A sleigh ride to Key West… Nine hardy souls departed Islamorada on a bright shiny day with the wind out of the ESE at better than 12 mph, and building, Winds continued up to 15 – 18 with gusts and somewhat variable. All had a workout but reported great sailing at times over flat water, one hull out and nothing but that blue Caribbean water underneath the skimming hull.
The two Marstrom 20’s made the day, Brett Moss and crew, Mark Jones from Fort Lauderdale first arriving after 5 hours, 9 minutes and 18 seconds from start. They were followed by Mike Phillips and Nick Anderson, last year’s winners, 5 Minutes, 4 seconds later. The N20’s were led by Steve Lohmayer and Jay Sonnenklar 11 minutes and 1 second after the lead Marstrom. This year we had a great sailor who convinced the RC, only due to his significant experience, to permit racing in a A-Cat with Spinnaker. He actually corrected out in 3rd place, beating out the ARC 22, who stopped for repairs with a spinnaker pole mechanical problems.
Total Results of the nine boat fleet:
Open Class Actual Corrected to
1st M20Brett Moss 5:09:18 8:57:55
&Mark Jones
2nd M20Mike Phillips5:14:22 9:06:43
& Nick Anderson
3rd A-Cat Clive Mayo6:12:44 9:43:18
4th ARC 22Eric Roberts5:50:13 10:05:55
& Curt Johnson
5th Hobie 20Lenny Valdinia DNF
& Saramy
N-20 Class
1st Marley’s Yellow Steve Lohmayer 5:20:19 9:07:33
& Jay Sonnenklar
2nd Marley’s White Jared Sonnenklar5:21:34 9:09:41
& Dennis Green
3rd General Lee Kenny Pierce 5:24:02 9:13:54
& Jim Beret
4th Cat-in-the Hat Larry Ferber 7:00:07 11:46:11
And a great time in the Hogs Breath Saloon and the awards Bubba q at the Double Tree Grand key Resort. We missed all those not there. Great drawing prizes went to:
1. 3 night Stay at Islander Resort to Kenny Pierce
2. 2 night stay at the Grand Key Resort to Mike Phillips
3. $500 discount for new sail to Dennis Green
4. Free entrey to next years Hogs Breath 100 to Brett Moss.
