explained Thielman. "He's helping us through this regatta." "Richard Clark is one of the top sailors in the world, from Comanche and the Volvo Ocean Race and Olympics," Hood pointed out. We wondered how a team from Tiburon acquired such a rockstar tactician. "We got him through the Canadian grapevine. He's from Vancouver." Kuai went on to keep her perfect score. Jennifer Canestra, who does bow, called the windy afternoon races "a little bit crazy, and wet." "I wish she was bigger at times," quipped Thielman, "so that she could block the waves a little better." Multihulls It's not the way any competitor wants to win a regatta: when the other guy's boat is broken and can't continue sailing. but that's what happened this year. Race 2 on Thursday was the windiest of the series, as Stan Honey had predicted that morning at the weather briefing. Just east of the Golden Gate Bridge, a shroud parted on Peter Stoneberg's new
to have more Extreme 40s on the Bay, and there are a few for sale if anyone wants to join the fun." Orion was left with no one to race against in the tiny division. The MOD70 won previously in 2014 and 2016. Sailing with Tom Siebel aboard Orion this year were tactician Char lie Ogletree, navigator Peter Isler, Paul Allen, Hogan Beatie, Paco Cabildo, Zan Drejes, Patrick Murray, Matt Noble and Mikey Radziejowski.
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as it just us, was it something in the air, or was the 53rd edition of Rolex Big Boat Series truly special? The vibes were better than ever and resonated with everything we love about yacht racing, the sailing community and San Francisco at its best.
In the favorite shirts department was this one from '1FA'. Interpret it how you will.
What ever will the 'Big Buoys' (and girls) wear next year?
ride, the Extreme 40 catamaran Shadow X. In the blustery conditions, the entire rig came down. Perhaps coincidentally — or not — but certainly ironically, Shadow X's misfortune occurred in the same locale where Jerome Ternynck's sister cat SmartRecruiters capsized on August 31 before the start of the Ronstan Bridge to Bridge. The damage from that incident prevented them from sailing in the Rolex Big Boat Series. "We were very much looking forward to racing Shadow," writes Ternynck, "and we are committed to being back on the water very soon, definitely for BBS 2018. We would love
To see more of our coverage of this classic regatta, see 'Lectronic Latitude at www.latitude38.com, our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/Latitude38 and Instagram at www.instagram.com/ latitude38magazine. — latitude/chris
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StFYC ROLEX BIG BOAT SERIES, 9/14-17 (7r, 0t) PAC52 — 1) Team Beau Geste, Karl Kwok, 7 points; 2) Bad Pak, Tom Holthus, 19; 3) Rio, Manouch Moshayedi, 25. (5 boats) FARR 40 — 1) Blade II, Michael Shlens, 13 points; 2) Bright Hour, James Bradford, 15; 3) Twisted, Tony Pohl, 24. (6 boats) EXPRESS 37 — 1) Eclipse, Sandy Andersen
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Tom Siebel's MOD70 'Orion' sailed alone in the Multihull division on Friday, and didn't return on the weekend. Wertanen, 14 points; 2) Elan, Jack Peurach, 19; 3) Loca Motion, Mark & Heidi Chaffey, 21. (7 boats) J/120 — 1) Peregrine, David Halliwill, 9 points; 2) Chance, Barry Lewis, 16; 3) Mr. Magoo, Stephen Madeira, 18. (5 boats) J/105 — 1) Good Timin', Chris & Phil Perkins/ Dave Wilson, 23 points; 2) Jam Session, Adam Spiegel, 32; 3) Arbitrage, Bruce Stone/ Nicole Breault, 34; 4) Mojo, Jeff Littfin, 34; 5) Godot, Phillip Laby, 41; 6) Jabberwocky, Brent Vaughan, 41. (24 boats) J/70 — 1) 1FA, Scott Sellers/Geoff McDonald, 16 points; 2) Cool Story Bro., Chris Snow/John Brigden, 17; 3) 3 Big Dogs, Pat Toole, 25. (11 boats) ORR A — 1) Swiftsure, Schumacher 54, Sy Kleinman, 14 points; 2) Peligroso, Kernan 70, Lorenzo Berho, 16; 3) Elyxir, SC52, Skip Ely, 20. (9 boats) ORR B — 1) BustinLoose, Sydney 38, Jeff Pulford, 18 points; 2) Picosa, J/111, Doug & Jack Jorgensen, 21; 3) Elusive, Swan 42 Club, Thomas Furlong, 22. (9 boats) ORR C — 1) Encore, Sydney 36 CR, Wayne Koide, 7 points; 2) Tupelo Honey, Elan 40, Gerard Sheridan, 20; 3) Jeannette, Frers 40, Bob Novy, 22. (5 boats) PHRF SPORTBOAT — 1) Kuai, Melges 32, Daniel Thielman, 7 points; 2) Don't Panic, C&C 30, Julian Mann, 21; 3) M Squared, J/88, Marc McMorris, 23. (6 boats) MULTIHULL-BAMA — 1) Orion, MOD70, Tom Siebel, 4 points; 2) Shadow X, Extreme 40, Peter Stoneberg, 11. (2 boats) Full results at www.rolexbigboatseries.com