(San Francisco, CA)- Since 1967, St. Francis Yacht Club and San
Francisco Yacht Clubs have been “competing for superiority in the same
field” at the annual San Francisco Cup, a match race that grants its
winner a line on a trophy and a year of bragging rights. In 2014, the
Cup went to St Francis YV. In 2015, it was San Francisco’s. It’s 2016
and this weekend’s SF Cup is anyone’s match.A brief history: The first SF Cup was raced in 1967 to promote a friendly rivalry between the two clubs on the Bay. Since then, it has been raced 44 times and StFYC has racked up 31 victories. But, who's counting? This is a "friendly" rivalry!
In 2014, the two-boat match race format expanded to include six boats and three divisions: Open, Women’s and Youth. As Commodore Livingston reported in 2015, “The result was heaps livelier and more engaging.”
StFYC is bringing three horses to this race: Scott Sellers helming his J/70 1FA in the Open division; Nicole Breault helming a club J/22 in the Women’s Division; and Nolan Van Dine is helming a club J/22 in the Junior Division (19 and under). The St Francis YC teams will be as follows:
Open Division- skipper Scott Sellers with crew of Russ Silvestri, Cam Geer, and Geoff McDonald. Women's Team- skipper: Nicole Breault with crew of Molly Carapiet, Dana Riley, and Hannah Burroughs. Junior Team- skipper Nolan Van Dine with crew of Will Paulsen, Leo Findley, and Emiliano Bache.
The San Francisco YC skippers are Craig Healy (Open Division); Vicki Sodaro (Women’s Division); and Romain Screve (Junior Division).
Racing will commence in the Olympic Circle this Saturday at 1130 hours. The first team to accumulate 11 points over three divisions wins. If one team accumulates seven points before the end of racing on Saturday, racing will be halted and will recommence Sunday at 1100 hours. For more San Francisco Cup sailing information
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