ST. FRANCIS YACHT CLUB'S BIG BOAT SERIES PRESENTED BY ROLEX

Five Skippers Earn Perpetual Trophies and Rolex Timepieces – Final

San Francisco, Calif. (September 15, 2002) – Winners in two Americap and eight one-design classes were named today at the St. Francis Yacht Club’s Big Boat Series presented by Rolex. Five skippers were awarded perpetual trophies and Rolex timepieces.

Paul Kent of Corte Madeira, Calif., won the City of San Francisco Trophy, which is one of the two golden spades used to break ground for the Golden Gate Bridge in 1933. Kent sailed his Farr 395 Chance to an Americap II B fleet victory over eight other competitors.

Jim Demetriades of Los Angeles, Calif., won the Atlantic Perpetual Trophy, which was established in 1978 and features the ship's bell of the yacht Atlantic, long-time Trans-Atlantic Ocean record holder (1905). The bell was donated by John C. "Jack" Morris, and the trophy by Jack H. Feller Jr. Demetriades was the victor in the five-boat Transpac 52 class, which sailed for the first time as a one-design class.

Jim Richardson of Boston, Mass./Newport, R.I., won the Keefe-Kilborne Memorial Trophy, which was established in 1976 to honor Harold Keefe and Ray Kilborn. Richardson’s Barking Mad won in the 20-boat Farr 40 fleet. Richardson’s next stop is the Rolex Farr 40 World Championship in November.

Phil Perkins and Dave Wilson of San Francisco won the Richard Rheem Perpetual Trophy, which was established in 1972 in memory of Richard Rheem, whose famous yacht Morning Star was the elapsed time winner in the 1949 and 1955 Transpac races to Honolulu. Perkins and Wilson campaign the Bay Area favorite Good Timin’ in the highly competitive, 33-boat J/105 fleet.

John McLaurin of Encino, Calif., won the St. Francis Perpetual Trophy, which was established to stimulate and encourage competition among large ocean racing yachts. This trophy is awarded annually to yachts invited to a race or series of races that are measured and handicapped in accordance with the current measurement rule and rate 40 feet or more. This trophy was donated in 1964 by Commodore A. L. Sandy McCormick.

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 15, 2002, Final (Seven 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, 2-5-3-2-3-1-1, 17 points
2. Koinonia, Doug Ament, San Diego, 6-1-4-1-2-4-4, 22
3. Tabasco, John Wylie, San Diego, 1-3-5-3-4-2-6, 24

Beneteau 40.7 (5 boats)

1. Mojo Rising, Ben Oldham, Point Richmond, 1-1-3-1-1-1-1, 9 points
2. Battant, Chris Herron, Tiburon, 2-5-2-2-2-2-2, 17
3. Tout Suite, Tim Merrille, 3-3-4-6-4-3-3, 26

Express 37 (8 boats)

1. Golden Moon, Bridge/ Richards, Oakland, Calif., 2-2-2-1-3-2-2, 14 points
2. Eclipse, Mark Dowdy, San Francisco, Calif., 1-1-3-2-1-3-9, 20
3. Bladerunner, Mick Shlens, Palos Verdes Estates, Calif., 3-3-4-3-2-5-5, 25

J120 (7 boats)

1. Chance, Barry Lewis, Atherton, 1-1-2-2-5-4-3, 18 points
2. Mr. Magoo, Steve Madeira, Menlo Park, 2-3-3-3-3-2-2, 18
3. Dayenu, Don Payan, Hillsborough, 3-2-6-1-1-6-6, 25

Farr 40 (20 boats)

1. Barking Mad, Jim Richardson, Boston, Mass./Newport, R.I., 4-2-1-2-12-1-2, 24 points
2. Peregrine, David Thomson, Woodside, 6-4-5-7-5-2-8, 37
3. Shadow, Peter Stoneberg, Orinda, 3-12-4-6-6-3-3, 37

J105 (33 boats)

1. Good Timin, Phil Perkins/Dave Wilson, San Francisco, 1-3-1-4-7-1-2, 19 points
2. Blackhawk, Dean Dietrich, Palo Alto, 11-6-16-2-1-2-1, 39
3. Nantucket Sleighride, Peter Wagner, Atherton, 2-4-4-5-8-11-5, 39

Transpac52 (5 boats)

1. Yassou, Jim Demetriades, Los Angeles, 2-1-2-1-1-1-1, 9 points
2. Alta Vita, Bill Turpin, Los Gatos, 1-2-1-3-4-5-2, 18
3. Victoria 5, Michael Campbell, City of Industry, 4-3-3-2-3-2-3, 20

Santa Cruz 52 (4 boats)

1. Winnetou, Martin Brauns, Los Altos Hills, 2-1-5-1-1-1-2, 13 points
2. Elyxir, Paul Ely, La Selva Beach, 3-2-3-2-2-2-1, 15
3. Morgana, Robert Magoon, San Leandro, 1-4-2-4-3-3-3, 20

Americap II Class A (10 boats)

1. Pendragon IV, John MacLaurin, Encino, 2-1-4-4-1-1-2, 15 points
2. Cita, Cita Litt, Newport Beach, 6-3-1-1-2.5, 5-1, 19
3. Icon, Richard Robbins, Edmonds, Wash., 1-4-9-3-7-2-3, 29

Americap II Class B (10 boats)

1. Chance, Paul Kent, Corte Madeira, 3-4-1-3-1-4-1, 17 points
2. Scorpio, John Siegel, San Francisco, 2-3-2-4-4-1-2, 17.1
3. Copernicus, Bob Garvie, Incline Village, Nevada, 1-1-3-2-6-3-3, 20