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2015 Rolex Big Boat Series overall, results and photos

by Chuck Lantz on 24 Sep 2015
Jorge Madden's crew on Kialoa III on the final day of the Rolex Big Boat Series. Chuck Lantz http://www.ChuckLantz.com
The Rolex Big Boat Series, held for more than 50 years on the usually windy San Francisco bay out of the St. Francis yacht club, struggled with light breeze on all four scheduled race days, with postponements the first three days and the cancellation of all racing on the final day.

While the rest of the fleet heard the cancellation announcement while still docked at the St. Francis YC, 78' Kialoa III sailed by the club and the Golden Gate bridge, giving the racers on shore a lesson in light air sailing.

Despite the postponements, when the breeze did fill-in there was plenty of solid racing in all classes. Chuck Lantz shot these photos of the prize-giving, including the presentation of Rolex watches to each of the featured class winners.

The top five finishers in each class are listed below:

2015 Rolex Big Boat Series - final results, top five class finishers

Place, Yacht Name, Type, Owner/Skipper, Hometown, Results, Total Points

HPR (HPR - Six Boats)
1. Double Trouble, J 125 41, Peter Krueger , Reno, NV, USA - 1 -2 -1 -1 -2 ; 7
2. Hamachi, J 125 41, Greg Slyngstad , Sammamish, WA, USA - 4 -1 -3 -2 -4 ; 14
3. Rock and Roll, Farr 400 40, Bernard Girod , Santa Barbara, CA, USA - 3 -3 -2 -3 -5 ; 16
4. Tai Kuai, RP 44 44, Daniel Thielman , Tiburon, CA, USA - 2 -4 -6 -4 -3 ; 19
5. VOLPE, Kernan 44 44, Donald Payan , Hillsborough,, CA, USA - 5 -5 -4 -5 -1 ; 20

J 105 (One Design - 27 Boats)
1. Jose Cuervo, J 105 34.5, Shawn Bennett , Tiburon, CA, USA - 4 -1 -1 -1 -1 ; 8
2. Mojo, J 105 34.5, Jeff Littfin , San Mateo, CA, USA - 3 -3 -2 -4 -5 ; 17
3. Risk, J 105 34.5, Jason Woodley / Scott Whitney , Greenbrae, CA, USA - 8 -9 -3 -2 -3 ; 25
4. Arbitrage, J 105 34.5, Bruce Stone , San Francisco, CA, USA - 5 -2 -4 -3 -12 ; 26
5. Blackhawk, J 105 34.5, Ryan Simmons , Sausalito, CA, USA - 1 -4 -5 -11 -6 ; 27

J 111 (One Design - Six Boats)
1. Aeolus, J 111 36.5, Rob Theis , San francisco, CA, USA - 1 -2 -5 -1 -2 ; 11
2. Madmen, J 111 36.5, Dorian McKelvy , Portola Valley, CA, USA - 3 -1 -1 -4 -3 ; 12
3. Skeleton Key, J 111 36.5, Peter Wagner , Atherton, CA, USA - 2 -5 -3 -2 -1 ; 13
4. Bad Dog, J 111 36.5, Dick Swanson , Los Altos Hills, CA, USA - 4 -4 -2 -4 -4 ; 18
5. Double Digit, J 111 36.5, Gorkem Ozcelebi , San Francisco, CA, USA - 6 -3 -6 -6 -5 ; 26

J 120 (One Design - Six Boats)
1. Peregrine, J 120 40, David Halliwill , New York, NY, USA - 2 -1 -1 -2 -1 ; 7
2. Chance, J 120 40, Barry Lewis , Atherton, CA, USA - 1 -2 -2 -1 -2 ; 8
3. Saetta, J 120 40, Ludovic Milin , Redwood City, CA, USA - 4 -3 -3 -4 -3 ; 17
4. Twist, J 120 40, Timo Bruck , Mountain View, CA, USA - 5 -4 -4 -3 -4 ; 20
5. Mr. Magoo, J 120 40, Stephen Madeira , Menlo Park, CA, USA - 3 -5 -5 -5 -6 ; 24

Melges 24 (One Design - Nine Boats)
1. Wilco, Melges 24 24, Doug Wilhelm , San Francisco, CA, USA - 2 -1 -1 -1 -5 ; 10
2. Looper, Melges 24 24, Duane Yoslov , Corte Madera, CA, USA - 5 -2 -2 -3 -1 ; 13
3. The 300, Melges 24 24, Steve Boho , Elkhorn, WI, USA - 1 -3 -3 -2 -8 ; 17
4. Go211, Melges 24 24, JC Raby , Tiburon, CA, USA - 3 -4 -4 -4 -3 ; 18
5. M1 , Melges 24 24, Ian Collignon , Santa cruz, CA, USA - 4 -7 -5 -5 -6 ; 27

Express 37 (One Design - Seven Boats)
1. Eclipse, Express 37 37, Mark Dowdy , San Francisco, CA, USA - 2 -1 -2 -1 -1 ; 7
2. Golden Moon, Express 37 37, Kame Richards , Alameda, CA, USA - 1 -2 -1 -2 -2 ; 8
3. Expeditious, Express 37 37, Bartz Schneider , Crystal Bay, NV, USA - 3 -3 -3 -3 -4 ; 16
4. Bullet, Express 37 37, Laurence Baskin , San Francisco, CA, USA - 4 -4 -4 -4 -5 ; 21
5. Elan, Express 37 37, Jack Peurach , San Francisco, CA, USA - 5 -5 -6 -5 -3 ; 24

PHRF Sportboat (PHRF - 10 Boats)
1. Racer X, Farr 36 OD 36, Gary Redelberger , Tahoe City, CA, USA - 2 -1 -1 -2 -3 ; 9
2. Wicked Sister, Farr 36 OD 36, Richard Courcier , Tahoe City, CA, USA - 3 -5 -2 -7 -1 ; 18
3. Courageous, J 88 29, Gary Panariello , San Francisco, CA, USA - 4 -4 -4 -1 -5 ; 18
4. Gentoo, Soto 30 30, Paul Dorsey , San Francisco, CA, USA - 1 -3 -8 -3 -8 ; 23
5. Cento Miglia, Flying Tiger 10M 33, Mark Kennedy , Campbell, CA, USA - 5 -6 -5 -6 -2 ; 24

Multihull (ToT - Four Boats)
1. Miller Racing, Marstrom 32 32, Randy Miller , Orinda, CA, USA - 1 -3 -1 -2 -1 ; 8
2. Orion, MOD70 70, Tom Siebel , Redwood City, CA, USA - 2 -1 -2 -1 -2 ; 8
3. SmartRecruiters, Extreme 40 40, Jerome Ternynck , San Francisco, CA, USA - 3 -2 -3 -5 -3 ; 16
4. Shadow, ProSail 40 Cat 40, Peter Stoneberg , Tiburon, CA, USA - 4 -4 -4 -5 -4 ; 21

ORR A (ToT - Two Boats)
1. Bud, TP 52 52, Victor Wild , San Diego, CS, USA - 1 -1 -1 -1 -1 ; 5
2. Patches, TP 52 52, Eduardo Porter Ludwig , Mexico City, DF, MEX - 2 -2 -2 -2 -2 ; 10

ORR B (ToT - Six Boats)
1. Swiftsure, Schumacher 54 54, Sy Kleinman , Saratoga, CA, USA - 2 -1 -2 -1 -1 ; 7
2. Boomerang, DK 46 46, John Spadaro / Skip Ely , Honolulu, HI, USA - 1 -2 -1 -2 -2 ; 8
3. Deception, SC 50 50, William Helvestine , Larkspur, CA, USA - 4 -3 -4 -3 -5 ; 19
4. Bodacious+, 1D 48 48.3, John Clauser , Walnut Creek, CA, USA - 3 -4 -7 -4 -3 ; 21
5. Oaxaca, SC 50 50, Michael Moradzadeh , Tiburon, CA, USA - 5 -6 -3 -5 -4 ; 23

ORR C (ToT - Five Boats)
1. Encore, Sydney 36 CR 36, Wayne Koide , San Anselmo, CA, USA - 1 -1 -2 -3 -4 ; 11
2. Scorpio, Wylie 42 42, James Mullarney , San Francisco, CA, USA - 3 -3 -1 -1 -3 ; 11
3. Elusive, Swan 42 Club 42.95, Thomas Furlong , Danville, CA, USA - 4 -2 -3 -2 -2 ; 13
4. BustinLoose, Sydney 38 38'6, Jeff Pulford , Salinas, CA, USA - 2 -4 -4 -4 -1 ; 15
5. Caetus, Farr 40 OD 40.6, Wayne Womack , San Diego, CA, USA - 5 -5 -5 -5 -5 ; 25











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