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Rounding the Rocks: “Elusive,” “Declaration of Independence” (1st in Fleet P03) and “Tantivy.” Photo by Borrowed Light Images.
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LAM Gear and Fisheries Supply interesting. Dos, said, “We won the boat end at the
teamed up to sponsor Seattle In Fleet P2 Roxanne got a nice start and maintained clear air. While we
Corinthian Yacht Club Center leeward start while White Cloud ducked are usually faster downwind, we had
Sound Series, which launches a new and dodged to start at the pin. The some of our best speeds going upwind,
season of racing. The series began with easterly boats had more breeze on the sailing over 10 knots on the close
the Blakely Rocks Race the first Saturday reach to the rocks. After the rounding reach between West Point and Blakely
in March. Banshee stayed west, where the winds Rocks”. Dos rounded Blakely Rocks
Shifty morning conditions were light, but then picked up a westerly just ahead of Gladiator, then swapped
challenged a short handed race shift first. White Cloud got the shift next tacks with Sachem and Gladiator for a
committee because a whaler driver and got close to Ballistic briefly and while. Gladiator put up a light spinnaker
was ill. Early morning southerly winds pulled in front of Voodoo, leading them and both boats pulled away from Dos.
switched suddenly to the north, then into the mark. At the end of the race After rounding the rocks, Absolutely
moved easterly for a time before shifting White Cloud jibed across Artemis to the favored the east, ghosting along nicely
again towards the south -- all before the finish. Steve Johnson said, “All I had in with a light #1, while Tantivy stayed in
race even began. Thirteen fleets raced on mind was getting across Artemis’ bow as the middle. Declaration of Independence
a day filled with rain, sleet, hail, snow they rolled in on starboard. If we didn't (who restarted after being over early),
and even sun, with wind from every cross them, we were going to give up J Tripper, and Illusionist all stayed to
direction from 0-30 knots. Frostbite Tachyon. Ugly sometimes works, but the the west. The wind was strongest
threatened bare fingers as sailors tried bow wasn’t happy." The two Melges in the middle helping Tantivy pass
to adjust their sail combinations to the 32s, Banshee and Ballistic took the first Absolutely and hold off DOI, J Tripper,
changing winds. The conditions that two places, followed by Kahuna, John and Illusionist.
boats faced depended upon when they Leitzinger's new ID 38. After the rounding just south of
started and where they were when the Fleet P3 had a close reach up to Edmonds, Absolutely and Zorra favored
wind began to die, shift and then fill Blakely Rocks, with about 10 knots of the east. The three boats traded puffs
in again with a sudden burst of energy wind periodically gusting higher and of wind on the race back to the finish
from the north. A tug and barge drove then dropping notably as most boats line but ultimately Tantivy pulled
through the fleet near West Point just neared the rocks. Brad Butler, who took away, putting her in fourth behind
to make this 21 mile race even more second place in fleet P3 on the Sierra 26, Still Gladiator, Dos, and Bill Buchan’s
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