J/Teams Collect Silverware in Seattle YC Tri-Island Series

(Seattle, WA)- The Seattle Yacht Club concluded its two-month-long Tri-Island Series this past weekend for the fleet of passionate offshore racing sailors in the Pacific Northwest. With races taking place in and around Puget Sound, the three-race series consisted of the Smith Island Race, Vashon Island Race, and Blake Island Race.

Tri-Island Series- ORC Overall
Sailing mostly long courses, this fleet saw Jay Renehan & Chris Lanzinger’s J/111 HOOLIGAN race a strong series to garner the silver medal amongst the fleet of Seattle’s most decorated offshore gold-platers, which include several TP52s and custom 40-50 footers!

Tri-Island Series PHRF Overall
In this twenty-two-boat fleet, J/Teams took three of the top five places. Winning the silver medal was Sara Billey’s J/105 PEER GYNT. Then, tied for third place on 16 pts each was Kirk Fraser’s J/109 ECLIPSE. However, after the tiebreaker countback, they settled for fourth place. Taking fifth was John Aitchison’s veterans aboard his J/105 MOOSE UNKNOWN.

ORC 4 Division
Winning this thirteen-boat fleet was the Renehan/ Lanzinger duo on their J/111 HOOLIGAN. Earning the bronze medal was David Miller’s J/99 ONELIFE, while Jerry Woodfield’s J/109 SHADA took fourth, Tolga Cezik’s J/111 LODOS took sixth, and Chris Johnson’s J/120 WITH GRACE took seventh place.

PHRF 5 Division
Taking third place in this five-boat fleet was Kirk Fraser’s J/109 ECLIPSE.

PHRF 6 Division
Winning this half-dozen boat fleet was Ryan Porter’s J/80 JOLLY GREEN. Then, Mike Darcy’s J/27 ZEPHYR garnered the bronze medal.

PHRF 7 Division- J/105s
The big eleven-boat J/105 fleet saw Sara Billey’s PEER GYNT crew dominate the series with a 2-1-1 for 4 pts… miles ahead of the second place team! Taking the silver medal was John Aitchison’s MOOSE UNKNOWN, while Steve Summers’s PUFF rounded out the podium with the bronze medal.

For more Seattle YC Tri-Island Series sailing information
https://www.seattleyachtclub.org/web/pages/regattas