As the winds lightened to calm by the end of the afternoon lenticular clouds formed over the surrounding Tzouha l em and Tuam mountains; providing us with a stunning visual play of shape and color. The rugged landscape soon had a touch of the surreal. Sunday we woke with
sunshine, warmth and a variable westerly generated by a low pressure system passing to the north; an unusual condition for Cow Bay. As Jim Bottles of the J/30 Celebration, put it “Traditional tactics were out the window making Sunday’s race, anybody’s race.” Keeping true to tradition the race committee ran one long distance race. The only thing unusual was that the race would be run backwards with marks in reverse order to accommodate the unusual breeze direction. As all nine fleets started the westerly
Pl Boat
Multihull Division 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
Bad Kitty Makika Geneva
Cat Sass Sea Puppy Skipper
Drum Robinson & Thibodeau Osprey
Zollitsch / Peterson Tomas / Davis Jude Stoller Eric Pesty
Barrett/Rubin Richard Ackrill Type F27 Tri
Multihull One-off
F-25C Tri F24 Mk2 Multihull
Son Of Raven Chris Sherman Corsair F-31 Blue Lightning Markus Gumley Dragonfly
10 Pax the Space Spider Rod Tharpe 11 Kinetic Ki 12 Freda Mae 13 Allouette 14 Sweetheart 15 Sauterelle 16 Hi5
Vincent DePillis Matt Luxon Andy Slow John Green Sigi Stiemer
PHRF 1 Division 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Adalgisa Raven
10 Shazzam
11 Marda Gras 12 Jynx
Melges 24 Division 1 2 3
Light Scout Nauti Girl
Ben Mumford
B. von Borstel Corsair F-242 Multi
Multi F32
Bill Bowman Cosair F-28 Tri Multi
F-31R
Catamaran F9AX Tri F-33
My-Tai Woodward-George / Fox Flying Tiger 10m Abracadabra Kairos
Farr 40
Mad Max Micah van der Heide Baaad Kitty! LawnDart Kilo
Steve Crowe
13 Radical Departure Andre Wojcieszek Honey Badger
Ron Jewula Aerodyne 38 Dav 40
Ben Power Henderson 30 Bill Allan Santa Cruz 50 April Butler Synergy 1000 Lynn Adkins Ian Lloyd
Marda Phelps Santa Cruz 52 Don Jeffers
J-160 1D35
Michael Bond Kirk Palmer Brad Bradley
Melges 24 Melges 24 Melges 24
J/111
CM1200 Farr 40
breeze began to lighten as a convergence zone formed within the central bay. It
“Planet B” takes first in the very competitive Martin 242 class. Photo by Andrew Peter Bradley.
was a matter of keeping the spinnaker full with zephyrs of breeze generated by the surrounding hills. Soon all of
4 5 6 7 8
Root Brent Foxall
DVS Paul Mais / James Bowden Volatile
Malcolm Smith
Therapy Bob & Angie Serenius Sawlty Trowsers Matt Wagstaffe
PHRF 2 Division 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Por Favor Ultraman
Cu na Mara Scoundrel Dilligaf
10 Salacia 11 Fiasco
J/80 Division 1 2 3 4 5
Sheva
Joyride Swish
Xcitable Pepe
M242 Division 1 2 3 4 5
Planet B Daisy
Black Adder
Min of Mine Gong Show White Noise
Tom Stevens
Brinehog Paul Wolstenholme Interim
Stewart Kilgour John Denny
Jason Saunderson Francis Walsh Stuart/Hooper
Keith Climenhaga John Schnellback Dunnery Best
Jeremy Smith Mike Brewis Don Sargent
Sandy McMillan Roger Nelson
Richard Spooner Ken Holland
Team Wicked Michael Clements Zoom Zoom
6 Woodstock Bolhaine & Kushner 7 8 9
Paul Nixon Tara Smith
Fraser McMillan Al Carley
10 Wascally Wabbit Scott Cameron 11 Arriba
Cam Gray
Melges 24 Melges 24 Melges 24 Melges 24 Melges 24
Shoot The Moon Donald Wills IOR 2 tonner Lickety Split
T-240 X119
Ross 930 Hobie 33 Olson 30 C&C 115 Olson 30 Ross 930
S & J Dahlgren Catalina 42 MkII Olson 30
J/80 J/80 J/80 J/80 J/80
M242 M242 M242 M242 M242 M242 M242 M242 M242 M242 M242
results courtesy of
www.cowbay-regatta.ca
the fleets had consolidated with many boats trading positions for first as light puffs rolled down the bay. By the time we reached the entry to Satellite Channel the thermal easterly had gained control and spinnakers quickly changed to head sails. With a short upwind leg we rounded Wain Rock and set our spinnaker again for the downwind leg to the finish. With the closest fleet racing I have experienced, everyone consolidated on the western beach in a jibing duel to the finish. The nimble Melges 24 against the imposing Santa Cruz 50 LawnDart was a site to see. Only in the Pacific Northwest would we be able to sail a race downwind both ways.
By days end, as we basked in the
warm afternoon sun sharing stories, the consensus was that there is no regatta quite like Cow Bay.
— Joshua May
PHRF 3 Division 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Fetish
Bulletproof Pendragon Sea Lion Ol' Yeller
Celebration Freedom
10 Tequila Sunrise 11 Animal 12 Limbo
PHRF 4 Division 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Songbird
12 Wild Oats Kelsib
Polaris Alga-Y
Cal 20 Division 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Wild Rumpus Stephanie Schwenk Santa Cruz 27 Peptide
Dave Richardson Simon Walker Maurice Voisin
Ken Lott
Hotfoot 27 Moore 24
Nigel Martin Olson 911SE Moore 24 Viking 33
Barton Maupin Santa Cruz 27 Jim Bottles Gary Zulauf Don Brown
J/30
Catalina 38 Elite 30R
Giacomo Spearing Andrews 26 Paul Jensen
13 Beyond Chaos Tom Guenther 14 Melaque 15 Sante
Alastair Elliott Red Eye Express Betsy Wareham C&C 33 Custom 30
Gisele MacMillan Nautor-Swan 36 Paul Hansen Islander 30 Mk
Ghost Dancer Larry McFadden San Juan 24 Changes Marc & Pam Pettigrew Nahanni Lark
Santana 22 Capo 26
George Compton Thunderbird Paul Arcoite C&C 27 Mk3
The Orange Blob Gavin Brackett San Juan 24 Blind Monkey Aquarius
Anthone Utley Debbie Crowe
10 Wind Burner Kieran Horsbaugh 11 Sedna
Doug Fleming Bill Brekelmans
Tom Lowdon Steve Lowdon Peter Vivian
Final Merry Bluebird
Long Shot Bellwether
Trevor Hayward Randy Diamond Margaret Long Hale / Manning
J-24
Cal 25 J24
Santana 30 C&C 30
Cal 20 Cal 20 Cal 20 Cal 20 Cal 20 Cal 20 Cal 20
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