| J/24 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP July 18 - 24, 1998 Day 2 Results |
| San Francisco, CA, USA July 20, 1998 Another helping of San Francisco Bay’s best breeze but the sun left us. Two races were sailed today in wind from 14 kts at the start of the first race to 25+ in the second race. Wow, What a day. The sky was overcast most of the day and the temperatures were much closer to the expected chill of SF Bay. The amazing thing is that 61 of 65 boats finished the second race in those demanding conditions. The other amazing thing was that both races were started without any general recalls, the first race today had a "all clear" starting line. Both races were about 7.7 miles and were completed in about 90 minutes. Chris Zaleski of Stamford CT won race two (1st race today) in impressive fashion. Second was defending champion Vince Brun. Third was Ken Kaan of HI, the top amateur in that race. The second race today was won by 1996 World Champ, Chris Larson who managed to pass Main, JPN 4584, in the last leg. Main had lead around the first 4 legs. Third in this race was Seadon Wijsen, a local San Francisco sailor. In this race Terry Hutchinson’s (in third after today’s racing) red spinnaker was seen in the bottom half of the fleet and actually managed to climb back to finish 6th and maintain his position in the top 3. The top 4 after today’s races are the same as yesterday, but the order has changed some. Top US amateur is Keith Whittemore, who finished 5th and 20th today, and is now in 7th overall. The bad news is that 2 sailors were taken off boats with injuries. One Canadian fellow banged the boom with his head and fell overboard, he was quickly recovered by Rum Line sailed by Scott Greenawalt of Oklahoma City. The other was a British woman sailing on Duncan Pierce’s boat who banged her head during a jibe and 10 minutes later was nearly unconscious. She was transferred to a RC boat, delivered to paramedics at the Berkeley Yacht Club and taken to the hospital. The good news is both are fine, headaches, but otherwise healthy. Boston area sailor Karen Lynch (one of 2 women helmsmen in the regatta) reported today that the second run of the second race "was the fastest and the most fun I’ve ever had on a J/24." "This is fun, this is really really fun. I told my partner on the phone there is nothing I’d rather be doing." is the report made by Keith Whittemore in his daily call to the office. Two races are scheduled tomorrow. The start of the racing will be at 11:00am. Results can be found on the StFYC web site. www.stfyc.com |
ST. FRANCIS YACHT CLUB J/24 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS - 07/20/98 16:32:50
PRELIMINARY PROTEST PENDING
Fleet: A
Races: 1 to 3
I = Infringement, D = DSQ, Y = Yacht Materially Prejudiced, P = Protest Pending
No. Race 1 Race 2 Race 3
No. Sail No. Yacht Name Skipper Name Rating Strt 65 Str 65 Str 65 Str Total
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1 5208 58 USA BRUN 3 2.00 2.00 5.00 9.00
2 5235 55 USA LARSON 3 4.00 8.00 1.00 13.00
3 5183 59 USA HUTCHINSON 3 3.00 6.00 6.00 15.00
4 5094 02 ARG BAQUERIZAS 3 1.00 13.00 7.00 21.00
5 4802 46 USA ZALESKI 3 7.00 1.00 18.00 26.00
6 4677 01 ARG GRIMALDI 3 13.00 7.00 8.00 28.00
7 3843 43 USA WHITTEMORE 3 5.00 5.00 20.00 30.00
8 5223 16 CHI GONZALEZ 3 10.00 17.00 4.00 31.00
9 241 39 USA SNOW 3 6.00 14.00 14.00 34.00
10 5008 41 USA WIJSEN 3 14.00 18.00 3.00 35.00
11 4906 51 USA KAAN 3 21.00I 3.00 15.00 39.00
12 4909 33 USA KERST 3 20.00 9.00 11.00 40.00
13 1964 49 USA HOOKANSON 3 12.00 10.00 19.00 41.00
14 5181 08 CAN WILLETTS 3 23.00 4.00 17.00 44.00
15 5014 14 CHI ZUAZOLA 3 28.00 12.00 9.00 49.00
16 4557 61 USA DUFFY 3 22.00 27.00 10.00 59.00
17 4266 62 USA GOEPFRICH 3 9.00 32.00 27.00 68.00
17 4584 21 JPN MAIN 3 15.00 51.00 2.00 68.00
17 3421 54 USA LAFFITTE 3 17.00 30.00 21.00 68.00
20 5179 23 JPN IWADE 3 29.00 26.00 16.00 71.00
21 108 38 USA CLARK 3 16.00 20.00 36.00 72.00
22 4439 18 MEX BELAUSTEGUIGOITIA 3 21.00 28.00 24.00 73.00
23 193 04 AUS PLANTE 3 34.00 23.00 23.00 80.00
24 5160 19 FRA DICK 3 24.00 44.00 13.00 81.00
24 4720 60 FRA CHARON 3 11.00 42.00 28.00 81.00
26 1997 36 USA HARDEN 3 30.00 19.00 35.00 84.00
27 1663 37 USA KLATT 3 33.00 29.00 26.00 88.00
28 2934 44 USA MILES 3 66.00 11.00 12.00 89.00
29 4339 63 USA LITTFIN 3 27.00 25.00 41.00 93.00
30 38 34 USA LEITNER 3 25.00 47.00 25.00 97.00
31 4301 64 USA PERKINS 3 26.00 43.00 30.00 99.00
32 5145 15 CHI REID 3 31.00 37.00 33.00 101.00
33 3702 52 USA CRUMP 3 18.00 34.00 50.00 102.00
34 3004 45 USA HOWARD 3 44.00 15.00 46.00 105.00
35 4526 65 USA WILMOT 3 32.00I 48.00 29.00 109.00
35 198 20 SWE DURRING 3 41.00 36.00 32.00 109.00
37 2138 09 CAN KILLEEN 3 43.00 45.00 22.00 110.00
38 4907 24 JPN KAI 3 40.00 33.00 40.00 113.00
39 4235 31 GBR PEACE 3 32.00 16.00 66.00 114.00
40 196 32 USA QUIZON/HILLMAN 3 35.00 35.00 45.00 115.00
41 533 56 USA PURDY 3 66.00 24.00 31.00 121.00
42 2988 26 MEX ORTIZ 3 47.00 31.00 47.00 125.00
42 4215 30 GBR JARDINE 3 45.00 46.00 34.00 125.00
44 3139 42 USA WILLIAMS 3 39.00 21.00 66.00 126.00
45 4819 22 JPN KAWAOKA 3 38.00 41.00 51.00 130.00
46 539 12 CAN TUULOS 3 46.00 22.00 66.00 134.00
47 3535 17 CHI BOHER 3 52.00 40.00 43.00 135.00
47 4171 57 USA HIBBEN 3 55.00 38.00 42.00 135.00
49 41 27 MON PERRIS 3 51.00 53.00 37.00 141.00
50 1564 03 USA WORSHAM 3 66.00D 39.00 38.00 143.00
51 2718 07 CAN WALKER 3 49.00 56.00 39.00 144.00
52 4729 25 JPN SHIROYAMA 3 54.00 49.00 48.00 151.00
53 2185 48 USA KEESLING 3 48.00 59.00 49.00 156.00
53 5144 50 USA LYNCH 3 50.00 50.00 56.00 156.00
55 965 47 USA GRENNAWALT 3 36.00 55.00 66.00 157.00
55 4286 11 CAN WOLFS 3 42.00 60.00 55.00 157.00
55 4963 53 USA KELLEY 3 53.00 52.00 52.00 157.00
58 3729 10 USA BURNS 3 66.00I 54.00 44.00 164.00
59 4019 06 CAN LITTEE 3 56.00 57.00 54.00 167.00
60 5093 13 CHI PONCELL 3 57.00 58.00 59.00 174.00
61 109 29 SWE AHLSTROM 3 61.00 61.00 53.00 175.00
62 3883 35 USA MACK 3 58.00 64.00 57.00 179.00
62 12 05 BER CORLESS 3 59.00 62.00 58.00 179.00
64 1396 40 USA SELFRIDGE 3 62.00 63.00 60.00 185.00
65 334 28 ITA SARGENTI 3 60.00 65.00 61.00 186.00