2025 Thistle Midwinters East
Regatta Results
Race Details
Race Date:
03/08/2025
03/12/2025
Location:
Fort Walton Beach, FL
Area:
South Eastern
District:
Florida
Chevron Level:
Silver
Race Results
First Place:
Paul & Marie Abdullah, Karl Felger (Crime Scene)
Second Place:
Greg Griffin, Mark Reddaway, Diana Young-Paiva (Rediscovered)
Third Place:
Brent Barbehenn, Steve Gruver, Mark Makielski (Come at me Bro)
Basic Regatta Notes
The results are in! Here are your top 5 boats in the Thistle Midwinters East Championship
scored over 8 races in 3 days.
4035, skippered by Paul Abdullah, with crew Marie Abdullah, and Karl Felger. Team “Crime
Scene” posted a solid 1-1-2-1-4-4-5-2. For a total of 20.
4037, skippered by Greg Griffin, with crew Mark Reddaway, and Diana Young-Paiva. Team
“Rediscovered” posted a respectable 8-5-1-4-3-6-4-9. For a total of 40.
2354, skippered by Brent Barbehenn, with crew Steve Gruver, and Mark Makielski. Team
“Come at me Bro” posted 3-4-6-2-12-9-1-5. For a total of 42.
4th 3998, skippered by Bryan Parker, with crew Tiffany Parker, and Paul Kreitler. Team “Old
Skool” posted 4-9-9-3-6-3-3-13. For a total of 50.
5th 3976, skippered by Stanton Smith, with crew Craig Kolschalk, and Lara Dallman-Weiss.
Stan and crew posted 5-8-7-9-2-1-12-14. For a total of 58.
The Fort Walton Yacht Club hosted a great event for us. Outstanding hospitality and support.
With your help we ran a very successful Silver Certified Clean Regatta. Thank You!!!
PRO Carl Schellbach and the race committee served up 8 races over 3 days. Excellent team.
Thank you!!!
A special shout out to Tommy Glenn, the TCA coordinator for the event. Thank you!!
The 2026 Thistle Midwinters East Championship will be held in Pensacola, FL. Come on down
for the best Thistle event in March. You won’t want to miss it!
Until the next regatta…
Full results at: https://nextsailor.com/docs/files/31/2025_Thistle_MW_Results.htm
Photos by Bill Crawford, @harborpictures
Clean Regatta Notes
The Thistle Class is proud to be a founding class of the Clean Regatta Program. Many of our class regattas across the country are certified clean. MWE is Silver Certified thanks to the efforts of our host club – the Fort Walton Yacht Club.