(San Francisco, CA)- The Phyllis Kleinman Swiftsure Cup took place this
past weekend on San Francisco Bay, hosted by St Francis YC. This
memorial regatta has been a popular one in the Bay area for years and is
always well-attended by the J/105 one-design class as well as PHRF and
ORR offshore racers.Winning the huge nineteen-boat J/105 class was Phil Laby’s GODOT with an amazingly consistent 4-1-2-3-1 record for 11 pts. The Simmons Family, led by skipper Ryan, took their famous BLACKHAWK and guided it around the race track in good order to take the silver with yet another all top five record, posting 5-5-1-2-3 for 16 pts. After these two boats, the scores were all over the map, inconsistency for some reason or another due to all manner of extenuating circumstances. Third was Bruce Stone & Nicole
Breault’s
ARBITRAGE with a 3-3-5-1-10 for 22 pts, just squeaking out that
scenario by one point over Adam Spiegel’s JAM SESSION with a 2-4-7-4-6
for 23 pts. Fifth was Tom Kennelly’s WONDER with a 6-10-4-5-2 for 27
pts.The PHRF “sportsboat” division saw Gorkem Ozcelebi’s J/111 DOUBLE IGIT sail fast to just miss taking the class win by two points. After five races, they were tied on points for first place overall, however, a 5th in the final race dropped them into the silver position. Meanwhile, Dick Swanson’s J/111 BAD DOG didn’t make the first race (scoring a DNC), but won two races on their way to finishing 4th overall! Sailing photo credits- Chris Ray For more J/105 Swiftsure Cup sailing information
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