2010 Wilson Motors/Mercedes Benz PITCH Regatta
No one went thirsty, thanks to the
Dead Pirates, Coast Aluminum and Architectural, NW Rigging, Anacortes Brewery, Squalicum Marine Canvas and the BYC bartenders; no one went hungry, thanks to the Dead Pirates and Windows on the Bay. Those who wanted to ‘shake a leg’ did, thanks to Gertrude’s Hearse. No one went home without some of the best Bellingham Bay sailboat racing in a long time, thanks to PRO Michele Bodtke and her crack
Pl Sail# Boat
Class 1 1 87945 Cat Sass
Class 2 1 248 Tantivy 2 35031 Extreme 3 309 Illusionist 4 29223 Jabiru 5 51
Elusive
6 240 Vitesse 7 76
Silverwing
Class 3 Etchells 1 556 Callipygian 2 385 Toast 3 552 Warlock
Skipper
2 290 Blue Lightning Gumley,Markus Bowman,Bill Burnell,Stuart MacLean,David
Gerity,John Whtifield,Al
Type
Barrett,Pat Multihull F31R
3 69919 Son Of Raven Sherman,Chris Cors F-31 4 59856 Kinetic Ki
Corsair J/109
1D35 J/109 J/35
Whitney,Jeff C&C 115 Steffen,David Bene 36.7 Wiley,Terry C&C 115
Steffan,David Baker,Gary
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Etchells Etchells
Malone,Tom Etchells
Class 2 enjoying some of the best Bellingham Bay sailboat racing in years. Photo by Jan Anderson.
race committee crew, and of course, Mother Nature. Saturday morning saw light shifty
wind: just to get the fleet in gear, PRO Bodtke started promptly at 10:00 am in a steady southerly that eventually died and called for an abandonment. After some cat-herding by Jan and Skip, a
4 288 Oden 5 1149
6 388 Flash 10 55 The Blue Boat
11 881 Williwaw 12 307 Foibles
Class 4 1 2600 DOS
2 69246 Stranger 3 97600 Hravn 4 59871 Interface 5 28162 Mora
Class 5 1 69320 Rubicon 2 29807 Blackfoot
Osterberg,Stig Pedlow,John Engel/Nulle
7 899 Shameless Knowles,Jonathan 8 570 Attitude 9 190 Beauzeaux
Taylor,Paul
Stockless,John Wilson,Scott White,Jr W.
Merrick,David Koetje,Todd
Magnuson,Paul Olson/Marshel
Etchells Etchells Etchells Etchells Etchells Etchells Etchells Etchells Etchells
Butler,Brad Sierra 26 Sloan,Ian
J/27 J/33
Lund,Gil Dash 34 J/29
S2 9.1 Corcoran,Mick Hotfoot 27
shifty southwesterly filled in which led to three full races, extending well into the advertised happy hour and dinner schedule. But, as PRO Bodtke told this reporter, “They came to race, not eat dinner,” and race they did. Each fleet saw aggressive starts but
no OCS and most importantly no I flag, clever mark rounding and close finishes. Speaking of fleets, this regatta marked the resurrection of the North Puget Sound San Juan 24 fleet, with seven
3 69182 Flying Circus
6 18720 Ol Yeller 7 30112 Slingshot 8 491 Celebration
Class 6 SJ 24 1 29806 Magic Juan 2 13940 Merlin
4 7090 Cookie Monster Tidrington,Chuck 5 59746 BoB
Yaremko,Eric Geck/Marsden
Maupin,Bart Morgan,Grady Bottles,Jim
Buys,Shannon Klingbiel,David
3 39508 Renaissance Steckman,Dave 4 79126 Wiki Wiki 5 69037 Skamokawa 6 59653 Ibis
Felton,Steve Rinella,Mitch
7 59123 Ana Maria
Anthony,Freeman Thomas,Michael
S2 9.1 SC27 J/30
SC27 J/30 J/30
SJ 24 SJ 24 SJ 24 SJ 24 SJ 24 SJ 24 SJ 24
Class 7 1 1040 Red Eye Express Wareham,Betsy Santa22 2 4102 Handyman Team Handyman Catalina 27 3 39742 Blue Jeans
Brown,Corky C&C 27
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