(San Diego, CA)- After a weekend of everything J/Boats at San Diego YC’s J/Fest, the fleets of one-design J/120s, J/105s, J/109s and J/70s were
blessed with nice breezes for all three days. The fleet of thirty-one
boats were treated to the memorable San Diego YC hospitality that many
sailors look forward to in this magical part of the sailing world. It's
no wonder that more US Navy flag officers retire to this corner of
America than any other, the weather is amazing, gorgeous temperate
weather, cool breezes and great sailing all year round.
The J/70s debut as a class with their five boat fleet was a lot of fun
racing offshore on San Diego Bay. Having been traveling to the last
three major J/70 events on the West Coast, Dan Gribble's GO-RILLA, Eric
Kownacki/ Tom Jenkins' DFZ, and Karl Pomeroy's ZERO TO 60 were likely to
have the upper hand-- and they did. Demonstrating excellent race
course awareness, extraordinary speed and consciousness as well adroit
boat-handling bordering on the professional level was the DFZ gang from
Manhattan Beach YC. Eric K and Tom J showed the locals how it's done,
taking a 1-1-1-2-1 for a masterful win in the J/70 class. Second was
Gribble's GO-RILLA and third was Pomeroy's ZERO TO 60 going more like
ZERO to 30-- next time Karl, prime the pump with "av-gas"! :)
Sailing photo credits- San Diego YC/ Bronny Daniels. For
more J/Fest San Diego sailing information
