Sachem. Eric Rimkus and his crew on
the Cheetah 30, Still Gladiator, showed
up in full crew regalia, ready to kick
butt and take names. And they did. The
crew earned SLAM jackets for winning
the largest PHRF fleet in the race.
Five J/35s raced one design in fleet
P4. After a late start, The Boss was the
first to finish. Once The Boss rounded
the northern mark, Wayne Berge took
the boat high towards the beach, then
cracked off, hoisted the spinnaker and
headed for the line.
As the nine J/105s started, the now
southerly wind got flaky. At West Point
it looked like newcomer James Collins
in Vanguard was in the lead, but each
14 knots through the water. Driving a
Above: Brad Cole and J/105 in these conditions gives a whole
crew on the Melges 32 new appreciation of these boats." Mike
“Ballistic.” Schiltz on Money Shot said, “We hit 14.2
and caught a nice puff just before the
Center: Steven Gibbons' finish so we could drive down and finish
Santa Cruz 27 “Express” without jibing.” Money Shot took first,
cruising past the followed by Bifrost who just barely beat
downtown waterfront. Life is Good.
In fleet P05, Jim Fraser, who is
Below: “Flash,” Steve helping his parents campaign their C&C
Travis' OD48 take 2nd 37 Froya for the series, said they had a
in Fleet P01. very exciting finish, with several boats
from different fleets converging on the
finish at once. While he was coming
Photos by Borrowed in on starboard under jib, he decided
Light Images. rather than asserting his rights, he'd
be better off steering clear as two boats
boat had different breeze. Jerry Diercks,
CYC's Fleet Captain, who sails on the
J/105 Delirium recalled, “I think we
rounded the rock in 3rd. We stayed
with Bifrost 3 and Erik Kristen’s Jubilee
going close to the rhumb line. At the
“N” mark, Jubilee was right on our nose
and Last Tango in front of them, Usawi
on our heals. Thinking we saw new
breeze on its way and hoping to get
to it first we stayed on starboard and
headed toward Spring Beach after the
rounding. We got to the breeze first,
but we were pushed north by the ebb.
We saw 6 knots of breeze go to 28 in
a matter of minutes. We carried the
spinnaker all the way through the finish
line reaching sustained speeds of 13 and
48° No r t h , Ap r i l 2009 pA g e 55
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