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Rolex Fastnet 2011
Cowes - Plymouth, UK,
August 14-19. |
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Rolex Baltic
Week 2011, Flensburg, Germany
Photos by Daniel Forster. |
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Rolex Farr 40
Worlds 2011, Sydney Australia
Photos by Peter Andrews. |
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| The 18 Footers. |
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| Rolex Farr 40
Worlds 2011, Sydney Australia. |
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| Extreme Sailing
Series 2011, Photos by Carlo Borlenghi. |
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| Rolex Sydney
Hobart 2010. |
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| Rolex Trophy
Ratings Series 2010, Sydney Australia. |
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| SOLAS Big Boat
Challenge 2010, Sydney Australia. |
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| Rolex Trophy
One Design Series 2010, Sydney Australia. |
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Le Voiles de
Saint Tropez 2010
St. Tropez, France,
Sept 28 - Oct 3, 2010.
Photos by Carlo Borlenghi. |
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Swan Rolex Cup
2010.
Porto Cervo, Italy,
September 15 - 17, 2010.
Photos by Carlo Borlenghi. |
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Maxi Yacht Rolex
Cup 2010.
Porto Cervo, Sardinia, Italy.
September 5 - 11, 2010. |
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Italian Youth
Championships
Marsala, Italy, Sept 2, 2010.
Photos by Carlo Borlenghi and Luca Butto. |
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Rolex Ilhabela
Sailing Week
Ilhabela, São Paulo, Brazil,
July 17-24, 2010. Photos by Carlo Borlenghi. |
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| Audi MedCup Circuit
Marseille Trophy, Marseille, France, June 15-20, 2010. Photos
by Carlo Borlenghi and Guido Trombetta. |
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| Giraglia Rolex
Cup 2010. |
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Giraglia Rolex
Cup 2010
by Studio Borlenghi. |
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| Rolex Capri
Sailing Week 2010 |
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Louis Vuitton
Trophy
La Maddalena, Sardinia, Italy.
May 22 -June 6, 2010. |
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| Portofino Rolex
Trophy |
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Borlenghi. |
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| America's Cup
Index |
| Photos by Carlo
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| Casa de Campo,
Dominican Republic April 21-24, 2010. |
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32 Series |
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Trombetta. |
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| Rolex China Sea
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| Rolex Sydney
Hobart 2009. |
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SOLAS Big Boat
Challenge 2009. |
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China Cup 2009
by Carlo Borlenghi. |
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| Rolex Middle
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| Maxi Yacht Rolex
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Gold Coast Yacht Race 2009. |
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Audi Winter Series
Sydney Harbour 2009. |
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RORC Caribbean
600
Antigua
February 23-25, 2009.
Photographs by
Carlo Borlenghi
and Stefano Gattini. |
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Volvo Ocean Race
2008-2009. |
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61st Brisbane
to Gladstone
Yacht Race 2009. |
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Audi Sydney
Offshore Newcastle
Yacht Race 2009. |
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XXV Primo Cup
Trophée Credit Suisse
Montecarlo, Feb 5-15, 2009.
Photographs by
Carlo Borlenghi. |
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Louis Vuitton
Pacific Series
Auckland New Zealand,
Jan 24 - Feb 14, 2009.
Photographs by
Stefano Gattini. |
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| The 2008 Rolex
Sydney Hobart Yacht Race |
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| The 2008 SOLAS
Big Boat Challenge 2008. |
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| The 2008 Rolex
Trophy One Design Series |
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| The Final Play. |
| By the Rolex
Big Boat Series Media Team. |
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Photos by Daniel
Forster for Rolex,
edited By Peter Andrews. |
| September 11, 2011. |
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yesterday’s high wind survival conditions, hundreds
of sailors from the 81 teams at the 47th annual Rolex Big
Boat Series would no doubt agree that handling today’s
14 to 17 knots on San Francisco Bay was a piece of cake.
And rich was the cake’s icing with sunshine unobstructed
by fog and temperatures that had warmed by double digits
to 68 degrees fahrenheit (20 degrees Celsius). |
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Down wind of the J 105 Class off Alcatraz, during the Rolex Big Boat
Series, San Francisco, California.
Photo © Rolex / Daniel Forster.
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A single “Bay
Tour” distance race showed all but the Farr 30 class
the four corners of San Francisco Bay, visually anchored
by the Golden Gate Bridge to the west, Alacatraz Island in
the middle, and Treasure Island and Bay Bridge to the East.
As for the Farr 30 class, they continued their world championship
with four feisty races out on the “North Course”,
their racing home for the regatta’s entire four days.
Spectators lining the shore near the Saint Francis Yacht
Club witnessed the true beauty, emotion and power of sail
before, during and after the day’s scheduled racing.
Before racing commenced however, the entire fleet paraded
in honor of 9/11 victims and for the finish, a colorful
lineup of spinnakers roared past the stretch of land closest
to Crissy Field. |
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Edward Walker's Wianno and Theresa Brandner-Allen's Walloping
Swede, both J 105s' from San Francisco, sailing off Hyde Street
during the Rolex Big Boat Series, San Francisco, California.
Photo © Rolex / Daniel Forster.
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For the final
spinnaker sail-past, cannon fire from the uppermost decks
of the Saint Francis Yacht Club echoed out over the bay.
It was at the yacht club later with the fleet comfortably
berthed, six perpetual trophies as well as Rolex Oyster Perpetual
Stainless Steel Submariners would be awarded to winners in
six of the participating classes.
The Atlantic Perpetual Trophy - Farr 30 One Design
Class.
With a world championship at stake, twelve Farr 30s’ had
been sailing their own regatta within the Rolex Big Boat
Series with unmatched intensity. Until today, Scott Easom’s Eight
Ball from San Rafael, California had held at bay two
fierce competitors; Jim Richardson’s Barking
Mad from Boston, Massachusetts and Deneen Demourkas’s Groovederci from
Santa Barbara, California; throughout seven extremely windy
races where wild wipeouts and sail blowouts were becoming
commonplace. |
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Deneen Demourkas' Groovederci from Santa Barbara, California,
wins the Farr 30 Class in the Rolex Big Boat Series, San Francisco,
California.
Photo © Rolex / Daniel Forster.
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Yesterday, with
only one race completed due to extreme gear-busting conditions,
Easom knew his foes would recharge, re-circle and move in
for an attack today when the wind settled a bit. Sure enough,
Richardson moved into first after winning today’s first
race and maintained his lead up until near the end of the
third race. During the last leg, Richardson fouled Rhonda
Tolar’s Wild Thing from Corona Del Mar, California,
after jibing too close and touching its spinnaker with his.
“It was an unforced error; we shouldn’t have been
there,” said Richardson and the ensuing penalty turn cost
him dearly. As a result he finished the race in 11th place. With
Richardson ultimatly falling back to third, the door was opened
for Demourkas to take the overall lead and then secure it in
the last race. Demourkas won after posting finish positions of
5-2-2-4 today, while Easom finished third overall, behind Richardson
on the merit of his 8-4-4-7 today.
“Coming into today, I knew winning was a possibility, but
we would need all four races,” said Demourkas. “In
the first race, we were leading and hit the weather mark, so
that wasn’t so good. But we did our penalty turn and managed
to hold it all together. This is my ninth world championship
in this boat. I’ve been a bride’s maid a few times,
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Jim Richardson’s Barking Mad from Boston, Massachusetts,
second in the Farr 30 Class in the Rolex Big Boat Series, San Francisco,
California.
Photo © Rolex / Daniel Forster.
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Demourkas, who
is also the president of the Farr 30 class, explained that
while a 30 footer might be considered small for the Rolex
Big Boat Series, the Saint Francis Yacht Club was “kind
enough” to integrate them.
“It shows their commitment to yachting to have us here
and gave us a chance to show what the boat can do,” said
Demourkas. She also said the boats are capable of performing
in high winds, but many of the owners here have not had precious
time in the boat like she has had.
“It was a little more nerve wracking,” she said of
the high winds and her own constant jockeying for position. “But
damn good racing!” she added.
The St. Francis Perpetual Trophy - IRC A Class.
Jim Swartz’s TP 52 Vesper from Park City, Utah breezed to
a seemingly easy overall victory, considering it won five out of seven
races including today’s. But Swartz credited it mostly to a well-oiled
team that simply knew how to tame the boat, no matter how high the winds. |
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Jim Swartz’s TP 52 Vesper from Park City, Utah was
the winner in IRC A Class, in the Rolex Big Boat Series, San Francisco,
California.
Photo © Rolex / Daniel Forster.
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His America’s
Cup veteran tactician Gavin Brady from Annapolis Maryland,
made the comment that San Francisco is the best venue in
the world for sailing. “It’s like there are ginormous
fans at the Golden Gate Bridge. It’s a man-made arena
where the wind comes in at 11 am and you can start on time
every day,” said Brady. “For the next America’s
Cup here, you can just put the AP flag in a glass case and
it will never be flown.”
With Vesper having pretty much wrapped up the overall victory,
the real battle was for second today. In the end it was Peter Cunningham’s PowerPlay from
George Town, Cayman Islands, who prevailed over Canadian Ashley Wolfe’s Mayhem from
Calgary, Alberta. Both boats were TP 52s’ and were among five competing
in this class, along with two other larger boats and one smaller.
“This has been more fun than other races,” said Cunningham. “It
was so close for us with Mayhem and the others, and these 52s’ make
the Bay look small.” |
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Peter Cunningham’s TP 52 PowerPlay from George Town,
Cayman Islands, during the Rolex Big Boat Series, San Francisco,
California.
Photo © Rolex / Daniel Forster.
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The class sailed
30 miles today and there were some “interesting choices” on
where to go. “We were first to Blossom Rock when the
wind totally died with a 2 to 3 knot current and the whole
fleet condensed,” said Cunningham. “We were ahead
of Vesper and Mayhem, and I had déjà-vu
all over again. If you get caught in that current, it was
classic San Francisco; everything can change so easily.”
Cunningham’s PowerPlay finished second today
and posted 15 points to Vesper’s 10 in overall
scoring, while Wolfe’s Mayhem posted 18
points.
The City of San Francisco Trophy - IRC B Class.
Skipper Brad Copper of the Tripp 43 TNT from Point
Richmond, California, was “totally jazzed” to
win his second Rolex watch here after his second-place
finish today sewed up the series for him.
“We stuck to the same game plan: focus on the basics, do
a good job,” said Copper, noting that this was his fourth
Rolex Big Boat Series and his first win was back in 2008. |
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Brad Copper's Tripp 43 TNT from Point Richmond, California,
during the Rolex Big Boat Series, San Francisco, California.
Photo © Rolex / Daniel Forster.
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Before today’s
race, he had a three-point lead over Sy Kleinman’s
54 foot sloop Swiftsure II from Saratoga, California.
At the day’s end, Kleinman had narrowed the gap down
to two points. Kleinman who turned 90 this summer, has sailed
in the Rolex Big Boat Series 30 times to date, and although
he no longer steers, he still contributes to the afterguard
on the boat he has sailed here for the last 16 years.
“They make me walk the plank,” he said before racing
today, using his cane to steady himself as he walked a short,
wide board made especially for his traversing the distance between
the dock and the boat. “Thank God for big wind,” he
said when asked about his feelings over the past few days. “This
one’s blowing in our favor; this boat needs a lot of wind.” |
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Ninty year old Sy Kleinman, owner of the 54 foot sloop Swiftsure
II from Saratoga, California atthe Rolex Big Boat Series, San
Francisco, California.
Photo © Rolex / Daniel Forster.
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The
Richard Rheem Perpetual Trophy - IRC C Class.
Andy Costello’s J/125 Double Trouble from
Point Richmond, California was the only boat in the series
to turn in a perfect score; winning all seven races in
the eight-boat sport boat class for the “fast forties.” It
also was among four J/125s’ competing in that class,
and indeed it was these models, which more typically sail
in their own one-design class, that filled the top four
spots on the scoreboard. |
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IRC C winner Andy Costello’s J 125 Double Trouble from
Point Richmond, California, in the Rolex Big Boat Series, San Francisco,
California.
Photo © Rolex / Daniel Forster.
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Dee Smith’s
new Farr 400 Team Premier was decidedly fast, but
with a new crew and little time to prepare, it fell short
of keeping pace with the veteran teams aboard the J/125s’ and
finished fifth overall.
The Keefe-Kilborn Perpetual Trophy - IRC D Class.
Last year, Donald Payan from Hillsborough, California,
won the J/120 class skippering Dayenu. But this
year, he took the same boat and entered IRC, wondering
how it would go.
The performance of both his boat and team proved the gamble
paid off, though Payan called the previous days punishing,
due to the physical demands made by the conditions. In
the end, he deduced that his decision had been very gratifying. |
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Donald Payan's J 120 Dayenu from Hillsborough, California,
wins IRC D Class with 5 firsts and 2 seconds, in the Rolex Big Boat
Series, San Francisco, California.
Photo © Rolex / Daniel Forster.
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“One-design
sailing is more of a chess board situation,” said Payan, “whereas
IRC is more like a rally-you are competing against yourself.”
The Commodore’s Cup - J/105 - One Design Class.
Even after a collision rendered it unable to race yesterday’s
two races, Scooter Simmons’ Blackhawk from
Belvedere, California, looked solid going into today; with
a full 12 point lead ahead of second placed Jason Woodley
and Scott Whitney’s Risk from Tiburon, California.
This came as a result of being granted redress of a second-place
for each of the two races Simmons could not cpmplete yesterday.
The lead wasn’t too comforting however, when Blackhawk jumped
the start gun and had to restart. |
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Scooter Simmons’ J 105 Blackhawk from Belvedere, California,
winner in the J 105 Class, in the Rolex Big Boat Series, San Francisco,
California.
Photo © Rolex / Daniel Forster.
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“We had
to make up 12 boats, and then we chose to go to shore for
relief from the current, and that was the wrong decision,” said
Simmons. “The wind clocked right and by the time we
got to the city front, we were so deep it, was the most discouraging
thing in the world. Then we knew we had to rope in 10 boats.
My crew is just so good that we were able to do it, but it’s
not the way you want to win a regatta.”
After a tenth today in the largests fleet in the series
with 21-boats, Blackhawk’s lead over Risk
was down to seven points. After sailing in the Rolex Big
Boat Series six times on three different boats, Simmons
said that his goal has always been to win a Rolex watch. “It
is the epitomy, the trophy we all want,” he said.
The Express 37 - One Design Class.
Defending champion Kame Richards, skipper of Golden
Moon from Alameda, California, said his crew had the
skill set to deal with high winds. This was proven when
Richards took a commanding lead in overall point scoring
after the gusty conditions of the previous day.
“We didn’t have to do anything spectacular to win overall today,” said
Richards, who finished second in today’s race to Michael Shlens’ Blade
Runner from Palos Verdes Estate, California. “We could have finished
ninth (out of nine boats) and still won on a tie-breaker.” |
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Kame Richards, skipper of Golden Moon from Alameda, California
wins the Express 37 Class with 5 first and 2 second place finishes,
in, during the Rolex Big Boat Series, San Francisco, California.
Photo © Rolex / Daniel Forster.
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Richards added
that Blade Runner was only one boat length ahead
of him at the finish today after all those miles, and that
was typical of the “two-boat problem” he had
all regatta. “They are just so good and so fun, and
it made this the most enjoyable Rolex Big Boat Regatta ever
for me.”
The J/120 - One Design Class.
Mathematically, Barry Lewis’ Chance from Atherton, California
only had to finish today with no letters such as DSQ or DNF added to their
score to win, but they finished fourth for good measure.
Crew member Matt Dingo from Portland, Maine, explained how his team decided
not to play “the cone” at Alcatraz, which was the right decision
over reaching across to the city front early, despite putting them on the
outside of some of the wind shifts. |
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Barry Lewis’ J 120 Chance from Atherton, California,
during the Rolex Big Boat Series, San Francisco, California.
Photo © Rolex / Daniel Forster.
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“It was
a little flukier on the side we chose, so we had to step
on the gas,” he said, “but that’s what
makes the Bay Tour legendary. It’s about what’s
going on all over. You’re not retracing any of your
steps during 24 miles. It’s only at the Rolex Big Boat
Series, and it can be a make it or break it race for a lot
of teams.”
Regarded by sailors as one of the world’s premier
sailboat racing events, the Rolex Big Boat Series is part
of the Rolex Yachting Portfolio that includes over 20 world-class
sailing events that take place around the world, including
the Rolex Miami OCR; Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup; Rolex Fastnet
Race; Rolex Farr 40 World Championship; New York Yacht
Club Race Week at Newport and Storm Trysail Club Block
Island Race, both presented by Rolex; and the Rolex Sydney
Hobart Yacht Race. |
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Presented with a Rolex Oyster Perpetual Submariner from left to right
are TNT's Brad Copper, Vesper's Jim Swartz, Groovederci's Deenan
Demourkas, Blackhawk's Scooter Simmons, Dayenu's Donald
Payan and Double Trouble's Andy Costello, at the presentations
for the Rolex Big Boat Series, San Francisco, California.
Photo © Rolex / Daniel Forster.
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For more information
and results from the Rolex Big Boat Series, go to www.rolexbigboatseries.com.
Facebook users can keep up-to-date with the St. Francis Yacht
Club’s Racing page at www.facebook.com/pages/St-Francis-Yacht-Club-Racing/106175099461351.
Final Results - Rolex Big Boat Series, September
8-11, 2011.
IRC A (IRC - 8 Boats)
1. Vesper, TP 52, Jim Swartz from Park City, UT, USA - 1, 3, 2,
1, 1, 1, 1 for 10.
2. PowerPlay, TP 52, Peter Cunningham , George Town, Grand Cayman,
CAY - 3, 2, 1, 3, 2, 2, 2 for 15.
3. Mayhem, TP 52, Ashley Wolfe from Calgary, AB, CAN - 2, 1, 3,
2, 4, 3, 3 for 18.
IRC B (IRC - 9 Boats)
1. TNT, Custom Tripp 43, Brad Copper from Point Richmond, CA,
USA - 1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2 for 11.
2. Swiftsure ll, Sloop 54, Sy Kleinman from Saratoga, CA, USA
- 2, 1, 5, 2, 1, 1, 1/RDG for 13.
3. BustinLoose, Sydney 38, Jeff Pulford from Salinas, Ca, USA
- 3, 4, 2, 4, 3, 3, 4 for 23.
IRC C (IRC - 8 Boats)
1. Double Trouble, J 125, Andy Costello from Point Richmond, CA,
USA - 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 for 7.
2. Resolute, J 125, Tim Fuller from Murrieta, CA, USA - 4, 3,
2, 2, 2, 2, 2 for 17.
3. August Ice, J 125, Richard Ferris from Tahoe City, CA, USA
- 2, 4, 5, 4, 5, 3, 3 for 26.
IRC D (IRC - 8 Boats)
1. Dayenu, J 120, Donald Payan from Hillsborough, CA, USA - 1,
1, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1 for 9.
2. Tupelo Honey, Elan 40, Gerard Sheridan from San Francisco,
CA, USA - 3, 4, 3, 3, 2, 1, 9/SCP for 25.
3. Mirthmaker, Archambault A35, Douglas Holm and Kirk Denebeim
from Corte Madera, CA, USA - 2, 2, 1, 2, 9/DSQ, 4, 6 for 26.
J 105 (One Design - 21 Boats)
1. Blackhawk, Scooter Simmons from Belvedere, CA, USA - 4, 1,
2, 1, 2/RDG, 2/RDG, 10 for 22.
2. Risk, Jason Woodley and Scott Whitney from Tiburon, CA, USA
- 7, 3, 8, 2, 3, 1, 5 for 29.
3. Donkey Jack, Edward Conrads, Kaiser and Ryan from San Francisco,
CA, USA - 1, 4, 6, 10, 4, 8, 1 for 34.
J 120 (One Design - 7 Boats)
1. Chance, Barry Lewis from Atherton, CA, USA - 3, 1, 2, 1, 1,
2, 4 for 14.
2. Mr. Magoo, Stephen Madeira from Menlo Park, CA, USA - 2, 2,
3, 3, 2, 3, 2 for 17.
3. Peregrine, David Halliwill from New York, NY, USA - 5, 6, 1,
2, 3, 1, 1 for 19.
Express 37 (One Design - 9 Boats)
1. Golden Moon, Kame Richards from Alameda, CA, USA - 1, 2, 1,
1, 1, 2, 2 for 10.
2. Blade Runner, Michael Shlens from Palos Verdes Est., CA, USA
- 4, 3, 4, 2, 2, 1, 1 for 17.
3. Expeditious, Bartz Schneider from Crystal Bay, NV, USA - 2,
1, 3, 3, 10/DNF, 10/DNF, 4 for 33.
Farr 30 (One Design - 12 Boats)
1. Groovederci, Deneen Demourkas from Santa Barbara, CA, USA -
7, 8, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 5, 2, 1, 4 for 34.
2. Barking Mad, Jim Richardson from Boston, MA, USA - 3, 1, 5,
3, 4, 2, 3, 1, 3, 10, 3 for 38.
3. Eight Ball, Scott Easom from San Rafael, CA, USA - 2, 4, 1,
5, 2, 3, 2, 8, 4, 3, 7 for 41. |
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