starboard encountered Charlemagne on port. Charlemagne tried to duck below, but became overpowered and rounded up, making contact with Wildflower and punching a hole amidships about halfway between waterline and the hull/ deck joint. Charlemagne suffered damage as well. Besides bow pulpit damage and fiberglass damage at her stem, all but one bolt from the headstay chain plate were sheered off. All crew are well, and as both boats retired, Charlemagne took some Wildflower crew back to Olympia while Wildflower motored back to Gig Harbor. By the time boats reached Ketron
Island, the ebb fighting the northerly made for choppy and chaotic waves on top of 4' to 6' seas. Josh of Lunch Box, explained, “Here at Ketron, with
Previous page: Top: “Pax the Space Spider,” and “Danger Zone,” in the multihull division. “Pax” was first to cross the line in just 4:05:48 elapsed time.
Lower left: Bruce Campbell's Catalina 380, “Klatawa” competed in the Flying Sails class of cruisers. Lower Right: Chet Hibbert’s CM1200, “Jack Rabbit,” on an E-ticket ride.
Top: The wild start of classes F & G. Center: First in Class E, second overall, Brad Butler's Sierra 26, “Dos.” Below: A Picture perfect picture - John McPhail's J-160 “Jam” and the snow capped Olympics.
Photos by Jan Anderson.
our nemesis Sidewinder four minutes ahead of us, our two boats parted. We ducked out of the chop behind Ketron Island, while Sidewinder stayed left on the Anderson Island side. When they crossed to the other side, we were four boat lengths ahead of them, but that short lead did not last long.” Three boats in Class D— Great White,
Korina-Korina, and Gardyloo—also went for the wave relief behind Ketron Island. The wind held there and we hoped for more current to push us ahead of the boats sailing in the Sound to the west of the island. This course was positive for us on Great White as we gained a little on continued on next page
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