Gig Harbor Lemans Race CYC Seattle
November 7 North Point Race
Gig Harbor Yacht Club will be We have ordered the sun to go with The North Point Race, the final
hosting the fun and exciting Lemans race. the low-key fun. There will be a post race event of the season on Lake Washington
The race format will be starting at anchor feed for all participants and a no host bar for Corinthian Yacht Club of Seattle,
in the harbor with all crew below decks. at the clubhouse. was held on Saturday, September 19.
If you don’t have a deck, bring a cheap Complete info, and entry form can Conditions were wet and breezy as
blue tarp and fake it. When the starting be found at www.gigharboryc.com. sailors arrived at the dock, but by race
gun goes off, the crews scramble to set Call John McPhail at (253) 732-7916 or time, the rain had just about stopped
sail while retrieving the anchor. Terry James at (253) 318-9976. for the day and the wind had dropped
to the fairly light breezes that seem to be
Orcas Island Yacht Club Round The County Race
standard for this race. During the course
of the race the wind ranged from patchy
November 7-8 to perhaps seven knots at most.
The course took boats from a start
The Orcas Island Yacht Club and Clark, Matia, Sucia, and Patos Islands, off the Leschi Marina tower, under the
the Friday Harbor Sailing Club invite then continues down Boundary Pass past east end of the 520 bridge, past Sand
you to participate in the 21st annual the Turn Point Light House and finishes Point, and then up to a buoy set near the
Round The County sailboat race. The for the day at Roche Harbor. northern end of the lake near Bothell.
race is approximately 76 miles with an Sunday, November 8, the second leg The return followed the same path, for
overnight stop in Roche Harbor. starts in Mosquito Bay, south of Henry a total course length of a bit more than
Friday night, November 6, Island. The course continues south along 16 miles.
rendezvous at the Orcas Island YC, in the shore of San Juan Island, across The Thunderbird fleet had a good
West Sound, Orcas Island. Enjoy the no Salmon Bank, around Lopez, Decatur turnout, with eight boats showing up
host cocktail party, free hors d'oeuvres, and Blakely Islands to finish again at for the race, but otherwise participation
pre-race briefing , skipper's meeting, and Lydia Shoal. An Awards dinner follows was down this year, with just one San
inflated stories from years past. at the Orcas Island Yacht Club. Juan 24 and one unregistered larger boat
Saturday, November 7, the start is at Please see website http://oiyc.org or participating. Boats jockeyed for position
Lydia Shoal, in Rosario Strait, just East of contact Betsy Wareham, P.O. Box 119, during the first leg of the race up to the
Obstruction Pass. The course starts to the Orcas, WA 98280, (360) 376-2314 (w), bridge, with those who sailed east to
north this year, past Orcas Island, around (360) 376-4258 (h) begin with generally coming out ahead.
Euphoric led the T-Birds under the bridge,
but Falcon took the lead shortly after
Dale Jepsen Bellingham Bay One Design Regatta
that. From there Falcon only extended
her lead, particularly at the beginning
Pl Sail# Type Skipper Pl Sail# Type Skipper
of the southbound leg by following the
Hobie Alter Cup 6 195947 Darren Redies
1 1799 Hobie Tiger Ben Colwell 7 7407 Lilly Grimshaw
breeze toward the western side of the
2 192 A-Cat Ken Marshack 8 176191 Mark Fitzsimmons
lake before bearing off in order to round
3 77 A-Cat Eric Marshack 9 171059 Todd Willsie Sand Point.
4 249 A-Cat Kim Alfreds 10 18653 Maureen Ryan
Although the wind was from the
5 247 A-Cat Jason Arnold 11 173729 Henry Drotning
north to northwest through most of the
6 206 A-Cat Sandy Dick Class Laser Radials
7 15881 Hobie 18 Paul Von Stubke 1 01 Robyn Lesh
race, most of the boats raised and lowered
8 174 A-Cat Patrick Hormer 2 06 Bryan McLean
spinnakers on both the outbound and the
Class 505 Class Tasars return legs. And while the wind never
1 8831 Mats Elf 1 582 Julian Hannabuss/Chris Carberry
blew very hard, everyone managed to
2 7610 Cynthia Brisay/Charles Hansen 2 2599 Marc/Holly Vander Schalie,
finish within about four to five hours
3 8192 Phillip Crass 3 2253 Phil Wimer
4 8960 Bruce Van Deventer/Scott Weiler 4 2380 Bill Haas/Cindy Phillips
and well within the time limit for the
5 8868 Piper Dunlap/Dan Ginther, Class Flying Scot
race, which hasn’t always been the case
6 6808 Spencer Snapp/Sugar Flanagan 1 4887 Ray Peters/Doug Queen in years past.
7 8755 Brian Trainor/Evan Jennings 2 5025 Brian/Laura Bolin
The North Point Race was the last of
8 8617 Paul Pihl/Craig Cammock 3 2127 Richard Obst
the three long distance races conducted
9 7039 Rick Parkinson 4 4368 Roger McVicker/Mike Marley
10 8554 Christian/Anne Pittack 5 2333 Brian/ Larry Tyrrell
by CYC on Lake Washington during the
11 868 Coburn,Erik 6 3539 Doug/Kathy Queen
course of the year. The Thunderbird fleet
Class Lasers Class Bytes was especially active, led by Falcon and
1 191548 Doug Honey 1 118 Riley Allsop
Water Torture, who finished first and
2 175145 Rowan Yerxa Class Open BIC
second, respectively, overall in both the
3 195617 Mark Orme 1 2476 Jeffery Warner
4 188684 Alexandre Mineev 2 2448 Riley Ghio
North Point Race and the Nelson Point
5 187295 Cenname,Michael 3 2403 Arnold, Riley
Race in April.
by Mark Bradner
48° No r t h , No v e m b e r 2009 Pa g e 44
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