(Richmond, CA)- Over the Halloween weekend, the Richmond YC hosts their
annual Great Pumpkin Regatta over two days in the northeastern part of
San Francisco Bay. It is a wildly popular event, with costume parties,
Halloween parties, and plenty of revelry all weekend long as it also
marks the calendar as one of the premiere end-of-season sailing
regattas. The event featured one-design classes for J/70s, J/24s,
J/105s, and a PHRF Pursuit fleet that included J/111s, J/120s, J/105s
and so forth.In the J/70 Class, it was Mark Thomas’ KANGAROO JOCKEY that won with all bullets, with Tom Thayer’s RAMPAGE in second and Jim Diepenbrock’s WINGMAN RACING in third.
Similarly, the J/105 class also saw a clean sweep, with Sergey Lubarsky’s RUSSIAN ROULETTE winning handily, followed by Chris Kim’s VUJA STAR in second and Larry Levit’s ARCHIMEDES in third.
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J/24s had tight racing for the top five with everything depending on
the outcome of the last race. Winning was Darren Cumming’s DOWNTOWN
UPROAR with 5 pts, followed by Jasper Van Vliet’s EVIL OCTOPUS in 2nd
with 7 pts. Third was determined by a tiebreaker on 10 pts each, with
Paul Ravenswaay’s FERAL ROOSTER taking the bronze on countback over Val
Lulevich’s infamous SHUT UP & DRIVE! Fifth was Richard Stockdale’s
FROG LIPS.In the Sunday Pursuit Race, Zach Anderson’s J/125 VELVET HAMMER took the silver, followed by Reuben Rocci’s J/111 SWIFT NESS in third. Peter Cameron’s J/70 KANGAROO JOCKEY took 10th as the top small boat and Dave Britt’s J/88 SPLIT WATER placed 12th; a great showing for these four boats in a fleet of 138 boats! For more The Great Pumpkin Regatta sailing information Add to Flipboard Magazine.
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