Whidbey Island Race Week News Thursday, July 13, 2017 Thursday, July 13, 2017 Whidbey Island Race Week BRENDA VAN FOSSEN M.D. Above left, tending marks and setting lines under blue skies in 70+-degree weather is all in a day’s work for the CYC race committee.. Be sure to tell ‘em thanks as you pass by. Above right, Bill and Cathy Walker’s pristine Ehu Kai sailed into Wednesday’s top spot beneath Penn Cove’s Blowers Bluff. Hailing from Oak Harbor, the San Juan 24 not only taps into local knowledge but double downs with an ace in the pocket, sailing savant, Gary Stuntz. Left, the Beneteau 25, Bodacious, grabbed gold, and a few more fans on Wednesday thanks to her harmonious crew work and curvy eye-candy-licious lines. Below, on the left, the students, on the right, the masters. In a delightful display of generational Darwinism, the two Tahoe-based Melges 24s in the one-design Class 6, prove that in the theater of life, it pays to teach one to fish rather than to toss them the bones. At day’s end, however, Nikita’s hard-won experience schooled the kids on Blue Dream. With two days left of racing, however, there are still plenty of lessons to ace, Left, David Jackson’s Point Roberts based stalwart Dash 34, MadDash, plucks crew from both sides of the border. A natural fit for Pacific Northwest/Salish Sea waters, the Dash grabbed bronze for her smart sailing in Wednesday’s racing. Right,, one of three 1D35s in Class 1, Vancouver BC’s The Shadow grabs the spotlight with its mix of fashion and finesse. Above left, one of two Melges 32s in Class 1, Darrin Towe’s Wicked Wahine secured the silver in Wednesday’s racing. The big boat class of 2017 is a spectator favorite with its remarkably tight sailing. Above right, standing top of the reader board in the Melges 24 ckass, the Melges 24 Cool Beans proves consistency is a key tactic when it comes to winning a multi-day, multi-race regatta. Left, one of three Olson 25s in Class 8, Espresso, winner of Tuesday’s gold pickle dish, bangs the beach in search of Wednesday’s favorable eddys. Competing against three J/24s and two San Juan 24s, the Olsons factor in a 57-second handicap spread and face fierce competition from the tasty, and relentlessly consistent, SJ/24 Amuse Bouche,
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Whidbey Island Race Week News Thursday, July 13, 2017 Thursday, July 13, 2017 Whidbey Island Race Week
BRENDA VAN FOSSEN
M.D.
Above left, tending marks and setting lines under blue skies in 70+-degree weather
is all in a day’s work for the CYC race committee.. Be sure to tell ‘em thanks as you
pass by.
Above right, Bill and Cathy Walker’s pristine Ehu Kai sailed into Wednesday’s top spot
beneath Penn Cove’s Blowers Bluff. Hailing from Oak Harbor, the San Juan 24 not
only taps into local knowledge but double downs with an ace in the pocket,
sailing savant, Gary Stuntz.
Left, the Beneteau 25, Bodacious, grabbed gold, and a few more fans on Wednesday
thanks to her harmonious crew work and curvy eye-candy-licious lines.
Below, on the left, the students, on the right, the masters. In a delightful display of
generational Darwinism, the two Tahoe-based Melges 24s in the one-design Class 6,
prove that in the theater of life, it pays to teach one to fish rather than to toss them the
bones. At day’s end, however, Nikita’s hard-won experience schooled the kids on Blue
Dream. With two days left of racing, however, there are still plenty of lessons to ace,
Left, David Jackson’s
Point Roberts based
stalwart Dash 34,
MadDash, plucks crew
from both sides of the
border. A natural fit for
Pacific Northwest/Salish
Sea waters, the Dash
grabbed bronze for
her smart sailing in
Wednesday’s racing.
Right,, one of three
1D35s in Class 1,
Vancouver BC’s The
Shadow grabs the
spotlight with its mix of
fashion and finesse.
Above left, one of two Melges 32s in Class 1,
Darrin Towe’s Wicked Wahine secured the
silver in Wednesday’s racing. The big boat
class of 2017 is a spectator favorite with its
remarkably tight sailing.
Above right, standing top of the reader board
in the Melges 24 ckass, the Melges 24
Cool Beans proves consistency is a key
tactic when it comes to winning a multi-day,
multi-race regatta.
Left, one of three Olson 25s in Class 8,
Espresso, winner of Tuesday’s gold pickle
dish, bangs the beach in search of
Wednesday’s favorable eddys. Competing
against three J/24s and two San Juan 24s,
the Olsons factor in a 57-second handicap
spread and face fierce competition from
the tasty, and relentlessly consistent, SJ/24
Amuse Bouche,
Whidbey Island Race Week News Thursday, July 13, 2017 Thursday, July 13, 2017 Whidbey Island Race Week
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