THE RACING September wasn't all about the America's Cup, but it certainly took a bite out of the normal racing season. Still there was plenty to occupy local racers. Check out some of the action below, plus more Box Scores.
Express 27 Nationals The Express 27 Nationals, hosted by Richmond YC on August 23-25, were all about bullets. PRO Fred Paxton ran out of them. And those shotgun shells would have announced to the competition that his son, Will Paxton, had won yet another race aboard Motorcycle Irene. All told, Will won six of the seven races and got shortchanged maybe four shotgun blasts. "Practicing really paid off,” says Will. And with crew Zach Anderson, Parker Mitchell and bowchick Sherry Smith, he says, “It was fun.” The only race lost in an otherwise unblemished bunch of aces came at the helm of Dan Pruzan’s Wile E Coyote, which took a long-distance race flier from Red Rock to current relief on the Marin shore. It was the right thing to do. Daddy Paxton — watching the course with paternal interest — was at times critical of his son’s not covering the competition. And he's still wondering who found his secret stash of shotgun shells on the committee boat. — ryc race committee
on the Circle on August 24, Richmond YC also found time to squeeze in a club members' 12-mile pursuit race around Southampton and the Brothers. The Grand Dame of Bay sailing, Jocelyn Nash, ran the race, which featured Spinnaker and Non-Spinnaker divisions. The former, which boasted 26 boats, was won by Wayne Koide and crew on the Sydney 36 Encore. Ralf Morgan and Debra Clark on their Alerion Express 27 Ditzy beat out 15 other non-spinny boats for the win. — ryc race committee RYC INTRA-CLUB PURSUIT RACE (8/24; 4r,0t) SPINNAKER — 1) Encore, Sydney 36, Wayne Koide, 8 points; 2) Mach Schnell Kleiner Hase, Wylie Wabbit, Erik Menzel, 21; 3) Lilith, Wyliecat 39, Tim Knowles, 21; 4) Baleineau, Olson 34, Charlie Brochard, 21. (26 boats) NON-SPINNAKER — 1) Ditzy, Alerion Express 28, Ralf Morgan, 11 points; 2) Dreamt, Alerion Express 28, Kirk Smith, 26; 3) Skip•purr, Catalina 30, Steve Kittle, 28. (16 boats) Complete results at www.richmondyc.org
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SBYC/BenYC Jazz Cup "Goose wins the Jazz Cup." It's almost as obvious a headline as that one from EXPRESS 27 NATIONALS (8/23-25; 7r,0t) The Onion, "Rich Guy Wins Yacht Race." OVERALL — 1) Motorcycle Irene, Will Paxton/ The Kastrop family's South Beach YCZach Anderson, 8 points; 2) Get Happy!!, Brendan based Catalina 30 has won the funky Busch, 18; 3) Wile E Coyote, Dan Pruzan, 22; 4) trumpet trophy six times now, including Magic Bus, Paul Deeds, 31; 5) Peaches, John three times in a row. This time they had Rivlin, 36; 6) El Raton, Ray Lotto, 56; 7) Opa!, to do it without the help of their now-grown sons, so it was a bittersweet victory. Overall trophies also went to Dan Alvarez's JS9000 JetStream (monohull) and Jerome Ternynck's Extreme 40 cat SmartRecruiters (multihull). Meanwhile, a different Goose — Goose Gossman — reports having had a blast during the South Beach YC and Benicia YCsponsored race on August 31 aboard Steve and GinWill Paxton, Parker Mitchell, Zach Anderson and Sherry Smith earned ger Penny's Hunter 386 the National Championship trophy and the Owner/Driver trophy. LE Windfall. "A couple of AC72s buzzed the start off Peggy Lidster, 56; 8) Tequila Mockingbird, Matt Treasure Island, which was cool," Goose Krogstad, 57; 9) Summer Palace, Wolfgang Stehr, says. "This was the Pennys' first race ever 65; 10) Monster Express, Ted Lohr, 68. (15 boats) and the first time flying their new asymComplete results at www.express27.org metrical spinnaker. Since I was the only experienced racer on the crew — which RYC Intra-Club Race included German exchange student Felix While running the Express 27 Nationand his host Alex, as well as Benicia waals — aka The Will Paxton Show — over Page 118 •
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With 95 starters, the Jazz Cup offered up tight quarters for the start.
terman Joe Miller — I assumed the role of tactician. "As we approached a mark on starboard, we were forced into an emergency bear-away to avoid a collision. I casually informed the other boat of their offense but we chose not to file a protest — which would almost certainly have led to their being disqualified — as that would only have distracted us (and them) from the fine sailing ahead. In fact, it's my understanding that there was a heated, several-hour protest concerning this mark, which resulted in the disqualification of two boats. In my opinion, this kind of stuff really detracts from the fun of the competition of a great race." — latitude / chris JAZZ CUP (8/31) DIVISION D — 1) Alegre, Santana 22, Chris Klein; 2) Wind Pacer, Capri 22, Carole Vaillancourt; 3) Four Sirens, Santana 20, Will Deutsch/Mark Werder. (8 boats) DIVISION E — 1) Goose, Catalina 30, Mike & Lorianna Kastrop; 2) Adventure, Catalina 30, Jack McDermott; 3) Time Bandit, J/22, Scott Mack. (8 boats) DIVISION F — 1) Ruby, Moore 24, Steve McCarthy; 2) TMC Racing, J/24, Michael Whitfield; 3) Downtown Uproar, J/24, Darren Cumming. (10
