(Seattle, WA)- This year’s Sperry Top Sider Seattle NOOD Regatta brought
tears of joy and smiles all around to the sailors for one simple
reason- wind! At least enough of it so that most fleets got in a least
six if not ten races over the three day event.
Friday was a rather auspicious start for the regatta. A consistent
10-15 kts southerly allowed some classes to complete as many as five
races.
For
the second day of sailing, there was still wind, but just a bit less.
Sailing ten races in the regatta were the inaugural J/70
class. Clearly, the fleet loved the first day of sailing with a
combination of planing and soak modes all day long. Sailing super-fast
out of the box on that day was the experienced team aboard DaSPENCER,
skippered by Mike Pitt, taking two bullets to lead the fleet after day
one. However, as the wind dropped off over the next two days, so did
Team DaSPENCER’s fortunes. In the end, JUST LISTED sailed by the Sail
Northwest team took top honors with 13 pts. They were followed by
Andrew Mesher’s PERIDOT in second with 24 pts and in third was DaSPENCER
with 27! Sailing photo credits- Tim Wilkes.com. Sailing World video interview - Dave Reed and Chris Snow For more Sperry Top Sider Seattle NOOD regatta sailing information
