Yachting Key West Race Week 1994 Summary (long)
Stephen Bailey
read about it in all your rags, I'll try to concentrate on things that
might not be mentioned.
This event is becoming larger and more grand prix every year (I've
been to the past 3)! There were lots of loaded (with pros) boats, in
every section.
This year they split the races into two different circles, and we
raced on the large boat circle.
The conditions Monday, and Wednesday through Friday were 20+ knots
with more or less unvarying direction. Wednesday seemed like the
windiest day, but there was more chop on Monday 'cause the wind was
from a different direction. The universal strategy was go to ``go
left, young woman'' on the beats. Therefore, the strategic game
wasn't very rich this year.
Tuesday, the wind was lighter (12 knots), and there were pressure
differences across the course (again, left on the beats was good), and
some shifts.
As this sort of thing goes the regatta was a gear buster, and for most
crews it was probably ``survival mode'' sailing.
In spite of an ``improved VPP'' which is supposed to level things up,
in IMS, newer was generally better---Infinity, a new N/M 49, won the
section, with a near perfect score, and their one second place was by
three seconds!
The oldest boat in the IMS fleet, Merrythought, got great starts,
seemed to paint by the numbers strategically, but just couldn't seem
to sail to their rating (except in the more strategically challenging
Tuesday race, where they got a 2nd).
The new VPP doesn't seem to have helped the Tripp 47s either---Titan
still finished out of the money.
The N/M 43s did well, and seemed to be some of the funnest action out
there. Flash Gordon (Farr 39) ended up winning the section, but it
took them a while to get going. The Shore/Sobstad crew took Flash
over from UK, with Terry Hutchinson at the helm, and they claim
they're still learning the boat.
The two brand new Taylor 41 boats (Orion and Sheerness), did poorly,
fighting it out with two J/44s for last in that division. The Taylor
42s couldn't seem to keep up either.
There was a Beneteau IMS 40.7 (an ILC 40 design), which finished in
the middle. It wasn't clear if the boat, or the crew, which
was a Japanese ``training crew'', was at fault.
The new Mumm 36 class seemed fueled by more European interest than
anything else. It had a somewhat ``sponsored'' flavor to it. The Aero
Sail (a sailing subsidiary of Daimler Benz) team had two boats, crewed
by lots of strapping youths wearing matching everything, skippered by
German Olympic medalists (Joacim Schumann, and I don't remember the
other guy) and support out the wazoo. They had a monster 70 foot
Hateras for VIPs to watch the races, and some other miscellaneous
craft---those center console rigs with overkill quantities of
horsepower. Another German syndicate (Thomas-I-Punkt) won the
section. Pigs in Space won the Lauderdale-Key West Race, but ran
aground doing it. They had various problems during the week,
including kinking their mast, and taking an I-flag, on the last day.
The J/35 class seemed pretty lackluster this year (but better than
last year) Too bad.
The stories from the Melges 24 class were amazing. It seems they have
their own notions of the racing rules. It doesn't matter port or
starboard, it's just whoever gets there first. The starts are
supposed to be particularly amusing. Everybody shoves their boat into
a hole on the line, (if it's too small, they'll make room), then holds
onto one another's stancions, luffing. At the gun everybody shoves
off! Talked to a guy who said another boat literally drove up his
transom before the start. His crew grabbed the boat and threw it back
off.
Never a protest flag to be seen.
Apparently the race committee came down to the docks before the race
on Friday and warned the class, at large, that if they didn't start
seeing either more flags or less collisions, the committee would
protest the boats themselves. I guess that helped a little.
Both the Melges and the J/80s seemed to hold together quite well
despite the gearbuster nature of the conditions. The Melges sounded
especially difficult to sail upwind in those conditions.
As for me, I went to get humbled by the best, and remind myself
of how little I know. I succeeded this year, as in years past. We
raced a chartered J/33, Moon Dawg.
An SR-33 won our class, but only 1/4 point behind was a Beneteau First
435, featuring Morgan Reeser (Olympic medalist), then came an Oyster
42, followed by two more SR-33s, then a sistership J/33. The big
boats really stretched on the breezy, short chop beats, then the
SR-33s made up on the runs.
There was another J/33, Troubador, which was down there to race, but
broke her rig Sunday while practicing.
Anyhow, we weren't really in the hunt, mostly because we couldn't
point with the rest of the fleet upwind in the heavy breeze. After
the fact, I suspect that our rig was a little sloppy---we checked it
out before the races, and it looked fine, but we didn't have nearly
the amount of breeze or backstay that we had during the races. Our
boat speed during the lighter Tuseday race was good, but we lacked
strategic planning.
We switched the driver, tactician and trimmers around a couple times
with no marked improvement, so we went away, at least happy that it
was no one particular persons fault :^)
I also attended a panel discussion on ``The IMS Today''. Panel
members included Jim Taylor, Bruce Farr, Bruce Nelson, Bill Tripp,
Brit Chance, and the chairman of the US Sailing's IMS owner's
committee (forget his name).
It was somewhat depressing. The rule produces pretty cool GP boats,
but it doesn't seem to be working for any other purpose.
The designers all like it, but as was emphasized by John Bonds (Exec
Director of US Sailing, and MC of the event), the sport can't afford
the rule unless lots of ordinary joes get certificates. The article
``Divide and Conquer'' in February's Sailing World, gives a fairly
optimistic summary of the state of the rule, which seems to reflect
the designers opinion of it.
In response to the designers, there were three owners who got up and
``asked questions'' (aired their gripes). Note that the remarks in
quotations are actually my paraphrases of my interpretations of what
was said, so it may stray mildly or wildly from what was actually said
or intended.
John Riesly, owner of Numbers, a Taylor 42, said ``What does it take
to win under this rule, a new boat every year? Damnit, I'm not
ready to buy a new boat.... There seems to be annual, major change in
the VPP which just shift the bias of the rule without improving it's
accuracy.''
To underscore this point, one of the crew of Full Cry (last year's
winner) was overheard as saying ``Not bad for a year old boat'' after
placing 2nd and 5th on the first day!
Jack King, owner of Merrythought, said ``I like my boat, and I'm not
ready to buy a new one. I campaign it as competitively as anybody,
but I can't win under this rule. Racer/cruiser division is all well
and good, and I entered it, but there were only two other entrants, so
there was no division. I don't want to go to PHRF, but I'm thinking
seriously about it.'' I happened to be standing behind him on Friday
when he was looking over the results---they ended up 5th, and he wasn't
pleased.
Fred Pipen, owner of V-Max, a Taylor 40, said ``Racer/cruiser
divisions are all well and good, but what about boats like mine which
are no longer competitive under the GP rule, which don't qualify as
racer/cruisers? If IMS is going to be the rule of choice, who's going
to buy my boat?''
Throughout the discussion, I had two thoughts. First, a major problem
with IMS, from an average competitors standpoint is that it's likely
that your particular boat may {\em never} win a race under the rule.
The nice thing about single number systems (be it rating systems like
PHRF, or even measurement systems like IOR) is that every dog has its
day. Maybe some dogs have more days than others, but still, every
once in a while, if you sail a good race and the conditions are right,
you'll come home with the silver. IMS doesn't ``average'' the
performance in any way, so a boat which has unrated speed in one
condition may have it in all conditions.
The other thing that occurred to me, as hinted at by Bonds, was if the
designers want the IMS to survive, they'd better come up with ``the
goods''---they're the ones who are discovering niches of unrated
speed, and that's why the silly rule isn't working now. They should
share the developments with the IMS (of course, that's not in their
best interest).
Finally, here's the results:
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Y A C H T I N G R A C E W E E K S
KEY WEST RACE WEEK
DIVISION 1 - DIVISION 1
(c) '93 Bill Thogersen -------------------------
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C L A S S --- F I N I S H E S
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| F L E E T: IMS C L A S S: A
|
CLASS
TOTALS THRU
| <------------- FINISH POSITIONS
----------------> RACE # 7
| RACE RACE RACE RACE RACE RACE RACE
RACE RACE RACE -----------
|SAIL NO YACHT NAME SKIPPER #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7
#8 #9 #10 POINTS FIN
-------- --------------- ---------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
---- ---- ---- ------ ---
21212 INFINITY THOMSON 1 1 1 2 1 1 1
-- -- -- 6.50 1
50505 FALCON SMITH 5 2 3 3 4 2 3
-- -- -- 22 2
21210 FULL CRY CROMPTON 2 5 4 1 *6 5 2
-- -- -- 24.75 3
43737 GAUCHO GORDON 3 3 *10 4 5 3 *7
-- -- -- 35 4
62 MERRYTHOUGHT KING 8 8 2 6 8 6 9
-- -- -- 47 5
G4150 MORNING GLORY PLATTNER 4 7 9 5 7 *10 6
-- -- -- 48 6
43770 TABASCO ARON 6 6 8 7 6 8 *10
-- -- -- 51 7
50282 ETOILE III SYDNOR 9 4 6 DNF 9 9 5
-- -- -- 55 8
50544 AQUILA KAZERSKI DNF DNS 5 8 2 7 8
-- -- -- 56 9
43703 TITAN HILL DNF 10 10 9 10 10 10
-- -- -- 72 10
42616 INSATIABLE THORNTON 7 9 11 DNS DNS DNS DNS
-- -- -- 79 11
G4134 RAINBOW DIETRICH 10 11 12 10 11 DNF DNS
-- -- -- 80 12
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| F L E E T: IMS C L A S S: B
|
CLASS
TOTALS THRU
| <------------- FINISH POSITIONS
----------------> RACE # 7
| RACE RACE RACE RACE RACE RACE RACE
RACE RACE RACE -----------
|SAIL NO YACHT NAME SKIPPER #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7
#8 #9 #10 POINTS FIN
-------- --------------- ---------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
---- ---- ---- ------ ---
43901 FLASH GORDON JAHN 2 4 1 2 1 4 1
-- -- -- 14.25 1
43996 BULLSEYE GARVIE 1 1 DNS 1 2 2 4
-- -- -- 22.25 2
50218 SLIPSLIDINGAWAY MALEC 3 2 3 3 *4.5 1 6
-- -- -- 22.25 3
43991 WIRED GARLAND 6 3 2 5 3 3 3
-- -- -- 25 4
CI54321 NUMBERS RISLEY 4 8 4 4 *4.5 *8 2
-- -- -- 34.50 5
29168 NO PROBLEM UTSUMI 5 5 6 DNF 6 6 7
-- -- -- 47 6
43950 ORION CHAFEY 8 6 7 7 7 9 5
-- -- -- 49 7
43900 DRUMBEAT RENSHAW 7 7 5 6 9 8 8
-- -- -- 50 8
49 GOLD DIGGER BISHOP 9 9 8 9 11 7 10
-- -- -- 63 9
50141 SHEERNESS RODNEY 11 DNF 9 8 10 10 9
-- -- -- 69 10
43544 STAMPEDE SUNDSTROM 10 10 10 10 8 11 11
-- -- -- 70 11
|-----------------------------------------------------------
| F L E E T: IMSM C L A S S: C
|
CLASS
TOTALS THRU
| <------------- FINISH POSITIONS
----------------> RACE # 7
| RACE RACE RACE RACE RACE RACE RACE
RACE RACE RACE -----------
|SAIL NO YACHT NAME SKIPPER #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7
#8 #9 #10 POINTS FIN
-------- --------------- ---------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
---- ---- ---- ------ ---
4334 THOMAS-I-PUNKT FRIESE 1 1 2 2 1 5 5
-- -- -- 16.25 1
GR1 ATALANTI VII ANDREADIS 3 5 6 1 2 1 1
-- -- -- 18.25 2
G4293 AERO SAIL^3 GRIESE 4 2 7 5 6 2 2
-- -- -- 28 3
50137 PIGS IN SPACE CLARKE 2 DNF 1 4 4 4 *4.5
-- -- -- 31.25 4
50236 KIWI CHILDERLEY 5 4 8 3 3 *9 4
-- -- -- 36 5
50216 RHODY EXPRESS VESSELLA 7 7 4 7 7 9 7
-- -- -- 48 6
50228 ALLEGRO COUMANTARO 9 6 *12 6 9 7 3
-- -- -- 52 7
83336 PREDATOR KAMINER 6 8 3 DSQ 8 8 8
-- -- -- 53 8
G4294 AERO SAIL^2 SCHUEMANN 11 3 5 DNF 10 3 DNF
-- -- -- 56 9
50134 RISKY BUSINESS BECK 8 *12 10 DNF 5 10 6
-- -- -- 63 10
50208 RAD'L DEPARTURE MARKI 10 DNF 9 DNF 11 11 9
-- -- -- 74 11
|-----------------------------------------------------------
| F L E E T: J/35 C L A S S: E
|
CLASS
TOTALS THRU
| <------------- FINISH POSITIONS
----------------> RACE # 7
| RACE RACE RACE RACE RACE RACE RACE
RACE RACE RACE -----------
|SAIL NO YACHT NAME SKIPPER #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7
#8 #9 #10 POINTS FIN
-------- --------------- ---------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
---- ---- ---- ------ ---
33983 INSTIGATOR LOCKWOOD 1 1 3 1 *6 1 1
-- -- -- 12.75 1
42991 GUNSMOKE SCRUGGS 2 2 5 2 2 4 2
-- -- -- 19 2
83017 INSIDE TRADER UNDERWOOD 4 4 4 3 1 2 3
-- -- -- 20.75 3
40105 CATTYWUMPUS SAMPSON 6 3 2 5 4 6 4
-- -- -- 30 4
43828 JOSS KRATZ 3 DNF 1 6 5 3 5
-- -- -- 31.75 5
42979 REGARDLESS ALLEN 5 5 7 DNS 6 7 6
-- -- -- 45 6
35056 REDSKIN THALLON DNF DNS 6 4 7 5 DNF
-- -- -- 49 7
73262 GENUINE DRAFT ZITELLI DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS
-- -- -- 63 8
|-----------------------------------------------------------
| F L E E T: PHRF1 C L A S S: D
|
CLASS
TOTALS THRU
| <------------- FINISH POSITIONS
----------------> RACE # 7
| RACE RACE RACE RACE RACE RACE RACE
RACE RACE RACE -----------
|SAIL NO YACHT NAME SKIPPER #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7
#8 #9 #10 POINTS FIN
-------- --------------- ---------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
---- ---- ---- ------ ---
34 JAGER CATO 1 2 3 2 7 2 1
-- -- -- 17.50 1
83330 FATAL ATTRA'TN CATO 4 5 2 3 4 5 5
-- -- -- 28 2
3910 GAMES PISTOR 2 1 7 1 6 1 DSQ
-- -- -- 28.25 3
42330 V-MAX PIPIN 3 3 6 4 3 6 4
-- -- -- 29 4
35000 LEADING EDGE MONDRY 6 7 1 5 1 PMS 6
-- -- -- 36.50 5
42430 SCHERHERAZADE CHANDLER 5 4 5 DNS 10 4 2
-- -- -- 41 6
500 TIMBALERO PEREZ 8 6 4 6 9 7 DNS
-- -- -- 51 7
36070 MORNING LIGHT ALCOTT 7 DNS 9 DNS 8 3 3
-- -- -- 52 8
42382 PASSION HASTINGS 9 9 10 7 2 9 8
-- -- -- 54 9
42845 SPIRIT MITCHELL 10 8 8 8 5 8 7
-- -- -- 54 10
|-----------------------------------------------------------
| F L E E T: PHRF2 C L A S S: F
|
CLASS
TOTALS THRU
| <------------- FINISH POSITIONS
----------------> RACE # 7
| RACE RACE RACE RACE RACE RACE RACE
RACE RACE RACE -----------
|SAIL NO YACHT NAME SKIPPER #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7
#8 #9 #10 POINTS FIN
-------- --------------- ---------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
---- ---- ---- ------ ---
83170 WOFTAM MICHIE 2 2 3 1 2 3 4
-- -- -- 16.75 1
461 RUM-AN' MILVAIN 5 5 1 4 1 1 1
-- -- -- 17 2
5050 ARETE PEACOCK 4 3 2 6 4 2 2
-- -- -- 23 3
333 P.W. PEARSON 1 1 4 3 7 5 5
-- -- -- 25.50 4
50133 HOT FLASH KUEBEL 8 6 6 2 3 4 3
-- -- -- 32 5
42469 WET DREAM JOHNSON 3 4 5 7 5 6 7
-- -- -- 37 6
75 DODGER BUCK 6 7 12 5 6 8 6
-- -- -- 50 7
43663 ANDALE! POINDEXTER 7 9 7 10 8 7 8
-- -- -- 56 8
3316 THUMPER MAYER 10 8 9 DNS 10 10 10
-- -- -- 73 9
25293 WHITE KNUCKLE HURE DNF DNS 8 9 9 9 9
-- -- -- 76 10
46 MOON DAWG KAMEIKA 9 10 11 8 14 DSQ 12
-- -- -- 80 11
91 ATLANTIS HANSON 12 11 10 DNS 12 12 11
-- -- -- 84 12
NZL1 LEARNING TO FLY PARIS 11 12 13 DNS 11 11 DNS
-- -- -- 90 13
33919 EZ LOCKWOOD DNF DNS DNS 11 13 13 13
-- -- -- 98 14
42072 TROUBADOR WEINTRAUB DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS
-- -- -- 112 15
Y A C H T I N G R A C E W E E K S
KEY WEST RACE WEEK
DIVISION 2 - DIVISION 2
(c) '93 Bill Thogersen -------------------------
************************** E V E N T S U M M A R Y
**************************
C L A S S --- F I N I S H E S
|-----------------------------------------------------------
| F L E E T: J/80 C L A S S: C
|
CLASS
TOTALS THRU
| <------------- FINISH POSITIONS
----------------> RACE # 8
| RACE RACE RACE RACE RACE RACE RACE
RACE RACE RACE -----------
|SAIL NO YACHT NAME SKIPPER #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7
#8 #9 #10 POINTS FIN
-------- --------------- ---------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
---- ---- ---- ------ ---
70 RHODE WARRIOR REY 1 1 1 4 1 1 1
2 -- -- 10.50 1
59 CUNNING STUNTS JOHNSTONE 2 3 3 1 4 3 3
1 -- -- 19.50 2
53C BANJO JOHNSTONE 4 2 7 3 6 2 2
5 -- -- 31 3
4C ------- MCKAY 5 5 6 2 5 8 8
6 -- -- 45 4
48 DAEDALUS O'KEENE 10 8 9 8 2 4 4
4 -- -- 49 5
36C -------- KELLY 8 6 4 7 7 5 5
7 -- -- 49 6
16 ANXIETY ^3 KELLY 3 4 2 5 DNF DSQ DNF
3 -- -- 53 7
31 MOJO TFELT 6 9 10 9 DNS 6 6
8 -- -- 66 8
75C RUM PUNCH SERRALLS 7 10 11 11 3 9 7
9 -- -- 67 9
3J GODZILLA STEPHENS DNS DNS 8 6 8 7 9
DNS -- -- 74 10
32C LOCO GENNARELLI 9 7 5 10 DNS 10 DNS
DNS -- -- 77 11
|-----------------------------------------------------------
| F L E E T: M/24 C L A S S: B
|
CLASS
TOTALS THRU
| <------------- FINISH POSITIONS
----------------> RACE # 8
| RACE RACE RACE RACE RACE RACE RACE
RACE RACE RACE -----------
|SAIL NO YACHT NAME SKIPPER #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7
#8 #9 #10 POINTS FIN
-------- --------------- ---------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
---- ---- ---- ------ ---
37 NOTHING MCSWEENEY 6 5 6 6 2 8 2
5 -- -- 40 1
49B THROTTLE MELGES 1 3 8 2 4 5 3
16 -- -- 41.75 2
42B ZENDA FLYER STURGIS 9 11 1 1 6 4 6
*5.4 -- -- 42.90 3
64B ZENDA EXPRESS MELGES 2 1 9 PMS 3 3 1
1 -- -- 48.25 4
76 ------ KILROY 8 8 4 7 1 2 DNF
2 -- -- 60.75 5
71B CHARTLESS STEVRALIA 4 4 16 19 5 6 4
4 -- -- 62 6
54 ICEMAN HAHNKE 3 2 2 PMS 8 1 18
6 -- -- 68.75 7
66 ROUTE 66 NO SKIPPER 5 12 3 12 DNF 7 5
3 -- -- 77 8
22 GOOD VIBRATIONS ALLAN 13 13 5 3 12 12 8
19 -- -- 85 9
78 SWEET BEGINNING GLYNN 11 16 11 5 9 17 7
14 -- -- 90 10
29 KILLER RABBIT STOOKEY 10 14 15 13 7 15 9
8 -- -- 91 11
79 ------- MACLEOD 7 6 21 8 10 18 12
10 -- -- 92 12
77 SLEIGHRIDE COOLIDGE 15 7 10 10 13 10 DSQ
7 -- -- 101 13
69 SHE-IT DIELEMANS 16 15 7 16 DNS 9 12
11 -- -- 116 14
32B SIDEWINDER PITTMAN 19 20 19 4 DNS 11 10
9 -- -- 122 15
34B Z-WIZ LAWLER 14 18 14 17 14 13 20
13 -- -- 123 16
1B MELTDOWN FORTENB'RY 18 DNS 22 9 17 14 14
12 -- -- 136 17
43 PEOPLE AS PETS CHIPETINE *18 10 25 18 15 16 11
DNS -- -- 142 18
9 BUDDY MATERA 25 21 12 11 18 23 16
DNF -- -- 155 19
53B WHITE LAKE MCMURRAY 17 22 18 14 16 20 19
DNF -- -- 155 20
45 FAT CHANCE MURPHY DNF 9 17 22 11 21 17
DNF -- -- 156 21
63 ROADTRIP ORCHARD 20 17 13 20 DNF 22 21
15 -- -- 158 22
25B NEATO-TORPEDO FRENCH 21 19 20 21 DNS 24 15
17 -- -- 167 23
41 GREAT WHITE HAPP 22 23 24 15 DNS 27 DNS
20 -- -- 190 24
55 CHIPPEWA WEST 26 DNS 27 24 19 25 24
18 -- -- 193 25
74 THE LIZARD GORWITZ 23 24 23 23 DNS 26 23
DNF -- -- 201 26
30 THE DARK SIDE FISHER 24 DNS 26 25 DNS 19 22
DNS -- -- 205 27
36B BLUR BRACKEN DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS
DNS -- -- 236 28
|-----------------------------------------------------------
| F L E E T: PHRF3 C L A S S: A
|
CLASS
TOTALS THRU
| <------------- FINISH POSITIONS
----------------> RACE # 8
| RACE RACE RACE RACE RACE RACE RACE
RACE RACE RACE -----------
|SAIL NO YACHT NAME SKIPPER #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7
#8 #9 #10 POINTS FIN
-------- --------------- ---------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
---- ---- ---- ------ ---
3045 WHITE TRASH SMITH 1 2 3 PMS 1 4 1
1 -- -- 30 1
43985 ZOO III SISSON 2 1 7 9 5 1 10
3 -- -- 37.50 2
800 KELLY CHENEY 3 3 10 10 3 2 5
4 -- -- 40 3
707 DUCT TAPE SUDDATH DNS DNS 1 2 2 3 2
2 -- -- 47.75 4
64A HYPERCOM GONZALEZ 5 6 11 4 4 10 7
6 -- -- 53 5
8942 THINK FAST HOLT 6 8 9 7 7 7 8
8 -- -- 60 6
14 J-KAZUM SWAIN 10 10 4 6 DNF 5 3
5 -- -- 61 7
40303 WATCH OUT ALLARDICE 9 DNS 5 5 6 6 6
9 -- -- 64 8
54284 GIZMO HATFIELD 8 9 8 1 8 *14 9
11 -- -- 67.75 9
2903 MUSCRAT WAKEMAN 4 *13 6 PMS 9 8 4
7 -- -- 69 10
77520 HOLY TOLEDO VAUGHAN 7 5 13 3 11 13 12
10 -- -- 74 11
4145 HOTSTUFF BUS DSQ 7 12 11 10 14 11
12 -- -- 95 12
117 CHUTE"D"BREEZE FURGASON 11 11 15 *16 12 12 13
14 -- -- 104 13
163 SHEZASLEEPER HARKRIDER DNS DNS 14 8 13 9 14
13 -- -- 107 14
1A AMERICUS LYNN DNS DNS 2 12 DNS DNS DNS
DNS -- -- 122 15
87218 COWBOY PEPE'S DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS
DNS -- -- 144 16
43534 ICE ^3 SEIBERT DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS
DNS -- -- 144 16
|-----------------------------------------------------------
| F L E E T: PHRF4 C L A S S: D
|
CLASS
TOTALS THRU
| <------------- FINISH POSITIONS
----------------> RACE # 8
| RACE RACE RACE RACE RACE RACE RACE
RACE RACE RACE -----------
|SAIL NO YACHT NAME SKIPPER #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7
#8 #9 #10 POINTS FIN
-------- --------------- ---------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
---- ---- ---- ------ ---
42151 TGV ST MARTIN 1 2 1 1 1 2 1
2 -- -- 9.75 1
12 GLASS FROG CAREY 3 3 2 6 2 1 3
4 -- -- 23.75 2
41284 IMPETUOUS ZABETAKIS 2 1 3 2 4 4 5
3 -- -- 23.75 3
59278 ROCKET SQUIRREL OTOROWSKI 4 5 4 4 3 6 2
1 -- -- 28.75 4
33600 VAMOOSE CLARY 5 7 5 5 6 9 6
6 -- -- 49 5
3416 EXPRESS LANE BRAXTON 7 4 DSQ 3 5 5 7
5 -- -- 54 6
472 FROLIC VIELHAMER 6 9 DSQ 11 7 3 4
8 -- -- 66 7
363 NIGHT NURSE DAVIS 8 8 8 14 9 7 10
9 -- -- 73 8
10720 X-PRESS CHICK 9 6 6 8 DNS DNS DNS
7 -- -- 90 9
40399 WAHOO SELF 11 10 7 7 DNS 11 9
DNS -- -- 91 10
63320 SHAKKAI SHAMIE 12 11 13 10 10 13 12
12 -- -- 93 11
22441 THUNDER STAMOS 13 DNS 11 9 11 8 13
13 -- -- 96 12
32828 ATHENA RAY DNS DNS 10 13 8 14 14
11 -- -- 106 13
42D PSYCLONE BEHNEY DNF DNF 9 DSQ DNF 10 8
10 -- -- 109 14
87234 GIZMO II OLSON 10 DNS 12 12 DNS 12 11
DNS -- -- 111 15
11741 REBEL'S CAUSE SMITH 14 DNS 14 DNS DNS DNS DNS
DNS -- -- 136 16
3369 WILLOWIND ZASLOW DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS
DNS -- -- 144 17
|-----------------------------------------------------------
| F L E E T: PHRF5 C L A S S: E
|
CLASS
TOTALS THRU
| <------------- FINISH POSITIONS
----------------> RACE # 8
| RACE RACE RACE RACE RACE RACE RACE
RACE RACE RACE -----------
|SAIL NO YACHT NAME SKIPPER #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7
#8 #9 #10 POINTS FIN
-------- --------------- ---------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
---- ---- ---- ------ ---
283 HUSTLER ESPOSITO 1 3 9 1 5 1 1
3 -- -- 23 1
2617 BURNIN DAYLIGHT GARLAND 2 2 3 4 1 6 3
6 -- -- 26.75 2
7 COYOTE UGLY LANDRY 3 4 1 PMS 2 2 2
1 -- -- 32.50 3
292 QUICK FLASH GUNN 7 4 6 8 3 3 8
2 -- -- 41 4
63010 POSSE ANDERSON 6 6 2 5 6 4 *8
8 -- -- 45 5
173 BAT WING WILKINS 5 1 4 2 4 5 7
DNS -- -- 45.75 6
53160 RAGAMUFFIN HARRIS 9 7 7 3 7 9 9
DNF -- -- 69 7
40445 BAD COMPANY HALL 8 8 12 7 8 10 12
5 -- -- 70 8
25E STEADFAST O'BRIEN 14 14 10 9 10 7 4
7 -- -- 75 9
2600 WILD FLOWERS MATHER 11 12 5 13 9 8 11
9 -- -- 78 10
53236 BUSTED WHITTLE 4 9 11 DSQ DNF 11 6
4 -- -- 81 11
8 YO-YOS, ETC. RUHLMAN 12 DNS 8 14 11 12 15
10 -- -- 100 12
2626 HUNTIN TRIP GLEASON 13 10 14 10 DNS 13 10
DNS -- -- 106 13
005 TRIPP TEASE KURZWEG 15 13 13 11 DNS 17 14
12 -- -- 113 14
50215 DOG SLED HYDE 10 11 16 12 DNS 14 DNF
DNS -- -- 117 15
191 NEW BLOW MACLEOD DNS DNS 15 6 DNS 15 13
DNF -- -- 121 16
93339 TRIPPWIRE GROOBEY 16 DNS 17 PMS DNS 16 16
11 -- -- 130 17
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| F L E E T: PHRF6 C L A S S: F
|
CLASS
TOTALS THRU
| <------------- FINISH POSITIONS
----------------> RACE # 8
| RACE RACE RACE RACE RACE RACE RACE
RACE RACE RACE -----------
|SAIL NO YACHT NAME SKIPPER #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7
#8 #9 #10 POINTS FIN
-------- --------------- ---------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
---- ---- ---- ------ ---
160 FAST TIMES HARRIS 4 1 4 6 1 1 1
2 -- -- 19 1
32F FORTUNE COOKIE BEUKELAER 1 3 3 8 2 2 2
3 -- -- 23.75 2
43279 FLYING CIRCUS DORTON 2 2 1 1 4 3 DSQ
1 -- -- 31.25 3
71F LIASON NIELSON 7 6 5 2 3 6 3
5 -- -- 37 4
97806 THE BEAR CHOATE 3 4 7 3 7 4 5
*4.7 -- -- 37.70 5
83173 PROBLEM CHILD JONES 6 5 6 4 5 5 4
4 -- -- 39 6
32222 ABSOLUT GORANSSON 10 9 2 5 6 11 8
DNS -- -- 69 7
36F THE GATOR COLEMAN 5 8 12 13 9 8 7
7 -- -- 69 8
09 SUNDANCE CALVERT 12 10 8 7 10 7 9
8 -- -- 71 9
28124 BLOODVESSEL HARF 8 DNS 9 14 8 9 6
6 -- -- 78 10
104 WILD CARD II WHITLEY 11 13 10 11 12 *13 11
DSQ -- -- 99 11
4F WIND TRIPP TOLLEFSON 13 11 13 12 11 15 12
DNS -- -- 105 12
110 RECKLESS ABA'DN HUMPHREY 9 7 DNS DNS *10 12 14
DNS -- -- 106 13
42F BLITZ REMPEL 14 12 11 9 DNS 14 13
DNS -- -- 109 14
3901 EX-ZUMA MILNES DNF DNS DSQ 10 DNS 13 10
9 -- -- 114 15
30065 ARDENT SON DAVIDSON 15 14 DNF DNS 13 16 DNF
DNF -- -- 130 16
06 POCH MA HON MATTHEW DNF DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS
DNS -- -- 144 17
Stephen W. Bailey
University of Chicago, Computer Science
Randolph Bentson
Stephen Bailey <st...@cs.uchicago.edu> wrote:
>
>The stories from the Melges 24 class were amazing. It seems they have
>their own notions of the racing rules. It doesn't matter port or
>starboard, it's just whoever gets there first. The starts are
>supposed to be particularly amusing. Everybody shoves their boat into
>a hole on the line, (if it's too small, they'll make room), then holds
>onto one another's stancions, luffing. At the gun everybody shoves
>off! Talked to a guy who said another boat literally drove up his
>transom before the start. His crew grabbed the boat and threw it back
>off.
>
>Never a protest flag to be seen.
>
>Apparently the race committee came down to the docks before the race
>on Friday and warned the class, at large, that if they didn't start
>seeing either more flags or less collisions, the committee would
>protest the boats themselves. I guess that helped a little.
Sounds like the class participants have a better sense of
sportsmanship than the committee. At least a better sense
of fun. Good thing they got straightened out. Now they
know this racing stuff is supposed to be serious.
William Moran
I got a call from one of the Melges 24 owners yesterday who said
Key West was considered one of the most enjoyable regattas that
many of the Melges crews had had. Apparently, there were class
prizes for both pro and amateur boats. Basically, if a pro drove
a race, the boat was considered pro. It sounds (to me) as if the
Melges 24 class association is making a real effort to have
competition on the race course and fun be the goals. Apparently,
there was some consternation on the first day when before the start
of the first race, one of the M24s was capsized near the starting line.
However, it was simply one of the San Diego boats getting a halyard
back - lose a halyard? Just put everyone on the low side and have someone
walk out the mast. Must look strange, but it's supposed to be
quite effective.
Bill Moran