This event was open to all JSC racing members. Many thanks to the race committee and all the volunteers who made this event a great success!

All fleets had at least one boat represented in the 2008 Two Of A Kind.

Good winds greeted the fleet at the start of the of the event.

The first race show a good breakaway by the C Scows with Kevin Kuse, Ken Kuse, Todd Pesek and Don MacClymont opening a lead. Both Barry Skikne (Windmill) and Rick Blowers (Sweet 16) kept close enough to the C Scows to finish 1st and 3rd in the race on corrected time. Kevin Kuse (C Scow)held onto 2nd while Todd Pesek (C Scow) played the shift well and took 4th allowing the team of Kevin and Todd to establish a lead in the event after race one. Barry Skikne and Karen Hawkins (Catalina 25) were 2nd, Rick Blowers and Tommy Heausler (Sweet 16) were 3rd while Ken Kuse and Don MacClymont were fourth.

Race two saw the wind come and go fleet spreading out but Ken Kuse (1st) pulled to a good lead and held off Barry Skikne (2nd), Kevin Kuse (3rd) and Todd Pesek (4th) to win the race. A strong finish by Don MacClymont (5th) pulled the Ken and Don team into a 2nd place overall in the event.

2008 Two Of A Kind champions were Kevin Kuse and Todd Pesek.

2008 Two Of A Kind Results

Place	Team Sail #'s	Class	Team Helmsmen	Corrected Time	Race #1	Corrected Time	Race #2	Sub Total	Total
1	KC 227	C Scow	Kevin Kuse	41.66	2	43.034	3	5	13
	KC 7	C Scow	Todd Pesek	42.197	4	44.544	4	8
2	KC 27	C Scow	Ken Kuse	43.383	5	42.197	1	6	17
	KC 1	C Scow	Don MacClymont	43.733	6	44.906	5	11
3	4350	Windmill	Barry Skikne	40.613	1	42.21	2	3	19
	71	Catalina 25	Karen Hawkins	47.343	8	52.302	8	16
4	306	Sweet 16	Rick Blowers	41.741	3	46.173	7	10	23
	345	Sweet 16	Tommy Heausler	43.848	7	45.068	6	13
5	*2005	Capri 14.2	Hal Wood	FIP	9	DNS	10	19	38
	*616	Javelin	Jim Plante	DNF	10	FIP	9	19
*Used best score of all 3 boats.	*KC 14	C Scow	Ed Seacord	DNF	10	DNS	10	20

 

The Sweet 16 fleet had a heated series between Tommy Heausler and Pete Peterson. Tommy's four race wins versus Pete's three wins appeared to be the difference maker this year.

Place	Skipper	Sail #	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total
1	Tommy Heausler	345	1	2	3	4	NR	NR	1	4	1	1	6
2	Pete Peterson	700	2	1	1	3	NR	NR	4	1	2	2	7
3	Mark Graham	434	4	3	4	5	NR	NR	2	2	3	DNF 3	13
4	Phil Wood	353	3	DNF 4	DNC 7	DNC 7	NR	NR	3	3	DNC 7	DNC 7	20
5	Rick Blowers	306	DNC 7	DNC 7	2	2	NR	NR	DNC 7	DNC 7	DNC 7	DNC 7	25
6	Lou Joline	517	DNC 7	DNC 7	DNS 5	1	NR	NR	DNC 7	DNC 7	DNC 7	DNC 7	27
Throw Out - Best 5/8