Hi All,
The results for the 11th annual Whitebread Race are posted at:
http://www.pbsa.netA brief summary:
4 beach cats and one 43-foot trimaran showed up for this prestigious 33-mile race through the Eastern
Bays of Long Island. A total of 106 boats were registered. The wind was light but steady from the
Southwest. The mulithulls started an hour after the first and slowest division of monohulls, and 15
minutes after the fastest of the monohulls, which including and IMS 58 footer stacked with America's Cup
crew. About half way through the race, the lead cat, a Prindle 19MX (Greg Gove / Rich Belkin) was about
to pass the front 3 monohulls, putting them in the lead when they snapped their jib halyard and had to
hit a beach to repair. A tight race with the Hobie FX-1 and the two Nacra 5.5SL's was now on, with the
tri not too far behind. The cats continued to work their way through the huge monohull fleet, and the
P-19MX was back in it trying to recover lost ground. With only one rounding mark left, the P-19MX became
the lead cat (again) with the FX-1 closely behind. At the finish, only 3 monhulls were ahead of the
cats. What a feeling, to pass nearly 100 boats in a race! In the end, only the IMS 58 had a better
total elapsed time. These are the results for the multihull division:
Skipper/Crew: Boat PHRF TCF ET CT
Bellavia/VanKuik Hobie FX-1 58 1.0691 4.693 5.017
Palmer Dragonfly 1200 90 1.0156 5.241 5.323
Gove/Belkin Prindle 19MX 10 1.1607 4.675 5.427
Partenelder/Partenfelder Nacra 5.5SL 36 1.1092 5.038 5.588
Seluga / Seluga Nacra 5.5SL 36 1.1092 5.041 5.592
