{"id":23775,"date":"2024-11-02T20:44:02","date_gmt":"2024-11-02T21:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southwest.jboats.com\/?p=23775"},"modified":"2025-01-08T16:13:52","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T16:13:52","slug":"fun-loving-great-pumpkin-regatta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jboatssouthwest.com\/fun-loving-great-pumpkin-regatta\/","title":{"rendered":"Fun-loving Great Pumpkin Regatta"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(Point Richmond, CA)- The Great Pumpkin Regatta is held every Halloween weekend by the Richmond Yacht Club in the northeastern part of San Francisco Bay. There’s course racing on Saturday with a big social event, band, and food & drinks on Saturday night. Then, on Sunday it was the “great pursuit race” that had over 100 boats participating.<\/p>\n
J\/24 Class<\/strong> PHRF E Division<\/strong> Sunday PHRF Pursuit Race<\/strong>
Saturday the J\/24s had their one-design rcing. Winning was Darren Cumming’s DOWNTOWN UPROAR, followed by Robin Van Vliet’s LITTLE WING in second and Rosanne Scholl’s FLIGHT in third place.<\/p>\n
The nine-boat fleet featured two J\/70s. It was David Fried’s SON OF A SON that took the silver medal, while Courtney Clamp’s SANDPIPER took fourth place.<\/p>\n
This complete madness (or crapshoot) saw all kinds of crazy results. In the end, two J\/24s faired best in the fleet of thirty J\/teams. Brandon & Addison Mercer’s J\/24 TENACIOUS CUTTLEFISH took 5th place while Jasper Van Vliet’s EVIL OCTOPUS took 10th. Andrew Picel’s J\/125 ARSENAL was easily the top “big boat” in the race.<\/p>\n