he just reacted and finished the day 6th in his class. The breeze built steadily from the
north and headsails quickly replaced spinnakers. The race was on again. By the time the fleet as a whole arrived at Marrowstone, the flood current was in full force. As several of the leading boats passed through the flooding rip current, they were pushed backward to Seattle. We tested the rip current and made the call to stay in the ebbing eastern water. Heading east does not usually pay off, but the Corsair F-27 Danger Zone skippered by James Thompson, appeared to be doing quite well. An increasing number of boats made the same round robin approach, in favorable current, to the finish line at Point Hudson. This tactical call ultimately earned Danger Zone first overall for the day followed in second by Pat Denney’s Here & Now and third by Paul Hanson’s Mostly Harmless. The Marina at Point Hudson is a
small intimate enclave and offered a welcoming rest from the days racing. As we all put our boats away, we filled the afternoon with the sounds of laughter and tales of the day‘s adventures. Dock time after a rewarding race is often an enjoyable time spent with friends and fellow sailors. As usual, the evening festivities were delightful as we all gathered at the VFW Hall for great food, music and delightful camaraderie. Sunday morning’s race back to Seattle started with the best of all
Class 1 1 2 Blown Away II 2 1 Great White 3 7 Thunderbaby 4 5 Rev 5 4 Frisk 6 3 Quest
Class 2 1 1 Pegasus 2 3 Grayling 3 2 Kotuku 4 5 Bolero 5 6 Minerva 6 4 Tsunami
7 6 Free Bee III Sat Sun Boat Skipper
Dave Stromquist Dan Wierman Duane
John Wilkerson Russ Stankey
Class 3 1 1 Weatherly 2 4 Serafina
Class 4 1 1 Icon
C & E Dougherty Michelle Trombley
3 3 Blue Lullaby 4 2 Mariah
Class 5 1 4 Nefarious 2 1 Banshee 3 9 McSwoosh 4 7 Kilo
5 5 Wandering Star 2 2 Neptune's Car
McDonough / Barron Syd Stapleton John Endresen John Horner Rick Collins
5 2 Madrona 6 5 Eye Eye 7 3 Tachyon 8 10 Gray Wolf 9 6 White Cloud 10 8 Skededel
Class 6 1 2 UNO
Derek Campbell Clark McPherson Paul Faget Carl Buchan David Cohen Shaun
Jon Bjornerud Steve Johnson Irv Alpert
Brad Butler
Paul LaMarche Dan Randolph
Kevin Welch
Graeme Esarey Jeff Cook
Al Johnson Duke Phan
Andy Scheen Kelly Busey
Type
Bene1st 375 J/35
Pearson 323 Columbia 22
Soverel 33 Q-class
Columbia 50 Tartan 37
Cape George 36 Newport 28 NAJA 30
Catalina 320 Custom
synergy1000 Custom 40 J/90
Cookson 12m J130
Sierra 26x Custom 40 Farr 39
Melges 32 11 Meter X
SC 70-2 Farr 30
S&S 53
Farr 1220 Choate 40
Thunderbird Thunderbird C & C 34
From left to right:
“Wandering Star,” “Banshee” and “Hagar” near Double Bluff Point.
conditions; sunshine and downwind starts. With a steady, but light breeze, the fleet set off for Marrowstone Point with the Puget Sound ebbing against us. At Marrowstone we all needed to make the critical tactical call for current relief. Do we head east to Whidbey Island or stay west along the Marrowstone Island shore? Many boats, like Mark Music’s express 34 Summer Light, “made for the east shore and sought lanes of clear air and enough water under the keel to pass his deeper draft competitors”. The boats that arrived early to the east hit their tidal afterburners and took off along the shore all the way to Double Bluff. After a quick race against current,
most boats were across from Double Bluff to Point No Point and able to take advantage of close inshore current relief until reaching Kingston. Those that
5 8 Checkmate 6 4 Fast Feather II 7 1 Bergen Viking 8 11 Fortuna 9 7 Taking Off 10 10 Quixote
3 6 Schock Therapy 4 5 Tantivy
2 9 Dacha
John & Lisa Doherty Steve Sargent
11 3 ReignMaker 12 12 Loaded Diaper
Class 7 1 5 Summer Light 2 3 Carmanah 3 2 Lunch Box 4 1 Blueberry 5 6 Karma 6 6 Jaded
Class 8 1 3 Here & Now
Svein Ellingsen David De Lanoy Russ Engbrecht Phil & Susan Mraz Geoff Pentz
7 4 Last Tango 8 8 Diff. Drummer 9 9 Siam Princess 9 9 Cyrano
9 8 Pantera 10 10 Loreley
2 7 Mostly Harmless 3 6 Madame Pele 4 4 Blue Martini 5 9 Fearful Symm 6 1 Muffin 7 5 Gaucho 8 3 Blue
Class 9 1 1 Ladybug
2 4 Whistling Swan 3 3 Seeker 4 6 Mata Hari
Gerald Hirschler Jim Geros Charles Hill Stewart
Paul Hanson Tom Andrewes Laney Gale
Lee Harris Pat Denney
Paul + Heather Jessica Aguilar
Paul Walchenbach
Mark Brink Bill Pirrie Ken Greff
Michael Sawyer Garry Greth John Cahill Eric Becker
J & D DeMeyer Larsen/Nelson Robert Mack ZIg Burzycki
Astolfo Rueda Mark Music
Lindberg/Burnell Davis/Gibbs Robert Post
C&C 115 Schock 35 J/109 J/35 J/35 J/35
C&C 115 J/35
beneteau 367 Express 34
C&C 43 Olson 30 J/100
Wauqueiz 40s Beneteau 461 J/105
Santa Cruz 33 Ross 930
Olson 911SE BENE375 J/29
Islander 36 Wauquiez 35 Catalina 36
Holt 30
Davidson 29 Olson 911 J/80
J/29M J/29
Dash 34 J/105 J/105
C&C 37/40 Elan 40
played the shallow water off the west shore caught a building shore breeze that carried them running south. As the wind faded near Kingston, the
fleet split again with a portion heading east to Edmonds. While most went to headsails, some held their spinnakers until the breeze refilled. As the northerly breeze filled in completely, spinnakers reappeared across the Sound. It was suddenly a drag race to finish. Garry Greth, aboard his Santa Cruz 33 Muffin, recalled that the day‘s racing was a race of inches as he took 1st on Sunday by 38 seconds ahead of Here and Now. It was a picturesquely beautiful sight to see the Puget Sound full of brightly colored spinnakers.
by Joshua May photos by Jan Anderson
www.flagshipmaritimetraining.com/id7.html 5 8 Tenacious
Class 10 1 1 Alternate Reality 2 6 FreckleMadtom 3 7 Norn
6 5 Hagar 7 7 Distance 8 8 Tir Na nOg 9 2 Mara
4 3 More Uff Da 5 2 Sputnik
9 9 Cookie Monster 10 5 Perfectly Strange 11 4 Three Ring Circus
Class 11 1 2 Falcon
Class 12 1 1 Tuesday 2 4 Runner 3 2 Lady Too 4 5 True Blue 5 3 Smola
2 1 Moonshine 3 3 Aldebaran 4 6 Levitation 5 4 Ablissian 6 5 Boadicea
6 10 Wild Rumpus 7 8 Dune Buggy 8 11 Tomfoolery
Ben & Jennifer Braden Floyd Cleofe S. Schwenk
Simanis/Vervloet Scott Laird
C. Tidrington Paul Kalina Nate Creitz
Gerry Austin Kirk Fraser Cody Pinion Colin Taylor Peter Ffitch Simon ffitch
Class 13 1 2 DangerZone 2 1 Freda Mae 3 3 Escape
6 6 Blue Jeans 7 7 Anakena
Damon Darley Clerc & Felon Doug Wilson Corky Brown Ulf Gwildis
James Thompson Vincent DePillis Yury
Results courtesy of Sloop Tavern YC 48° NORTH, JUNE 2011 PAGE 63
Bill Stange James Fiala
G & Mara Barckert J Darrel Jensen Arne Hammer
A. DeVita
Ross Peterson Grieser/King Kevin Dolan Bill Fraser
Pearson Flyer 3/4 Ton
Buchan 37' Express27
Santa Cruz 27 Moore 24 Moore 24
Santa Cruz 27 Santa Cruz 27 Moore24
Santa Cruz 27 Pocket 22 Olson 25
Yankee 30 Catalina 30 Yamaha 30 Cascade 36 Ericson 32-3
Columbia 26 Ranger 26
San Juan 28 Ranger 22 Ericson 29 C & C 27-3 Ranger 22
Corsair F-27 Corsair 31R Corsair F-27
Cal 9.2 Moore 24
Buchan 37 Tartan 37
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