PATRIOT Third Overall in Fleet!
(Newport Beach, CA- March 10-13)- It was billed to be a fun new race around the islands off the southern California coast. "Great parties, an offshore overnight race of 130 nautical miles taking us around our own beautiful Channel Islands Catalina and San Clemente, wind (if it will be windy anywhere it will be offshore in March), a course that will test various points of sail and fun class racing." The promise held true to form with good conditions and a great turnout of forty one boats. J/s were prevalent in Divisions 1, 2 and 3.Paul Stemler's J/44 PATRIOT won Division 2 with Seth Hall's J/124 MARISOL finishing in third. PATRIOT also sailed well enough to garner third overall in fleet, missing the overall win by only twelve minutes!
In Division 3, the J/92s STING sailed by Charlie Underwood from MWYC was third and just behind in the venerable J/35 PREDATOR were Tom and Terri Manok from OYC. For more Islands Race information
