Cliffhanger final for J/105s at Phyllis Kleinman Swiftsure Regatta
by J/Boats 25 Aug 2018 17:24 BST
J/105s at Phyllis Kleinman Swiftsure Regatta © St. Francis Yacht Club
This past weekend, the St Francis YC hosted one of their favorite events of the year, honoring one of their long-time supporters of both offshore handicap and one-design sailing on San Francisco Bay, the Phyllis Kleinman Swiftsure Regatta.
Nineteen J/105s showed up for the party on and off the water. After five races, it was apparent the entire podium was going to be determined by a cliffhanger finale in the last race. Anyone could have won amongst the entire top five, so close was the racing along the San Francisco city waterfront.
In the end, Tim Russell's NE*NE won the countback on a tie-breaker for first place with Ryan Simmons' Blackhawk. NE*NE was consistent from the start and faltered a bit in the end, posting a 4-1-1-2-8 for 16 pts. Blackhawk had a 3-3-2-7-1 tally to nearly pull off the class win, also finishing with 16 pts.
Just out of the money was Bruce Stone's Arbitrage, posting a roller-coast tally of 1-6-3-6-3 for 19 pts total to just hang on to third place. Fourth went to Ian Charles' Maverick with a 6-7-4-1-2 record for 20 pts. Then, fifth place was Doug Bailey's Akula with a 2-2-6-4-10 for 24 pts total. In short, had Akula won the last race, they could have won the regatta! And, that was apparently the case for the rest of the teams in the top five!
J/Crews cleaned up in their respective ORR Divisions. Reuben Rocci's J/111 Swift Ness won ORR B, while Barry Lewis' J/120 Chance won ORR C with straight bullets!
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