Key West Race Week 2010, Issue 5

Bella Mente, a Reichel-Pugh 66-footer owned by Hap Fauth of Newport, RI, has enjoyed a terrific regatta at Key West 2010. Kelvin Harrup and Eric Doyle are combining to call tactics while Sean Clarkson (main) and Brett Jones (jib, spinnaker) are the primary trimmers aboard Bella Mente, which has won seven of eight races to take a commanding lead in IRC 1 class. Fauth (white hat) can be seen at the helm while most of the crew is stacked up on the rail as the RP 66 sails upwind on Thursday.

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Stunning SailingBy Bill Wagner and Rebecca Burg

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In the newS: F R I D a Y I S I N D u S T R Y P a R T N E R D a Y

Day Four of Key West 2010 presented by Nautica brought the conditions that all the sailors were wishing for and some can only dream about - a sunny and steady 14-knot

south-southeasterly breeze that brought smiles all around; for the competitors, the race committee and the photographers. Thursday was truly a grand day on the race course. After three days of shifty condi-tions, the breeze stabilized and the focus was on boat speed. For the planing boats, Thursday’s racing was absolutely stunning.

John Kilroy has been leading the Melges 32 class

since Tuesday and holds a comfortable 10-point advan-tage with just two races remaining at Key West 2010, presented by Nautica. However, the California skipper plans to sail the last day of the regatta the same way he did the first.

“We’re not going to do anything different. We’ll just go out and sail as well as we possibly can and hope that is good enough to get the job done,” Kilroy said. “We don’t really look at the score until the regatta is over. Of course, you always would rather be in the lead going into the last day, but we can’t allow that to change our approach.”

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Stu Bannatyne is calling tactics while Morgan Reeser is trimming and helping with strategy aboard Samba Pa Ti, which has won three of eight races and finished sixth or better in three others in totaling 27 points. New Wave, owned by Michael Carroll of Clearwater, FL, had a superb outing on Thursday to move into second place – 10 points behind.

Quantum professional Scott Nixon is calling tactics while Marty Kullman is steering New Wave, which won Race 8 and placed second in Race 7 to jump from sixth to second in the overall standings.

Sponsor Spotlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

Boat of the Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

Preliminary Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5–8

No Boundaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

Sponsor Spotlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

Historic Seaport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

International Teams Update . . . . . . . .13

Soap Opera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

Event Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

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Skipper Mike Williamson and the White Heat team are engaged in a good battle with Pugwash in IRC 2 class. White Heat won Race 8 to increase its lead to five points over Pugwash, skippered by David Murphy. This is not the first time those two boats have dueled as the Summit 40 edged the J/122 to win Class 3 of the IRC East Coast Championship in late October.

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“We carved a lot out of the lead today. Whether it was enough remains to be seen,” Carroll said. “We are certainly in range and have given ourselves a chance. Hopefully, we can sail as well tomorrow as we did today.”

Competition is still close in the Melges 24 class with skipper Lorenzo Santini and UKA UKA Racing taking a three-point lead into Friday. Lorenzo Bressani is steering while Jonathan McKee is calling tactics for UKA UKA Racing, which has been remark-ably consistent this week. The Italian team has won three races and counts no worse than a third in totaling 12 points – three better than the Swiss entry Blu Moon.

“They are sailing unbelievably. We are going fast, but they are just a click better,” said Flavio Favini, helmsman aboard Blu Moon, which won Race 7 and took third in Race 8. “We have a chance, but it is a very small one. After what the UKA UKA guys did today, they deserve to be winning the regatta.”

Skipper Giovanni Maspero and the Joe Fly team tacked on two more good results on Thursday and now hold a solid 11-point lead in the Farr 40 class. Tactician Francesco Bruni has made all the right calls this week as the Italian boat has finished fourth or better in seven of eight starts, notching its first victory of the regatta in Race 8.

Barking Mad, an American boat skippered by Jim Richardson of Newport, RI, notched a second and third on Thursday to move from fifth to second in the overall standings. Tactician Terry Hutchinson believes Barking Mad has been sailing relatively well all week and finally caught some breaks.

“I’m incredibly happy with our performance today. We started the day by setting a team goal of finishing on the podium and this was certainly a step in the right direc-tion,” he said. “Joe Fly is sailing really well and will be hard to beat. We just have to continue sailing the way we did today and be in position to capitalize if Joe Fly makes any mistakes.”

All the boys on the Highland Fling were happy to hear the weather forecast for Thursday. The Wally 82-footer, easily the largest entry at Key West 2010, has been unable to maximize its potential in the moderate, shifty conditions that predominated the initial three days of the regatta.

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“We were really, really pleased when we went out this morning and found the breeze was what it was predicted,” tactician Peter Isler said.

Highland Fling, owned by Irvine Laidlaw of Monaco, responded with its best day of the regatta – posting a second and a third to close to within two points of sec-ond place in IRC 1. “We got the sails up and down real well and our maneuvers were terrific. We turned that 82-footer into a small boat today,” Isler said.

Bella Mente, a Reichel-Pugh 66, owned by Hap Fauth of Newport, RI, has run away with IRC 1 by winning seven of eight races. At this point, the battle is for second place between Highland Fling and the TP52 Interlodge (Austin Fragomen, New York).

There is a great battle going on in IRC 2 class between the Summit 40 White Heat and the J/122 Pugwash. Those two boats finished one-two in Class 3 at the IRC East Coast Championship off Annapolis in late October and are positioned to do so again in Key West.

Skipper Mike Williamson and the White Heat team saw their lead cut to one after Race 7 on Thursday, but rebounded to win Race 8 and push the advantage back to five points. Tactician Larry Leonard, a North Sails professional, admitted Pugwash will need two terrific results and a little good luck in order to overtake its hometown rival from Newport.

“We’ll go out and sail the best we can and hope the breaks fall our way,” Leonard said. “We can’t really engage White Heat because their boat is faster than

ours. We just try to sail in the same vicinity.”In the International Team Competition for the Nautica

Watches Trophy, the two Italian Teams have been close all week. Joe Fly, Calvi Network and UKA UKA Racing have a narrow 6 point lead over Nerone, Fantastika, and Blu Moon.

““It was the steadiest wind I’ve ever seen, both in terms of velocity and direction,” said Ken Legler, principal race officer on Division 1.

J/80Vying for the J/80 class Mid-winter Championship as

well as for top honors in Key West, there was a bit of pres-sure on the top boats in the class under a picture-perfect sky and a steady southeasterly breeze. With four races left to sail, there are still opportunities for lead changes and takeovers. Le Tigre started in fifth on Monday, but played it cool and steadily climbed the ranks for a two-bullet day and first in class on Thursday. “The sailing conditions have been great and it’s just getting better,” said Glenn Darden. The Texas entry is co-owned by Reese Hillard with Max Skelley is calling tactics.

“Glenn Darden (of Le Tigre) sailed an incredible series today,” observed Jeff Johnstone of Little Feat, from Newport, RI. “People are starting to get more aggressive and at the first start, everyone seemed to be bunched at the pin end.” Johnstone’s team slipped from first to second in the week’s cumulative score, just one point

above, Rascal. “Today was a day where you do have to be more aggressive with the boat,” Johnstone said.

Working hard to boost their position out of mid-fleet standings, Key West vet Jammy Dodger was encour-aged by a sixth place finish in race eight. Josh Sharp was calling tactics onboard Neil Martin’s entry from Hamble, Great Britain. “It was breezy to start with and then it eased a bit, but the chop was still up. There were gains to be made going downwind,” Sharp said about the day’s challenges. “You’ve got to be aggressive to get a good lane.” Jammy Dodger plans to return to Key West. “Two weeks ago I was skiing in the French Alps,” Sharp said when asked what brings him to this warm, tropical island. “Also, the great thing about Key West is that you get wind and sun at the same time.” In England, Sharp explained, sailors joke about having either high winds with no sun or sun with no wind. Three of Jammy Dodger’s crewmembers are from England and one is from Norway.

Bill Rose’s Kicks completed a 4-11 day and they were working hard to dig out of a mid-fleet position. “It’s been a tough regatta,” Rose said, in good cheer and pleased by the strong competition. “Look at Rumor - they won Key West 2009 in the J/80 class, but now they’re in the same shoes that we are.” Kicks won second in class for Key West 2009. Rose’s team was trying not to sail too aggressively, but it was easy to get caught up in the thrill of the chase and the boat was one of several who were over early. “There was a big hole down to leeward,” Rose said, “Everybody onboard said GO!…and so I went.”

Race week newsJanuary 22, 2010 Volume XXIII, Number 5

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Glenn Darden has enjoyed tremendous success in the J/24 and J/105 and J/119 classes, winning the North american champion-ship in the latter two. Now the Texas resident is competing in the J/80 class and has his sights on the Midwinter Championship that is being contested as part of Key West 2010. Darden and co-owner Reese Hilliard had a tremendous day on the water on Thursday, winning both races to take over the lead in J/80 class, which has attracted 19 boats.

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John Cooper has been competing in the annual race week off Key West for a decade. Last night, the Missouri skipper reached the pinnacle of the prestigious regatta when his Mills 43 Cool Breeze was named Lewmar Boat of the Day. “I’m very, very excited. This is a tremendous honor,” Cooper said. “I’ve been racing here for 10 years and only been on the podium once before so this was a long time coming.” Cool Breeze posted a pair of second place results on Thursday to move into third place in IRC 2, which has been among the most competitive classes at Key West 2010. “We’ve had five different boats win a race so that says a lot about the fleet,” said Cooper, who campaigned a J/29 for eight years before buying the IRC racer designed by Mark Mills. Beau LeBlanc, sales man-ager of Navtec, was on hand to present Cooper with a Lewmar winch and a crystal bowl for capturing Boat of the Day.

Boat of the Day - Cool Breeze

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DIvISION 1SERIES TOTALS

Class Pl. Boat Name Model 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TotalRACE 1

Pts. # Boat Name Model Hdcp Finish Time CorrectedRACE 2

Pts. Boat Name Corrected

KEY WEST 2010 Friday, January 22, 2010 5Preliminary Race Results

Race Data Summary January 21, 2010Division 1 Race #1 Race #2 Race #3

CLASS COURSE LENGTH START COURSE LENGTH START COURSE LENGTH START

IRC 1 4 8.03 1035 5 9.92 1220

Farr 40 4 6.98 1040 5 8.68 1225

IRC 2 4 6.98 1045 5 8.68 1230

Melges 32 4 6.98 1053 5 8.68 1236

Division 2 Race #1 Race #2 Race #3


Melges 24 4 5.4 1035 4 5.4 1150

J/105 4 5.4 1045 4 5.4 1205

J/80 4 5.4 1055 4 5.4 1220

Division 3 Race #1 Race #2 Race #3


Multi 4 8.64 1035 4 8.64 1230

PH-1 6 8 1040 4 8.2 1235

PH-2 6 8 1045 4 8.2 1240

PH-3 4 5.4 1050 4 5.4 1245

IRC1 1 Bella Mente R/P 69 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 10 2 Interlodge TP52 4 2 2 2 4 2 2 5 23 3 HighlandFlingXI Wally 82 2 4 4 3 3 4 3 2 25 4 Decision TP52 5 3 6 5 6 1 4 4 34 5 Vela Veloce S.Cross 52 3 6 5 4 2 6 6 6 38 6 Anema & Core JV 52 6 5 3 6 5 5 5 3 38F40 1 Joe Fly Farr 40 4 3 4 4 5 2 3 1 26 2 Barking Mad Farr 40 2 5 8 5 7 5 2 3 37 3 Nerone Farr 40 10 2 3 1 10 1 1 11 39 4 Vincere Farr 40 3 11 11 3 3 4 10 2 47 5 Plenty Farr 40 1 8 7 10 1 3 14 4 48 6 Struntje Light Farr 40 6 1 2 9 6 8 9 10 51 7 Goombay Smash Farr 40 8 10 6 6 2 10 7 6 55 8 Nanoq Farr 40 5 6 1 11 11 9 4 9 56 9 Flash Gordon Farr 40 13 4 13 7 4 6 8 7 62 10 Enfant Terrible Farr 40 9 12 5 8 8 11 5 5 63 11 Groovederci Farr 40 11 7 12 2 9 12 6 8 67 12 Spaceman Spiff Farr 40 7 9 9 13 13 13 12 13 89 13 Charisma Farr 40 12 13 10 12 12 7 11 12 89IRC2 1 White Heat Summit 40 1 2 5 4 1 4 5 1 23 2 Pugwash J/122 2 1 1 2 7 7 3 5 28 3 Cool Breeze Mills 43 6 3 7 6 3 3 2 2 32 4 Hot Ticket Summit 40 4 4 3 5 6 1 8 7 38 5 Teamwork J/122 7 8 4 1 5 6 6 3 40 6 Vitesse Swan 42 5 5 6 8 4 2 4 6 40 7 Gold Digger J/44 8 7 2 3 8 8 1 4 41 8 Better Than Swan 42 3 6 8 7 2 5 7 8 46M32 1 Samba Pa Ti Melges 32 - 14 1 4 1 11 1 3 6 27 2 New Wave Melges 32 2 13 13 3 - 14 3 2 1 37 3 Red Melges 32 9 6 - 19 6 5 10 1 5 42 4 Fantastika Melges 32 - 18 8 12 9 4 4 4 2 43 5 Star Melges 32 1 9 - 15 10 7.4 2 15 8 52.4 6 Heartbreaker Melges 32 5 12 6 2 12 - 14 14 3 54 7 Ramrod Melges 32 3 3 11 4 - 18 9 8 17 55 8 Lake Effect Melges 32 8 - 19 3 5 15 13 5 7 56 9 Leenabarca Melges 32 - 20 2 7 11 3 15 10 10 58 10 Calvi Network Melges 32 12 5 1 8 10 7 16 - 19 59 11 Yasha Samurai Melges 32 11 16 8 7 1 5 17 - 18 65 12 Shakedown Melges 32 16 7 2 - 17 17 17 6 4 69 13 Flat Stanley Melges 32 7 10 11 - 18 9 11 18 9 75 14 Team Barbarians Melges 32 15 14 5 14 8 - 20 13 12 81 15 Teasing Machine Melges 32 4 15 9 15 - 21 19 9 11 82 16 Argo Melges 32 6 - 21 14 16 16 6 12 13 83 17 Bronco Melges 32 - 21 17 10 13 2 16 11 16 85 18 Ninkasi Melges 32 17 4 18 - 20 7 8 19 15 88 19 Arethusa Melges 32 19 18 16 12 6 12 - 20 20 103 20 Dark N’Stormy Melges 32 19 11 - 21 21 19 21 7 14 112 21 Celeritas Melges 32 13 20 17 19 - 22 18 21 21 129 22 Vanpire 32 Melges 32 22 22 22 22 20 22 22 - 23 152

1 45 Bella Mente R/P 69 1.538 11:28:15 1:21:542 5206 Interlodge TP52 1.367 11:36:20 1:23:513 888 HighlandFlingXI Wally 82 1.639 11:26:11 1:23:534 61300 Decision TP52 1.365 11:38:08 1:26:115 38008 Anema & Core JV 52 1.365 11:38:43 1:26:586 84248 Vela Veloce S.Cross 52 1.365 11:39:49 1:28:281 09 Nerone Farr 40 11:45:34 2 12 Barking Mad Farr 40 11:46:03 3 06 Joe Fly Farr 40 11:46:08 4 07 Nanoq Farr 40 11:46:27 5 10 Enfant Terrible Farr 40 11:46:49 6 08 Groovederci Farr 40 11:46:57 7 02 Goombay Smash Farr 40 11:46:56 8 13 Flash Gordon Farr 40 11:46:57 9 04 Struntje Light Farr 40 11:46:58 10 05 Vincere Farr 40 11:47:02 11 03 Charisma Farr 40 11:47:19 12 14 Plenty Farr 40 11:47:53 13 11 Spaceman Spiff Farr 40 11:48:10 1 49 Gold Digger J/44 1.098 11:54:11 1:15:582 60432 Cool Breeze Mills 43 1.182 11:50:22 1:17:163 60003 Pugwash J/122 1.093 11:55:55 1:17:314 4240 Vitesse Swan 42 1.175 11:51:09 1:17:445 52915 White Heat Summit 40 1.122 11:54:22 1:17:506 52939 Teamwork J/122 1.094 11:56:49 1:18:347 18 Better Than Swan 42 1.180 11:52:04 1:19:088 52956 Hot Ticket Summit 40 1.118 11:56:36 1:20:031 38 Red Melges 32 11:59:52 2 23 New Wave Melges 32 12:00:17 3 42 Samba Pa Ti Melges 32 12:00:25 4 37 Fantastika Melges 32 12:01:21 5 26 Lake Effect Melges 32 12:01:30 6 28 Shakedown Melges 32 12:01:31 7 25 Dark N’Stormy Melges 32 12:01:59 8 34 Ramrod Melges 32 12:02:00 9 31 Teasing Machine Melges 32 12:02:09 10 27 Leenabarca Melges 32 12:02:15 11 29 Bronco Melges 32 12:02:30 12 22 Argo Melges 32 12:02:42 13 43 Team Barbarians Melges 32 12:02:43 14 30 Heartbreaker Melges 32 12:02:45 15 32 Star Melges 32 12:02:49 16 39 Calvi Network Melges 32 12:02:52 17 33 Yasha Samurai Melges 32 12:02:59 18 21 Flat Stanley Melges 32 12:03:10 19 41 Ninkasi Melges 32 12:03:32 20 36 Arethusa Melges 32 12:03:54 21 35 Celeritas Melges 32 12:04:22 22 24 Vanpire 32 Melges 32 12:06:31

1 Bella Mente 1:51:102 HighlandFlingXI 1:53:503 Anema & Core 1:57:024 Decision 1:57:555 Interlodge 1:58:456 Vela Veloce 1:59:141 Joe Fly 2 Vincere 3 Barking Mad 4 Plenty 5 Enfant Terrible 6 Goombay Smash 7 Flash Gordon 8 Groovederci 9 Nanoq 10 Struntje Light 11 Nerone 12 Charisma 13 Spaceman Spiff 1 White Heat 1:45:052 Cool Breeze 1:45:113 Teamwork 1:45:324 Gold Digger 1:45:335 Pugwash 1:46:096 Vitesse 1:47:517 Hot Ticket 1:48:568 Better Than 1:48:581 New Wave 2 Fantastika 3 Heartbreaker 4 Shakedown 5 Red 6 Samba Pa Ti 7 Lake Effect 8 Star 9 Flat Stanley 10 Leenabarca 11 Teasing Machine 12 Team Barbarians 13 Argo 14 Dark N’Stormy 15 Ninkasi 16 Bronco 17 Ramrod 18 Yasha Samurai 19 Calvi Network 20 Arethusa 21 Celeritas 23 dnc Vanpire 32

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6 Friday, January 22, 2010 KEY WEST 2010Preliminary Race ResultsDIvISION 2

SERIES TOTALSClass Pl. Boat Name Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total

RACE 2Pts. # Boat Name

RACE 1Pts. # Boat Name

M24 1 UKAUKA Racing Lorenzo Santini 2 1 2 - 5 1 3 2 1 12

2 Blu Moon Franco Rossini 1 4 - 9 2 3 1 1 3 15

3 WTF Alan Field 3 2 1 4 2 4 3 - 8 19

4 Baghdad Kristian Nergaard 7 3 8 - 13 8 9 5 2 42

5 Hoodlum Racing Paul Hulsey 9 7 4 1 - 13 7 8 11 47

6 GUL Code Zero Miles Quinton 8 12 10 3 4 - 18 4 7 48

7 Monsoon Bruce Ayres 4 - 13 3 11 6 6 6 12 48

8 Zig Zag 18 Henri Samuel - 12 11 5 7 7 5 12 9 56

9 Convexity Donald Wilson 14 10 6 6 11 8 9 - 16 64

10 Kleine Rainbow Bent Dietrich 10 5 11 16 5 - 17 10 10 67

11 Lounge Act Loren Colahan 5 - 15 12 14 10 15 7 6 69

12 Team Windhover Elizabeth Harned 15 6 16 8 - 17 13 15 5 78

13 Regatta.nu Arne Larssen 6 8 19 19 - 20 16 13 4 85

14 Battle Rhythm Guy Mossman 11 - 14 14 12 12 12 11 14 86

15 Tramp Thomas Ritter - 19 9 13 18 9 11 14 18 92

16 Entourage Vlad. Kulinichenko 18 17 7 10 19 10 16 - 20 97

17 USA 625 Marty Jensen 20 - 21 17 9 21 2 20 17 106

18 Mustgo David Happ 13 - 20 18 17 16 19 17 13 113

19 Zetiana Alexis Michas 17 18 - 22 15 15 20 18 19 122

20 Knot 2 Scale Bret Newcomb 16 19 20 - 21 18 14 21 15 123

21 Vapour Trail Greg McCliment 21 16 15 20 14 21 19 - 22 126

J105 1 Savasana Brian Keane 2 1 4 2 1 4 2 2 18

2 Ghost Kenneth Colburn 6 4 2 3 6 5 4 4 34

3 Blackhawk Scooter Simmons 3 5 9 7 4 3 1 3 35

4 Eclipse Damian Emery 7 6 10 1 2 6 3 1 36

5 Solaris Bill Zartler 8 7 1 8 5 8 5 5 47

6 Lucky Dog Travis Weisleder 1 10 11 9 7 1 6 6 51

7 Max Power Gerrit Schulze 5 8 7 4 3 7 8 10 52

8 Creatv Destruct James Williams 9 9 3 10 9 2 7 11 60

9 Big Booty Patrick Eudy 4 2 5 6 12 11 11 14 65

10 Tenacious Edward Palm 10 3 12 5 8 10 12 12 72

11 Vixen Christopher Beane 13 12 8 12 10 13 9 8 85

12 Radiance Bill Lakenmacher 11 14 6 13 11 9 13 9 86

13 Orangutan Bernard Girod 14 11 13 11 14 12 10 7 92

14 Absolutely Junius Grimes 12 13 14 15 13 14 14 13 108

J80 1 Le Tigre G Darden/R Hillard 2 10 2 2 6 3 1 1 27

2 Little Feat Jeff Johnstone 7 7 1 1 4 4 6 3 33

3 Rascal Will Welles 1 3 3 8 5 7 2 5 34

4 Relentless Al Minella 10 2 9 4 1 2 3 7 38

5 Lifted Kerry Klingler 5 9 4 5 8 1 9 2 43

6 SWE 803 Magnus Tyreman 6 1 7 6 9 6 7 9 51

7 Rumor John Storck, Jr 8 4 5 7 14 8 11 4 61

8 Kicks Rose/O’Sullivan 9 6 12 3 11 11 4 11 67

9 Angry Chameleon Kristen Robinson 4 18 6 10 3 10 5 12 68

10 Juggernaut Michael Zupon 11 8 8 12 2 13 13 8 75

11 Jammy Dodger Neil Martin 3 5 14 11 13 17 10 6 79

12 Shananigans Shannon Lockwood 12 11 11 9 7 12 12 10 84

13 Bob Dylan Michael Sudofsky 16 12 10 14 10 5 8 14 89

14 Claire Randy St James 13 15 13 15 16 9 17 13 111

15 Blind Faith Aaron Galvin 14 13 15 13 18 15 15 16 119

16 Stacked Deck Ramzi Bannura 17 16 17 16 12 14 14 17 123

17 Magic In Motion Jeremy Reynolds 15 14 16 17 15 19 18 15 129

18 Emotional Resc. Gary Panariello 18 19 18 19 19 16 16 18 143

19 Willy T Jeff Jordan 19 17 19 18 17 18 19 19 146

1 64 Blu Moon

2 66 UKAUKA Racing

3 55 WTF

4 59 GUL Code Zero

5 50 Baghdad

6 62 Monsoon

7 52 Lounge Act

8 61 Hoodlum Racing

9 56 Convexity

10 57 Kleine Rainbow

11 65 Battle Rhythm

12 58 Zig Zag 18

13 54 Regatta.nu

14 60 Tramp

15 67 Team Windhover

16 53 Entourage

17 49 Mustgo

18 63 Zetiana

19 48 Vapour Trail

20 68 USA 625

21 51 Knot 2 Scale

1 01 Blackhawk

2 09 Savasana

3 02 Eclipse

4 10 Ghost

5 04 Solaris

6 06 Lucky Dog

7 07 Creatv Destruct

8 03 Max Power

9 13 Vixen

10 11 Orangutan

11 14 Big Booty

12 15 Tenacious

13 12 Radiance

14 05 Absolutely

1 33 Le Tigre

2 34 Rascal

3 26 Relentless

4 17 Kicks

5 24 Angry Chameleon

6 35 Little Feat

7 28 SWE 803

8 22 Bob Dylan

9 29 Lifted

10 32 Jammy Dodger

11 19 Rumor

12 31 Shananigans

13 30 Juggernaut

14 18 Stacked Deck

15 20 Blind Faith

16 21 Emotional Resc.

17 25 Claire

18 27 Magic In Motion

19 23 Willy T

1 66 UKAUKA Racing

2 50 Baghdad

3 64 Blu Moon

4 54 Regatta.nu

5 67 Team Windhover

6 52 Lounge Act

7 59 GUL Code Zero

8 55 WTF

9 58 Zig Zag 18

10 57 Kleine Rainbow

11 61 Hoodlum Racing

12 62 Monsoon

13 49 Mustgo

14 65 Battle Rhythm

15 51 Knot 2 Scale

16 56 Convexity

17 68 USA 625

18 60 Tramp

19 63 Zetiana

20 53 Entourage

22 ocs 48 Vapour Trail

1 02 Eclipse

2 09 Savasana

3 01 Blackhawk

4 10 Ghost

5 04 Solaris

6 06 Lucky Dog

7 11 Orangutan

8 13 Vixen

9 12 Radiance

10 03 Max Power

11 07 Creatv Destruct

12 15 Tenacious

13 05 Absolutely

14 14 Big Booty

1 33 Le Tigre

2 29 Lifted

3 35 Little Feat

4 19 Rumor

5 34 Rascal

6 32 Jammy Dodger

7 26 Relentless

8 30 Juggernaut

9 28 SWE 803

10 31 Shananigans

11 17 Kicks

12 24 Angry Chameleon

13 25 Claire

14 22 Bob Dylan

15 27 Magic In Motion

16 20 Blind Faith

17 18 Stacked Deck

18 21 Emotional Resc.

19 23 Willy T

KEY WEST 2010 Friday, January 22, 2010 �

Neil O’Sullivan was trimming and Stuart Lindow called tactics. Kicks best result was third place in race four, and currently lie in eighth place overall.

J/105Thursday’s fresh breeze added fast-paced sail trim

and speedy spinnaker handling with the intent of leav-ing the shrimping to those rustic old Key West shrimp boats. In the tight competition for Key West Race Week honors, the class is also sailing in their Mid-winter Championship. Savasana is dominating the 14-boat class with a 16-point lead. Ranking third in class by Thursday, Blackhawk, leaped from sixth-place to third place on Tuesday and is holding onto third just one point ahead of Damien Emery’s Eclipse, and one point behind Kenneth Coburn’s Ghost. With 2 races to go, there is a close race for the second and third podium places.

Bill Zartler’s Solaris, earned a bullet early in the week for race three and had a 5-5 day on Thursday. Zartler’s wife, Angie, was crewing onboard. “We have an inter-national team,” Angie said about her crewmembers who hail from as far away as Israel, Mexico, England and Texas. “We also have a Cajun,” she added. “We’re

a sailing family.” This colorful team is so close that they spend holidays together in Texas.

Orangutan, Bernard Girod’s entry, felt that they had their best game so far on Thursday’s Race 8. Orangutan is a chartered boat and Girod’s own J/105, Rock & Roll, competes in his homeport in California. Tom Isaacson is trimmer and the sole lady onboard is his sister-in-law. “The class’s leaders are excellent Savasana, Solaris, Ghost - there are no bad sailors in this fleet,” Girod said about his competition.

“It’s been an awesome week of all-around sailing and we’re very, very pleased.”

– Brian Keane, savasana

Bill Lakenmacher’s Radiance, is competing in its first Key West. Foredeck crew Michael Hassler exclaimed, “We’re having a blast!” The Radiance team sails together at home in Galveston Bay, Texas. In race one, their spin-naker was torn during a drop, costing them valuable time. “We just threw some tape on it and got it back to work,” Hassler said, having too much fun to let small frustrations turn into big ones.

Division 3Multihull

Flying and fast in the multihull class, Bob Harkrider’s Gulfstream 35 Merlin has a virtual lock on the overall standings in spite of a parted sail track setback. Clever jury rigging allowed Merlin to at least race with her jib and strong tactics also kept them on top the competi-tion winning both races. “In the second weather leg, we worked the right side while our competition went to the left,” Harkrider explained. This move worked in their favor when the wind differed slightly from one side of the course to the other. Tim Britton’s Tobiko remains in second place with 23 points. An 8-point lead going into Thursday’s racing has been sliced in half as Cliff Farrah’s Strategery is racing with good strategy to put additional heat on Tobiko’s second-place standing.

PHRF 2There are days when things just can’t get much better

and for the crew of Bluto, Thursday was one of those days. Winning both races, Bill Berges and Ben Hall’s Florida based Evelyn 32 is leading by a mere point over Bill Sweetser’s J/109 Rush and the final outcome for the



Skipper Gerry Taylor and the Tangent team turned in a terrific effort at Key West 2009, winning eight of 10 races en route to overall victory in PHRF 3 class. Things haven’t gone quite as well for the Cape Fear 38 this year. The annapolis-based boat is fourth overall in PHRF 2 after posting its best result of the regatta (2nd in Race �) on Thursday. In this photo, Tangent heels hard on approach to the windward mark during racing action on Thursday.

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8 Friday, January 22, 2010 KEY WEST 2010Preliminary Race ResultsDIvISION 3

SERIES TOTALSClass Pl. Boat Name Model 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total

RACE 1Pts. # Boat Name Model Hdcp Finish Time Corrected

RACE 2Pts. Boat Name Corrected

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Multi 1 Merlin Gulfstream35 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 2 Tobiko C.Sprint 750 3 2 2 2 2 3 5 4 23 3 Strategery V C.Sprint 750 2 4 3 4 5 4 3 2 27 4 Flight Simulatr Corsair 28R 4 6 5 3 3 5 2 3 31 5 Overdo Corsair 28R 8 3 4 5 4 2 4 5 35 6 Triumphant Corsair F-27 8 5 6 6 6 6 8 8 53 7 Dealer’s Choice Corsair 28R 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 64PH-1 1 Stark Rav. Mad J/125 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 12 2 Marinerscove Summit 35 3 2 5 4 2 2 4 1 23 3 Rhumb Punch Farr 30 2 4 3 3 4 3 5 3 27 4 Act One Summit 35 5 5 2 2 3 8 1 2 28 5 El Ocaso J/120 7 8 4 5 8 5 3 5 45 6 Vayu Bene 40.7 4 6 7 6 5 4 6 7 45 7 Revolution 1D35 6 3 6 7 6 6 8 6 48 8 Wild Ride Henderson 30 8 9 8 8 7 7 9 10 66 9 Tampa Girl J/120 9 7 10 9 9 9 7 8 68PH-2 1 Bluto Evelyn 32 2 2 2 5 2 2 1 1 17 2 Rush J/109 1 3 4 1 1 1 4 3 18 3 L’Outrage Bene 10M 4 1 6 2 4 3 3 2 25 4 Tangent Cape Fear 38 3 6 3 3 3 4 2 5 29 5 Velocity Cape Fear 38 6 5 1 6 6 7 7 4 42 6 Mighty Puffin J/29 5 4 5 6 7 5 6 6 44 7 Island Flyer Centurion 40 8 8 7 7 8 8 5 7 58 8 Soap Opera Hobie 33 7 7 8 8 5 6 10 10 61 9 Creola C&C37/40wk 9 9 9 9 9 9 10 10 74PH-3 1 Bad Dog Mariah 27 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 2 Blah Blah Blah J/24 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 17 3 Nojoe J/24 2 4 3 5 4 3 5 5 31 4 Chick Magnet Kirby 25 4 3 4 4 5 5 3 3 31 5 Class Act J/24 5 5 5 3 3 4 4 4 33

1 500 Merlin Gulfstream35 -12 11:39:30 1:17:552 64 Flight Simulatr Corsair 28R 21 11:47:43 1:22:463 18 Strategery V C.Sprint 750 33 11:49:39 1:23:134 118 Overdo Corsair 28R 21 11:49:08 1:24:235 17 Tobiko C.Sprint 750 33 11:56:34 1:30:568 dnc 186 Dealer’s Choice Corsair 28R 21 0:00:008 dnc 228 Triumphant Corsair F-27 48 0:00:001 60351 Act One Summit 35 54 11:58:38 1:11:262 52125 Stark Rav. Mad J/125 -3 11:52:08 1:12:323 28920 El Ocaso J/120 48 11:59:43 1:13:194 35 Marinerscove Summit 35 54 12:01:04 1:13:525 41 Rhumb Punch Farr 30 54 12:03:33 1:16:216 51377 Vayu Bene 40.7 48 12:03:46 1:17:227 83242 Tampa Girl J/120 54 12:05:10 1:17:588 35037 Revolution 1D35 36 12:04:10 1:19:229 109 Wild Ride Henderson 30 45 12:17:40 1:31:401 53194 Bluto Evelyn 32 87 12:10:11 1:13:352 53228 Tangent Cape Fear 38 84 12:10:33 1:14:213 73456 L’Outrage Bene 10M 102 12:13:32 1:14:564 51 Rush J/109 75 12:10:19 1:15:195 96 Island Flyer Centurion 40 87 12:13:01 1:16:256 269 Mighty Puffin J/29 108 12:15:51 1:16:277 52138 Velocity Cape Fear 38 87 12:13:25 1:16:4910 dnf 16 Soap Opera Hobie 33 96 12:19:26 1:21:3810 dnf 64337 Creola C&C37/40wk 84 12:19:47 1:23:351 25144 Bad Dog Mariah 27 144 11:52:55 0:49:572 48 Blah Blah Blah J/24 171 11:57:31 0:52:073 123 Chick Magnet Kirby 25 174 12:02:07 0:56:274 4 Class Act J/24 171 12:01:56 0:56:325 2979 Nojoe J/24 171 12:04:39 0:59:15

1 Merlin 1:28:332 Strategery V 1:37:283 Flight Simulatr 1:39:124 Tobiko 1:40:325 Overdo 1:40:468 dnc Dealer’s Choice 0:00:008 dnc Triumphant 0:00:001 Marinerscove 1:19:512 Act One 1:20:203 Rhumb Punch 1:20:394 Stark Rav. Mad 1:20:555 El Ocaso 1:21:576 Revolution 1:23:277 Vayu 1:23:308 Tampa Girl 1:24:1710 dnf Wild Ride 1:38:361 Bluto 1:20:452 L’Outrage 1:21:083 Rush 1:21:404 Velocity 1:21:405 Tangent 1:21:516 Mighty Puffin 1:22:547 Island Flyer 1:25:4710 dns Creola 1:28:2610 dns Soap Opera 1:26:531 Bad Dog 0:54:502 Blah Blah Blah 0:56:183 Chick Magnet 1:00:204 Class Act 1:00:305 Nojoe 1:00:42


Juan Carlos Gil – no BoundariesBy Bill Wagner

When Juan Carlos Gil was 10 years old he took a school field trip to the Shake-A-Leg facility in Miami. Gil went out sailing on Biscayne Bay and thoroughly enjoyed himself.

That experience fostered a life-long love of sailing that has culminated in Gil’s participation in Acura Key West 2010 as helmsman for Act One, a J/24 competing in PHRF 3. The 28-year-old Miami resident showed he belonged by taking third in consecutive races.

What makes Gil’s journey from beginner to place-winner at North America’s larg-est North American regatta noteworthy is the fact he is legally blind. Gil cannot see the competition or the marks, but gets around the course just fine by relying on well-honed instincts and many years of experience.

“It is challenging in many ways. I cannot see the water line, read the tell tales or check what is happening on the course,” Gil said. “However, I always have someone on the boat telling me to head up or head down. I have developed a certain feel for the wind and the water and know when to adjust the helm.”

Gil’s other senses are more acute than the average sailor and feeling the wind on his face, hearing a gust come on or judging the waves based on the boat’s move-ment help with his decision-making.

“I use my nose as a guide and depending on how it is hitting my face is how I adjust the tiller to change course,” he said. “It took a little time to get used to the J/24 and how it handles, but I have become more comfortable each day and now I am the one deciding when we are going to tack.”

Shake A Leg Miami is a non-profit organization with a mission to utilize the marine environment to improve the health, education and independence of people with physical, developmental and economic challenges. Located at a former U.S. Coast

Guard Seaplane Base in Coconut Grove, it provides ongoing education programs and a community boating center. The organization has been represented at Key West before with quadriplegic Karen Mitchell skippering a J/24 in 2008 and 2009.

Mitchell could not make the regatta this year, but Shake-A-Leg volunteer John Muir knew Gil would prove an ideal replacement. At the age of 15, the youngster was skilled enough to place fifth overall at the World Blind Sailing Championships.

“Juan Carlos is a very competent helmsman and there was no doubt in my mind that he was up to this challenge,” said Muir, who is crewing for Gil. “He is enthu-siastic, tenacious and a good learner. Juan Carlos is very competitive by nature so sailboat racing fits well with his personality.”

Act One is owned by John Smittle of Cudjoe Key, a sailing professional and skilled instructor who has given Gil many good pointers this week. John Thomas of Chicago is serving as a trimmer and also brings load of experience considering he is competing at Key West for the 23rd time while Gayle Gray of Toronto completes the team.

“Juan Carlos is fortunate to have good people onboard who can help with the tactics and strategy, which enables him to focus on driving. He has really gotten the adjustments of the tiller down quite well.”

Gil, who also has cerebral palsy and has limited use of his legs, learned to sail aboard the Access Dinghy that is displayed in the Shake-A-Leg booth on the Premiere Racing lot here in Key West. He moved into Freedom 20 sloops and routinely wins races in the Wednesday Night Beer Can Series on Biscayne Bay.

“Juan Carlos is a true example of what is possible when you give a person the proper equipment, training and opportunity,” said Harry Horgan, President of Shake-A-Leg Miami. “Key West 2010 is the best international sailing event in the U.S. Thanks to Peter Craig and his team at Premiere Racing, Juan Carlos has the opportunity to sail with the best sailors in the world and Shake-A-Leg Miami has an opportunity to be introduced to people who have a passion for sailing. It is our hope that more people will help us to use the water to help others help themselves.”

Gil is grateful for the opportunity to compete in such a prestigious regatta and is hopeful of winning a race before the week is over. He has received encouragement from the likes of Rod Johnstone of J/Boats and was offered an opportunity to travel to Newport to sail a J/80 by class president Kristen Robinson.

“It is a real honor to be part of Key West race week and to represent Shake-A-Leg Miami. This is the first time I have competed in a regatta of this stature and I am both excited and proud,” Gil said.

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F40 Joe Fly 78

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M24 Monsoon 114

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M24 Zig Zag 18 127

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International teams Update

Things are really heating up in the International Team Competition with the two Italian entries just six points apart going into the final day of racing. Italy 1, which features a pair of class leaders in UKA UKA Racing (Melges 24) and Joe Fly (Farr 40) holds the lead with a low score of 78 points. However, the sailors from Italy 2, led by the second place entry in Melges 24 (Blu Moon) and the third place boat in Farr 40 (Nerone) are hot on the heels of their countrymen with 84 points. There are nine teams entered with each consisting of a Melges 24, Melges 32 and Farr 40 one-design with each being scored solely against other boats involved in the competition. UKA UKA Racing, the Melges 24 leader skippered by Lorenzo Santini, is easily the most successful participant with a low score of 14 points. Joe Fly, which is winning Farr 40 and is skippered by Giovanni Maspero, has 22 points. Blu Moon, owned by Franco Rossini, is the pacesetter for Italy 2 with 19 points. There is also a good battle be-tween for third place between Scandinavia and USA West Coast. Samba Pa Ti (John Kilroy, Malibu, CA), the leader in Melges 32 class, has a low score of 24 points to lead the U.S. squad. New Wave, currently second in Melges 32, paces Scandinavia.

Race week Supports Maritime historical ProjectsAn update from Ed Little, President, Key West Maritime Historical Society

The Key West Maritime Historical Society is an all-volunteer, non-profit educational and cultural society, dedicated to the study and preservation of the rich maritime heritage of Key West and the Florida Keys. The Society sponsors free public lectures, field trips, special events and interpretive projects to increase public awareness and appreciation of maritime history. The Maritime Historical Society also publishes the quarterly Florida Keys Sea Heritage Journal. The Journal has been published for over seventeen years, and contains many articles and illustrations not available elsewhere. It is a tremendous aid in learning why the Keys are such a special place.

Beginning in January 2000, Premiere Racing Inc., the organizing entity for Race Week, began working with the Key West Maritime Historical Society. The event organizer makes contributions to the Society in appreciation of the role that the Society and the City of Key West play in hosting the annual event. Many sailors know that Key West is the scene of some very intense sailing every January. That is when hundreds of boats converge there for “Race Week”. But, what many may not know is that this competitive event also helps promote greater public awareness of maritime history.

Competitive sailing has roots in the seafaring traditions of “the age of sail”. Bringing in Race Week to support some projects that highlight the maritime past of Key West- once a pre-eminent homeport for hundreds of commercial sail is a natural fit.

This partnership has yielded some impressive results. In 2006 the accumulated contributions allowed the Society to fund construction (augmented by a Florida matching grant) of a diorama of the Key West waterfront, as it would have looked in the 1850’s. In that era, the island was perhaps the most important seaport in Florida. So, this diorama, which faithfully follows the footprint of the city infrastructure of the day, offers a rare glimpse into what the Key West of a by-gone age looked like. The public can now view the diorama (which measures three feet by six feet, with an additional painted perspective background) at the Customs House Museum of the Key West Art and Historical Society.

Then, in late 2007, additional Race Week contributions enabled the Society to provide four “interpretive markers” for installation at the street ends that lead to the Harborwalk at Key West Historic Seaport (the venue for most Race Week events). The graphic images and text on the markers offer visitors an overview of the maritime industries (most of which began in the 19th century) that once were a vital element in the socio-economic life of the environs of the Seaport.

In coming weeks the Society plans to conclude the research and design phase of developing additional markers for the Seaport. As in the past, Premiere Racing will be the principal financial partner that furthers that initiative. Those wishing to learn more about the Society should visit the web page www. keywestmaritime.org.

The diorama is a replicate of what the Key West Harbor looked like in 1850. Funding for the diorama was partially provided by Premiere Racing to support Key West’s rich maritime history. The diorama is housed in the Customs House Museum, located at 281 Front Street near Mallory Square.

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Bluto, an Evelyn 32 co-owned by Bill Berges and Ben Hall, won both races on Thursday to take over the lead in PHRF 2. Bluto entered the day four points behind Rush (Bill Sweetser, annapolis), but emerged one point ahead of the J/109. Ben’s wife Nan celebrated her birthday on Thursday. Two first-place finishes are almost as good as cake and ice cream.

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no Dramas Onboard Soap OperaBy Rebecca Burg

Key West Race Week’s reputation for attracting the best in the sport is legendary and the quality of the competition this year attests to this fact.

Scott Self and his newly-arrived crew on the Hobie 33, Soap Opera, are a group of total strangers who have just met...one day before the regatta started. Scott has a diverse background; Yacht Club founder, city mayor, volunteer firefighter and an ocean-crossing USCG licensed captain - just to name a few.

Hailing from Rockwall, Texas, the Hobie 33 is competing in her second Key West. So how did Soap Opera end up with such an eclectic crew? Self and his regular

team had just completed the recent Ft. Lauderdale to Key West race. Limited by the amount of time that they can take off from their jobs ashore, Self’s crew unfortunately had to get back to the grind. Recently retired, Scott was able to stay with his boat in Key West. Desiring to race again, he advertised in Scuttlebutt for crew and the results were encouraging. Numerous sailors responded.

“I was able to pick who I felt would fit together best on the boat,” Self said, sur-prised by the amount of people eager to share their sailing skills. “There are a lot of good sailors without boats out there,” Self explained.

The final crew arrived from Illinois, Tennessee, Rhode Island and Michigan and first met in person on Sunday, just one day before the start of the Key West series.

“I love sailing with new people,” Self said. He also teaches the sport. “One of the greatest things about sailing with new people is that you’re out there all day and you really can get to know them. I’m going to have nine new friends after this week is over.” Two of the new crewmembers are here on standby.

With a warm, enthusiastic smile, Self clearly enjoys the ‘people factor’ when it comes to sailboat racing. “It’s the ultimate in team building,” he explains. During a competitive race, the team not only must be aware of the other boats, but there’s that crucial safety and seamanship factor. Soap Opera’s Key West team is meshing well and continues to get in the groove as the week progresses. “The crew work is great,” Self said.

Scott Self is a multi-dimensional character, and sailing isn’t the only talent that he shares with the world. Scott is extremely active in his community; volunteering his time in numerous charitable causes and was instrumental in the establishment of organizations such as Rockwall (TX) United Way and the Chandlers Landing Yacht Club, located on the eastern shore of Lake Hubbard in Rockwall, TX. Scott served as mayor of Rockwall, Texas, the City Council and was County Treasurer for several years.

“I really enjoy my time in public service,” Scott said, trying to explain that deep,

selfless drive to give to society. “Caring about your community fits very closely with the sport of sailing.” Circling back to his love of sailing, Self started Dallas Race Week at Chandlers Landing Yacht Club, and the annual event has been going strong since 1982.

Self grew up in Ft. Worth, Texas, and his sailing passion took root when he became involved in racing one-design Sunfish at age 13. He’s a licensed captain and has sailed across the Atlantic twice. The first trip was to deliver a boat for a race. A few years later, the second crossing happened after racing on a Swan 44 in the Fastnet Race. Newly wedded to his college sweetheart, Self and his lucky bride leisurely cruised the Swan back to the United States for a distinctly nautical honeymoon.

The Soap Opera team doesn’t seem overly concerned about getting some podium time. Scott’s quite thrilled by just being out there, building teamwork with his new Key West crew and giving it their all. “Everybody that’s here is good and a lot of them are great,” Self says about Race Week. “This is incredibly good race management. If you’re going to travel all the way from Dallas, it’s nice to know that the race is profes-sional. It’s why people come from all over the world to race in Key West.”

Self doesn’t hesitate when asked if he’ll return to Key West. “Now that I’m retired, this is on my list of must do’s,” he assures. It’s a boon to the sport to have guys like Scott out there on the water.

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Still smiling following a minor setback in race � with a damaged shroud fitting, the crew onboard Soap Opera had never met until the Sunday before the racing began. Owner Scott Self (lower left) has an infectious optimism and the crew are very happy to be racing in Key West.


Schedule of events

InDUStRY PARtneR DAY Friday, January 22

9:00 Harbor Start for all Racing Boats (Designated VHF Channel) 10:30 – 3:30 Racing (Approximate Times) 6:00 – 8:00 Final Awards Presentation and Evening Party (RWT)

There are ten races scheduled over five days with the potential for two races on Friday. Event Access Cards are required for admittance to activities at the Race Week Tent and Industry Partner Area after 4:30pm.

Race Headquarters (RH) is at the Historic Seaport (HSP), on the corner of Caroline and Margaret Streets adjacent to the Race Week Tent (RWT).

The “Afternoon Entertainment” Sessions (AE) are part of the shoreside enter-tainment which takes place under the Race Week Tent (RWT), or in the Partner Hospitality Area (IP).

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series is up in the air. “We were ‘Bluto the birthday boat’ today,” said Ben Hall’s wife and crewmember, Nan. She was cheerfully celebrating her special day on Thursday. “I got two bullets for my birthday,” Nan exclaimed. “Besides, the sailing was fantastic and we had really good teamwork today.”

“Also, the great thing about Key west is that you get wind and sun at the same time. In england sailors joke about having either high winds with no sun or sun with no wind.”

– Josh Sharp, Jammy Dodger

Bruce Gardner’s L’Outrage, a Beneteau with a home port in Annapolis, sailed a 3-2 day with some close action with Tangent in race seven. Tangent, Gerry Taylor’s Cape Fear 38 finished with a 2-5 line, a spinnaker wrap stifling their groove in Race 8. The frustrating sail malfunction happened right before the finish gate and Tangent lost at least 12 seconds of time. Kent Mitchell’s Cape Fear 38, Velocity, and Bill Sweetser’s J/109, Rush, took quick advantage of Tangent’s lost time window. “We would’ve been closer to L’Outrage,” said tactician Cliff Statt. “But there’s still a chance to beat them tomorrow.”

Scott Self’s Hobie 33, Soap Opera had to retire on leg three of Race 7 on Thursday. The starboard side turnbuckle chainplate fitting pulled out slightly, and the crew chose to play it safe and return to harbor to repair it before it went from bad to worse. Self was confident that retiring early would put them in good shape to complete the final two races. “In Key West, all the riggers and equipment guys are here … if you can’t get it fixed here, then it won’t get fixed,” Scott Self noted, his outlook for being back in the game by Friday undoubtedly positive. Tools spread out on deck, the crew who had not raced together before were working as a close team and repairs were underway. One of Soap Opera’s crew, Don, from Michigan is a professional rigger and the thought of fixing the boat was far better than being back in the Michigan cold. Don said, “The first time I came to Key West, I stayed for about a year.”


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In this incredible aerial shot of the Division 1 course on Thursday, nearly all of the boats in the Farr 40 class are captured in a single frame during a windward mark rounding. Enfant Terrible (bow No. 10), an Italian entry owned by alberto Rossi, leads the pack around the mark. Sailing in second is Joe Fly, the Italian entry skippered by Giovanni Maspero that leads the class.

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