San Francisco YC Worlds Warm up

[Mike Holt]

San Francisco Yacht Club 505 Worlds “warm up”

July 25^th and 26^th saw the 505 class visit San Francisco Yacht Club, that is oddly in Tiburon across the bay for the first time. A who’s who of US 505 sailors were there to compete in the last event before the upcoming Worlds and North American’s on the same strip of water.

Racing Saturday started with the fog cleared and the breeze already in the high teens and a pattern was set that would last all weekend. Jeff Nelson and Mike Martin were fast off of the line to lead at the first mark, in fact by the end of 6 races they were never lead around any marks that I can remember. We all chased hard but no one could make any impact on them. Carl and I were 2^nd, a position that we held at most points in the races with the exception of race 3 when our mast step disintegrated. Note to all, if you have a plastic mast step, replace it now with a metal one! By the end of the racing Saturday 3 good tough races were completed on well set courses by PRO Bartz Schneider and his excellent team. Jeff/Mike won all 3, Carl and I had two 2nds and a DNF, Fritz Lanzinger and Dalton Bergan had a 3,3,5 with Rob Woelfel and Howie Hamlin picking up a 4,6,3 score. Steve Bourdow and Nick Adamson improved all day with a 9,5,2.

The evening was spent straightening spars, telling war stories and eating an excellent BBQ put on by the yacht club. Very few sailors made it past 10pm!

Sunday provided more of the same, great breeze, sunshine and more excellent race management. Jeff/Mike strolled away with every race, getting us excited in the first one with a near capsize on a gybe, however that was their only wobble. Race 2 saw reaches, a rarity these days in any form of racing and clearly a lost art, but great fun, real decisions about setting and dropping and the chance to grind down or be ground down. The chasing pack while never bothering the Black boat seemed closer all day, maybe Mike forgot his vitamins and wasn’t hiking so hard. Several boats were having some close racing, with Simon Gorman and Ethan Bixby having their moments, along with Dave Shelton and Bruce Edwards finally getting their new Rondar up to speed as were Geof Ewenson and Tyler Moore who managed a pair of 4’s on Sunday. Also notable on Sunday, everyone was getting around the course with much less drama, proving that practice while maybe not making you perfect, certainly helps you get around the course.

Many thanks to San Francisco Yacht Club and in particular Bartz and Mark Dowdy, great job and hopefully we will be asked back again!

 

Results:

1 8714 Black boat Mike Martin [1] 1 1 1 1 1 5.00 1 

2 9002 New Blue Mike Holt 2 2 [27/DNF] 2 2 2 10.00 2 

3 No Number Blue Howie Hamlin 4 [6] 3 3 3 6 19.00 3 

4 8808 Nick Adamson [9] 5 2 6 4 3 20.00 4 

5 8815 Dalton Bergan 3 3 5 [9] 5 5 21.00 5 

6 8681 Stuart Park [11] 9 6 5 7 7 34.00 6 

7 9009 Dangerous Obsession Bruce Edwards 8 10 [27/DNF] 7 6 11 42.00 7 

8 8715 Pressure Drop aka OFB Ethan Bixby 6 7 12 [13] 12 8 45.00 8 

9 8913 Moore Trouble Tyler Moore 5 8 [27/DNF] 4 27/DNF 4 48.00 9 

10 8987 Dirty Bird Jon Bell 10 [16] 7 12 11 9 49.00 10 

11 8813 The Regurgetator Matthias Kennerknecht [27/DNS] 12 11 8 10 10 51.00 11 

12 7875 Smoke on the Water Jeff Miller [27/DNS] 11 10 10 8 14 53.00 12 

13 8084 Money Shot Aaron Ross 14 14 9 11 [15] 12 60.00 13 

14 8953 Jesse's Girl Augie Diaz 13 15 13 [16] 13 15 69.00 14 

15 8554 Edwards Conrads [27/DNC] 27/DNC 8 14 9 13 71.00 15 

16 8762 Arabian Stallion Kevin Taugher 12 4 4 [27/DNC] 27/DNC 27/DNC 74.00 16 

17 8821 ADD NEW Pierre Jeangirard 15 13 [27/DNF] 15 14 27/DNS 84.00 17 

18 6983 Benign Variant Zhenya Kirueshkin- Stepanoff [27/DNS] 27/DNS 27/DNF 21 17 16 108.00 18 

19 8904 Enigma Hubert Guy 7 [27/DNF] 27/DNF 27/DNC 27/DNC 27/DNC 115.00 19 

20 8842 Flygfisk Tom Kassberg [27/DNF] 27/DNS 27/DNS 19 16 27/DNS 116.00 20 

21 7201 FTP John Billings 17 [27/DNF] 27/DNF 18 27/DNS 27/DNS 116.00 21 

22 7062 Hot Sweetness Peter Scott 16 [27/DNF] 27/DNF 27/DNC 27/DNC 27/DNC 124.00 22

23 8786 Shampoo Effect Stephen Gay [27/DNF] 27/DNS 27/DNS 17 27/DNF 27/DNS 125.00 23 

24 6992 Loco Rooster Taylor Robinson [27/DNC] 27/DNF 27/DNF 20 27/DNF 27/DNS 128.00 24 

25T 8851 Keith Davids [27/DNS] 27/DNF 27/DNS 27/DNC 27/DNC 27/DNC 135.00T 25T 

25T 8889 505 Robert Tennant [27/DNF] 27/DNF 27/DNF 27/DNC 27/DNC 27/DNC 135.00T 25T 

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