The Spring Typhoon Racing Season And Its Awards Night.

We celebrated the combined end of the 2013 Spring Typhoon Racing Season with its winners and the winners of the Typhoon Virginia Invitational last night at the Rapphannock River Yacht Club.  Team Mihills, former winners of both Typhoon Nationals, outperformed all of us again winning the first Typhoon Virginia Invitational.
Ron and Brent Mihills also took first place in the Spring Typhoon Racing Season.  Congrats to both of these extremely impressive sailors and gentlemen.  It's a pleasure to lose to such great guys.  Our able Fleet Commander, Chuck Carmichael and his wife Barie took Second in the Typhoon Virginia Invitational with Frank Birdsall and Tom Richardson capturing Third Place. Congrats all around.

Fleet Commander Chuck Carmichael congratulates
Ron Mihills on both Team Mihills 's First Place Awards.

Brent and Ron Mihills with their First Place Trophy
for top place in the 2013 Spring Typhoon Racing Season.

Chuck Carmichael awards his wife and teammate Barie
 with the Second Place Cup in the Virginia Typhoon Invitational. 

The always fast Frank Birdsall rushes up to accept his Second Place
for the Spring Typhoon Racing Season. Additionally, Frank won Second Place,
 along with Tom Richardson, in the Typhoon Virginia Invitational.

The newly instituted "Middle of the Fleet" Award for sailors
moving up in skills during the Spring Typhoon Racing Season was
awarded to Diane Cook-Tench, Chris Ehring, and Steve Harris.

Debbie Cycotte, Mosby West, (Race Committee)
along with Sam and Gary Luckham 

As the 2013 Spring Typhoon Racing Season wraps up, we learned that Frank Birdsall took Second Place and Gary Hooper won Third Place. Our Fleet Commander, Chuck Carmichael and Barie Carmichael took Fourth.  Thanks to so many wonderful racers, their spouses, friends and club members for making this spring such fun.  Chuck Carmichael also did an outstanding job of keeping all of us informed and all the 2013 Spring Races going smoothly.  He built on the strong foundation set by Ron Mihills and Ned Crockett in past years.  Kinnet Ehring did a superb job of making our Wednesday Socials even more social, organizing meals, appetizers, and desserts.  We'll have to do countless laps in the Club's pool to work off even a portion of what we've consumed.