held on after rounding Dofflmyer Point. the guards on McNeil Island are yelling
The Islands Race
Even rounding Dofflemyer in a bunch of at you are you close enough to get out
boats, Jack Rabbit and Kahuna held their of the current. All in all I guess with it
March 21
course well towards the middle of Dana being Valentine’s Day, it was probably
Passage and they had varying degrees the best thing to end the joy at Johnson This is the fourth and final race of
of success out there. Point, finishing all of 7.5 miles of a 37.4 the Southern Sound Series. There will
The amazing thing about this year’s mile race. I assume this made quite a few be awards presented for this race from
Toliva Shoals race, was that we were girlfriends reasonably happy. the Gig Harbor Yacht Club as well as
going towards what would be the finish Congrats to all the class winners. trophies from the Southern Sound Series
with so little wind that at one point we The series seems to be pretty tight with Council for top finishers in each class for
took the spinnaker down because it was one race to go in Gig Harbor. the series. So come out and join us for
plastered against the rig and we were — Bob Pistay this fun event that will take the fleet from
going through one of the narrower places photo by Jan Anderson outside Gig Harbor to a temporary mark
of Dana Passage. So there we were, along (and Committee boat) north of Blake
with plenty of other boats, 0.00 on the Island before returning to Gig Harbor
knot meter, at one point we were doing for a distance of 29.5 nautical miles.
3.8 over the bottom according to our There are spinnaker and no
GPS. Obviously, the spinnaker WAS spinnaker divisions within the cruising
slowing us down. That was our BIG class. No PHRF certificates necessary
move of the race. and we can assign handicaps for cruising
Jack Rabbit was in the middle of that boats. Dodgers, anchors and BBQ’s are
narrow passage and in half the current. encouraged. The Cruising Class starts
Gardyloo was with us for a while and one half hour before the PHRF racers.
the new Kahuna also there, but we were There will be a post race party at the
fortunate enough to squeeze (literally) Gig Harbor Yacht Club. We will be
outta there to salvage a second place in serving FREE food, beer and pop for
class. Again the overall results seemed to all participants and guests following
go to the better sailed, smaller boats. the race.
Somehow it just doesn’t seem the For information: www.ssseries.org,
same unless you are struggling to find www.gigharboryc.com, or contact Tom
the anchor while trying to keep from Mitchell at sailwildflower@gmail.com
being swept back into Balch Passage or (253) 853-9306.
against an ebb at sunset. Only when
Cl OA Boat Name Skipper 8 41 Shockwave Ralph Turco Schock 35 7 43 Teaser 2 Jon Thompson Cal 33
Division A Division E 8 44 French Kiss Pat Nelson Bene 345
1 PAX...Space Spider Rod Tharp F-32 1 19 Sidewinder Mike/Brad Jones Olson 30 10 56 Gadzooks Gary Martin J-30
2 Fast Comp Erickson/Coleman Cors F28 2 21 Zealot Rafe Beswick J33 Division H
3 The Rufduck Linda Adams F9R/31 3 29 Gayle Force Drew Phillips Melges 24 1 2 Showtime Kyle Reese-Cassal Olson 25
Division B 4 30 Charlemagne Gary Pedigo J36 2 3 Pandora Bob Connolly Cal
1 13 Korina-Korina Jon Knudson J/N 42 5 38 Lightly Salted Mel Schaefer Bene 10R 3 4 Carpe Diem Rob Zaragoza Carter 33
2 27 Tachyon Shaun Breese Farr 39 6 46 ReignMaker Betsy/Geoff Pentz C&C 37XL 4 5 Skookum II George Brown Mart 24-1
3 28 Jack Rabbit Chester Hibbert CM1200 7 48 Dyno Kutz/Hellman Soverel 33 5 8 Kaitlin Roger Edwards Ranger
4 31 Kahuna John Leitzinger 1D35 8 53 Gravy Jeremy Norris Melges 24 6 23 Duke Dan and Tim Baker Cata 36
5 45 White Cloud Johnson/Lynch Cook12M 10 56 Cheetah Pete Clark C&C 40 7 51 Inati Rick Bergholz Ranger 29
6 49 JAM John McPhail J160 Division F 8 54 Jody V Jack Shincke C&C 29
7 52 Artemis Lou Bianco Andrs 53 1 1 He Lives Steve Kirkpatrick J-92 Division FS
Division C 2 12 I-5 Dann & Peggy O'Brien SC 33 1 1 Spiff Tom Fell Ranger 26
1 7 Still Gladiator Eric Rimkus Cheetah 30 3 14 Liberty Andy Saller C&C 35 2 2 Swirl II Jo Sohneronne Garden 40
2 10 Snake Eyes John Hoag Bene 40.7 4 15 Bodacious J Rosenback Bene 35.5 3 3 Rival Bill Kellis/Keith Jangard Cal 40
3 16 Silverheels Tucker Smyth Syn 1000 5 17 Wildflower Tom Mitchell J35C 4 6 Vintage Joe Downing Ranger 33
4 26 Gardyloo Eric Nelson Hend 30 6 18 Blue Canary David A Smith C&C 99 5 7 Rushwind Ken Russell Fast 39
5 42 Absolutely Charlie Macaulay Kiwi 39 7 22 Nordic Sun Greg Larsen C&C 39 6 8 D'Lavicea Terry Andersen Hunter
6 47 UNO Brad Butler Sierra 26 8 36 White Squall Roger Deitz Cal 40 7 10 Integrity Skip Broadhead Dufour 44
Division D 9 50 Klatawa Bruce Campbell Cata 380 Division NFS
1 9 Something Spec J&G Cowling J-35 Division G 1 4 Maranatha Joel Rett Ranger
2 20 Flying Circus David & Mark Elliott Expr 37 1 6 Lady Bug Mark Brink Petr 30 2 5 Releaf Kelly Coon Pear 30
3 25 Zorra Jim Lowry C&C 115 2 11 Krru Geoff Raymoure J-30 3 9 Aeolian Ian Timms Bavaria 37
4 32 Liberte Pat Waters C&C 115 3 24 Les Chev Blancs G. Kells-Murphy Bene 4 11 OutATime James Muir Col 9.6
5 33 Grace E Brian White J-35 4 35 Boru Roger Shaffer Crown 34 5 12 Insouciant Scott Berken HC 33
6 34 Great White Dan Wierman J35 5 37 Cherokee Pat Stewart Cal 33 6 13 Touch Rain Michael Wilson Ericson 38
7 40 Dec of Indep Brian Watkins Expr 37 6 39 String Games Lengenfelder Bene 35.5
48° No r t h , Ma r c h 2009 Pa g e 56
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