SBYC Racers Do Well Out of Town

Results for 2010:

Bernie Girod and crew went to chicago on Rock n Roll for the J 105 North Americans Sep 13-19.  They finished 9th there.

Taxi Dancer (Tom Parker), Perfect (Laura Schlessinger), and Rush Street sailed in the SB Channel Challenge/Ventura Cup Sept 18-19.

Tri-Point Race, August 21.
Spinnaker A
Prevail, Bill Guilfoyle, 1st
Bebe, Charles Browning, 2nd
Spinnaker B
Perfect, Laura Schlessinger, 2nd

Prevail takes 1st in Spinnaker A for the Island Series (Hardway Race, Milt Ingram Race, and Tri-Point Race) for 2010, with Bebe in 2nd.
Perfect is 5th in Spinnaker B, and would have done better, but she sailed Warrior in the Hardway, so Perfect was scored DNC for that event.

Milt Ingram Race out of Ventura, July 17.
Spinnaker A
Bluebird - Tom Cullen, 1st
Prevail - Bil Guilfoyle, 2nd
Bebe, Charles Browning, 4th
Spinnaker B
Perfect, Laura Schlessinger, 1st

Santa Barbara to King Harbor July 30-31
Larry Leveille-Rush Street, First PHRF C
Dr. Laura-Perfect, 3rd PHRF B
Max Lynn-Tranquility, 5th PHRF B
Bill Guilfoyle-Prevail, 5th ULDB B

For Long Beach Race Week, June 25-27, SBYC had three boats representing us. See photos.
Dirk Freeland's Skian Dhu in the Farr 40 class
Don Poppe w/ Rock n Roll in the J 105 class
Larry Leveille's Rush Street in the J 29 class
Results were mixed for all three, although Rush Street did win a race in their fleet (3rd in series).

Skian Dhu competed in the Cal Race Week at Marina Del Rey in the Farr 40 class on June 5-6. Video.

3 Big Dogs Takes J24 North American Title on Final Day - May 23, 2010
Pat Toole and his crew won the J24 North American Title in Seattle (Puget Sound). The top three finishers in the regatta win spots in the 2011 World Championships in Buenos Aires. Photo 1. Photo 2.

Hardway Race from Santa Barbara, Around Santa Cruz Island, and Finishing in Ventura on May 15, 2010.
The team of Bebe, Prevail and Warrior won the yacht club championship. Warrior won the First to Finish Award and Bebe won the Overall Hardway Race Award. See all of the results. See club trophy. See winner's trophy. Read the article from the Ventura County Star.

Newport to Cabo San Lucas 2010 - Read about the Race and See Results
Boats participating: Warrior and Prevail - Dr. Laura was 1st in class and 1st overall for the race.

Ahmanson Cup, Newport Beach, Apr17-18, 2010

Dirk Freeland's Skian Dhu,
Don Poppe w/ Rock n Roll,
Larry Leveille's Rush Street.  
        The J-105s were put in a PHRF fleet, which ended up consisting of two J-109s, four J-105s, and Rush Street.

Newport Beach to Ensenada Race, Apr 23-24, 2010 - Read the Press Release and See Results

Taxi Dancer, winner of first in Maxi class and first overall for all monohulls.  Trophies included a $7000 Lamborghini watch for the overall win.
Rush Street, 6th of 23 in Class D, smallest boat in the class by at least four feet.
        (Two SBSC boats - Lono and Gauntlet - also sailed the race)


Yachting Cup, San Diego, May 1-2, 2010 - Read More and See Results
Kent Pierce's Average White Boat, placed 2nd in Melges 24
Loren Colahan's Louge Act, placed 3rd in Melges 24.
          (Notably, Melges 24 class was won by multi-world champion Vince Brun, Kent and Loren beat everyone else)
Bernie Girod's Rock N Roll, 7th of 15 in J-105 fleet
Taxi Dancer, sailed in PHRF 1 fleet
Skian Dhu, 2nd in Farr 40 fleet
Rush Street, 3rd in PHRF 4 fleet

Our thanks to Larry Leveille for providing these exciting results! Congratulations to all!