SHEET First 47.7, Daniel Chador, 3. (11 boats) DIV. 5 (spin 117-141) — 1) Shameless, Schumacher 30, George Ellison, 1; 2) White Jacket, Etchells, Randy Smith, 2; 3) Takeoff, Laser 28, Joan Byrne, 3. (11 boats) DIV. 6 (spin >144) — 1) Clean Sweep, Olson 25, Tom Nemeth, 1; 2) Star Ranger, Ranger 26, Simon James, 2; 3) Topgallant, Newport 30, Jim Lindsey, 3. (9 boats) DIV. 7 (non-spin >144) — 1) Summer Sailstice, Ranger 33, John Arndt, 1; 2) The Shadow, Mull 32, Rob Maxim, 2; 3) Jet Lag, Catalina 34, Torin Knorr, 3. (10 boats) DIV. 8 (Rhodes 19) — 1) Big WOW!, Tom Royall, 1; 2) Gigi, Daniel Widmer, 2; 3) Dragonfly, Jeffrey Cole, 3. (5 boats) DIV. 9 (Knarr) — 1) Knarr 115, Vincent Armondo, 1; 2) Flyer, Chris Kelly, 2; 3) (no name), John Colver, 3. (5 boats) OPTI (green fleet) — 1) Nicolai Sponholz, 5 points; 2) William McMullen, 10; 3) Sebastian Sponholz, 17. (16 boats)
Christine Weaver (waving) and Lucie Mewes shared driving duties aboard Jonathan Gutoff's Laser 28 'Stink Eye' during GGYC's Ruth Gordon Schnapp Regatta for women skippers. DIV. 1 (spin <87) — 1) J-World, J/120, Frank Glassner, 1 point; 2) Desdemona, J/120, John Wimer, 2; 3) Great Sensation, 1D35, Mario Yovkov, 3. (9 boats) DIV. 2 (J/105) — 1) Donkey Jack, Rolf Kaiser,
1; 2) Masquerade, Ian Charles, 2; 3) Tiburon, Steve Stroub, 3. (12 boats) DIV. 3 (spin 90-114) — 1) Good & Plenty, Soverel 33, Will Baylis, 1; 2) Yucca, 8-Meter, Hank Easom, 2; 3) Full Throttle, Melges 24, David Joyner, 3. (9 boats) DIV. 4 (non-spin <141) — 1) Eastern Breeze, J/30, Chris Kostanecki, 1; 2) Willow, Centurion 40S, Bob Braid, 2; 3) Perseverance, Beneteau
BIG Team Regatta Yet another successful fundraising regatta, held October 5, was the third annual BIG Team Regatta, which raised $37,000 for Treasure Island Sailing Center's (TISC) youth and adaptive programs. In this event, the sponsors were also racers. Four-person teams from Toyota, PG&E and KQED (talk show host Josh Kornbluth) all got crash courses in racing J/24s by OCSC instructors. After morning training (and as the light breeze grew to 10-15 knots), racing began for the 10 teams. The two PG&E teams dominated the action, taking both first and second place. But for a while, all eyes were on Toyota Sunnyvale's two
BOX SCORES We'd like nothing better than to cover every race on the West Coast (and beyond) in detail for you, but we have to eat, sleep and occasionally check in to see if the wife is still speaking to us. So for the following events, you'll have to settle for results only. SAN DIEGO TO ENSENADA INT’L YACHT RACE (Southwestern YC, 10/5-7; 1 race): MAXI — 1) Peligroso, Dencho 70, Campbell/ Williams; 2) Magnitude 80, Andrews 80, Doug Baker; 3) Stark Raving Mad, R/P 66, Jim Madden. (4 boats) PHRF-1 — 1) Horizon, SC50, Jack Taylor; 2) Staghound, R/P 50, Alec Oberschmidt; 3) Blue Blazes, R/P 50, Dennis Pennell. (9 boats) PHRF-2 — 1) Elusive, FT10, John Paquin; 2) Anarchy, FT10, Rickard Tempesta; 3) Nemesis, Melges 30, Geoff Longenecker. (5 boats) PHRF-3 — 1) B Nasty, B-32, Robert Wilson; 2) Sabrina, Calkins 50, Calkins/Peterson; 3) Windswept, Swan 57, Max Phelps. (18 boats) PHRF-4 — 1) Wind Dancer, Catalina 42,
Vance Edwards; 2) Mad Hatter, J/30, Robert Noe; 3) Spin Dr, C&C 34, Paul Farrell. (9 boats) PHRF-5 — 1) Desiree, Kettenburg 38, Richard Parker; 2) Sojourn, Catalina 30, Cleve Hardaker; 3) Casamar, Catalina 30, David Baer. (6 boats) J/120 — 1) Doctor No, Jed Olenick; 2) Caper, John Laun; 3) Quetzalcoatl, Rick von Heydenre. (6 boats) CLASS ANC — 1) Taroa, K50, Tom Sterlling; 2) Spitfire, Custom Ketch, Jeffrey Woods; 3) Pacifica, 49’ Yawl, Douglas Jones. (4 boats) CLASS CRZNS — 1) Raven, Custom 55, E & S Dopyera; 2) Sabbatical, Catalina 36, Larry Pascoe; 3) Peregrine Spirit, Ericson 380, G. van Houweling. (4 boats) CLASS CRZS — 1) Ceci, ILFR 36, David White; 2) Rippin, Catalina 36, Terry Smith; 3) Valhalla III, Olson 34S, Paul Landsom. (17 boats) Full results — www.southwesternyc.org SSS VALLEJO 1-2 (VYC/RYC, 10/6-7; 2 races): DIVISION 1 (Multihull) — 1) Peregrine Falcon, F/27, Bill Gardner, 2 points; 2) Roshambo,
Corsair F-31, Darren Doud, 7; 3) Wingit, F/27, Amy Wells, 10. (4 boats) DIVISION 2 (<99) — 1) Razzberries, Olson 34, Bruce Nesbit, 2; 2) Moonduster, S&S 47, Wayne Meretsky, 10; 3) Coyote, Beneteau First 41.7, Steve Hill, 10. (7 boats) DIVISION 3 (100-160) — 1) Bad Puddy Cat, C&C 37, Matt Siddens, 2; 2) Pain Killer, J/80, Eric Patterson, 6; 3) Pappy & Me, J/92, Daniel Haynes, 8. (9 boats) DIVISION 4 (>161) — 1) Chesapeake, Merit 25, James Fair, 2; 2) Emerald, Yankee 30, Peter Jones, 4; 3) Chelonia, Yankee 30, Ed Ruszel, 9. (11 boats) DIVISION 5 (Non-spin) — 1) Svenska, Peterson 34, Fred Minning, 2; 2) Sobrante, Catalina 320, Paul Descalso, 4; 3) Joyride, J/109, Jim Vickers, 7. (9 boats) DIVISION 6 (Sportboat) — 1) Dianne, Express 27, Steve Katzman, 2; 2) Taz!!, Express 27, George Lythcott, 6; 3) Dragonsong, Olson 30, Sam McFadden, 8. (14 boats) DIVISION 7 (Wyliecat 30) — 1) Uno, Steve Wonner. (1 boat) November, 2007 •
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