August 2010

15 J/105s raced for the San Francisco YC’s Summer Keelboat Regatta in winds from 11-25 kt, with Adam Spiegel’s Jam Session starting the regatta off with a pair of bullets before being gradually ground down by Bruce Stone’s Arbitrage. Stone started with a 3-3 before putting up a 2-2 and finishing off with a bullet to win with 11 points. Second was Jam Session with 15, and third was Rolf Kaiser’s Donkey Jack with 24 points.

The Aldo Alessio Perpetual Trophy Regatta was held at the St Francis Yacht Club over the weekend. The J/105 fleet boasted 16 boats. Scooter Simmons on Blackhawk came in first, winning the tie-breaker over Bruce Stone on Arbitrage. After 4 races, each team scored 11 points. In third was Phillip Laby and Richard Pipkin on Racer X (14 points).