Fast Company finished second and OZone followed, Thursday at the Nawiliwili Yacht Club Shakedown Series final race. Those placements determined final standings for the overall trophies in the six-race series. “We had several ties which needed to be broken,” said
Fast Company finished second and OZone followed, Thursday at the Nawiliwili Yacht Club Shakedown Series final race.
Those placements determined final standings for the overall trophies in the six-race series.
“We had several ties which needed to be broken,” said Sharon Gibson, NYC Race Committee starter, in an email. “The Racing Rules of Sailing states the boat who wins the most firsts, seconds, thirds, etc., wins. If all of that is equal, the boat who wins the final race wins.”
Fast Company finished with an elapsed sail of 1:04:28 and corrected to 1:04:34 PHRF while OZone crossed on a 1:06:36 elapsed sail and corrected to 1:06:42 PHRF for third place.
Those results placed both boats in a 9-9 tie for first in the PHRF Open class, and an 8-8 deadlock for first in the PHRF Monohull class.
Fast Company ended up taking both classes, finishing with two firsts, two seconds and a third place in the PHRF Open class over OZone’s two first finishes, two second places and a third place with one race thrown out for both boats.
Fast Company finished with three first finishes, a second and a third place in the PHRF Monohull over OZone’s two first finishes and three seconds with each boat throwing out one race.
Malihini, a 35-foot catamaran, set the pace for Thursday’s race, crossing on a 1:01:10 elapsed sail, correcting to 1:02:43 PHRF in 15-20 knot winds blowing out of the east-northeast, conditions described by spectators as “Malihini wind.”
Papa‘au (1:10:35 elapsed, 1:07:34 PHRF), Bonjolea (1:11:52 elapsed, 1:09:06 PHRF), Windspan (1:12:38 elapsed, 1:10:47 PHRF) and Coyote (1:16:06 elapsed, 1:11:17 PHRF) rounded out the race fleet.
Bonjolea, correcting to 1:00:03 Club, finished in first for that class en route to taking the Shakedown Series lead with 18 points.
Coyote, correcting to 1:01:50 Club for second place, ended second in the division standings with 26 points followed by Windspan, correcting to 1:02:32 Club in Thursday’s race, with 29 points.
The public is invited to view the competition in the NYC Pete Peterson Memorial Rum Series which starts Thursday at 5 p.m. at the Nawiliwili Harbor jetty wall area.
The NYC will host its first Offshore race, Saturday starting at 10 a.m.
Ship skippers will gather at the NYC Clubhouse at the Nawiliwili Small Boat Harbor at 9 a.m. to decide on the day’s course utilizing FAD buoys.
Visit nawiliwiliyachtclub.org for more information.
• Dennis Fujimoto, photographer and staff writer, can be reached at 245-3681 (ext. 253) or dfujimoto@kauaipubco.com.
