(Santa Barbara, California)- The 9th annual Fiesta Cup took place on
July 17th to 19th at Santa Barbara Yacht Club. Due to somewhat
challenging sailing conditions that were due to the remnants of a
Pacific typhoon that originated off Mexico, the J/70 class were just
able to squeeze in a regatta with just three races for the entire
weekend!In the somewhat abbreviated event, it was Kenny Kieding’s SMOKE & MIRRORS that took advantage of the disparate weather scenarios to take a 1-2-2 for 5 pts total to win the event. After a slowish start, Pat Toole’s THREE BIG DOGS rattled of a convincing 5-1-1 for 7 pts to grab the silver. Then, showing their experience in numerous J/70 events across the country, Scott Deardorff’s crew on CAKE snagged the bronze with a very, very consistent 3-3-3 tally for 9 pts. Rounding out the top five was Jeff Janov’s MINOR THREAT in 4th and Joel Ronning’s CATAPULT from Wayzata, MN in 5th. For more J/70 Fiesta Cup sailing information For more Fiesta Cup sailing information
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