W
ell, as I sit here, a couple of days
after the 27th annual gathering of all on the planet that is good... meaning J-Boats, the weather is sunny and 70 degrees. The weekend, while the wind showed up, so did the rain. But wind is what we seek and even though Saturday set a record low for the date, the warmth and camaraderie of J-Boat owners could not be dampened. Attendance was
down a bit, like most of racing around the country, but those that came out were not short changed. Kevin did a superb job on race committee, though the weather mark on Saturday was right in between the breeze coming out of the cut and the breeze coming around West Point. That made for a lot of dice rolling, at least on my part. I was lucky enough to be invited on Dave Dack and Rick Nordquist’s J-109 J-Tripper. These guys and the crew are some of the
on many of the classes, as the top half of the fleets are so competitive, you can count tacks and see who ends up at the weather mark first. The 109’s were so tightly
bunched around the first top mark, that it was just a short sigh of relief to get around ahead sometimes. We were pretty fast upwind, crew work around marks was awesome, and sailed well enough to earn a hard- fought class win. Marion
The Francis L. LeSourd perpetual trophy for best performance went to Eric Kristen and crew aboard the J-105 “Jubilee.” From left are Joel Thornton, Jeff McLean, Matt Tookey, Bruce Sherman and Eric Kristen.
Photo courtesy of CYC Seattle.
most experienced guys out there, and they know Mike’s Chili menu by heart. The J-109 fleet is so even, like most of the J-Boats, there is a lot of information sharing, so even new owners can get up to speed relatively quick. This is not lost
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Greene’s It’s Only Rock and Roll sailed to second with almost as many first places.
Jerry Woodfield’s Shada was third. All the above also goes for the J-105
fleet, the largest class at eight boats. Very close racing between Erik Kristen’s Jubilee and JP Peterson’s Last Tango, Jubilee winning by a slim three point margin. Robert Blaylock’s USAWI has been steadily moving up in the results and took 3rd. J-35’s had three boats on the starting
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