While their first race was not much to brag about (taking an 8th in the Smith Island Race), their performance in the Vashon was nothing short of scintillating. John Tenneson’s J/145 JEDI took home the big pickle-dish, winning IRC 1 Class and, as a result, vaulting themselves up the series standing to second overall behind John Buchan’s TP52 GLORY.
A similar scenario played out for the J/133 CONSTELLATION in PHRF 2 Class. There, Ron Holbrook’s crew pulled off a 2nd in the Vashon to also move into fourth in the series standings.
The two J/109s in PHRF 3 Class seem to be playing a game of “trading places”, with both having one good score plus a DNC. While Stu Burnell’s TANTIVY won the Smith Race, it was Jerry Woodfield’s SHADA taking 3rd in the Vashon Race; currently Burnell is in second for the series.
PHRF 4 Class is a mixed bag of 35ish footers that includes a J/33, J/100, J/35, J/36 and J/105s. All are experienced offshore campaigners, it shows since 7 of the top 11 are all J/Teams! Currently, on top of the heap is Tom Kerr’s J/33 CORVO with a 1-3 for 4 pts. Tied for second is Jim Geros’s J/105 LAST TANGO with a 2-5 for 7 pts. Sixth is Rick Poulin’s J/105 DELIRIUM, 8th is Svein Ellingsen’s J/35 BERGEN VIKING, 9th is Shawn Dougherty & Jason Andrews’s J/36 MONKEY BONES, 10th is Bill Daniel’s J/100 TOURIST and 11th is Steve Summers’s J/105 LIFE IS GOOD. Sailing photo credits- Jan Anderson. For more SYC Vashon Island Race sailing information