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Regatta Reviews: 2007 'Round the Island Multihull Sailboat Race Results (Fort Walton, FL)

Added by damonAdmin on Jun 22, 2007 - 12:07 PM

2007 'Round the Island, Fort Walton Beach2007 'Round the Island Multihull Sailboat Race
Fort Walton Yacht Club
June 15- 17 2007

The 'Round the Island Race is a 100 mile circumnavigation of Santa Rosa Island located in Northwest Florida.  Headquartered at the Fort Walton Yacht Club, the race begins off the point, through the East Pass and continues west to the Pensacola Pass where the northern turn is made for the return trip through the inter-coastal waterway. 

A light but steady breeze and an early morning start made for a fantastic day to be on the water along the Emerald Coast.  Not half and hour into the race, the fleet, heading east through Choctawhatchee Bay, was clipping along at 15 knots as they approached the East Pass and hit puffy wind and a 5 knot incoming tide.  With more than half of the fleet flying spinnakers, the wind shifted and the made the approach to the Destin Bridge exciting as they maneuvered through the pass and into the Gulf of Mexico.

The wind, steady during the daylight hours, had moved the entire fleet through the Pensacola Pass by early afternoon.  First to finish the one hundred mile adventure was Brian Lambert and Jamie Livingston on Brian's CFR 20.  Mike Kelley in his ARC 22 quickly followed them, both boats finishing just minutes before 1400. 

Although the wind was fairly consistent during the daylight hours, as the sun set the breeze began to lie down.  The last boats to cross the line were smaller Hobie's just before 2 o'clock on Sunday morning.

Historically sailed in September, this year's race was moved to mid June to take advantage of better wind conditions.  The racers felt moving to late spring was 'the best change ever'.  Ninety percent of the fleet had returned to the finish line before dark allowing most everyone the opportunity to enjoy the cookout on the point Saturday evening.

The race concluded with the Sunday morning breakfast and trophy presentation.  Within the four fleets represented, the winners are:

So here are the stats:

Overall Winner:
Bill Whitehurst, Hobie 17
(Portsmouth rated boats only)

Trimaran Fleet:

  1. Randy Smyth, Yo
  2. Cliff Farrah, Strategery
    Crew: Scott Mitchell, David Magee, Craig Wilusz
  3. Tammy Shelton, Boudicca
    Crew: Jay Klassen & Danny Robertson


Non Spinnaker Fleet

  1. Greg Allen, Prindle 19 MX
    Crew: Randy Johnson
  2. Michael Clark, Nacra 6.0
    Crew: Dean


Non Spinnaker Fleet 2

  1. Phillip Mumm, Nacra 5.8
    Crew: Brian Haun
  2. Bill Anderson, Hobie 21
  3. Pat Martin, Hobie 16
    Crew: Jeff Oser, Saylor Martin


Spinnaker Fleet 1

  1. Brian Lambert, CFR 20
    Crew: Jamie Livingston
  2. Mike Kelley, ARC 22
  3. John MacDonald, Nacra 20
    Crew: Andy Humphries

Spinnaker Fleet 2

  1. Bill Whitehurst, Hobie 17
  2. Rick Adams, Hobie 17

 
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