David Wall Series Race No. 1
Inverted Start
Saturday June 14, 2003

COURSE: The starting line shall be located approximately 1.0 nm on 164o mag. from the south end of the MdR detached breakwater, and shall consist of the main mast of an anchored committee boat and a marker bouy. At, or soon thereafter, your appointed starting time cross the start line in the direction of the first mark. Leave “DD” mark to starboard(33.56.647N 118.30.899), leave Santa Monica bouy to starboard leave El Segundo buoy "ES2" to port, finish within 0.5 nm of the breakwater and the seaward extension of the measured mile markers, located next to the flag pole on the detached breakwater. The skipper shall take his own finish time. Handicap distance 15 nm.

STARTING TIMES: download this chart to determine your starting time based on handicap.

PRINCIPAL RACE OFFICER: Rod Percival (310) 738-0736 W 310.456.3505 H 310.317.9505 Fax rpercival@simpsonandsimpsoncpas.com

 
2003 Calendar
Date Race Cat
6/14 Inverted Start 3
7/19 Malibu 3
8/16 Paradise Cove 3
9/13 King Harbor 3
10/18 Ship Rock 3

Summary:

The sun was out. The wind blew steady throughout the entire race. If we had had a few more boats it would have been a perfect afternoon. Nine boats came to the line, started at their appointed times and headed for the DD mark, rounded it, hoisted chutes for the run to the Santa Monica bell buoy, doused for the reach to the 2ES buoy and then turned for the final leg back to the finish. Since this was an inverted start, the early starters spent most of the day looking backwards, watching the later starting boats gradually close on them. Chuck Spear’s Twelve Bar Blues was the last to start, passed Banzai, which had started ninety seconds earlier, on the first leg and then gradually reeled in most of the rest of the fleet by the 2ES rounding. Only Sunshine, sailing singlehanded and starting first, remained ahead in the final leg of the race. Lenny Gordon, the skipper of Sunshine, held on valiantly but could not sprint with Twelve Bar Blues to the finish. Avet, a J80 and a newcomer to the fleet, made an impressive move in the final leg, hoisting its large asymmetrical spinnaker on a tight reach in an attempt to close the gap but was not able to do so.

Results:

* Singlehanded Division*
Yacht
Skipper
Rating
Finish Time
Corrected Time
Place
Sunshine Lenny Gordon 228 14:52:20 14:52:20 1
Taz Larry Jones 138 14:57:14 14:57:14 2
Maria Dave Angers 228 15:02:26 15:02:26 3

 

 

*Doublehanded Division*
Yacht
Skipper
Rating
Finish Time
Corrected Time
Place
12 Bar Blues Chuck Spear 78 14:45:48 14:45:48 1
Avet Curt Johnson/ Ulf Johannson 114 14:50:48 14:50:48 2
Thriller Phil/Katie Habegger 126 14:51:43 14:51:43 3
Surprise Larry Travis/ Hardy Wronske 123 14:54:14 14:54:14 4
Banzai Jaiho Rho/ John Choi 84 15:09:05 15:09:05 5
Cumbanchero Carlos Sancho/Ernesto 140 15:14:45 15:14:45 6

 

 

*Mariner Division*
Yacht
Skipper
Rating
Finish Time
Corrected Time
Place
 New
Rating
Maria Dave Angers 288 15:02:26 14:43:56 1 276
12 Bar Blues Chuck Spear 62 14:45:48 14:49:48 2 56
Avet Curt Johnson/ Ulf Johannson 114 14:50:48 14:50:48 3 109
Sunshine Lenny Gordon 228 14:52:20 14:52:20 4 225
Thriller Phil/Katie Habegger 115 14:51:43 14:54:28 5 115
Taz Larry Jones 138 14:57:14 14:57:14 6 141
Surprise Larry Travis/ Hardy Wronske 104 14:54:14 14:59:29 7 108
Cumbanchero Carlos Sancho/Ernesto 179 15:14:45 15:02:30 8 186
Banzai Jaiho Rho/ John Choi 88 15:09:05 15:08:05 9 103

 

Records

Race results from: 2002.