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2015 Rolex Big Boat Series – Day 1 overall

by pressure-drop.us on 18 Sep 2015
Day one - 2015 Rolex Big Boat Series pressure-drop.us
2015 Rolex Big Boat Series – As the early season low pressure system that brought Northern California an early and much desired rain to help douse some very nasty fires began to exit stage right, contestants had to patiently wait for the normal high pressure system to rebuild off the coast.

It took a while and finally, closer to 1:00 PM vs the schedule 11:00 AM first gun, the stand in race guru's, The Reggios, Peter and Anderson pulled the trigger and the 2015 BBS was under way in 10-12 knots and brilliant sunshine!

The breeze built throughout the day, and, the conditions had gotten so nice, 15-20 in a building ebb, that the RC opted to run a second race, despite the afternoon running late.

16:00 starts in the BBS have not been seen since the late afternoon Wednesdays Businessmans afternoon classics, back in the 70's and early 80's when the BBS used to run for an entire week. Coincidentally those days were the last in which we saw Kialoa III, fresh off her Sydney Hobart and Fastnetvictories.













Preliminary cumulative results
 

HPR Division

 

Sail Number

Yacht Name

Yacht Design

Owner/Skipper

Race 1

Race 2

Total

1.

USA 93204

Double Trouble

J 125

Peter Krueger

1

2

3.0

2.

USA 13696

Hamachi

J 125

Greg Slyngstad

4

1

5.0

3.

USA 7676

Tai Kuai

RP 44

Daniel Thielman

2

4

6.0

4.

USA 400

Rock & Roll

Farr 400

Bernard Girod

3

3

6.0

5.

55544

VOLPE

Kernan 44

Donald Payan

5

5

10.0

6.

USA 60100

Varuna

Rogers 46

Chris Hemans

6

6

12.0


One-design division

J 105

 

Sail Number

Yacht Name

Yacht Design

Owner/Skipper

Race 1

Race 2

Total

1.

USA 42

Jose Cuervo

J 105

Shawn Bennett

4

1

5.0

2.

USA 40

Blackhawk

J 105

Ryan Simmons

1

4

5.0

3.

USA 119

Mojo

J 105

Jeff Littfin

3

3

6.0

4.

USA 116

Arbitrage

J 105

Bruce Stone

5

2

7.0

5.

USA 434

Jam Session

J 105

Adam Spiegel

7

6

13.0

6.

USA 26

Donkey Jack

J 105

Shannon Ryan / Rolf Kaiser

2

12

14.0

7.

USA 16

Akula

J 105

Doug Bailey

10

5

15.0

8.

USA 44

Godot

J 105

Phillip Laby

6

11

17.0

9.

USA 196

Risk

J 105

Jason Woodley / Scott Whitney

8

9

17.0

10.

USA 84

Advantage3

J 105

Pat Benedict

12

7

19.0

11.

USA 149

Jabberwocky

J 105

Vaughan Reyff

13

10

23.0

12.

usa 163

Roxanne

J 105

Charles James

9

17

26.0

13.

USA 342

Nirvana

J 105

David Gross

17

13

30.0

14.

USA 388

Hazardous Waste

J 105

Chuck Cihak

15

16

31.0

15.

USA 147

JuJu

J 105

Tim Sullivan / Eric Stang

14

18

32.0

16.

USA 28447

Ultimatum

J 105

Peter Baldwin

20

15

35.0

17.

USA 344

Two Feathers

J 105

Mark Masur

28/DNF

8

36.0

18.

USA 431

Spartan

J 105

Pat Doyle

23

14

37.0

19.

USA 601

Cuchulainn

J 105

Kevin Mullen

18

20

38.0

20.

USA 266

Wonder

J 105

Tom Kennelly

19

19

38.0

21.

USA 334

Melilani

J 105

Team New York

11

28/DNC

39.0

22.

USA 405

moonshine

J 105

David Mace

16

23

39.0

23.

USA 468

Nimbus

J 105

Neil Gibbs

21

24

45.0

24.

USA 103

Aquavit

J 105

Donald Olgado

25

21

46.0

25.

USA 355

Yunona by Utopía Sailing Team

J 105

Martín Baeza

24

22

46.0

26.

USA 112

007

J 105

Justin Hersh

22

25

47.0

27.

USA 216

Perseverance

J 105

Steve Kent

28/DNF

28/DNS

56.0

 

J 111

 

Sail Number

Yacht Name

Yacht Design

Owner/Skipper

Race 1

Race 2

Total

1.

USA 007

Aeolus

J 111

Rob Theis

1

2

3.0

2.

USA 17

Madmen

J 111

Dorian McKelvy

3

1

4.0

3.

USA 115

Skeleton Key

J 111

Peter Wagner

2

5

7.0

4.

USA 103

Bad Dog

J 111

Dick Swanson

4

4

8.0

5.

USA 94

Double Digit

J 111

Gorkem Ozcelebi

6

3

9.0

6.

USA 101

Swift Ness

J 111

Nessrin Basoz

5

6

11.0

 

J 120

 

Sail Number

Yacht Name

Yacht Design

Owner/Skipper

Race 1

Race 2

Total

1.

USA 25487

Peregrine

J 120

David Halliwill

2

1

3.0

2.

USA 28484

Chance

J 120

Barry Lewis

1

2

3.0

3.

USA 28486

Saetta

J 120

Ludovic Milin

4

3

7.0

4.

USA 28289

Mr. Magoo

J 120

Stephen Madeira

3

4

7.0

5.

USA 153

Kookaburra

J 120

Tom Grennan

6

5

11.0

6.

USA 28442

Twist

J 120

Timo Bruck

5

7/DNC

12.0

 

Melges 24

 

Sail Number

Yacht Name

Yacht Design

Owner/Skipper

Race 1

Race 2

Total

1.

USA 540

Wilco

Melges 24

Doug Wilhelm

1

1

2.0

2.

USA 855

Looper

Melges 24

Duane Yoslov

4

2

6.0

3.

USA 680

Go211

Melges 24

JC Raby

2

4

6.0

4.

USA 180

M1

Melges 24

Ian Collignon

3

6

9.0

5.

USA 839

The 300

Melges 24

Steve Boho

7

3

10.0

6.

USA 725

Insolent Minx

Melges 24

Zhenya Kirueshkin-Stepanoff

6

5

11.0

7.

USA 140

Posse

Melges 24

Sallie Lang / Jan Crosbie-Taylor

5

10/DNC

15.0

8.

USA 77

Bones

Melges 24

Robert Harf

8

7

15.0

9.

USA 620

Brio

Melges 24

Manfred Schmiedl

9

8

17.0

 

Express 37

 

Sail Number

Yacht Name

Yacht Design

Owner/Skipper

Race 1

Race 2

Total

1.

USA 18495

Eclipse

Express 37

Mark Dowdy

2

1

3.0

2.

USA 18488

Golden Moon

Express 37

Kame Richards

1

3

4.0

3.

USA 18478

Expeditious

Express 37

Bartz Schneider

3

2

5.0

4.

USA 40311

Bullet

Express 37

Laurence Baskin

4

4

8.0

5.

USA 87700

Elan

Express 37

Jack Peurach

5

5

10.0

6.

USA 18051

Escapade

Express 37

Nick Schmidt

7

6

13.0

7.

18257

pHat Jack

Express 37

Robert Lugliani

6

7

13.0

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