J/125 TIMESHAVER Third Overall(San Diego, CA)- The first annual Rum Runner Race from Newport Beach to San Diego has now also seen the enormous potential for the J/88 in “classic” California offshore races. In this year’s Santa Barbara to King Harbor Race, it was the “seldom seen” J/88 CRAZY EIGHTS that not only won her class but at one point was winning overall in the last 15nm of the race. Now, with a new race and a new 75nm long course layout, the fleet of top Southern California offshore teams sailed from Newport Beach offshore to an inflatable mark stationed on “14 Mile Bank” then flew downwind to the finish line off San Diego. The race was hosted by Balboa Yacht Club and San Diego Yacht Club.
In his first offshore race on the J/88, Scott Grealish’s BLUE FLASH streaked down the race course to San Diego at a 7.42 kt average to win both PHRF Division 3 as well as PHRF Overall!
In the shark-infested waters that comprise some of SoCal’s best offshore racing teams in PHRF Division 2, it was Viggo Torbenson’s gangstah’s sailing the classic offshore speedster, the J/125 TIMESHAVER, that took 2nd in PHRF Division 2 and 3rd in PHRF Overall. Not a bad outing for J/Crews on a percentage basis!
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