| J/24 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP July 18 - 24, 1998 Day 1 Results |
| San Francisco July 19, 1998 J/24 Worlds, Day 1 San Francisco Bay lives up to its windy reputation. Argentinean G. Baquerizas excels. The first race of the 1998 J/24 Worlds was sailed in typical SF Bay wind but it was untypical clear and sunny. The wind at the 1100 warning signal was 220 at about 14 knots, by the end of the race the wind had shifted to 215 at about 20. The eager fleet pushed the line and the patience of Race Officer Matt Jones to 3 general recalls before the fleet got off to a start with only 3 or 4 boat over early. Jones is using an unusual starting proceedure where the signal boat is above the line and he displayed the general recall flag for only 1 or 2 minutes. When a significant increase in velocity sent most foredeck crews scrambling to swap to the jib. Baquerizas quickly found a lane to the right side of the course and hit the first shift and never looked back. By the end of the second leg they were 10 boat lengths ahead of Brun and Hutchinson and they extended another 10 boatlengths on the second sausage. The top 4 boats stayed the same all the way around. Larson was 4th. This is an impressive top 4 of J/24 sailors who have all done extremely well in the past. Baquerizas was in the top 3 in 1993 and 1997. Brun is the defending 1997 World champ. Hutchinson has been in the top 5 twice. Larson won in 1996. In fifth was Keith Whittemore, an amateur from Seattle. Sixth was Chris Snow from San Diego, sailing one of the oldest boat in the regatta. Hull #241 is one of 3 boats in the regatta built in 1977. Jay Miles from Newport RI deserves a good break. While launching his boat on Saturday the spreaders were bent on the crane. While replacing the bent thru bar the new piece was installed up side down, so the job was done again to correct. At the start of today’s race the bail on the boom for the boom vang broke and then while rounding the weather mark the bottom gudgeon on the rudder broke. This failure forced them to withdraw. The boat is now fixed and the crew is eager to prove their bad luck is behind them. Milessa Purdy on hull # 533 was the only other boat to withdraw, a broken boom on the forced leg ended their day. The regatta has drawn 64 teams from 13 nations to the St. Francis Yacht Club. The regatta is scheduled to have 9 races and will end on Friday July 24. Readers are encouraged to send questions of general interest to j24class@compuserve.com |
ST. FRANCIS YACHT CLUB J/24 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS - 07/19/98 15:51:20
PRELIMINARY
Fleet: A
Races: 1 to 1
I = Infringement, D = DSQ, Y = Yacht Materially Prejudiced, P = Protest Pending
No. Race 1
No. Sail No. Yacht Name Skipper Name Rating Strt 65 Str Total
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1 5094 02 BAQUERIZAS 1 1.00 1.00
2 5208 58 BRUN 1 2.00 2.00
3 5183 59 HUTCHINSON 1 3.00 3.00
4 5235 55 LARSON 1 4.00 4.00
5 3843 43 WHITTEMORE 1 5.00 5.00
6 241 39 SNOW 1 6.00 6.00
7 4802 46 ZALESKI 1 7.00 7.00
8 4906 51 KAAN 1 8.00 8.00
9 4266 62 GOEPFRICH 1 9.00 9.00
10 5223 16 GONZALEZ 1 10.00 10.00
11 4720 60 CHARON 1 11.00 11.00
12 1964 49 HOOKANSON 1 12.00 12.00
13 4677 01 GRIMALDI 1 13.00 13.00
14 5008 41 WIJSEN 1 14.00 14.00
15 4584 21 MAIN 1 15.00 15.00
16 108 38 CLARK 1 16.00 16.00
17 3421 54 LAFFITTE 1 17.00 17.00
18 3702 52 CRUMP 1 18.00 18.00
19 4526 65 WILMOT 1 19.00 19.00
20 4909 33 KERST 1 20.00 20.00
21 4439 18 BELAUSTEGUIGOITIA 1 21.00 21.00
22 4557 61 DUFFY 1 22.00 22.00
23 5181 08 WILLETTS 1 23.00 23.00
24 5160 19 DICK 1 24.00 24.00
25 38 34 LEITNER 1 25.00 25.00
26 4301 64 PERKINS 1 26.00 26.00
27 4339 63 LITTFIN 1 27.00 27.00
28 5014 14 ZUAZOLA 1 28.00 28.00
29 5179 23 IWADE 1 29.00 29.00
30 1997 36 HARDEN 1 30.00 30.00
31 5145 15 REID 1 31.00 31.00
32 4235 31 PEACE 1 32.00 32.00
33 1663 37 KLATT 1 33.00 33.00
34 193 04 PLANTE 1 34.00 34.00
35 196 32 QUIZON/HILLMAN 1 35.00 35.00
36 965 47 GRENNAWALT 1 36.00 36.00
37 3729 10 BURNS 1 37.00 37.00
38 4819 22 KAWAOKA 1 38.00 38.00
39 3139 42 WILLIAMS 1 39.00 39.00
40 4907 24 KAI 1 40.00 40.00
41 198 28 DURRING 1 41.00 41.00
42 4286 11 WOLFS 1 42.00 42.00
43 2138 19 KILLEEN 1 43.00 43.00
44 3004 45 HOWARD 1 44.00 44.00
45 1564 03 WORSHAM 1 45.00 45.00
46 4215 30 JARDINE 1 46.00 46.00
47 539 12 TUULOS 1 47.00 47.00
48 2988 26 ORTIZ 1 48.00 48.00
49 2185 48 KEESLING 1 49.00 49.00
50 2718 07 WALKER 1 50.00 50.00
51 5144 50 LYNCH 1 51.00 51.00
52 41 27 PERRIS 1 52.00 52.00
53 3535 17 BOHER 1 53.00 53.00
54 4963 53 KELLEY 1 54.00 54.00
55 4729 25 SHIROYAMA 1 55.00 55.00
56 4171 57 HIBBEN 1 56.00 56.00
57 4019 06 LITTEE 1 57.00 57.00
58 5093 13 PONCELL 1 58.00 58.00
59 3883 35 MACK 1 59.00 59.00
60 12 05 CORLESS 1 60.00 60.00
61 334 20 SARGENTI 1 61.00 61.00
62 109 29 AHLSTROM 1 62.00 62.00
63 1396 40 SELFRIDGE 1 63.00 63.00
64 533 56 PURDY 1 66.00 66.00
64 2934 44 MILES 1 66.00 66.00