GGYC and Their Cups
The final race of the 2009-2010 Seaweed Soup Cup midwinter series started with a one-hour postponement to wait for wind. With the startline so convenient right off the Golden Gate YC clubhouse on the San Francisco Marina, some crews chose to wait it out at the dock.
The crew of the Tarten Ten Lazy Lightning won the postponement. © 2010 norcalsailing.com
A nice, steady westerly filled in, and the RC got the ball rolling at 12:30. The currents were mild and the wind never topped 12 knots.
The Express 27 El Raton hoists the spinnaker at Blackaller. The buoy had gone on walkabout, so the RC used a temporary inflatable mark. © 2010 norcalsailing.com
As well as the division awards, this fifth race of the series would determine the winner of the Seaweed Soup Cup trophy for the best overall performance.
Q, Glenn Isaacson’s Schumacher 40, coulda been a contendah. © 2010 norcalsailing.com
Or maybe it would be Hank Easom’s 8-Meter Yucca. They’ve won it before. © 2010 norcalsailing.com
Gordie Nash, who was leading the PHRF 4 division, didn’t think it was statistically possible for his tricked-out Santana 27 Arcadia to win the overall trophy.
Arcadia in today’s race. © 2010 norcalsailing.com
So no one was more surprised than Gordie when the winner of the Cup was announced.
Not that Cup. © 2010 norcalsailing.com
Yeah, that one. GGYC Commodore Marcus Young poses with Ruth Suzuki and Gordie Nash with their Cup in front of his Cup, which also posed for pictures. © 2010 norcalsailing.com
Full results can be found at www.ggyc.com.
Arcadia must now ‘defend’ their Cup in the next Seaweed Soup series, beginning in November. Photo Courtesy Arcadia © 2010 norcalsailing.com
March 6, 2010
Farr 36 Wicked (red) and J/120 Mr. Magoo (green) in the Division A start of Golden Gate YC’s last midwinter race of the season. © 2010 norcalsailing.com