PUGET SOUND
SAILING LARGE BOATS
CHAMPIONSHIPS
T
he Corinthian Yacht Club of Seattle’s Puget Sound Sailing Championship
is the premier keelboat championship series of the Puget Sound. Following its sister regatta, the PSSC One Design, the weekend prior, PSSC is dedicated to large keelboats racing in both PHRF and One Design fleets. Ten fleets comprised of 83 sailboats gathered Saturday with the promise of close championship competition. The largest fleet of the weekend being the One Design Melges 24 fleet with a total of 22 boats. The weekend‘s
racing took place on two separate courses. The south course, located in the waters of Shi l shole Bay, hosted the small keelboats including the Melges and San Juan 24’s. The north course, situated in the open waters of
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the central Puget Sound, hosted the large keelboats, with sailboats ranging from the nimble J/29 to the swift Santa Cruz 70. The racing offered a perfect regatta with moderate wind conditions and the occasional sun-break. Day one held with both the north
and south courses, building breeze and clearing skies. The CYC race committee worked the north course
diligently, setting as many as five races for Saturday’s competition. In fleet 0, Paul LaMarche aboard his Santa Cruz 70 Neptune’s Car commented that “his crew was thoroughly exhausted by the end of the day’s racing.” Paul would go on to take second in Fleet 0 winning the tie-breaker against Greg Slyngstad’s Kernan 44 Wasabi. In Fleet 1, the day was a constant exchange of fleet position and first place finishes with John Hoag’s One design 35 Shrek, leading the day. Lance Staughton, racing aboard Daniel Randolph’s Farr 30 Nefarious, commented on how fun the Farr 30 is among a competitive fleet like that experienced at PSSC. Stuart Burnell’s J/109 would spend the day dueling with David Steffen’s First 36.7 Vitesse, to hold first place in fleet 2.
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