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The raft-up started at Little Harding on Saturday when PHRF 1 and 2 arrived at the same time — in a building flood.
The first weekend of the Corinthian YC Midwinters didn't disappoint the nearly 150 starters for weather. Although the breeze never settled in for more than 45 minutes at any point, temps reaching the 70s and non-stop sunshine had sailors practically peeling off layers at every mark rounding.
The Central Bay courses used on Saturday were fraught with massive holes that left entire divisions parked — at times together. That was the case for the first three or four starts. After PHRF 1 got away on time, only to be stymied by little to no breeze and the building flood tide, a postponement and breeze that built ever so slightly caused the second three divisions to show up at Little Harding at the same time with spinnakers up. In the end, due to overly-optimistic course selection — PHRF 1 got a 14.8miler — and the massive holes west of Pt. Blunt, four of the 14 divisions didn't count a finisher between them by the 5 p.m. time limit.
Right about then, the sailing layers were being swapped for the evening threads, and sailors descended on the club en masse for the party, free beer, food and make-you-stop-to-admire City views. As you'd expect, it didn't end there. Tiburon's watering holes must have had a really good night.
On Sunday, those who weren't too damaged from the night before got squared away for another shot at the fickle conditions, and the RC got the course selection squared away — sending all the divisions east through Raccoon Strait on North Bay courses. Nearly every division ended the day with elapsed time spreads in the 2- to 3.5-hour range, and there were very few letter scores in the results. Still, despite a nice, fat puff at the start, there was a big hole and a
restart after the boats exited the Strait. As one person commented: "There's not many things I'd rather be doing than bobbing around out here!"
The next weekend of the Corinthian YC Midwinters is February 21-22, so put off the yard work and tax preparation, re-schedule the visit with your in-laws, and mark the weekend on your calendar. There are daily trophies, so even if you didn't make the whole thing, you can still bring home some hardware. — latitude/rob
CORINTHIAN YC MIDWINTERS — SATURDAY, 1/17
PHRF 1 ( < 36)— No Finishers. (13 boats)
PHRF 2 (37-72) — No Finishers. (12 boats)
PHRF 3 (73-108) — 1) Good And Plenty, Soverel 33, Will Baylis; 2) Bufflehead, Beneteau 36.7, Stuart Scott; 3) Petard, Farr 36 mod., Keith Buck/Andy Newell. (17 boats)
PHRF 4 (109-135) — 1) Arcadia, Santana 27 (modernized), Gordie Nash; 2) Uno, Wyliecat 30, Steve Wonner; 3) Nancy, Wyliecat 30, Pat Broderick. (20 boats)
PHRF 5 (136-195) — 1) Sunda, Seaborn 35, Bob Rogers; 2) Wuda Shuda, Soverel 26, Craig
Clockwise from above — 'Ay Caliente!' with some breathing room; 'Aquavit' enjoys Saturday's best breeze; Sails by Mondrian — 'Tule Fog's patchwork kite; Yeah!; 'JR' holds off 'Opa!', albeit briefly; Kevin Cole minimized the crew weight aboard 'Dragonfly'; 'Uno' had enough pace to score a 1-2; 'Topgallant' holds a lane underneath 'Seaya'.
Page; 3) Heathcliff, Catalina 27, Ed Hoff. (13 boats)
PHRF 6 (195-258) — 1) Can 'O Whoopass, Cal 20, Richard von Ehrenkrook; 2) Dragonfly, Rhodes 19, Kevin Cole; 3) (DNF) Sweet Reward, Santana 22, Craig McDow. (3 boats)
EXPRESS 37 — No Finishers. (7 boats)
J/105 — No Finishers. (14 boats)
ALL CATALINA (PHRF 120-180) — 1) Roeboat, Catalina 30, Rod Decker; 2) Harp, Catalina
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38, Mike Mannix; 3) Jet Lag, Catalina 34, Torin Knorr. (12 boats)
ALERION EXPRESS — 1) Lizbeth, Michael Land; 2) Dream, Kirk Smith; 3) Flying Machine, Peter Campfield. (7 boats)
NON-SPIN 1 (PHRF < 114) — 1) Shockwave, Santana 35, Michael Bruington; 2) Q, Custom Schumacher 40, Glenn Isaacson; 3) Perserverance, Beneteau 47.7, Daniel Chador. (11 boats)
NON-SPIN 2 (PHRF 115-177) — 1) The Kid's Table, J/24, Marissa Miller; 2) Zingara, Islander 36, Jocelyn Swanson; 3) Siento El Viento, C&C 29, Ian Matthew. (4 boats)
NON-SPIN 3 (PHRF 178-273) — 1) Raccoon, Cal 20, Jim David/Snow Crowe; 2) Chica, Cal 20, Ted Goldbeck; 3) Sexpialidocious, Harbor 20, John Colver. (4 boats)
MULTIHULLS (PHRF 135-159) 1) Caprice, Seawind 1160, Dan Seifers; 2) Katiekat, Seawind 1100, Joe Siudzinski; 3) Lanikai, Seawind 1160,
Multihulls made their Corinthian Mids debut — seven cruising cats showed up.
John Brady. (7 boats) verel 33, Will Baylis; 2) Ay Caliente!, Beneteau 36.7, Aaron Kennedy; 3) Mistral, Beneteau 36.7, SUNDAY, 1/18 Ed Durbin. (17 boats)
PHRF 1 ( < 36) — 1) Diabalita, 1D35, Gary PHRF 4 (109-135) — 1) Uno, Wyliecat 30, Boell; 2) Copernicus, Sydney 38, Michael Ken- Steve Wonner; 2) Nancy, Wyliecat 30, Pat Brodernedy; 3) Aboriginal, Sydney 38, Mark Langer. (13 ick; 3) Silkye, Wyliecat 30, Steve Seal. (20 boats) boats) PHRF 5 (136-195) — 1) JR, Moore 24, Rich-
PHRF 2 (37-72) — 1) Sapphire, Synergy ard Korman; 2) Youngster, IOD, Ron Young; 3) 1000, David Rasmussen; 2) Comfortably Mumm, Wuda Shuda, Soverel 26, Craig Page. (14 boats) Farr 30, William Erkelens; 3) Jarlen, J/35, Robert PHRF 6 (195-258) — 1) Can 'O Whoopass, Bloom. (12 boats)
PHRF 3 (73-108) — 1) Good And Plenty, SoCal 20, Richard von Ehrenkrook; 2) Dragonfly, Rhodes 19, Kevin Cole; 3) Sweet Reward, Santana 22, Craig McDow. (3 boats)
EXPRESS 37 — 1) Stewball, Bob Harford; 2) Elan, Bill Riess; 3) Golden Moon, Kame Richards. (7 boats)
J/105 — 1) Roxanne, Charles James; 2) Aquavit, Tim Russell; 3) Orion, Gary Kneeland. (14 boats)
ALL CATALINA (PHRF 120-180) — 1) Harp, Catalina 38, Mike Mannix; 2) Jet Lag, Catalina 34, Torin Knorr; 3) Roeboat, Catalina 30, Rod Decker. (13 boats)
ALERION EXPRESS — 1) Spirit, Nancy Rogers; 2) Dream, Kirk Smith. (7 boats, 2 finishers)
NON-SPIN 1 (PHRF < 114) — 1) QE 3, Tartan 10, Tom Perot; 2) Shockwave, Santana 35, Michale Bruington; 3) Luna, Antrim 27, Trig Lijestrand. (12 boats)
NON-SPIN 2 (PHRF 115-177) — 1) 1) Siento El Viento, C&C 29, Ian Matthew; 2) Windhover, Pearson 10M, John Dodge. (4 boats, 2 finishers)
NON-SPIN 3 (PHRF 178-273) — 1) Sexpialidocious, Harbor 20, John Colver; 2) Tension II, Cal 20, John Nooteboom; 3) Raccoon, Cal 20, Jim David/Snow Crowe. (5 boats)
MULTIHULLS (PHRF 135-159) 1) Serenity, Seawind 1160, Michael Ropers; 2) Caprice, Seawind 1160, Dan Seifers; 3) Bluewater, Catamaran, Gary Helms. (7 boats)
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