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Starting Sunday in third place, Arbitrage posted two bullets to wrest the lead away from Donkey Jack." Stone added that a few teams coming out of the San Francisco Marina had some major drama on Saturday. "The tides were at record lows. Arbitrage was fully stuck in the mud at its slip, while Jam Session ran aground at the exit to the harbor. Along with Perseverance, they waited for the water to rise and were then able to leave, just making it to the starting area across the Bay." "The Resin delivered!" writes Doug Wilhelm, skipper of the winning Melges 24. "The Wilco crew — Orlando Montalvan, John Cianciarulo and Tyler Baeder — came together to edge out a wellsailed Posse team. The Melges 24 fleet was doing 13-14 knots down the breeze and trading punches, with tight racing the whole regatta." Wilhelm is looking forward to getting more people involved in the fleet in advance of the Melges 24 Nationals, to be hosted by SFYC in 2018. — latitude/chris
This page: Cityfront action in St. Francis YC's Elvstrom Zellerbach Regatta on May 6. "Strong currents, some swell, and 15- to 18-knot breezes with gusts into the low 20s greeted the 60-some entries," reports photographer Chris Ray. "Conditions caused some attrition, especially among the catamarans." For results, turn the page to Box Scores.
SFYC RESIN REGATTA, 4/29-30 (4r, 0t) J/105 — 1) Arbitrage, Bruce Stone, 9; 2) Donkey Jack, Shannon Ryan/Rolf Kaiser, 11; 3) Godot, Phillip Laby, 13; 4) Jam Session, Adam Spiegel, 19; 5) Blackhawk, Ryan Simmons, 20.
Big Wind, Seas at DRYC Berger/Stein All the wind that was absent for the first two 2017 Berger/Stein races showed up with a vengeance on May 6 for Race #3, 22-32 miles from Marina del
(21 boats) KNARR — 1) Three Boys and a Girl, Chris Perkins, 10 points; 2) Aquavit, Jonathan Perkins, 13; 3) Svenkist, Sean Svendsen, 14; 4) Benino, Mark Dahm, 17; 5) Gjendin, Graham Green, 19. (20 boats) EXPRESS 27 — 1) Peaches, John Rivlin, 4 points; 2) Wile E. Coyote, Dan Pruzan, 11; 3) Athena, Peggy Lidster, 19. (8 boats) FOLKBOAT — 1) Josephine, Eric Kaiser, 12 points; 2) Polperro, Peter Jeal, 13; 3) Polruan, James Vernon, 13. (11 boats) MELGES 24 — 1) Wilco, Doug Wilhelm, 7 points; 2) Posse, Sallie Lang, 7; 3) Looper, Duane Yoslov, 14. (5 boats) J/24 — 1) Shut Up and Drive, Val Lulevich, 6 points; 2) Evil Octopus, Jasper Van Vliet, 7; 3) Flight, Randall Rasicot, 13. (5 boats) ETCHELLS — 1) Mahalaga, Peter Vessella, 6 points; 2) Capricorn, Ethan Doyle, 8; 3) Mr. Natural, Chris Kostanecki, 10. (4 boats) Full results at www.sfyc.org
Rey to Point Dume and return. The day started out innocently enough, overcast with a moderate seaway and winds in the 5- to 8-knot range. Several of the permanent Olympic Circle marks were missing, and this was a precursor of things to come. After a five-minute delay, the two big AA boats were off, and 15 minutes later, after the pin end of the line was re-set numerous times, the remaining seven classes started in sequence. The moderate winds had built to 18+ by 12:30, the seas decided to join the fun, and conditions kept worsening. The typical light-air Santa Monica Bay day deteriorated from ideal sailing to full gale-like conditions. It kept blowing harder, and many boats dropped out, one capsized (the crew was rescued with minor injuries), and all of the inflatable marks had dragged or disappeared. By 5 p.m. winds were steady in the Marina at 30, and gusts of 55 knots had been reported at Malibu, accompanied by 8- to 10-foot combined seas. When all of the vessels, race crews June, 2017 •
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