By late morning, Seattle Yacht Club’s RC had rolled into the first race sequence, banging off four of the most equitable races into a true, 10 to 15 northerly breeze in some time. Enough shifts, patches of current movement and close boat to boat racing kept the fun factor turned up. The sunshine and seasonal temperatures only accelerated the process. Staying on the east side of the Sound


generally paid on the beats, and with the marks being set so far in the center of the channel, being able to call solid layline paid big dividends. Likewise, leveraging the current downhill and


Pl Boat


1 Class 1 Flash


Type OD48


2 Neptune's Car SC 70 3 Wasabi 4 Strider 5 Jam


Skipper Steve Travis


Kernan 44 Greg Slyngstad NM/55 J-160


Paul Lamarche David Pickett


2 Class 1 Voodoo Child Farr 39ML 2 Banshee 3 Tachyon


4 Jack Rabbit 5 Eye Candy


3 Class 1 Tantivy


J-109 2 Diff. Drummer Wauq 40s


John McPhail Brian Duchin


Melges 32 Derek Campbell Far 39 ML/RC Shaun Breese CM1200 Chester Hibbert Farr 395


Jim Marta


Stuart Burnell Charles Hill


jibing to the leeward mark, or finish line on just the powered approach was the key to a solid result. By 4:30, the racing was done, adding


up to seven races and endless smiles and stories to be told at the annual wind up party at the elegant SYC clubhouse on Portage Bay. Then the fleet partied, over pasta,


hosted beverages and countless stories of Grand Prix races this year and years past. Veterans and newbies alike, enjoyed the stories of masthead arrays hitting, on-water confusion over which buoy to go to, and tangled runners, people


3 Bravo Zulu Bene 1st 40.7 Denny Vaughan 4 Sachem 5 Kotuku


6 Absolutely 7 Vitesse 8 Karma 9 Uno


Peterson 44 William Buchan Farr 1220


Graeme Esarey


Kiwi Boats Charlie Macaulay Beneteau 1st 36.7 David Steffen Dash 34 Burzycki/Shorett Sierra 26x


4 Class 1 Shoot The Moon Petr IOR 2 2 Trophy Wife 3 Grafix


4 Wildflower


5 Class 1 Here & Now


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Melges 24 Soverel 33 J-35c


4 What? A Tripp! Peterson 37 6 Last Tango


J/105 J/29


Glenn Klute Dave Martin Tom Mitchell Morgan/Yob Jim Geros


Pat Denney


Brad Butler Donald Wills


and sheets. The end result was a SYC clubhouse full of smiling, wind and sunburned sailors with full glasses and new stories to tell. Grand Prix should be lauded for


the diversity of course lengths, types and scoring system, which keeps every boat, crew and owner on their game, and respect the diversity of the sport we all choose to appreciate with such passion. Thirty-seven came out, but many more qualified and many missed one of the highlight events of the year.


2 Slick


3 Izakaya 4 Gaucho 5 Kowloon 6 Taj Majal


7 Skye Rocket


2 Mata Hari 3 Freedom X 4 Tenacious 5 Sputnik 6 Kaizen


J-29


by Matthew Wood Nelson/Mayfield


Dash 34 Iain Christenson Ross 930 Olson 911 J-80


John Cahill Ken Chin


David Schutte J-80 William McKinnon


8 Bodacious Beneteau 35s5 J Rosenbach 6 Class 1 Arturo


S2 7.9


Catalina 36 Paul Walchenbach Tartan Ten


Dan Westra Alex Wigley


Pearson Flyer Ross Peterson Moore 24 Jacob Kennedy Impulse 26


Bob Rinker results courtesy of seattleyachtclub.org


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