Spring One-Design Invite

Hosted at St. Francis Yacht Club, the annual spring-season opening regatta for the J/105 fleet sailing on San Francisco Bay took place last weekend. With a terrific turn-out of 19 boats, the largest one-design fleet in the event, the competition was sure to be close. Continuing their excellent performance last year was Scooter Simmons’ Blackhawk team. Their 4-2-1-4-1 tally for 12 points was enough to be crowned the Spring Champions. Not giving much away and sailing exceedingly well was Jeff Litfin’s crew on Mojo. Starting out with an extraordinary 2-1 in the first two races, they settled into a good rhythm and posted a 4-5-2 for the next three to lose the ‘match race’ to the Blackhawk gang but still secure second overall. Phil Laby’s Godot, started out with a 10th, but posted a very consistent 3-3-3-4 for 23 points to snag third overall. Next up was Doug Bailey’s Akula, grabbing fourth with a 3-9-6-2-6 for 26 points. And fifth went to Adam Spiegel’s Jam Session, who won a three-way tie at 27 points. Losers of the tie-break were Bruce Stone’s Arbitrage in sixth and Jason Woodley/Scott Whitney’s Risk in seventh. Check out video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5odXWACM5A&feature=youtu.be.