2014 Rolex Big Boat Series - Impressive to sail out of the Golden Gate

by Cayard Sailing on 15 Sep 2014 2014 Rolex Big Boat Series - Paul Cayard reports.

One race was scheduled for today. After a brief postponement waiting for wind, the race started at 11:30 under blue skies and a moderate 12 knot breeze.

The course for all the fleets on the Fort Mason race track took us outside the Golden Gate bridge for to a buoy off Pt. Diablo. It's always impressive to sail out the Golden Gate. And even more fun to sail back in!

From there we went all the way east to Berkeley and back up to the bridge before finishing in front of the St. Francis Yacht Club.

Tom Jenkins and his DFZ did well again today and won the race. On Double Trouble we battled hard to finish second today. That capped off a great week for us winning the J70 Class at the 2014 Rolex Big Boat Series.

I really enjoyed the J70! Great boat, challenging and fun at the same time. It really is a dinghy and all the subtleties make a difference.

I also really enjoyed my team mates, Andy Costello who did a great job steering, Nick Catley on the sheets and James Clappier (aka Hippie) on the bow.

Jeff Thorpe from Quantum Sails helped us a lot last week by coaching us and getting us up to speed in the boat.

Next race for me is the Bart's Bash and Leukemia Cup next Sunday. I am sailing again with Andy and Hippie on Andy's J-125. Thank god Andy has so many boats! If you’re not involved in these great events, Google them and get involved!

Bow Sail Number Yacht Name Yacht Design Owner/Skipper Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Race 5 Race 6 Race 7 Race 8 Total Big Boat Series Racing   HPR Division     HPR     1.   USA 38100 Whiplash MC 38 Donald Payan 4 2 3 3 2 2 2   18.0     2.   USA 13696 Hamachi J 125 Greg Slyngstad 5 1 2 2 3 3 3   19.0     3.   JPN 5535 Beecom TP 52 Anatole Masfen 6 8/DNF 4 1 1 1 1   22.0     4.   USA 7676 Tai Kuai RP 44 Daniel Thielman 2 4 1 5 5 4 5   26.0     5.   USA 400 Rock & Roll Farr 400 Bernard Girod 1 3 5 4 4 5 4   26.0     6.   USA 003 Wicked Sister Farr 36 OD Richard Courcier 3 6 8/DNS 6 6 7 6   42.0     7.   USA 6 Racer X Farr 36 OD Gary Redelberger 7 5 6 8/OCS 7 6 8/DNF   47.0       One Design Division     J 70     1.   USA 348 Double Trouble J 70 Andy Costello 8 1 2 1 2 1 2   17.0     2.   USA 30 Perfect Wife J 70 Chris Andersen 5 3 6 2 4 7 4   31.0     3.   USA 534 1FA J 70 Geoff McDonald 7 7 1 8 3 3 3   32.0     4.   USA 538 Bottle Rocket J 70 David Schumann 3 2 4 4 11 2 6   32.0     5.   USA 72 DFZ J 70 Tom Jenkins / Eric Kownacki 4 10 5 14/DNF 1 4 1   39.0     6.   USA 29 Prime Number J 70 Peter Cameron 12 6 3 5 5 6 5   42.0     7.   USA 370 Jennifer J 70 Chris Kostanecki 1 11 14/RAF 7 7 5 9   54.0     8.   USA 584 The Oncler J 70 Kermit Shickel / Patrick Carroll 6 12 7 6 8 8 10   57.0     9.   USA 539 Loose Lucy J 70 Justin Kromelow 9 8 9 9 6 10 8   59.0     10.   USA 229 Little Hand J 70 Frank Slootman 2 5 14/RAF 10 10 14/DNF 7   62.0     11.   USA 582 Rampage J 70 Tom Thayer 10 4 10 3 12 14/DNF 12   65.0     12.   USA 607 Whippet J 70 Dan Brumlik 13 14/DNF 8 11 9 9 11   75.0     13.   USA 347 Sugoi J 70 Mark Nelsen 11 9 11 14/DNF 13 14/DNF 14/DNS   86.0       J 105     1.   USA 116 Arbitrage J 105 Bruce Stone 1 3 2 1 1/RDG 5 4   17.0     2.   USA 40 Blackhawk J 105 Scooter Simmons 5 1 3 5 5 1 1   21.0     3.   USA 44 Godot J 105 Phillip Laby 2 2 1 8 1 10 3   27.0     4.   USA 119 Mojo J 105 Jeff Littfin 4 9 5 7 2 2 2   31.0     5.   USA 26 Donkey Jack J 105 Shannon Ryan/Rolf Kaiser/Ken Turnbull 14 8 6 2 4 3 5   42.0     6.   USA 16 Akula J 105 Doug Bailey 8 5 4 3 9 6 7   42.0     7.   USA 196 Risk J 105 Jason Woodley / Scott Whitney 12 4 8 4 6 4 9   47.0     8.   USA 434 Jam Session J 105 Adam Spiegel 3 7 9 6 7 8 8   48.0     9.   USA 149 Jabberwocky J 105 Vaughan Reyff 6 6 7 9 8 7 10   53.0     10.   USA 147 JuJu J 105 Tim Sullivan / Eric Stang 7 13 14 10 11 12 14   81.0     11.   USA 266 Wonder J 105 Tom Kennelly 11 10 12 13 13 11 13   83.0     12.   USA 84 Advantage3 J 105 Pat Benedict 9 14 11 11 16 20/DNF 6   87.0     13.   USA 405 moonshine J 105 David Mace 20/DSQ 11 15 18 10 9 11   94.0     14.   USA 388 Hazardous Waste J 105 Chuck Cihak 13 19 13 15 14 14 12   100.0     15.   USA 337 Larrikin J 105 Stuart Taylor 15 15 17 12 15 13 15   102.0     16.   USA 394 Javelin J 105 Sergei Podshivalov 10 12 16 16 17 16 16   103.0     17.   USA 157 Walloping Swede J 105 Theresa Brandner-Allen 17 17 10 14 12 17 17   104.0     18.   USA 152 Cal Maritime J 105 Cal Maritime 16 16 18 17 18 15 18   118.0     19.   USA 355 Yunona J 105 Artem Savinov 18 18 19 20/RAF 19 18 19   131.0       J 111     1.   USA 007 Aeolus J 111 Rob Theis 6 3 2 4 1 1 3   20.0     2.   USA 17 Madmen J 111 Dorian McKelvy 2 1 3 1 5 8 1   21.0     3.   USA 22 Big BLAST! J 111 Roland Vandermeer 5 2 1 3 6/SCP 2 4   23.0     4.   USA 103 Bad Dog J 111 Dick Swanson 1 6 4 2 3 3 5   24.0     5.   USA 101 Swift Ness J 111 Nesrin Basoz 4.2/RDG 5 5 5 4 4 2   29.2     6.   can 11105 Blast 1 J 111 michael Stimson 3 7 6 6 7 5 7   41.0     7.   USA 94 Double Digit J 111 Gorkem Ozcelebi 4 4 8/RAF 7 6 6 6   41.0       J 120     1.   USA 25487 Peregrine J 120 David Halliwill 4 1 4 1 2 1 1   14.0     2.   USA 28484 Chance J 120 Barry Lewis 2 2 3 2 5 2 3   19.0     3.   JPN 6030 Julian J 120 Yasuhide Kobayashi 1 6 5 3 1 4 4   24.0     4.   USA 28289 Mister Magoo J 120 Stephen Madeira 5 3 2 4 4 3 6   27.0     5.   28442 Twist J 120 Timo Bruck 3 5 1 6 3 5 5   28.0     6.   USA 28486 Saetta J 120 Ludovic Milin 7 4 6 5 6 7 2   37.0     7.   USA 153 Kookaburra J 120 Tom Grennan 6 7 7 7 7 6 7   47.0       Melges 24     1.   USA 855 Viva Melges 24 Don Jesberg 1 1 1 1 1 1 10/DNS   16.0     2.   USA 248 Nothing Ventured Melges 24 Duane Yoslov 7 4 3 3 5 2 1   25.0     3.   USA 725 Insolent Minx Melges 24 Zhenya Kirueshkin-Stepanoff 2 2 2 2 6 5 10/DNS   29.0     4.   USA 77 Bones Melges 24 Robert Harf 3 3 7 4 3 8 4   32.0     5.   USA 620 Brio Melges 24 Manfred Schmiedl 6 10/RAF 6 5 4 3 3   37.0     6.   USA 379 Nikita Melges 24 Paul-Krak Arntson 4 5 4 8 7 7 5   40.0     7.   USA 757 Simplicity Melges 24 Stephen McMillan 5 6 5 7 9 6 7   45.0     8.   USA 24 Smokin' Melges 24 Kevin Clark 10/DNS 10/DNS 10/DNS 10/DNS 2 4 2   48.0     9.   USA 140 Posse Melges 24 Sallie Lang / Jan Crosbie-Taylor 8 10/DNF 10/DNS 6 8 10/RAF 6   58.0       Farr 40     1. 14 USA 60059 Plenty Farr 40 Alex Roepers 2 1 3 1 1 1 1 3 13.0     2. 5 ITA 29141 Enfant Terrible Farr 40 Alberto Rossi 4 2 8 13 2 2 4 2 37.0     3. 9 USA 7289 Groovederci Farr 40 John Demourkas 5 4 2 2 10 5 10 1 39.0     4. 4 USA 60002 Flash Gordon 6 Farr 40 Helmut Jahn 1 16/DNF 4 7 4 3 5 8 48.0     5. 12 USA 40076 Nightshift Farr 40 Kevin McNeil 3 5 7 5 11 4 2 13 50.0     6. 25 AUS 8888 Voodoo Chile(Corinthian) Farr 40 Andrew Hunn 7 3 9 4 7 6 7 7 50.0     7. 23 AUS 615 Estate Master Farr 40 Lisa and Martin Hill 6 8 6 6 6 10 3 5 50.0     8. 15 GER 40 Struntje light Farr 40 Wolfgang Schaefer 11 9 1 3 3 9 9 11 56.0     9. 26 TUR 4000 Asterisk-Uno(Corinthian) Farr 40 Hasip Gencer 9 7 12 10 9 8 11 4 70.0     10. 6 MEX 28269 Flojito y Cooperando Farr 40 Bernardo Minkow / Julian Fernandez 8 6 16/DNS 16/DNS 8 7 6 9 76.0     11. 1 USA 37 Blade 2 Farr 40 Michael Shlens 10 11 13 9 5 11 8 10 77.0     12. 28 CAN 141 Honour(Corinthian) Farr 40 Alek Krstajic 12 10 5 12 12 12 13 6 82.0     13. 20 USA 40046 Twisted(Corinthian) Farr 40 M. Tony Pohl 13 13 10 8 14 13 12 14 97.0     14. 8 USA 50060 Foil (Corinthian) Farr 40 Gordon Leon 14 12 11 11 13 14 14 12 101.0     15. 27 USA 40079 Astra(Corinthian) Farr 40 Simon Phillips 15 14 14 14 15 15 16/DNF 16/DNS 119.0       Express 37     1.   USA 18488 Golden Moon Express 37 Kame Richards 1 1 1 1 1 1 2   8.0     2.   USA 18478 Expeditious Express 37 Bartz Schneider 3 2 3 2 2 2 1   15.0     3.   USA 87700 Elan Express 37 Jack Peurach 7 4 2 3 3 3 4   26.0     4.   USA 40311 Bullet Express 37 Laurence Baskin 2 6 5 5 6 4 5   33.0     5.   USA 18410 Loca Motion Express 37 MarkHeidi Chaffey 4 3 4 6 5 8/DNF 3   33.0     6.   USA 18257 pHat Jack Express 37 Robert Lugliani 6 5 7 4 4 5 6   37.0     7.   USA 18051 Escapade Express 37 Nick Schmidt 5 8/DNF 6 7 7 6 7   46.0       ToT Division     SF Bay ORR     1.   USA 3632 Encore Sydney 36 CR Wayne Koide 1 1 2 4 3 3 1   15.0     2.   USA 38044 BustinLoose Sydney 38 Jeff Pulford 2 3 3 1 4 2 4   19.0     3.   USA 28908 Tupelo Honey Elan 40 Gerard Sheridan 4 4 1 3 2 4 2   20.0     4.   USA 3510 Recidivist Schumacher 39 Dillon Lancaster 5 5/SCP 4 2 5 5 5   31.0     5.   USA 16 Swiftsure Schumacher 54 Sy Kleinman 6 11/DSQ 5 6 1 1 3   33.0     6.   USA 38023 Ohana Beneteau 45f5 Steve Hocking 11/DNS 5 6 5 7 6 6   46.0     7.   USA 97263 Deception Santa Cruz 50 William Helvestine 7 8 8 7 6 8 7   51.0     8.   USA 35024 Alpha Puppy 1D 35 Alex Farell 3 7 11/DNS 8 8 7 8   52.0     9.   USA 48005 Bodacious+ 1D 48 John Clauser 8 6 7 9 11/DSQ 11/DNS 11/DNS   63.0     10.   USA 50444 Hawkeye IMX 38 Frank Morrow 11/DNS 11/DNS 11/DNS 11/DNS 11/DNS 11/DNS 11/DNS   77.0       Multihull (BAMA)     1.   USA 02 Orion MOD70 Tom Siebel 4 1 1 1 1 1 1   10.0     2.   USA SmartRecruiters Extreme 40 Jerome Ternynck 1 3 2 3 2 2 2   15.0     3.   USA 49 Shadow ProSail 40 Cat Peter Stoneberg 3 2 3 2 3 3 3   19.0     4.   USA 4 BridgeRunner SL33 Urs Rothacher 2 6/DNF 4 4.5 4 4 6/DNF   30.5     5.   USA 1 Gradient Vee Marstrom M32 Randy Miller 6/DNF 6/DNF 5 4.5 5 6/DNF 6/DNF   38.5     2014 Rolex Big Boat Series Corinthian Teams - Preliminary Cumulative Results       Bow Sail Number Yacht Name Yacht Design Owner/Skipper Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Race 5 Race 6 Race 7 Race 8 Total Big Boat Series Racing   One Design Division     Farr 40     1. 25 AUS 8888 Voodoo Chile Farr 40 Andrew Hunn 7 3 9 4 7 6 7 7 50.0     2. 26 TUR 4000 Asterisk-Uno Farr 40 Hasip Gencer 9 7 12 10 9 8 11 4 70.0     3. 28 CAN 141 Honour Farr 40 Alek Krstajic 12 10 5 12 12 12 13 6 82.0     4. 20 USA 40046 Twisted Farr 40 M. Tony Pohl 13 13 10 8 14 13 12 14 97.0     5. 8 USA 50060 Foil Farr 40 Gordon Leon 14 12 11 11 13 14 14 12 101.0     6. 27 USA 40079 Astra Farr 40 Simon Phillips 15 14 14 14 15 15 16/DNF 16/DNS 119.0