ARBITRAGE Wins Aldo Allesio Regatta

(San Francisco, CA)- This past weekend, one of the long-standing St Francis YC trophy regattas held each summer saw only a single one-design fleet participate due to lack of participation in other renown StFYC classes over time.  Fittingly, it was the well-attended J/105 class that managed to field sixteen teams, many of whom are regular participants along with some who are looking at this regatta as part of their overall practice to go sail the J/105 North American Championships down in San Diego later in October.

Coming out on top with a solid performance was Bruce Stone's team on ARBITRAGE, starting fast out of the blocks with a 1st, hanging tough with a 4-6, then closing out the weekend regatta with a 1st for a total of 12 points, easily winning by 8 pts over his closest rivals.

Meanwhile, in the "back at the ranch category", with Bruce's ARBITRAGE crew sailing well, it was a shoot-out for the next SIX boats to determine who would finish out the podium and the top five.  And, it was a rocky-road for all that were fighting for the silver and bronze.  In the end, sailing one of their better events was Keith Laby on GODOT, winning a tie-breaker over a past Rolex Big Boat Series winner DONKEY JACK sailed by Shannon Ryan, Rolf Kaiser and Steve Kleha.  GODOTs 8-2-2-8 beat out DONKEY JACK's 3-6-5-6 for 20 pts.  Meanwhile, 2011's Rolex Big Boat Series winner, Scooter Simmons on BLACKHAWK managed to finish off the series in a flourish after a very slow start, amassing a 12-7-1-2 for 22 pts for 4th place.  Just out of the money was Walter Sanford's ALCHEMY, accumulating a 7-5-12-3 for 27 pts to snag 5th place.  For more Aldo Allesio Regatta sailing information