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Rich Passage Boats, LLC is not the organizer of all the following events. If you have questions regarding participation please contact the event organizer via the provided contact information. If you would like to be added to the Minto Event mailing list to receive notification about upcoming Minto Events send me an email message at mike@richpassage.com with your name and phone number. Also, if you know of enough Minto's in your locale to have an event staged please let me know. |
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Please contact the event POC's prior to the events for last minute changes. |
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Thursdays |
Each Thursday evening for the month of May there will be dinghy racing in Gig Harbor. Be in the water in front of Arabellas by 6:30. |
Ron Moblo 253-265-3607 |
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The 2008 Results: Susan remembered which way the races were being run each week and by taking a first on the last Thursday captured the series first place trophy this year.The 2007 Results: After five weeks of intense Minto racing the results are final but suspect. For the five dinghies under 10 feet competing, the three Minto's finished 1, 2 and 3. The reason the results were suspect was the third place Minto finished first in every race in which it participated, except for the one Susan rounded the last mark in the wrong direction (she was so far ahead she forgot which way the race was being run) and ended up being disqualified for that race and consequently cost her the first place position. Sorry Susan. |
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June 6
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Gig Harbor Maritime Festival: Register at noon in front of Arabellas. They give nice trophies. |
Ron Moblo 253-265-3607 |
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The 2008 Results: I had four first place finishes on a race course shortened to facilitate multiple heats. OK, so it was raining and I was the only Minto that showed up. They were still first place finishes. |
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June 19-21 |
Three Tree Point Yacht Club Minto Mingle: The Minto Mingle will again be at Dockton Park in 2009. We are hoping for more wind and more boats this year. This is open to the public, so bring your Minto's and have some fun. The 2008 results were: There were 18 Minto's participating this year. In very light winds on both Saturday and Sunday, Peter Gelinas took first place, Ron Moblo second, Susan Moblo third and Mike Ellis took fourth (I only mention the fourth place finish because I am writing this). There were nine TTPYC Minto's and 9 non-TTPYC Minto's participating. Peter won using his new Sailrite mylar racing sail. It could be the start of a Minto sail arms race next year. The 2007 results were: There were 10 boats this year, and 15 participants. The first heat was for Minto owners, with the top 5 finishers qualifying for the championship heat, while giving up their boats to the non-Minto owners for the second heat against the bottom 5 finishers from the first heat. Got all that straight? Somehow Ron Moblo, the overall winner of the 2007 Minto Mingle, managed to come in the bottom 5 of the first heat, and in doing so enabled himself to race in all three heats. Some are suspicious given the margin by which he won the championship heat for his 6th Minto Mingle title. Scott Wilson, the current win leader with 8, came in second, with Steve Sisson taking third and Susan Moblo finishing fourth. An interesting development in this year's race was participation from the West Seattle Yacht Club. A rivalry might just be brewing for 2008. The 2006 results were: On Saturday the fleet was greeted with 15 to 19 knot winds, which made for some very exciting racing. According to Ron Moblo, at times they got up on a plane on the down wind legs, and a couple of boats went over when failing to execute successful jibes. On Sunday the winds were a steady 19 knots, with occasional gusts of 25. After weighing their choices of spending the day fishing boats and sailors from the water, or sitting in 80 degree weather drinking beer, they chose the beer and determined the race results from the combined finishes of Saturday. First place went to Ron Moblo, who will have his name added to the perpetual trophy displayed at Anthony's Restaurant in Des Moines. Ron took first in both heats. Second place went to Peter Gelinas. Third place went to Gene Ellison. Fourth place went to Susan Moblo (Susan took first in the somewhat limited Women's Division). Tom Davis took fifth. Now the waiting starts for the Mingle next year. |
Ron Moblo 253-265-3607 |
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