Corinthian Yacht Club’s

Blakely Rocks 2010

Thomas Niccoli's J-109 “Pathfinder” heading for home after she rounded Blakely Rocks.

Photo by Jan Anderson.

SLAM Center Sound Series, surprised everyone with glorious conditions. Sun, wind and spectacular mountain views reminded Puget Sound sailors why we venture out sailing in early March. It was a picture perfect day of great sailing. When a Whaler refused to start

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at the last minute, Race Officer Kevin Cunningham announced an alternate course that featured a downwind start sailing directly to Blakely Rock, then back to Meadow Point, West Point, and the finish. A delay in the starts of classes 10 to 12 occured when the race committee discovered the P10 flag went missing between Thursday's last minute checks and Saturday's race. A northerly with a

significant ebb meant sailing into the north shore of West Point paid

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lakely Rocks Race, the first of three in the Corinthian Yacht Club

dividends for most everyone who tried it. Overall winner Derek Campbell on Banshee, gybed away from his fleet just after the start to escape the ebb tide, and by the time he reached West Point, he had a big lead. Banshee finished 13 minutes ahead of his fleet. Yet Voodoo

Child, Madrona and White Cloud finished

within 30 seconds of each other after 18 miles of sailing.

Bob King brought out a number of

David Maclean's J-109,

”Illusionist” makes a clean, close rounding of Blakely Rocks. Photo by Jan Anderson.

the Roxanne crew to race his Olson 40 String Theory. They followed a similar strategy with success. Kent Powley, who was aboard said, “We knew the ebb was building and decided to start at the pin and work left of the rumbline to stay out of the current and ride the eddy on the north side of West Point. By the time we were south of West Point, we had a comfortable lead on our class.”

Ditto for Invader,

winner of class 12. Trimmer Tim Carey said “By the time we got off the line after the delay, the ebb was running pretty hard. We had current relief north of West Point. After about an hour, though, Valkyrie's leader position was pretty well locked in, with Invader a close second. After rounding the Rock, and a close-call with a Bainbridge-bound ferry, Invader lifted away from Valkyrie." Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8  |  Page 9  |  Page 10  |  Page 11  |  Page 12  |  Page 13  |  Page 14  |  Page 15  |  Page 16  |  Page 17  |  Page 18  |  Page 19  |  Page 20  |  Page 21  |  Page 22  |  Page 23  |  Page 24  |  Page 25  |  Page 26  |  Page 27  |  Page 28  |  Page 29  |  Page 30  |  Page 31  |  Page 32  |  Page 33  |  Page 34  |  Page 35  |  Page 36  |  Page 37  |  Page 38  |  Page 39  |  Page 40  |  Page 41  |  Page 42  |  Page 43  |  Page 44  |  Page 45  |  Page 46  |  Page 47  |  Page 48  |  Page 49  |  Page 50  |  Page 51  |  Page 52  |  Page 53  |  Page 54  |  Page 55  |  Page 56  |  Page 57  |  Page 58  |  Page 59  |  Page 60  |  Page 61  |  Page 62  |  Page 63  |  Page 64  |  Page 65  |  Page 66  |  Page 67  |  Page 68  |  Page 69  |  Page 70  |  Page 71  |  Page 72  |  Page 73  |  Page 74  |  Page 75  |  Page 76  |  Page 77  |  Page 78  |  Page 79  |  Page 80  |  Page 81  |  Page 82  |  Page 83  |  Page 84  |  Page 85  |  Page 86  |  Page 87  |  Page 88  |  Page 89  |  Page 90  |  Page 91  |  Page 92  |  Page 93  |  Page 94  |  Page 95  |  Page 96