Tim Slaney Wins the 2026 Doug Baxter Closer
Capricious and cantankerous. That is how some describe Doug, and that is how all would describe the weather on a SPOG sailing day.
But September 12 was quite nice. No rain, a little (very little) wind, and a cooler day made quite a change after a great summer. Hart was off riding a bike to Whistler (who would do that?) and in his absence Tim Slaney was the class of the fleet with a bullet in each of the 3 races. The wind was from the NW and fluctuated back and forth by 30 degrees, but without the big gusts of other westerlies. And Tim took the starts and shifts like the seasoned Old Guy he is. Similar to the photo finish that determined the 3rd race, SPOG point adjustments had Chris Sanderson edge out Matt Henley for second place.
| 2026 Doug Baxter Closer | |||||||||
| Sail No. | Division | 15.3 Adjust | R 1 | R2 | R3 | Raw | Adjusted | ||
| 1 | Slaney | 9P | NDOG | -3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -6 |
| 2 | Sanderson | 2867 | NDOG | -3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -2 |
| 3 | Henley | 95183 | OOG | -1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 5 |
