light breeze and congested starts, the call for most boats was to head west for positive current flow and clear air. Aboard Carl Buchan’s Madrona, Lindsay Bergan expressed that, “One of the most engaging parts of the race was trying to get west and away from Des Moines.” Each boat would fight for clear air and those fortunate to get out in front like Chester Hibbert’s Jack Rabbit found a fresh breeze that carried them swiftly north. April Butler, aboard Paul Faget’s, Synergy 1000, Kilo, remarked “that playing the west was definitely the best strategy, particularly at the beginning of the race.” Lindsay Bergan added after the race, “that the best tactical call of the day was, by far, the hot sandwiches for lunch.” This was a sentiment felt across the fleet as we all took advantage of what little warmth we could find against each


OA Pl Boat 3 Dragonfly 4 Danger Zone


Division B 5 1 Jack Rabbit 6 2 Madrona 12 3 Dark Star 15 4 Tachyon 23 5 JAM


Sail#


Division A 1 PAX Space Spider 12 2 Allii Kai


49


17271 777


18193 79067 9700


Division C 9 1 String Theory 69087 11 2 Eye Candy 14 3 Terremoto 16 4 Bravo Zulu 29 5 Kahuna dns


39504 Riva


Division D 48 1 The Boss 49 2 Melange


50 3 Great White 52 4 Jeopardy


69112 69261 18320 161


53 5 Something Spec 32589 55 6 Tantivy


248


56 7 Bergen Viking 87552 57 8 Grace E


40622


61 9 Fast Feather II 69532 26


Division E 10 1 Brio 17 2 Dos


26000


Type F-32


F-28


Maricat 40 F-27


CM 1200


Custom 40 Bieker 44


36000 Farr 39 ML/RC 18


J-160


Olson 40 Farr 395


59902 Crossbow 35 46720 Beneteau 40.7 35011 46960


ID35 J-46


J-35 J-35 J-35


J-109 J-35


J-109 J-35 J-35 J-35


Melges 24 Sierra 26


“Drumbeat,” a Nelson Marek 68, rounds the Duwamish Head Light. Photo by Jan Anderson.


bitter cold puff of southerly breeze. Once at Alki Point, each boat turned


the corner and was offered a close reach all the way to Duwamish Head. As the


22 3 Nefarious 26 4 Gardyloo


Division F 4 1 Absolutely 13 2 Kotuku


53 28077


28 3 Charlemagne 36528 37 4 Korina-Korina 25064 41 5 ReignMaker 47 6 Mowicu 59 7 Tantalus 66 9 First Dance


73399


Division G 3 1 Flim Flam 7 2 Sidewinder 8 3 Wild Turkey 19 4 Dulcinea 24 5 Lunch Box 32 6 Last Tango 39 7 Wildflower 46 8 Vigilant 58 9 Skookum


Division H 2 1 Slick 25 2 Izakaya


18140 59718 30244 174


69631 212


69264 na-12 154


60 10 Special Purpose 59592 69299


27 3 Here & Now 30 4 Kiwi Express 36 5 Bodacious 40 6 Muffin


59847 31834 69147


44 7 Magic Button 21818 45 8 White Squall 54 9 Mystify


9678 Farr 30


71221 Henderson 30 40149 Kiwi Boats 39'


Farr 1220 J-36


JN 42


69577 C&C 37/40 XL 708


Jenneau 45 Express 37


116 Bene First 35 Soveral 33


Olson 30 Olson 30 J-105


Olson 30 J-105 J-35C


Navy 44 Olson 30 Olson 30


J-29


Dash 34 J-29M


Farr 1020


73392 Beneteau 35.5 18660 Santa Cruz 33 Cal 39


XCal 40 69095 Wilderness 30 48° NORTH, FEBRUARY 2012 PAGE 43 dns


breeze built, so did the excitement as each boat struggled to stay balanced. Aboard Bob King’s Olson 40, String Theory, we hoisted our reaching asymmetrical and


dns dns


Les Chevaux Blancs 79052


Division I 1 1 Nimbus 18 2 Showtime 20 3 Giant Slayer 21 4 Suddenly 31 5 Falcon


33 6 Perfect Ten 34 7 Xiphius 35 8 Chinook 38 9 Cherokee 42 10 Seabiscuit 43 11 Slingshot


Division Cruising FS 1 Darby


2 Drumbeat 3 Susurra 4 Rival


5 Integrity 6 Sir Rowdy


Division NFS 1 Silver Breeze 2 Koosah 3 OutaTime 4 Anna B


28877


59604 59434 69360 29456 8


30122


51 12 Sugar Magnolia 69358 62 13 Summer Sojourn 69118


Bene35S5


Blown Away II 97190 Beneteau 375 77058


Olson 25


59369 Santa Cruz 27 59298 San Juan 28 68


Cal 9.2


Tartan 33 Tarten 10 S2 9.1 Cal 33


Yankee 28 J-130 S2 7.9


Catalina 31


79003 C&C 121 40' 87627


69039 Cal-Jenson 29 19200 44


NM 68 Cal 40


49610


7 Steamy Windows Pyxis


79128 39110


None


Dufour 44 cat 30


0 Jeanneau 43 156 Tartan 3700


Catalina 30 Pearson 36


148 Columbia 9.6 Islander 28


results courtesy of Three Tree Point YC


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