boats and the continuing emergence of the Fleet 16 Etchells, with 11 boats on the line. P1 was a mixed bag, with four
multihulls and one mono hull in a separate division (except for the Kelly O’Neil Cup where they were scored together). Cat Sass was the multi winner and Flash the monohull winner – Steve Travis said, “Even though there was no one to race against, it was a good practice for the new bow guys for the start of fall season!” P2 saw lots of action with a huge
class break spread. It ended up as a 1D 35 sandwich, with BYC’s Extreme wedged between two CYC-S J/109’s, Tantivy in first and Illusionist in third. P3 Etchells, was won by Dave Steffan
on Callipygian, followed by Gary Baker’s Toast and Tom Malone’s Warlock. This mostly BYC fleet is an awesome, up and coming group with universal destiny. If you are an Etchell’s sailor, you want to be here. P4 was dominated by Brad Butler
in his Port Madison YC Sierra 26 Dos, followed by AYC’s J-27 Stranger, skippered by Ian Sloan and CYC-B’s J-33 Hraven , skippered by Todd Koetje. P5 saw a lone CYC – S boat, Rubicon, a
S2-9.1 crossing the finish line consistently to take first, followed by the BYC hounds of Blackfoot, a Hotfoot 27 and another S2-9.1, Flying Circus. In P6, the San Juan 24 class, there
was a resurgence back to “the day” of PITCH - quarter-tonner’s duking it out! Seven of them, with one winner and two runners up and, by the sounds of them in the bar, no sore losers! Shannon Buys, Magic Juan was first,
Dave Klingbeil, Merlin was second and Dave Steckman’s Renaissance was third. But, to listen to them, they were all winners - as the MC said, ”This is what sailboat racing is all about!” Finally, in P7, it was kind of lonely
(well not as lonely as P1 monohull). Betsy Wareham made the trek from OIYC to take first in Red Eye Express, followed by Team Handyman, and Corky Brown’s Blue Jeans. For the first time in a long time, the
first overall award went to a small boat with a big boat attitude, and that’s what we like - Shannon Buys’ Magic Juan wins the black jacke. His wife was so thrilled, he bought her one to match. Watch for them on the water.
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Above: Santa Cruz 27 “Ol’ Yeller” (near) and “Blackfoot” (far). Photo by Jan Anderson. Finally, the Kelly O’Neil Cup was
dusted off and brought back out. It’s a team trophy to the yacht club that joins together and collectively achieves the best score, using a formula similar to 48° North’s top 25. This year’s KON winner is Team CYC – Seattle, a first for them.
Thanks overall to Mercedes Benz/
Wilson Motors and Port of Bellingham for their enduring support of this regatta and to the rest of our sponsors who donated such awesome items to the
Youth Sailing Fund Raiser Raffle. There is no regatta, that isn’t subject to the perils of uncooperative weather, the economy and schedule conflicts - we appreciate everyone who made the effort to join us; we enjoy the opportunity to share the beauty and pretty much always good wind of Bellingham Bay, and we really want to see you all (and more) again next year.
A link to Jan Anderson’s photos can be found at
www.BYC.org
by Neil Bennett
The very competitive 12 boat Etchells Fleet with David Steffan’s “Callipygian” taking first in class. Photo by Jan Anderson.
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