THE RACING
involved — was a bunch of A-fleet boats going for the wrong weather mark. (It was one used in the RegattaPro series which overlaps some of the BYC courses.) Advantage 3's Pat Benedict was the first to notice the mistake, and he picked off a bunch of boats by going to the right mark. SATURDAY, 12/10 DIVISION A (PHRF 0-96, 8.8 mi.) — 1) Bodacious*, Farr 40 one ton, John Clauser; 2) Mintaka 4, Farr 38, Gerry Brown; 3) Advantage 3, J/105, Pat Benedict. (14 boats) DIVISION B (99-141) — 1) Lilith*, WylieCat 39; Page 164 •
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BYC action (clockwise from above) — 'Family Hour', 'Relentless' and 'Eurydice II' play bumper cars at the weather mark; 'Ypso', 'Lelo Too' and 'Latin Lass' charge downwind; rail aerobics on 'TMC Racing'; the new 'Merlin' is a Melges 32; trick ropers on 'Mintaka 4'; shrimp poaching on 'Zeehond'; (inset above right); Ultimate 20s 'UFO' and 'Cloud Nine'. All photos latitude/jr. 2) Expressway, Express 27, Michael Robinson; 3) Annalise, Custom Wylie 34, Paul Altman. (9 boats) DIVISION C (144-168) — 1) Boogie Woogie, Ranger 33, G. Michael Yovino-Young; 2) Loose Lips, Merit 25, Phill Mai; 3) Ricochet, Ultimate 20, Geoffrey Gardner; 4) Chesapeake*, Merit 25, Jim Fair. (11 boats) OLSON 30 — 1) Naked Lady, Jeff Blowers; 2) Hoot*, Andy Macfie; 3) Voodoo Child, Charles Barry. (8 boats)
SF 30 — 1) Shameless*, Custom Schumacher 30, George Ellison; 2) Wishful Thinking, TartanTen, Lester Gee; 3) Diana, Tartan Ten, Zhenya KirueskinStepanoff. (7 boats) MOORE 24 — 1) Topper II*, Brendan Meyer; 2) Flying Tiger, Vaughn Seifers; 3) Mercedes, Joel Verutti. (13 boats) OLSON 25 — 1) Clean Sweep*, Tom Nemeth; 2) Vivace, Frank Van Kirk; 3) Baleineau, Don Coleman. (7 boats) J/24 — 1) Snow Job*, Brian Goepfrich; 2) TMC
