Barney Harris and David Byron win Albacore International Championship

The 17th Albacore Internationals finished on Saturday, July 26. Fifty-nine
Albacores completed a total of 13 races over 6 days. Sailors traveled from
the United States, Canada, and England for this event, which is conducted
every two years. A total of 15 Chesapeake Bay Albacore racers participated
in this event.

After three days of light to moderate conditions and one day cancelled due
to lack of wind, the final six races were sailed over two days in 20+ knot
classic Kingston Southwesterlies.

Chesapeake Bay Sailor Barney Harris of West River Sailing Club and
California resident David Byron teamed up to win the event convincingly with
a 20 point margin over the next placed finisher. Harris and Byron have
sailed together in Albacores since 1995 and have previously sailed together
in four Albacore Worlds or Internationals.

The next Albacore International Championships will be held at Lyme Regis in
Southern England in September of 2005. Albacores are raced in Canada, the
UK, and Eastern USA. There were an average of 22.67 Albacores on the
starting line at every CBYRA event in 2002 - the highest CBYRA event average
turn out of all one designs raced on the bay. For more information go to:
www.albacore.org

Final Standings (top 5 boats and Chesapeake Bay Sailors):

1 Barney Harris & David Byron 18.00 USA, West River Sailing Club
2 Ian Brayshaw & Jeff Beitz 38.00 CAN, Maidenhead Sailing Club
3 Chris Gorton & Henry Pedro 42.00 USA, Sarasota Sailing Squadron
4 Tim Broughton & Karen Marshall 58.00 CAN, Mooredale Sailing Club
5 Kevin Smith & John McHutchion 68.00 CAN, Westwood Sailing Club
10 Marty Hublitz & Eddie Hornick 147.00 USA, Potomac River Sailing Assoc.
13 Jude Brown & Karen Piatkowski 160.00 USA,West River Sailing Club
14 Peter Duncan & David Niblett 165.00 USA,West River Sailing Club
17 Lloyd Leonard & Karl Wittnebel 201.50 USA, Potomac River Sailing Assoc.
23 Daphne Byron & Nate Bokil 258.00 USA, West River Sailing Club
24 David Wallerstein & Joseph Perez 261.00 USA, Potomac River Sailing Assoc.
39 James Graham & Susan Graham 350.00 USA, Potomac River Sailing Assoc.
40 Rolf Zeisler & Susan Heller-Zeisler 362.00 USA, West River Sailing Club
41 Bob Bear & Kelsey Averill 370.00 USA, West River Sailing Club
48 David Huber & David Tator 412.50 USA ,Potomac River Sailing Assoc.
49 Bill Kleysteuber & Eric Connell 447.00 USA, Potomac River Sailing Assn.
54 Dan Miller & Chris Eckert 566.00 USA, Potomac River Sailing Assn.
56 George Wirth & Wilda Heiss 590.00 USA, Potomac River Sailing Assoc.
57 Doug Foord & Crew 598.00 USA, Potomac River Sailing Assn.