Congratulations to Chris Macaluso, the 2008 Victoria National Champion, and Hew Hamilton, Budman Garcia, Gilbert MacKachlan, and Ron Stephanz for their outstanding performances!

Here are the final results:

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1. Chris Macaluso 2. Hew Hamilton 3. Budman Garcia 4. Gilbert MacLachlan 5. Ron Stephanz 6. Mark Cooper 7. Al Ross 8. John Kuc 9. Mike Wagstaff 10. AJ Moritz 11. Chuck Porth 12.Bill Shorney	13. Bob Piper 14. Richard Azzam 15. David LaBlanc 16. Bruce Huckaba 17. CJ Brustowicz 18. Phil Geren 19. Mitch Martin 20. Charlie Mann 21. George Georgiadis 22. Jerry McBride 23. Mike Biggs	24. Marvin Burrows 25. Charles Sudduth 26. Brian Roberts 27. Vicky Stones 28. James Taylor 29. Denis Corder 30. Ray Mireles 31. Tom Kern 32. Mauricio Dantas 33. David Rogers 34. Don Kenny

   

Trophy Presentation -

Alamo Golden Ale Beer.  Top 10 Competitor Participation Gifts	The Victoria National Championship Perpetual Cup	Top 7 Trophies	Trophy Compilation	Regatta Organizer Extradinaire Ray Seta Leads the Trophy Presentation but not before plugging our Official Beverage Sponsor, Alamo Golden Ale Beer!!!!!!!!

The Audience Waits, but not for long.....			Class Secretary Brian Roberts thanks the Woodlawn Staff and Competitors of the 2008 Nats.	5th place finisher, Ron Stephanz from Madison, AL representing the Rocket City Model Yacht Club.

4th place finisher, Gilbert MacLachlan from Harahan, LA representing the Greater New Orleans Model Yacht Assn.	3rd place finisher, Budman Garcia, from San Antonio, TX representing the Woodlawn Sailing Club.	2nd place finisher, Hew Hamilton, from Madeille, LA representing the MBRC.	1st place finisher, Chris Macaluso from Tomball, TX representing the Clearpoint Model Yacht Club.	Special finisher award winner, George Georgiadis from West Linn, OR representing the Oregon Model Yacht Club.

 

The final race ends at exactly 3:30pm and Randy Rimmer blows the conch shell horn to officially end racing!    While the racers are packing the ground crew will be setting up the grounds for the final grand prize raffle and trophy ceremony which will begin at 4pm.
 

	An Alamo Classic Tradition - Randy Rimmer blows the  conch shell horn to officially signaling the end of racing!		Brian Roberts packs his case of goodies!

The Pirate Water is being released!!!!!!!  

Mitch Martin is a Pirate Water Fan!	Pirate Water close up	Richard Azzam came all the way from Alabama for Pirate Water!!!!!

The final Race 21, Heat A is starting now!   We are going to run this right to the end!   B-Fleet racers are starting to put up their gear in preparation of closing ceremonies.  

Budman Garcia, Sail #90	Mark Cooper Sail #150	Chris Macaluso Sail #65	CJ Brustowicz, Sail#91 and Gilbert MacLachlan #709

We gave a round of applause for all three guys (Mark Hogan, Randy Rimmer and Derick Jones) who are out in the chase boats.  These guys gave up a whole weekend of sailing to keep everything running smoothly! 
 

We are in the middle of Race 20, Heat A and racing will continue till 3:30pm.  The brisk winds are causing places to change so expect to see some dramatic final results!!!!!  

Spectators from around the city are lining the bank to watch this spectacular event!
  
 

Ray Mireles and his team are quietly gathering the trophies and setting up inside the club house and Lea and Nelda are diligently working to update the score sheet!!!  
 

5 minute hold called for protest meeting. 
   Protest results in 0 changes!!!!
     Race 18-A begins!!!!!
 

Race committee formed on the bank.

Reporters from the San Antonio Express-News are now leaving after spending the entire morning and early afternoon filming, riding in our chase boats and writing their story from our patio.   They've asked that we e-mail the results of the regatta to them before the end of the day to include in their Monday report!
 

Starting Race 16th, Heat A.  The Great JK requests a 5 minute hold to finish his beer and is denied by the Race committee!
 

Lunch ends and racing beings...
 

Life under the tent

Lunch begins with Delicious Chicken & Beef Fajitas, beans, rice, salad, etc...   All cooked by our expert staff of chefs!

Now thats different	Our Chefs	Beef Fajitas	Chicken Fajitas	Lunch is Served
Laid out for the picking

 

 The winds are averaging 14mph!   Here are the current unofficial scores after 14 races and 1 throughout.  Plenty more exciting racing yet to come!

1. Chris Macaluso 2. Hew Hamilton 3. Ron Stephanz 4. Budman Garcia 5. Gilbert MacLachlan 6. Mark Cooper 7. Al Ross 8. John Kuc 9. Bill Shorney 10. Mike Wagstaff 11. Chuck Porth 12. AJ Moritz 13. Mitch Martin 14. Phil Geren 15. Richard Azzam 16. Bruce Huckaba 17. Mike Biggs

18. Bob Piper 19. Charlie Mann 20. David LaBlanc 21. Jerry McBride 22. CJ Brustowicz 23. Charles Sudduth 24. Marvin Burrows 25. James Taylor 26. Brain Roberts 27. Vicky Stones 28. George Georgiadis 29. Tom Kern 30. David Rogers 31. Denis Corder 32. Ray Mireles 33. Don Kenny 34. Maurcio Dantas

 Due to racer complaints that our wireless internet system might cause interference with remote control frequencies we decided to cut off our internet access for updating this website from the lake on Friday evening.    Testing done in advance of this regatta indicated that no ill effects would occur but our racers satisfaction means more to us than updating this website and rightfully so.     The Pirate cam which runs on a different system has remained in operation. 

As of this morning I've switched over to using Woodlawn club member Randy Rimmer's  trusty wireless card to make written updates from the lake.   This will allow us to provide timely updates on our activities but photo's will have to wait till Monday to be posted.
 

The Victoria Nationals makes the front page of the Metro section in Sunday's San Antonio Express-News!!!!!  Roving reporters from the Express-News are on location today photographing the event!!!!!
 
Brisk winds continue to build here today creating some exciting racing! 

Flowers at Base of Flag Pole	John Oliveira our Magnificent Race Director	Saturday Photo in the metro section of the San Antonio Express-News

    

Skipper's Meeting: Additional raffle items released that didn't make it to the Texas Ranger Museum for the Saturday night dinner. 

Yellow Alamo Classic OD39 Regatta T-Shirt	Canadian Hockey team polo donated by Team Western Canada	4-Channel FM Radio donated by Armando Riveria.	Blue Alamo Classic OD39 Regatta T-Shirt

Breakfast Tacos are served...