ST. FRANCIS YACHT CLUB'S BIG BOAT
SERIES PRESENTED BY ROLEX
Lessons Learned Pay Off for Crews- Day 3
San Francisco, Calif. (September 14,
2002) - For the 109 boats sailing in the Big Boat Series presented
by Rolex, day three of racing was the day to perform under
pressure. Bay Area sailors will tell you that there isn’t
a tougher condition around than the 6-knot tide that churns
past the Golden Gate Bridge and St. Francis Yacht Club. There
is one race remaining to be sailed in the 38th running of
this legendary regatta and tomorrow will decide the winners
in each of 10 classes and of the St. Francis Yacht Club’s
five perpetual trophies. The past three days of sailing have
provided lessons that everyone will take into tomorrow’s
race.
“Tomorrow we need to make sure
we’re not over early, sail conservatively and get around
the course well,” said San Franciscan Phil Perkins,
who with Dave Wilson, campaigns the local favorite J/105 Good
Timin’. “No matter what, tomorrow will be a long
Bay tour and that’s fine with us. We’re confident
going into it.” Good Timin’ had a good day by
anyone’s standards - finishing 7-1. Perkins summarized
how his faithful crew of five locked up today’s races,
“Well, in the first race it was really shifty, probably
around 15-17 knots, so that mixed up the fleet. It was a good
race and we had Zuni Bear and Nantucket Sleigh on our radar.
In the second race we sailed pretty conservatively. Nantucket
Sleigh was over early, so we only had to keep eye on Zuni,
so we stayed with them tack for tack, and with good boat speed
we stayed ahead of Zuni the whole time.”
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In the Americap II A class, the boat
that has drawn a lot of attention is Cita, the Schock 40 owned
by Cita Litt of Newport Beach. The 40-foot rocket ship has
rocked through the tides of San Francisco Bay under the guidance
of America’s Cup winner George Twist. While a bow man
aboard Intrepid in the 1970 America’s Cup in Newport,
Twist mastered the tricks of tide and those lessons have paid
off for the boat named after its owner, Cita. “My crew
are the best,” she said. “George is wonderful
in any condition and he thinks fast on his feet.” After
racing in 51 regattas in 2001, Litt and her crew are ready
for anything that the Bay Area can bring them, but there’s
one wish she’d like filled tomorrow. “We like
a lot of breeze,” she said. “Ideally, we’d
like 30 knots. That would be awesome!”
For more information about the Big Boat
Series presented by Rolex, contact the St. Francis Yacht Club
Race Office at 415-820-3713 or www.stfyc.org.
Preliminary Results: September 14, 2002,
Day 3 (Six races) Top Three per Class Boat name, Boat owner,
hometown, race 1, race 2, total points
1D35 Class (7 boats)
1. Zsa Zsa, Bill Wright, Larkspur, 2-5-3-2-3-1,
16
2. Koinonia, Doug Ament, San Diego, 6-1-4-1-2-4, 14 points
3. Tabasco, John Wylie, San Diego, 1-3-5-3-4-2, 16
Beneteau 40.7 (5 boats)
1. Mojo Rising, Ben Oldham, Point Richmond, 1-1-3-1-1-1, 8
points 2. Battant, Chris Herron, Tiburon, 2-5-2-2-2-2, 13
3. Tout Suite, Tim Merrille, 3-3-4-6-4-3, 23
Express 37 (8 boats)
1. Eclipse, Mark Dowdy, San Francisco, Calif., 1-1-3-2-1-3,
11 points 2. Golden Moon, Bridge/ Richards, Oakland, Calif.,
2-2-2-1-3-2, 12 3. Bladerunner, Mick Shlens, Palos Verdes
Estates, Calif., 3-3-4-3-2-5, 20
J120 (7 boats)
1. Chance, Barry Lewis, Atherton, 1-1-2-2-5-4, 15 points
2. Mr. Magoo, Steve Madeira, Menlo Park, 2-3-3-3-3-2, 16
3. Dayenu, Don Payan, Hillsborough, 3-2-6-1-1-6, 19
Farr 40 (20 boats)
1. Samba Pa Ti, John Kilroy, Los Angeles, 2-5-7-1-1-7, 23
points 2. Crocodile Rock, Alex Germia/Scott Harris, Los Angeles,
5-1-10-3-4-1, 24 Barking Mad, Jim Richardson, Boston, Mass./Newport,
R.I., 4-2-1-2-12-3, 24
J105 (33 boats)
1. Good Timin, Phil Perkins/Dave Wilson, San Francisco, 1-3-1-4-7-1,
17 points 2. Irrational Again, Jaren Leet, 7-7-8-1-5-3, 31
3. Nantucket Sleigh, Peter Wagner, Atherton, 2-4-4-5-8-11,
34
Transpac52 (5 boats)
1. Yassou, Jim Demetriades, Los Angeles, 2-1-2-1-1-1, 8 points
2. Alta Vita, Bill Turpin, Los Gatos, 1-2-1-3-4-5, 16 3. Victoria
5, Michael Campbell, City of Industry, 4-3-3-2-3-2, 17
Santa Cruz 52 (4 boats)
1. Winnetou, Martin Brauns, Los Altos Hills, 2-1-5-1-1-1,
11 points 2. Elyxir, Paul Ely, La Selva Beach, 3-2-3-2-2-2,
14 3. Morgana, Robert Magoon, San Leandro, 1-4-2-4-3-3, 17
Americap II Class A (10 boats)
1. Pendragon IV, John MacLaurin, Encino, 2-1-4-4-1-1, 13 points
2. Cita, Cita Litt, Newport Beach, 6-3-1-1-2.5, 5, 18.5 3.
Swiftsure II, Sy Kleiman, Saratoga, 5-2-7-2-4-4, 16
AMERICAP II Class B (10 boats)
1. Copernicus, Bob Garvie, Incline Village, Nevada, 1-1-3-2-6-3,
16 points 2. Scorpio, John Siegel, San Francisco, 2-3-2-4-4-1,
16 3. Just in Time, Norman Olson, 6-2-7-1-1-2, 19
