Final day of the Hall Spars Admirals Cup hosted by Davis Island Yacht Club was completed in beautiful skies with puffy cumulus clouds following a weak cold front passage early in the morning. The breeze was 7-14 knots with 20-30 degree oscillations so it was another day where you had to really keep your head out of the boat, stay in pressure, and at times just have a good sense of humor when you missed the pressure or were on the wrong side of the oscillation. In the first race, the top 11 boats finished very close together with Bruce Mahoney once again notching another win. In the second race, Bruce and Bob Hodges got around the weather mark pretty close to each other and got some good separation from the fleet but Bob sailed into some lighter pressure at the bottom of the first downwind (and eventually got re-engaged with the next four boats) while Bruce extended and placed a loose cover on the fleet behind to take the last race and finish the series with a perfect score (after a first race throwout). Stay tuned for a more detailed wrapup of the series later this week with some impressions of what seemed to be doing well equipment wise. The racing overall was very close amongst a diverse range of platforms and rigs.
Top Five (36 boats racing):
1. Bruce Mahoney (Houston Yacht Club,TX) (11)-1-1-1-1-1-1-1 7 (DNA-Glaser-Fiberfoam)
2. Bob Hodges (Pontchartrain Yacht Club,LA) 2-4-2-5-5-3-(10)-3 24 (DNA-Glaser-Hall)
3. Ian Lindhal (North Cape Yacht Club,MI) 3-6-5-3-3-5-(11)-2 27 (Lindhal LR2-North-Fiberfoam)
4. Ben Hall (Bristol Yacht Club,RI) 14-3-6-2-2-4-(17)-5 36 (Barracuda-Glaser/Landenberger-Hall)
5. Woody Cope (Tampa, FL) 6-5-(7)-6-4-6-3-7 37 (Rogers "O"-Glaser-Hall)
Results at
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