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THE RACING
to make a mistake. They didn't make
any."
"We gave it a shot but he was faster,"
Holt added. "We tried to go for him at the
start . . . did everything in our power."
With everything from a VIP mini-megayacht
for paying spectators, as many
as two helicopters flying overhead, and
sponsorship from software company
SAP — whose founder, Hasso Plattner,
has probably spent more time sailing his
505 than his MaxZ86 Morning Glory in
the last couple years — the atmosphere
at the '09 SAP 505 Worlds was anything
but that of your typical dinghy regatta.
With an estimated 45 rigs broken in
the three days of truly testing conditions
on the Circle, plus more than a handful
of rudders — particulary those with
tapered blades — that broke due to the
forces they were subjected to, it wasn't
even a typical 505 Worlds. Not only were
the conditions trying — at times the
breeze easily scratched 30-plus knots
— but after sailing a pair of races for a
total of nearly four hours, the fleet had to
sail what was effectively a triple-weather
leg just to get back to the launching area
at Crissy Field.
2009 SAP 505 WORLDS (8/23-29)
PHRO1A — 1) Mike Martin/Jeff Nelson, USA
8 points; 2) Mike Holt/Carl Smit, USA, 16; 3)
Chris Nicholson/Casey Smith, AUS, 26; 4) Jens
Findel/Johannes Tellen, GER, 36; 5) Dalton Bergen/Fritz
Lanzinger, USA 38; 6) Nick Adamson/
Steve Bourdow, USA, 38; 7) Howie Hamlin/Ian
Mitchell/Paul Cayard, USA, 44; 8) Tyler Moore/
Geoff Ewenson, USA, 63; 9) Ryan Cox/Stuart
Park, USA, 63; 10) Ian Pinnell/Carl Gibbon, GBR,
66. (98 boats)
Complete results at: www.stfyc.
org
Jazz Cup
The South Beach and
Benicia YC's Jazz Cup
drew over 100 boats for
the downwinder between
the two clubs September
5. Using the 20-knot breeze
and 1.5-knot flood to its
advantage, Roger Barnett's
ProSail 40 Tuki took the
overall honors in the 27miler
— finishing in just
over two hours and correcting
out over Ross Stein's
F-24 Origami by almost 5.5
minutes.
The first monohull on
corrected time was Tim
Russell's Wylie Wabbit
Weckless, which corrected
to third overall. Six
erstwhile finishers were
DSQ'd for not rounding a
new mark near the finish,
''Bales."
The Jazz Cup itself,
which can only be won by
a member of either host
club went to Simon James'
Ranger 26 Star Ranger.
JAZZ CUP (9/05)
NON-SPIN — 1) Krissy, Ericson
35-3, Allen Cooper; 2) Flight Risk, Catalina
38, Daniel Gaudy; 3) Crazy Diamond, Liga & Soren
Hoy. (7 boats)
The South Beach and Benicia YC's 100-plus boat Jazz Cup was pleasant and reachy.
CATALINA 30 — 1) Goose, M&L Kastrop; 2)
Starkite, Laurie Miller; 3) Huge, Bill Woodruff. (5
boats)
PHRF > 160 — 1) Star Ranger, Ranger 26,
Simon James/Tim n/a; 2) Synergizer, Ericson 28,
Larry Weinhoff; 3) Don Wan, Santana 28,
Don Kunstler. (7 boats)
PHRF 130-159 — 1) Arcadia, Modernized
Santana 27, Gordie Nash; 2) Crews
Nest, Catalina 34, Ray Irvine; 3) Sea
Spirit, Catalina 34, Laurence Baskin. (13
boats)
SF BAY 30 — 1) Takeoff, Laser 28,
Joan Byrne; 2) Gammon, Tartan 10, Jeffery
Hutter, 11; 3) Lazy Lightning, Tartan
10, Tim McDonald. (5 boats)
PHRF 100-129 — 1) Weckless, Wylie
Wabbit, Tim Russel; 2) Mon Desir, Jeanneau
SF, Jerry Nassoiy; 3) Bluefin, Santana
35, Noble Griswold. (13 boats)
EXPRESS 27 — 1) Desperado, Mike
Bruzzone; 2) Wile E Coyote, Dan Pruzan;
3) Tule Fog, Steve Carroll. (5 boats)
SPORTBOATS (PHRF > 90) — 1)
Flight Risk, T650, Ben Landon; 2) Hoot,
Olson 30, Andrew Macfie; 3) Boracic,
Open 5.70, Michael Gough. (3 boats)
SPORTBOATS (PHRF < 89) — 1) Jet
Stream, JS 9000, Dan Alvarez; 2) Word,
Mumm 30, Bill Erkelens; 3) Kika, Flying