17TH
MARINA DEL REY TO PUERTO VALLARTA INTERNATIONAL
YACHT RACE
Del Rey Yacht Club
Feb. 18, 2003 For Immediate Release
JOSS'S
RECORD SAFE AS PYE STALLS WITH THE PACK
PUERTO
VALLARTA, Mexico---As Roy Disney's Pyewacket slowed
to an average seed of 6 ½ knots
for the past 24 hours, Joss's 18-year-old record
for Del Rey Yacht Club's 17th biennial Marina
del Rey to Puerto Vallarta International Yacht
Race seemed safe for another two years.
Pyewacket
would have to finish by noon Wednesday to beat
the record of 4 days 23 hours 0 minutes 4 seconds
set by the MacGregor 65 in 1985, but its ETA was
pushed back to 4½ hours later and
losing as the clock ticked away in this Mexican
resort port.
In
fact, it appeared that Pyewacket, a Reichel/Pugh
75 that owns the Transpac, Newport-Bermuda and
Chicago-Mac records, would probably post the fastest
elapsed time but would be running with the pack
at the end. Pye spotted its smaller Racing Division
rivals one and two days from the start.
The
closest boat to the finish at Tuesday morning's
position report was Winslow Lincoln's Andrews
45, Locomotion, still 176 miles out and averaging
8.2 knots for the 1,175-nautical mile race.
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. 17
PHRF
AA (started Feb. 14)
1. Pyewacket (R/P 75), Roy E. Disney, Los Angeles
YC, 156/292.
PHRF
A (started Feb. 13)
1. Locomotion (Andrews 45), Keith Kilpatrick,
South Shore YC, 110/176.
2. Sorcery (Mull 82), Jacob Wood, California YC,
103/198.
PHRF
B (started Feb. 12)
1. Ghost II (Farr 395), Al Berg, Santa Monica
Windjammers, 116/237.
2. Bay Wolf (S/C 50), Richard Parlette, Cabrillo
Beach YC, 84/191.
3. Horizon (S/CD 50M), Jack Taylor, Dana Point
YC, 83/195.
4. Atalanta (Tripp 74 ketch), Richard Hedreen,
Corinthian YC, Seattle, 92/208.
5. Zamazaan (Farr 52C), Charles Weghorn, St. Francis
YC, 111/347.
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
