hour, the conditions were suitable for
racing, and guns were blown and the
Star & Bar
racing began.
Two races were completed on
Sunday, in winds ranging from 5-12
knots and crystal clear skies. Classes 3
through 6 were able to score a throw-out
after Sunday’s racing and the winners
were awarded embroidered towels for
their efforts.
Congratulations to all of the sailors
who competed, an excellent time was
had by all. See you all at Grand Prix,
October 23-25!
by Brian Ledbetter
photos by Jan Anderson
Pl Boat Type Skipper
Class 1
1 Banshee Melges 32 Derek Campbell
Fifty boats turned out for a great the first five races, despite scoring a 5th
2 Roxanne J-125 Greg Slyngstad
weekend of Fall sailing on Puget Sound in race 2.
3 White Cloud Cookson 12m Steve Johnson
4 Strider N/M 55 David Pickett
for Seattle Yacht Club's Star & Bar Regatta Classes 3 through 6 were able to
2 Class
on September 19-20. The Regatta consists complete four races on Saturday, and so
1 Tantivy J-109 Stuart Burnell
of buoy racing and this year there were were not able to count a throw-out yet
2 Dec of Indep Express 37 Brian Watkins
3 Shada J-109 Jerry Woodfield
six classes ranging in size and rating at the end of the day. In class 3, Veloce,
4 Illusionist J-109 David MacLean
from the Strider, a Nelson/Marek 55 to a Beneteau 36.7 owned by Carl Freund
5 Absolutely One Ton C Macaulay
Damon Darley’s 25' Lady L. There were was leading with three firsts in the four
6 J-Tripper J-109 Rick Norquist
7 Uno Sierra 26 Brad Butler
five PHRF classes, including the J-105’s races completed. Mike Shiltz’s Money
8 Bergen Viking J-35 Svein Ellingsen
very competitive nine-boat class. Shot was able to recover from a pre-start
3 Class
Although a southerly was forecast foul, perform a 720 and lead the J-105’s
1 Veloce Bene 1st 36.7 Carl Freund
2 What? A Tripp! Petr 37 Gary Morgan
for Saturday, the day began with a going into Sunday’s racing. Gaucho,
3 Sidewinder Olson 30 M & B Jones
swirling northerly wind and rain. The steered by John Cahill, won the last two
4 Cool Beans Melges 24 Brenda Stuntz
wind was shifty, and had the mark-set races Saturday to take the lead in Class
5 Black Knight Bene 1st 36.7 M Skene
6 Shoot The Moon Petr 2 ton Donald Wills
drivers working all day to keep up with 5, and Arturo, owned by Dan Westra of
7 Corvo J-33 Tom Kerr
winds that ranged from north to east, Seattle Yacht Club, was leading Class 6
8 Pegasus Soverel 33 Johnson/Brooks
and then back again over the course. at the end of the day.
9 Lunchbox Olson 30 Greg Larsen
10 Taking Stock Bene First 405 Tony Flock
On Saturday Classes 1 and 2 were able Sunday began as a much warmer,
11 Beltane Dehler 39 Ken Macdonald
to get in five races in these conditions, sunnier day, but unfortunately the sailors
4 Class
with Derek Campbell’s Banshee leading arrived at Shilshole to no wind and a lot
1 Jaded J-105 Gerald Hirschler
2 Jubilee J-105 Erik Kristen
Class 1 on Saturday evening, but Greg of fishing boats. The Race Committee
3 Money Shot J-105 Mike Shiltz
Slyngstad’s J-125 Roxanne keeping close postponed on-shore for about an hour,
4 Last Tango J-105 JP Peterson
by winning the last race. In Class 2 Tantivy until a light northerly began filtering in.
5 Bifrost 3 J-105 Michael Pearson
6 Allegro Vivace J-105 L Migliorini
took the early lead by winning three of After waiting on the water for another
7 Delirium J-105 Jerry Diercks
8 Pegasus J-105 Chris Murray
9 Vanguard J-105 James Collins
5 Class
1 Gaucho Ross 930 John Cahill
2 Here & Now J-29M Pat Denney
3 Blue Martini Olson 911 Laney Gale
4 Kowloon Olson 911 Ken Chin
5 Rubicon S2 9.1 Mel Marshel
6 Ishtar Wylie Graeme Esarey
7 Outlaw J/30 Derek Storm
8 Slingshot J/30 Grady Morgan
9 Loon Warwick Cardinal Taylor Clark
6 Class
1 Lit Bl Dune Buggy SC 27 Alex Simanis
2 Egress Hotfoot Steve Trunkey
3 Arturo S2 7.9 Dan Westra
4 Runner Ranger 26 69701
5 Perfect Ten Tartan Ten Dan Randolph
6 Stomp Dancer Sloop Andrew Haputa
7 Zap ZAP 26 Don Sarin
8 Sputnik Moore 24 Steve Bunnell
9 Lady L. US25 Damon Darley
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