J/Crews Top Phyllis Kleinmann Swiftsure Regatta(San Francisco, CA)- This past weekend, the St Francis YC hosted one of their favorite events of the year, honoring one of their long-time supporters of both offshore handicap and one-design sailing on San Francisco Bay- the Phyllis Kleinmann Swiftsure Regatta.
Nineteen J/105s showed up for the party on and off the water. After five races, it was apparent the entire podium was going to be determined by a cliffhanger finale in the last race. Anyone could have won amongst the entire top five, so close was the racing along the San Francisco city waterfront.
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the end, Tim Russell’s NE*NE won the countback on a tie-breaker for
first place with Ryan Simmons’ BLACKHAWK. NE*NE was consistent from the
start and faltered a bit in the end, posting a 4-1-1-2-8 for 16 pts.
BLACKHAWK had a 3-3-2-7-1 tally to nearly pull off the class win, also
finishing with 16 pts. Just out of the money was Bruce Stone’s
ARBITRAGE, posting a roller-coast tally of 1-6-3-6-3 for 19 pts total to
just hang on to third place. Fourth went to Ian Charles’ MAVERICK with
a 6-7-4-1-2 record for 20 pts. Then, fifth place was Doug Bailey’s
AKULA with a 2-2-6-4-10 for 24 pts total. In short, had AKULA won the
last race, they could have won the regatta! And, that was apparently
the case for the rest of the teams in the top five! J/Crews cleaned up in their respective ORR Divisions. Reuben Rocci’s J/111 SWIFT NESS won ORR B, while Barry Lewis’ J/120 CHANCE won ORR C with straight bullets! For more Phyllis Kleinmann Swiftsure Regatta sailing information Add to Flipboard Magazine.
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