Tacoma Yacht Club VASHON ISLAND


others played the beach heading toward Point Defiance. Those that headed out into the middle were able to pop their chutes, while those that played the beach had to run along the beach with their headsails. Those that took the rhumb- line course, and flew their spinnakers for the southern tip of Vashon Island made out better than those that played the beach. Gardyloo, skippered by Eric Nelson, stretched out in front of the fleet and was the first boat to reach the south end of Vashon Island. As the boats sailed up Colvos


Jon Thompson, in his Cal 20 “Toresta,” takes first in class. Photo by Jan Anderson. T


he 42nd running of Summer Vashon sailboat race was held by Tacoma


Yacht Club on June 18th. Summer Vashon makes you think of sunshine, shorts, t-shirts, and warm winds. However, this year the only part of that summer sailing formula was the wind, and even then it wasn’t all that warm. Even with the cloudy sky, and occasional rain drops it didn’t put a damper on the fun, camaraderie, and of course the sailboat racing. This year there were 30 boats entered


and divided into five different fleets. There were two different PHRF classes,


a cruising class and two different one design classes consisting of the CAL 20’s fleet from TYC, as well as a San Juan 21 fleet. The warning gun was fired as


scheduled promptly at 8:55 am, but shortly before the first start, the postponement flag went up. The race committee quickly got things rolling again with the first start being pulled off at 9:05 am. The southerly winds had the


boats starting on a close reach. A few of the PHRF boats headed toward the southern tip of Vashon Island while


Gene Brown's Islander 40, “Mystic” sails by the ferry “Rhododendron.” Photo by Jan Anderson.


Passage on the west side of Vashon Island a light sprinkle of rain came down. The wind continued to blow from the south as the boats reached back and forth from point to point hoping for some tidal push along the beach. As the boats approached the north end of Vashon Island the wind swung around to the north causing the fleet to douse their spinnakers and sail under headsail to the temporary turning mark at the north end of Vashon Island. Once again the fastest boat in the fleet, Gardyloo was first to round the mark.


Pl Boat


Division A 1 Brio


2 Gardyloo 3 Sidewinder 4 Liberte'


Division B 1 Freedom X 2 Shadowfax 3 Xiphius


4 Last Dance 5 White Squall


Type Henderson 30


5 First Dance Beneteau 35 6 Special Purpose Olson 30 7 Lunch Box


Skipper


Melges 24 Manfred Schmiedl Eric Nelson


Olson 30 Mike & Brad Jones C&C 115 Kenneth Waters Steve Hucke Steve Wagner


Olson 30 Josh/Greg Larsen Tartan 10


Cruising FS J. Thaidigsman Tartan 10 Alerion 38 XCal 40


Alex Wigley Karl Haflinger


6 Jane's Addiction J-24 6 Perfect Ten 6 El Milagro


3 Lauren Rae 4 Nemesis 4 Latitudes 4 Mystic 4 Helios


2 Cheap Date 3


4 Coly-Koi


Division San Juan 21 Fleet 1 Charmed Juan 2 BOB 3 Mizu


48° NORTH, AUGUST 2011 PAGE 54 Tartan 10 San Juan 24


Cal 40 -1 Baltic 42 Cal 3-30


Gerald Smith Roger Deitz David Ereth Alex Wigley Steve Felton


Division FS 1 Wavewalker Erickson 38 Marc Jorgenson 2 Rival


Nauticat 43 Islander 40 Manta 42


Division Cal 20 Fleet 1 Toresta


Kellis Jangard Steven Carlson Fred Haas Don Cox


Gene Brown Bruce Kilen


Jon Thompson Mark Lindeman Ingo Kutcha Tony Warfield


Stephen Jensen Bill Jenks


Christian Lamp


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