17TH
MARINA DEL REY TO PUERTO VALLARTA INTERNATIONAL
YACHT RACE
Del Rey Yacht Club
Feb. 15, 2003 For Immediate Release
LOCOMOTION,
SORCERY ALSO SEE A RECORD IN THE WIND
MARINA
DEL REY, Calif.---Pyewacket isn't the only boat
thinking about a record in Del Rey Yacht Club's
17th biennial race to Puerto Vallarta. Winslow
Lincoln's Locomotion, an Andrews 45 skippered
by Keith Kilpatrick, and Jake Wood's Sorcery,
a Mull 82, were ahead of Joss's 1985 pace as Saturday
dawned on their third day at sea.
The
two boats in PHRF A class started Thursday, a
day ahead of Roy Disney's Reichel/Pugh 75, which
sailed 188 nautical miles in the 20 hours before
its first position report. Locomotion and Sorcery
tallied 260 and 247 miles, respectively, on their
first 24-hour logs, as they approached the halfway
point in the 1,125-mile race.
Locomotion
was averaging 10.2 knots for the race, sorcery
9.5. Joss, Richard and Camille Daniels' MacGregor
65, averaged 9.45 knots when it set the long-standing
record of 4 days 23 hours 0 minutes 4 seconds.
Winds were ideal for spinnaker runs: 15 knots
from north-northwest and forecast to continue
as far as Cabo San Lucas at the southern tip of
the Baja California peninsula.
From
there, however, projections were anyone's guess.
Reports were of squalls but only moderate winds
in the Gulf of California for the crossing to
Puerto Vallarta on the mainland. Race official
Tom Redler was encouraged by the reports but cautiously
optimistic about records.
"We've
been through this before," he said, "when
boats were on the pace to break Joss's record
and then the wind shut down across the gulf. We'll
have a better idea in a couple of days."
At
its present pace, Locomotion would finish at 3:35
a.m. PST Tuesday, with Sorcery eight hours behind.
Pyewacket's ETA was for early afternoon Wednesday
but was based only on its first day of sailing
when it averaged 9.3 knots.
Two
Santa Cruz 50s---Bay Wolf, chartered by Richard
Parlette, and Jack Taylor's Horizon---were the
overall midway pacesetters after averaging 9.5
and 9.7 knots, respectively, into their fourth
days. They started Wednesday in PHRF B class.
The
Salsa Division boats, now numbering 13 since Principessa's
withdrawal, also were sailing in 15 knots of northwesterly
winds after restarting from their first of three
scheduled layovers at Turtle Bay late Thursday
motoring. Only Valerie K, Ron Hoskin's Columbia
43 from Long Beach, reported using its engine,
but only for one hour.
Immediately
after the completion of the race, North Sails
and the Mexican Sailing Association are sponsoring
a new five-day regatta in Banderas Bay called
Vallarta Race Week. All Marina del Rey-Puerto
Vallarta participants were invited to take part.
More
information and photos: www.dryc.org.
RACING
DIVISION
Positions
at 9 a.m. Feb. 15
PHRF
AA (started 1 p.m., Feb. 14)
1.
Pyewacket (R/P 75), Roy E. Disney, Los Angeles
YC, 188 miles since start/944 miles to go.
PHRF
A (started Feb. 13)
1.
Locomotion (Andrews 45), Keith Kilpatrick, South
Shore YC, 260 miles last 24 hours/683 to go.
2.
Sorcery (Mull 82), Jacob Wood, California YC,
247/713.
PHRF
B (started Feb. 12)
1.
Bay Wolf (S/C 50), Richard Parlette, Cabrillo
Beach YC, 229/605.
2.
Horizon (S/CD 50M), Jack Taylor, Dana Point YC,
232/616.
3.
Ghost II (Farr 395), Al Berg, Santa Monica Windjammers,
179/682.
4.
Atalanta (Tripp 74 ketch), Richard Hedreen, Corinthian
YC, Seattle, 225/675.
5.
Zamazaan (Farr 52C), Charles Weghorn, St. Francis
YC, 161/789
6.
Black Knight (Farr 39ML), Phillip Friedman, Del
Rey YC, retired.
SALSA
DIVISION
Started
race Feb. 7; started Leg 2 Feb. 13
Leg
1 order of finish on corrected time (includes
handicaps and engine time penalties)
SPINNAKER
1.
Between the Sheets (Jeanneau 52.2), Ross Pearlman,
Santa Monica Windjammers YC.
2.
Gold Digger (N/M 50), David Fell, Seal Beach YC.
3.
Misty (Cal 39-2), Harold Alexander, Seal Beach
YC.
4.
Broadway Babe (C&C 110), Jim Maslon, Del Rey
YC.
5.
Amazing Grace (Farr 55), Allen Puckett, California
YC.
6.
Cheyenne (Whiting 49), Alan Blunt/David Fox, California/Santa
Cruz YCs.
NON-SPINNAKER
A
1.
Quamichan (Davidson 44), Sandy Clark, South Coast
Corinthian YC.
2.
Quest (Davidson 53), Scott/Jean Adam, Del Rey/California
YCs.
3.
Sunseeker (Tayana 55), Alfred Benaroya, Seattle
YC.
NON-SPINNAKER
B
1.
Principessa (Newport 41S), Gregory Daley, Del
Rey YC (retired).
2.
Fly'n Bry'n (Catalina 42), Jerry Bryan, American
Legion YC.
3.
Firelight (Catalina 470T), Patrick Mickle, Dana
Point YC.
4.
Seaker II (Farr 33), Wes Stone, Cabrillo Beach
YC.
5.
Valerie K (Columbia 43), Ron Hoskin, Hawaii YC.
NOTE:
In Salsa Division, time allowance is computed
at end of each leg for distance sailed. Engine
use permitted with penalty applied. In Spinnaker
class, all boats race with PHRF off-wind course
(OWC) rating on all legs. In Non-Spinnaker class,
initial "cruising" ratings are adjusted
after each leg.
RACE
CHAIRMAN
Ron
Jacobs
(310)
274-7200
rj2sail@pacbell.net
ENTRY
CHAIRMAN
Mike
Guccione
(818)
731-1030
innov8@pacbell.net
PRESS
OFFICER
Rich
Roberts
(310)
835-2526
cell: (310) 766-6547
richsail@earthlink.net
