be thrown out the window. Scott Milne and the Slouches had it figured out, taking the lead with three bullets, which I think in that fleet and that weather is amazing, though they did have weather guru Jim Barrett onboard. Pat Tooles sailed to a 4, 5 and 15th, while Keith sailed to a penalty, 2 and 3. Going into the last day the top three boats were racing amongst themselves. Though there were lots of smaller battles going on around the course for sure! Sunday dawned with the same

weather pattern as the previous couple days, winds from 7 or 8 knots to over 15 when a cell would come through. Again, sailing on a very unsettled southerly, the breeze was bouncing all over the place. The Argentines had a slim chance, if any of the top three would falter, and with these conditions, I would not bet against a large finish in any race…. I know we had some large numbers. Happens fast in these conditions, when you're leading to one side or the course and the breeze shifts to the west, current be damned you’re not going to come out of it very good. The Slouches couldn’t keep their three straight bullets going

Top: Keith Whittemore and crew take second place on “Tundra Rose.”

Below: The crew of “LUCA”, from Argentina, takes fourth.

Photographs by Jan Anderson.

starting with a 17, 3 Big Dogs fired the first shot with a bullet, Whittemore 2nd. In the end with the locals having a lot of preconceived ideas, such as myself, Pat Toole and his crew sailed in true So Cal conditions, playing the shifts and sailing super smart. With a couple of bullets and their worst race on Sunday, being a 5th, showed they deserved the North American Trophy, which I am sure they will have displayed right next to all the old long boards they have laying around. Keith Whittemore ended up six points behind, he and his team just could not muster the consistency of the Dogs, Scott Milne was 3rd. Other than the top two boats, the

point totals were amazing, this in itself showed not only how competitive this class is, but also showed that the weather was a large factor. In the end, 10 races for the NA’s and 14 races the prior weekend - I need a break on a larger, more cushy boat for Swiftsure!

by Bob Pistay

results courtesy of Corinthian YC Seattle www.cycseattle.org

Pl Bow# Boat

1 37 3 Big Dogs 2 32 Tundra Rose

3 18 Tremendous Slouch 4 5

5 LUCA 1 Brain Cramp 6 28 Suspence

7 10 Bound 4 Glory 8 14 Siesta

9 26 Self Abuse 10 3 TMC Racing 11 16 Hair of the Dog

Skipper

PatToole

Keith Whittemore Scott Milne

Fernando Gnozdz Mike Ingham Eric Sanderson Pete Sauer

Hideyuki Miyagawa Harry Dursch

Michael Whitfield Joan Rodriguez

12 7 Celerity

13 30 Hot Pursuit 14 25 Jubilant 15 19 Eagle

18 23 Rubber Ducky 19 4 Recidivist 20 34 Bull Moose

John Polglase

Michael L Johnson Will Blakemore Steve Travis

16 35 ...and your little dog, too! Hans Spiller 17 8 Blur

Graham Kirby John Rahn

Jaime Tiampo Brad Miller

21 13 Free Bowl of Soup Douglas Schenk 22 17 Percussive Maint. 23 20 Beagle

Alberto Abreu Stevan Johnson

24 27 Joss

25 21 Silver Lining 26 6 Plus Ten

27 36 Wild Rumpus 28 29 Djinn

29 31 Irrational 30 22 Jailbreak 31 11 Saphira 32 12 Dead Beat 33 9 Sabawind 34 33 Rylah

35 24 Seepaert

Noel Morgan Dan Newell

Lorne Chapman John,Weiss

Nojan Moshiri Chris Dukelow Lydia Volberding Ivan Rimar

Brian Manske Pat Cirillo

John Mason Remmert Wolters

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