(San Francisco, CA)- On a day that started grey and not particularly
windy, the St Francis YC hosted their annual Aldo Alessio & Phyllis
Kleinman Swiftsure Regattas for boats LOA >35' or holding an
ORR-fully measured certificate.Friday's races involved heading out the Golden Gate to marks out in the ocean. As if on cue, some of the Pacific's more majestic creatures joined in as the attached pix will attest. Humpbacks, Dolphins and Seals
were
all in attendance and a good time was had by all. Then, on Saturday
and Sunday, the fleet continued sailing in J/105 and J/111 classes in
the Phyllis Kleinman Swiftsure Regatta.In Friday’s racing, Chris Kim’s J/105 VUJA STAR took third in the PHRF ToT Division. Meanwhile, the J/111’s cleaned up in the ORR ToT Division, with Marty Roesch’s VELOCITY winning and Reuben Rocci’s SWIFT NESS taking 2nd, Gorkem Ozcelebi’s DOUBLE DIGIT placed 5th.
Over the two-day weekend, Ryan Simmons’ crew on BLACKHAWK won two races and closed with two 2nds to seal the deal in the J/105 class with just 9 pts in five races. Second was the duo of Bruce Stone & Nicole Breault on ARBITRAGE, winning the last race but not enough to reel in BLACKHAWK, finishing with 13 pts. Rounding out the podium was Doug Bailey’s AKULA, closing with two 3rds to finish third place with 18 pts.
In
the J/111s, the fleet was gearing up for this week’s J/111 World
Championship. Winning with three bullets and two 2nds was Peter
Wagner’s SKELETON KEY. Just one point back with the flip-flop of the
KEY’s record was Marty Roesch’s VELOCITY- two bullets and three 2nds!
Taking the bronze was Nesrin Basoz’s SWIFT NESS with 20 pts total.In the weekend ORR ToT Division, Jack Clapper’s J/44 continued racing and was sitting in 3rd place, but unfortunately, had to score a DNF in their last race and dropped to 4th place. Sailing Photo credits- Chris Ray For more Swiftsure & Aldo Alessio sailing information Add to Flipboard Magazine.
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