October 2009 eBook all pages (free PDF, 36.6 - Latitude 38

THE RACING
a comprehensive report in this month's
issue. Look in the November issue for
more on this fantastic event, the people
who make it happen and the people who
support it. For results please see www.
sfyc.org.
J/24 Western Regionals
The 2009 J/24 Western Regional
Championship — a feeder event for the
J/24 Nationals the following weekend
— was hosted by the exceptionally hospitable
Berkeley YC on September 19-20.
A practice race on Friday evening allowed
visiting teams to orient themselves to local
conditions before the racing kicked
off.
Seventeen teams from across the
country raced seven relatively short
courses on the Circle under the support
of PRO Jeff Zarwell. Conditions on
Saturday started off light with just eight
knots of breeze but filled in later to 16
kntos. Sunday saw a similar start — just
five knots for the first race — but ended
with a romping 22 knots for the last race
of the series.
Keith Wittemore’s Seattle-based Tundra
Rose took overall honors but the
racing was as tight as one would expect
in a fleet such as this. Tundra Rose, Ed
Walker’s Richmond-based Small Flying
Patio Furniture, and Scott Milne’s
Seattle-based Tremendous Slouch all
nailed bullets — 4, 2 and 1, respectively.
By winning, Wittemore has qualified for
the 2010 World Championship in Malmo,
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Scenes from the J/24 Western Regionals, held on the Bay September 19-20. A tune-up event for the
Nationals the following weekend, the regatta was won by Seattle's Keith Whittemore.
Sweden, next August.
J/24 WESTERN REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
(TYC, 9/19-20, 7r/0t)
— 1) Tundra Rose, Keith Wittemore, Seattle,16;
2) WIP, Mark Hillman, Annapolis, 23; 3) 3
THE BOX SCORES
BVBC MONDAY NIGHT MADNESS
(nothing posted for September)
BENICIA YC THURSDAY NIGHTS (9/10)
A FLEET — 1) Bay Loon, Grant Harless; 2)
Enigma, Randall Lesley; 3) Bluefin, Noble Griswold.
(3 boats)
B FLEET — 1) Stolen Moments, Deborah
Lyons; 2) Too Tuff, Tom Hughes; 3) Warwhoop,
Chuck Hooper. (3 boats)
C FLEET — 1) Yippee!, John and Johanna
Wright; 2) Alte Liebe, Jerry Martin; 3) Katie Bayb,
Mike Munn. (5 boats)
CORSAIR — 1) Gaijin, Pete Adams; 2) Flash,
Brett Nelson. (2 boat)
Complete results: www.beniciayachtclub.com
CORINTHIAN YC FRIDAY NIGHT SERIES (8/28)
J/105 — 1) Donkey Jack, Rolf Kaiser. (1
boats)
SPINNAKER 3 — 1) Wuda Shuda, Soverel 26
OB, Craig Page; 2) Can O' Whoopass, Cal 20,
Richard vonEhrenkrook; 3) Vague Unrest, Rhodes
19, Phil Simon. (6 boats)
NON-SPINNAKER 3 — 1) Fantasea Islander,
Big Dogs, Pat Toole, Santa Barbara, 26; 4) Small
Flying Patio Furniture, Ed Walker, Richmond, 37;
5) TMC Racing, Michael Whitfield, Berkeley YC,
39. (17 boats)
Complete results at www.j24westernregionals.
com
Islander 28, Kevin Reilly; 2) Road Runner, Ranger
23, Sherri Wilkinson. (2 boats)
NON-SPINNAKER 1 — no boats
SPINNAKER 2 — 1) Tiburon, SC 37, Steve
Stroub. (22 boats, 1 finisher)
NON-SPINNAKER 2 — no boats
Complete results: www.cyc.org
GOLDEN GATE YC FRIDAY NIGHT SERIES
(8/28)
1) Polperro, Folkboat, Peter Jeal; 2) Snafu,
Canadian Sail, Maurice Quillen; 3) Rambler, Cal
20, Mike Farrell. (7 boats)
Complete results: www.ggyc.org
IYC SUMMER TWILIGHT SERIES (8/28)
DIVISION A (PHRF 0-150) — 1) Twisted, Farr
40, Mike DeVries/Tony Pohl 2) Syzygy, Wabbit,
Simone Winer; 3) Uno, Wyliecat 30, Steve Wonner.
(6 boats)
168 RATERS — 1) Phantom, J/24, John Guillford;
2) Bandido, Merit 25, George Gurrola; 3) Bewitched,
Merit 25, Laraine Salmon. (5 boats)
DIVISION D (PHRF > 150) — 1) Dumbo, Catalina
22, David Torrisi; 2) Wuvulu, Islander 30, John