2008 MC's at James Island

Comments Mack McCook

The question in the minds of all MC sailors in the Southeast going into Beaufort's Lowcountry Regatta this weekend is: 'Is Jeff Annis unbeatable?'. Continuing his Tiger Woods like dominance of the Southeast circuit, Jeff captured his third straight Regatta Gold at the James Island Open, sailing a consistent 3,1,2,2, series with a throw out 5th. Jeff also took home the trophy for the winner of the largest fleet as 16 MC's participated in the Regatta. Jeff's performance vaulted him to second place behind Lenny Krawcheck in the 2008 MC/SAYRA Championship Series.

The complete results from the James Island Regatta will be forwarded for posting at the MC website. The next ten finishers behind Jeff were:

(2) Josh Putman
(3) Lenny Krawcheck
(4) Mark Marenakos
(5) Ed Durant
(6) George Scarborough
(7) John Bowden
(8) John Lovin
(9) Guy Mossman
(10) Frank Pontious

After 5 Regattas, 23 races in which 41 different Skippers have participated to date, the top five places in the 2008 MC/SAYRA Championship Series are:

(1) Lenny Krawcheck
(2) Jeff Annis
(3) Mike Neidig
(4) Mike Baldacchino
(5) Justin Annis

These series moves on to the Beaufort Lowcountry Regatta this weekend where upwards of 30 boats will attempt to stop Jeff from making it four in a row. Could it be that our only hope to defeat this Titan of the Waterways this weekend lies with David Moring and his fellow MC from Lake Eustis? Links to the NOR and pre-registration are found at the MC Scow website.
Mack       BYSC