MARK ALBERTAZZI
THE RACING
photographers. Once inside the Golden Gate Bridge, wind speed increased even more, with some reports of 40-knot gusts. As boats flying chutes finished, they quickly doused to avoid running up onto the rocks near Golden Gate YC. Marin-berthed boats enjoyed a close reach home with ebbing water and 35to 40-knot wind. Sausalito boats found Richardson Bay a maelstrom. East Bay crews quickly doused sails, many running under a reefed main. War stories at the dock were not exaggerations for this year's OYRA Duxship Race! There were no reports of serious injury or major damage, but several boats did report some damage and retired from the race. — pat broderick & jim quanci OYRA DUXSHIP RACE, 5/12 PHRO 1A — 1) Velvet Hammer, Schock 40, Will Paxton; 2) California Condor, Antrim Class 40, Buzz Blackett; 3) Can't Touch This, J/125, Rich Pipkin. (7 boats) PHRO 1B — 1) Blue, Swan 53, Ray Paul; 2) Six Brothers, Columbia C32, Chris Kramer; 3) OYRA LIGHTSHIP RACE RACE,, 4/21 PHRO 1A — 1) Adrenalin, SC50, Mark Howe; 2) Bright Hour, Farr 40, James Bradford; 3) Hano Ho, SC50, Mark Dowdy. (9 boats) PHRO 1B — 1) Don't Panic, C&C 30, Julian Mann; 2) Swift Ness, J/111, Reuben Rocci; 3) Mr. Magoo, J/120, Steve Madeira. (11 boats) PHRO 2 — 1) Benny, J/88, Aya Yamanouchi; 2) Dare Dare, SunFast 3200, Nicolas Thiebaud; 3) Dawn's Early Light, J/36, Kevin Mills. (11 boats) PHRO 3 — 1) Green Buffalo, Cal 40, Jim Quanci; 2) Salty Hotel, Express 27, John Kearney; 3) Yeti, Express 27, Adam Mazurkiewicz/ Jason Crowson. (7 boats) SHS — 1) Loose Cannon, Express 27, Andy Goodman/Julia Paxton; 2) Hang 20, Express 27, Lori Tewksbury/Eric Ochs; 3) Nancy, Wyliecat 30, Page 110 •
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The Pac52 'Rio' racing in SDYC's Yachting Cup on May 5. See Box Scores for results. Mr. Magoo, J/120, Stephen Madeira. (10 boats) PHRO 2 — 1) Bloom County, Mancebo 31, Elliott James; 2) Benny, J/88, Aya Yamanouchi; 3) Sweet Okole, Farr 36, Dean Treadway. (15 boats) PHRO 3 — 1) Green Buffalo, Cal 40, Jim Quanci; 2) Sea Star, Cal 39, Bob Walden; 3) Alternate Reality, Express 27, Darrel Jensen. (7 boats) SHS — 1) Hang 20, Express 27, Lori Tewksbury/Eric Ochs; 2) Ventus, J/88, Chris Cartwright/ Patrick Farrell; 3) Nancy, Wyliecat 30, Pat Broderick/Nick Sands. (11 boats) MULTIHULL — 1) Round Midnight, Explorer 44, Richard Waltonsmith. (1 boat) Full results at www.jibeset.net
OYC Sweet 16 Series Oakland YC's Sweet 16 Wednesday evening series is definitely off to the races! With 40 boats signed up in nine fleets, we are racing one non-spinnaker fleet, two one-design fleets (Columbia 5.5 and Islander 36), and five additional PHRF spinnaker fleets: one for Merit
THE BOX SCORES Pat Broderick/Jennifer McKenna. (7 boats) MULTIHULL — 1) Round Midnight, Explorer 44, Richard Waltonsmith; 2) Raven, F-27, Truls Myklebust. (3 boats) RYC BIG DINGHY REGATTA, 4/21 (5r, 0t) MELGES 14 — 1) Daniel Thielman, 8 points; 2) Auric Horneman, 9; 3) Jennifer Canestra, 10. (4 boats) SNIPE — 1) Packy Davis, 8 points; 2) Doug Howson, 11, 3) Vincent Casalaina, 12. (4 boats) LASER — 1) Julian Soto, 4 points; 2) Marcel Sloane, 12; 3) Lance Kim, 16; 4) David LaPier, 16. (17 boats)
25s, J/24s and Moore 24s; two divisions of Santana 22s and others; the Fat 30 fleet; the 'big boats' including Express 37s, a J/124 and a San Juan 33; and a multihull fleet. We certainly are covering the Estuary on courses between Jack London Square and Coast Guard Island, with a mark in Brooklyn Basin, another tucked in by Encinal YC, and our own mark #6 off OYC's Dock 6. At the start line, it's a sight to see 40 boats getting ready to race. The wind is generally from the southsouthwest, and in that case first marks are up the Estuary. Sometime it's a reach and other times there is a whole lot of tacking going on. The first three races have brought us good sailing conditions. Race 1 on May 2 had moderate winds, and the two courses chosen had similar marks, which made for a bit too much congestion at the roundings and was most likely a game plan not to be repeated. For Race 2 on May 9, with wind of 1215 knots and gusts to 20 at the start, a bit more aerobic push and muscle were required. During Race 3 on May 16, the winds were steadier at 12-15 at the start and leaning more to 12 knots by the finish. Course lengths were between four and six miles, and we had some boats finishing in less than an hour, which kept the race committee hopping. After the races, competitors help by picking up the marks for the race committee and are handsomely rewarded with a libation up at the clubhouse. Then it's time for prizes and food. OYC volunteer work continues, with Snacktician prizes for the younger sailors who raced or are just at the club to support BYTE — 1) Gene Harris, 6 points; 2) Ann Lewis, 8; 3) Michele Logan, 11. (5 boats) EL TORO SR — 1) Nick Nash, 14 points; 2) Gordie Nash, 15; 3) Tom Burden, 19. (10 boats) SOUTHAMPTON OPEN CLASS — 1) Thistle, Michael Gillum, 11 points; 2) Thistle, Brian Bauman, 17; 3) Bieker 3, Rand Arnold, 18. (6 boats) POTRERO OPEN CLASS — 1) Day Sailer, Steve Lowry, 6 points; 2) Sunfish, Robert Cronin, 12; 3) Sunfish, Roy Jordan, 16. (4 boats) Full results at www.richmondyc.org StFYC ELVSTROM/ZELLERBACH, 4/28-4/30 5O5 — 1) Mike's Boat, Mike Martin, 6 points; 2) N=1, Parker Shinn, 12; 3) Miracle, Jeff Miller 19. (6 boats) C420 — 1) #7514, Mats Keldsen, 7 points; 2) #6800, Simon Boeger, 15; 3) Yeti, Andrew Fisher,