J/Crews Loving San Diego Hot Rum Series II

(San Diego, CA)- The annual fun-loving fall regatta series in San Diego known as the “Hot Rum Series” saw the San Diego Yacht Club host the second race this past weekend.

A fleet of 131 boats participated last Saturday. The race is a simple “pursuit style” event, where the slowest boats start first and the fastest boats start last; whoever crosses the finish line first boat-for-boat is declared the winner. As has been the case over time, the classic building seabreeze often benefits the bigger faster boats that start late.

There were thirty-five J/Teams (29.0%) in the fleet.

PHRF Overall Division
Repeating the performance of the first race, Jim Madden’s beautiful and elegant J/100 STARK RAVING MAD again won the race and is leading their division, too. Then, sitting in second place with a 3-7 for 10 pts is Mike Hatch’s J/105 J-ALMIGHTY. They, too, are leading their division.

PHRF 2 Division
In this eleven-boat fleet, the trio of J/145 teams are coming on strong! Rudy Hasl’s J/145 PALAEMON sits in second place with a 3-2 for 5 pts. Then, fellow J/145 owner- Steven Ernest’s AIMANT de FILLE is in 5th place with a 5-7 for 12 pts and Alec Oberschmidt’s ARRRGH sits in 6th just two points back with an 8-6 for 14 pts.

PHRF 3 Division
In this large eighteen-boat fleet, there are three J/crews in the top five. Sitting in third place is Mark Stratton’s J/122 CHEEKY with a 6-3 for 9 pts. One point back is another J/122, Erostino Dagfish’s DOUBLE HELIX with a 5-5 for 10 pts. Then, two points back is Ed Sanford’s J/111 CREATIVE in fifth place with a 1-11 for 12 pts.

PHRF 4 Division
Like their colleagues in PHRF 3, there are three J/crews in the top five of the nineteen-boat fleet. Sitting in second place is Eric Axford’s J/120 CAPER with a 6-1 for 7 pts. Then in fourth position is Chuck Nichol’s & Kyle Clark’s J/120 CC RIDER with a 1-8 for 9 pts and Jeff Shew’s J/121 RAVEN is in fifth place with a 4-6 for 10 pts.

PHRF 5 Division
In this eleven-boat fleet, Jim & Scott Barber’s J/109 FELEENA is in fifth place with a 5-7 for 12 pts.

PHRF 6 Division
This huge twenty-three-boat fleet was dominated by top J/Teams on the first weekend. And, those teams are beginning to get a firmer grip on the top ten. Leading is Jim Madden’s J/100 STARK RAVING MAD with a 1-1 for 2 pts. Then, there’s a 3-way tie for second place with two J/105s and a M24. Bennet Greenwald & Dave Vieregg’s J/105 PERSEVERANCE have a 4-3, while Mike Hatch’s J-ALMIGHTY has a 3-4!

Places 6 to 9 are all J/105s, surprise, surprise!? Sixth is Steve Howell’s BLINK with an 8-7, CDM Sailing Williams’s SWORDFISH has a 7-8, Elena & John Bennett’s BOSS LADY has an 11-6, and Ed Chambers’s SUN PUFFIN has a 6-11.

PHRF 7 Division
This seventeen-boat fleet now has Scott Bennett’s J/92 FANDANGO in second position with a 6-1 for 7 pts. Then, Chuck Bowers’s J/29 RHUMB RUNNER is sitting in fourth place with a 5-4 for 9 pts.

For more San Diego Yacht Club Hot Rum Series sailing information
https://sdyc.org/calendar/event/hot-rum-series-1-24