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racing parents and friends — each youngster gets a prize. Then it's on to the race results and prizes. To check standings or get information on the rest of the season, see www. oaklandyachtclub.net. — debby ratto, oyc
Scenes from Oakland YC's Sweet 16 Wednesday night series on the Estuary. The first half continues through June 20. After an early summer break, the second half will run every week from July 18 through September 5. 15. (9 boats) LASER — 1) #191905, Ali Fuat Yuvali, 7 points; 2) Misery Stick, Charlie Buckingham, 9; 3) #176124, Peter Phelan, 11. (8 boats) LASER RADIAL — 1) #199567, Nicholas Sessions, 7 points; 2) Extreme Ways, Andrew John Holdsworth, 12; 3) #200589, Will Foox, 19. (17 boats) F18 — 1) # 323, Christopher Green, 6 points; 2) Kaos, Charles Froeb, 8; 3) Condor, C.J. Rendic, 24. (4 boats) Full results at www.stfyc.com SDYC YACHTING CUP, 5/4-6 DIVISION A — 1) Pyewacket, Andrews 70, Roy Disney, 9 points; 2) Wasabi, TP52, Dale Williams, 10; 3) Elyxir, SC52, Skip Ely, 15. (10 boats)
El Toro Flight of the Bulls This was the year of the big, bad winds in Foster City. As early afternoon winds were predicted to be in the 20+ range on May 12, the RC chose to run the reverse course, heading west to the Lagoon and long canal past Chevy's before returning to the kinder, more sheltered eastern canals. Right from the start the lighter sailors were hiking just to get to the Central Lagoon. Winds were stiff to knockdown quality at times and from the west all day. The on-off nature of passing from obstructed to unobstructed wind every few seconds made for onyour-toes vigorous racing. But the El Toro fleet was up to the task. Eighteen sailors participated — five Juniors and 13 Seniors. There were many position changes up and down the fleet through a good portion of the race. Perennial FOTB winner Art Lange was out of the blocks
THE BOX SCORES DIVISION A-ORR — 1) Pyewacket, 5 points; 2) Catapult, SC70, Joel Ronning, 10; 3) Wasabi, 14. (8 boats) DIVISION B — 1) Lugano, Beneteau 40.7, Mark Stratton, 18 points; 2) Mexican Divorce, 1D35, Neil Fraser, 20; 3) Kite35, 1D35, David Nelson, 22. (12 boats) DIVISION C — 1) Nereid, C&C 115, Standish Fleming, 8 points; 2) Rival, J/35, David Boatner, 14; 3) Gator, Frers 39, Todd Wheatley, 15.5. (7 boats) PAC52 — 1) Invisible Hand, Frank Slootman, 17 points; 2) Interlodge VI, Austin Fragomen, 24; 3) Rio, Manouch Moshayedi, 27. (5 boats)
quickly and led the first 80% of the race. Fred Paxton and Gordie Nash were hot on Art's tail trying to reel him in with only momentary overlaps up to Cloud Park. Vaughn Seifers hit the afterburners heading north on the Chevy's channel and closed in behind Art. Art and Vaughn duked it out all the way up and down the east channel with the wind gusting to bow-burying strength. As the Toro gods would have it, our little five-mile, three-hour race came down to final shifts near the bridge at the launch ramp, where Vaughn slipped by Art to win the 2018 Flight of the Bulls. Art got a well-earned second. Santa Cruz sailor Tom Burden ran a steady and sure race, knocking off the fleet one by one and finishing in third place. RYC sailors Fred Paxton, Gordie Nash and Chris Straub mastered the Foster City winds, finishing a side-by-side-by-side fourth, fifth and sixth respectively. Long lost, Dennis Silva showed up this year and earned seventh. John Pacholski managed to stay upright in the late gusts to finish eighth. Nick Nash broke and fixed his vang by himself while on the course and still managed a ninthplace finish. Wesley Seifers earned First Junior honors with a 10th-place finish. Chris Nash obviously just came to have fun and enjoy himself, but still managed to finish 11th. Paul Zander and Dave Groechel from Stevens Creek finished the day in 12th and 13th respectively. Not so little any more, Peter Marlett got 14th place. This was one of the days Junior Chase Englehart probably wished he had a few more pounds of ballast, but he still finished in 15th place. Junior Elsa Simenstad finished in 16th place and took home First Bullette honors. To attest to J/120 — 1) Caper, John Laun, 5 points; 2) Hasl Free, Rudolph Hasl, 14; 3) CC Rider, Chuck Nichols, 15. (5 boats) J/105 — 1) J-OK, Stewart Cannon, 12 points; 2) Sanity, Donica Ryder/Rick Goebel, 18; 3) Juiced, Hurlburt Driscoll, 19. (8 boats) BENETEAU 36.7 — 1) Kea, Chick Pyle, 12 points; 2) Adventure, Ted Butterfield, 16; 3) Melokia, Mike Whittemore, 19. (7 boats) SCHOCK 35 — 1) Whiplash, Ted Thompson/ John Rossbach, 9 points; 2) Strategem, Mark Hinrichs, 17; 3) Bully, Barrington Darcy, 19. (7 boats) FLYING TIGER 10 — 1) Justice, John Harrop, 10 points; 2) Relapse, Tom Hirsch, 11; 3) Arsenal, Andrew Picel, 19. (6 boats) J/70 — 1) Tangaroa, David Hochart, 16 points; 2) Cool Story Bro, Chris Snow, 19; 3) MiJune, 2018 •
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