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J\/111 FIREBALL Wins PHRF Overall and Division!<\/strong><\/p>\n
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(Greenwich, CT)- Last Columbus Day weekend was the infamous “Gearbuster Race” run annually every fall by Indian Harbor YC. It’s a long day race around various government buoys in western Long Island Sound. It’s a popular event as the “grand finale” of fall sailing on the Sound. It is quite popular with J\/sailors. There were 25 J\/Teams sailing (50% of the 51-boat fleet!). Lots of silverware was garnered by the various J\/Teams! Here is how it all went down by division.<\/p>\n
PHRF Doublehanded Division In this fleet of half-dozen boats, the J\/teamms nearly swept the podium. Winning was Christian Uecker’s J\/120 HOUND DOG, with Thomas Sa’s J\/33 GUN DOG in second place, and the two other J\/120s rounding out the top five- Sara & Josh Reisberg’s ABILYN in fourth and Richard Wests’s CHARLOTTE in fifth position.\u00a0<\/p>\n
PHRF A Division. (<9> Winning this half-dozen boat division was the screaming-fast J\/125 GOOD NEWS sailed by Macrae Sykes.\u00a0<\/9><\/strong><\/p>\n
PHRF B Division (10-55)- J\/Teams sweep!<\/strong> This ten-boat fleet was packed with hot J\/crews and it was not a surprising outcome to see the top five spots occupied by those talented teams.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Winning was Bill & Jackie Baxter’s J\/111 FIREBALL by nearly 24 minutes corrected time! As a result, they also took PHRF Overall honors, too. Second was Steve Losik’s J\/121 HABIRU, third went to Eric & Maggie Deichmann’s J\/112E MISCHIEF, fourth was John Sartorius’s J\/120 ALIBI, fifth was Bill Klein’s J\/120 SPECK, and sixth went to Brian Nelson’s J\/112E HONEYBADGER.<\/p>\n
PHRF C Division (56-91)<\/strong> Four J\/crews sailed this nine-boat fleet. Taking class honors was Nicolas Delcourt’s J\/88 OH JEE, with Steve Landy & Derek Soohoo’s J\/100 SANGUINE taking the silver medal.\u00a0<\/p>\n
EATON’S NECK SHORT COURSE RACE<\/strong> PHRF Spinnakers Division- J\/Teams sweep!<\/strong> Sailing in this fleet of eleven boats were several J\/crews that swept the podium! Winning was Ken & Drew Hall’s J\/88 NEVERMORE, followed by Randy Bourne’s J\/105 STRANGE BREW in second, and JC Zucconi & Jim Townsend’s J\/92 EASY RED.\u00a0<\/p>\n
PHRF Non-spin Division<\/strong> This eleven-boat fleet saw Jim Reichel’s J\/105 SCAPEGOAT take the silver medal.\u00a0<\/p>\n