 7 3 6 5 31
4
Sandi Svaboda
Cowboy 6 4 6 3 4 4 6 33
5
Christopher VanTol
Big Deal
2 11RAF 3 5 5 5 3 34
6
Sam Irwin
RKM
 5 5 2 6 6 11DNC 11DNC 34
7
Andy DenBaas
Roadkill
 11DNF 11DNS 11DNS 4 7 2 2 48
8
Mike Bremmer
FarFar
 11DNC 11DNC 11DNC 11DNC 11DNC 11DNC 11DNC 77
9
Richard Hunt
Go Fish
11RAF 11RAF 11RAF 11RAF 11RAF 11RAF 11RAF 77