ELEKTRA Zaps J/109 Class
(Los Angeles, CA)- California Yacht Club plays host to one of the longest running race weeks on the West Coast and attracts, in particular, good one-design fleets from greater southern California. The J/80s, J/105s and J/109s all had fun sailing around-the-cans with excellent courses set by CYC's PROs.Tom Brott's ELEKTRA truly did zap the J/109 fleet, sailing to an extraordinarily consistent score of 1-2-2-1-1 to win their class by four points. Chris Mewes sailed SHADOWFAX to second with a 3-1-3-2-2 tally followed by Bryce Benjamin in PERSISTENCE with a 2-5-1-3-3 record.
Gary Mozer's CURRENT OBSESSION 2 literally dominated the J/105 class winning with four firsts and not sailing the last race. Second Steve and Lucy Howell sailing BLINK! into second with a 2-3-2-2-1 score. Third overall was ROCK & ROLL, sailed by Don Poppe.
The J/80s also had a dominant performance from Curt Johnson racing AVET to four firsts and a 6th place. The Mullen/ Witt team sailed an remarkably consistent score of 2-2-2-3-2 to grab second and third was Jeff Friedman's FIRED UP.
In the handicap fleets, Susan Taylor won PHRF4 division in her J/24 and Fred Cottrell finished second in the Sportboat division with his J/33 TIGGER. For more Cal Race week sailing information. Photo Credits- Sam Haythorn Photography