19TH
NORTH SAILS RACE WEEK
Long Beach, CA/June 27-29, 2003
Presented by Golison & Golison
and Premiere Racing
www.Premiere-Racing.com
June 27, 2003 For Immediate Release
WILD
AND WINDY, BUT 'A NICE DAY TO GO SAILING'
Friday's weather: Temperature
75 degrees; wind 18 knots, gusts to 22, SW.
Saturday's forecast: Temperature 75 degrees (F.);
wind 10-15 knots S-SW.
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Photo
by Jack Hardway
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LONG
BEACH, Calif.---Boats rounding up, others leaping
like porpoises over 4-6-foot waves, spinnakers
out of control, Pyewacket cruising smoothly through
the mayhem and most of the competitors loving
it---that was opening day of the 19th North Sails
Race Week, indicating a long, hard weekend of
racing remaining for 130 boats in 12 classes.
Long
Beach's usual early summer southwesterly sea breeze
had been a no-show until this week but was clocked
at 18 knots, with gusts to 22,Friday for the first
two of seven races.
A
smiling Dave Ullman described the blustery conditions
as "a nice day to go sailing" after
going 1-2 in the Melges 24 class races, and he
and other leaders attributed their success to
solid crew work.
Dave
Voss, 2-1 in the Schock 35s, said, "Everybody
had their problems. We lost a jib halyard in the
race we won, but the crew had a new one working
so fast that we lost only three boat lengths."
Six
boats had perfect days with double bullets: Tom
Coates' Masquerade in the largest class, the J/105s;
Scott Taylor's B32, Defiance, in PHRF-3; Allan
Rosenberg's Olson 30, Intense, in PHRF-4; David
Hammett's DNA in the J/80s, Hank Schofield B25,
B-Moven, in PHRF-5, and Jed Olenick's Doctor No,
in the J/120s.
San
Francisco's Peter Stoneberg, with Ed Baird calling
tactics, jumped out to a three-point lead in the
high-end Farr 49 class, followed by Tom Thayer's
Non Sequiter and John Kilroy's Sama Pa Ti in second
place.
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Photo
by Jack Hardway
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Rosenberg
is sailing with two sons, Ron and Darren, and
Darren's wife Heather plus a pair of family friends.
"We have a special crew that has been sailing
the same boat for 21 years," Rosenberg said.
"Windy or light, we will do well. In the
middle everybody hits on us."
As
for Pyewacket, Roy E. Disney's Reichel/Pugh 75
was virtually sailing its own races in PHRF-1
in its last tune-up before it meets Philippe Kahn's
Pegasus 77 in the Transpacific Yacht Race July
6. Pyewacket, with a minus-111 rating, is giving
51 seconds per mile to Jim Demetriades' Transpac
52, Yassou, and a lot more to everyone else. Those
two boats swapped 1-2s on the day to share first
place.
Kahn
is here, too, without his big boat, but gave a
strong account of himself with a fifth and a sixth
in the 16-boat Melges crowd.
The
forecast is for good breeze again Saturday, which
wouldn't concern Ullman, who is sailing with a
pair of Olympic silver medallists, Jay and Pease
Glaser. "It wasn't that windy today,"
Ullman insisted. "People in Southern California
just need to go sailing in stronger breeze."
North
Sails Race Week is co-managed by Golison and Golison
and Premiere Racing. Premiere Racing is the event
organizer for Key West 2004---the annual January
sailing pilgrimage for boats from across the U.S.
and around the world.
Long-time
sponsors North Sails and Team McLube are joined
by official timekeeper and new Day Sponsor Nautica
Watches. J/Boats, Raider RIBS inflatable tenders,
Albertson's, Kaenon Sunglasses and Sailing Pro
Shop are official supporters of North Sails Race
Week.
Event
headquarters remains at the SeaPort Marina Hotel,
also the site of related social activities. In
addition, NSRW has added Ayres Hotels, known for
their European boutique ambience, as the official
luxury hotel for the event.
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Photo
by Jack Hardway
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Official
photographer: Sue Bodycomb / YachtShots.com
Class
leaders (after 2 of 7 races):
Pyewacket
(R/P 75), Roy E;. Disney, Los Angeles YC, 1-2,
3 points.
PHRF
2 (11)---High 5 (Farr 40), Ross Ritto, San Diego
YC, 2-1, 3.
PHRF
3 (8)---Defiance (B32), Scott Taylor, Cabrillo
Beach YC, 1-1, 2.
PHRF
4 (11)---Intense (Olson 30), Allan Rosenberg,
Alamitos Bay YC, 1-1, 2.
PHRF
5 (9)--- B-Moven (B25), Hank Schofield, Cabrillo
Beach YC, 1-1, 2.
FARR
40 (9)---Shadow, Peter Stoneberg, St. Francis
YC, 1-2, 3.
1D35
(8)---Koinonia, Doug Ament, San Diego YC, 2-1,
3.
SCHOCK
35 (11)---Piranha, David Voss, Channel Islands
YC, 2-1, 3.
MELGES
24 (16)---USA 399, Dave Ullman, Balboa/ABYC YCs,
1-2, 3.
J/120
(6)---Doctor No, Jed Olenick, San Diego YC, 1-1,
2.
J/105
(26)---Masquerade, Tom Coates, St. Francis YC,
1-1, 3.
J/80
(7)---DNA, David Hammett, Bahia Corinthian YC,
1-1, 2.
Complete
results and photos at www.premiere-racing.com
CONTACTS
Golison
& Golison: (714) 379-4884 / fax (714) 379-3865
bruce@golison.com
Premiere
Racing: (781) 639-9545
NSRW@Premiere-Racing.com
PRESS
OFFICER
Rich Roberts
(310) 835-2526
richsail@earthlink.net
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