It's All Downhill From Here: The 2022 Puerto Vallarta Race Now Fully Engaged!

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And The Winners ARE...


Line Honors & New Race Record For Monohull
Pyewacket: Volvo 70' Modified


Crew Info
Name Position ISAF Country
Mark Callahan AUS
Rodney Daniel USA
Roy Disney USA
Peter Isler USA
Brad Jackson NZL
Brian Janney USA
Robbie Kane USA
Jan Majer USA
Ben Mitchell USA
Jeff Reynolds USA
Mark Towill USA
Gary Weisman USA
Daryl Wislang NZL


Pyewacket 70 Beats Rio100's 2016 Monohull Course Record By 64 Minutes

San Diego, CA (March 16, 2022) Like spectators peering over each other to get a glimpse of a racer approaching from far away, the Race Committee studied the YB tracker through the afternoon yesterday trying to anticipate when the first boat would cross the line. That honor went to Pyewacket 70! In fact, both Pyewacket 70 and Rio100 eclipsed the 2016 monohull course record (Rio100); Pyewacket 70 by an hour, Rio100 by 25 mins.

But, there was another race that evening - for the big boats that needed to med-tie at the PV Naval base for deep draft vessels. Pyewacket 70 finished with enough time to get to the harbor and tie up before the Carnival Panorama departed at 2200 local time. They won that race too. Rio100 waited briefly for the cruise ship to exit the harbor.

By press time, six out of seven Class 1 boats are finished (pending Artemis) with Fast Exit II holding on to their overall lead by 93 corrected time minutes. Both teams fought through the ‘transition zone’ of light winds that surrounded the finish area just 10 miles from the finish. Up to that point, there was enough breeze to defend a lead. But once in the zone, at night and unable to see the wind on the water, it is really a blind man’s bluff game to connect the dots of breeze and get to the finish.

For the internationally diverse crew aboard Hollywood Down Under, Aussie crew Nick Davis was glad to be racing, but especially glad to be done because he’s headed home to Western Australia for the first time in 2 years. Although he spent most of his lock down time in eastern Australia (Sydney) he couldn’t travel even just to his home in western Australia (Perth) due to the AUS strict covid guidelines. After his reunion, he’ll be headed right back to Ray Roberts TP52 racing program in Malaysia.

The fourth boat over the finish line was GoodEnergy. They finished 20 minutes corrected time behind BadPak. Remembering where they might have left 20 minutes on the race course…Doug recalled, ”We struck a sunfish - a big prehistoric looking fish that just floats on the surface of the ocean warming themselves in the sun. We struck one, and it was pinned on the keel strut. We had to go head to wind, stop the boat and completely reverse direction drop the main.”


RESULTS



ORR-1
BadPak: Botin 56'
Crew Info
Name Position ISAF Country
Jon Gardner Headsail Trimmer Group 3 USA
Tom Holthus Owner Group 1 USA
Ryan Mazzella Bow Group 3 USA
Artie Means Navigator Group 3 USA
Bruce Nelson Watch Captain Group 3 USA
Ty Reed Group 3 USA
Matt Reynolds Main Trimmer Group 3 USA
Matt Smith Pit Group 3 USA
Jacob Sorosky Group 3 USA




ORR-2
Fast Exit: Ker 51


Crew Info
Name Position ISAF Country
Alan Andrews Watch Captain USA
Garrett Brown Mid Mast Group 3 USA
Pike Harris Headsail Trimmer Group 3 USA
Steve Mader Pit Group 1 USA
Clément Maestri Bow Group 3 FRA
Randall Moreno Pit Group 3 USA
Tom O'Keefe Headsail Trimmer Group 1 USA
John Raymont Owner Group 1 USA
Hendrik Reidel Grinder Group 1 USA
Brad Wheeler Navigator Group 1 USA
Tyler Wolk Bow Group 3 USA




ORR-3
Nereid: J/125

Crew Info
Name Position ISAF Country
Damian Craig Navigator Group 3 USA
Jeremy Davidson Strategist Group 1 USA
Standish Fleming Skipper Group 1 USA
Casey Gignac Mid Bow Group 1 USA
Richard Graef Bow Group 1 USA
Charlie Jenkins Helm Group 3 USA




ORR-4
Trouble: Santa Cruz 50'

Crew Info
Name Position ISAF Country
Tom Camp Owner Group 1 USA
Gabriel Ferramola Headsail Trimmer Group 1 USA
Roland Fournier Other Group 1 USA
Jennifer Hylander Bow Group 1 USA
Michael Maloney Navigator Group 1 USA
Dave Millett Watch Captain Group 1 USA
Michael Schrager Group 1 USA
David Stotler Main Trimmer Group 1 USA
Ron Wood Floater Group 1 USA





ORR-5
Velos: Tanton 73'

Greg Clark Alternate Group 1 USA
Peter Clark Spinnaker trimmer Group 1 USA
John Costanza Bow Group 1 USA
Rodrigo Dipp Cat 3 Cooler Jockey Group 3 México
Jim Dorsey Group 1 USA
Mike Robinson Group 1 USA
Chuck Skewes owner/skipper Group 3 USA
Aaron Williams Navigator Group 1 USA
Ian Storer Other Group 3 USA
Paul Turang Group 1 USA
Aaron Williams Navigator Group 1 USA




OOR-6
White Cloud: Farr 39'

James Gilmore Watch Captain Group 1 USA
Paul Grossman Group 1 USA
Brian Vanderzanden Watch Captain Group 1 USA
steve wright Headsail Trimmer Group 1 USA

Quotes:

Doug McLean, GoodEnergy, R/P 63:
“The race to Cabo was epic, 20-24 knots the whole way. We had kites up within 30 minutes after the start. Put the 2A up and never took it down. Boat speed virtually matches wind speed. And Pyewacket 70 is even exceeding wind speed. But, if it’s blowing 20, we’re doing 18-20. Trim, ease, trim, ease, non-stop. Some good swells, but these boats plane and don’t need the big Hawaii swell. And they’re wet. If you go forward you’re under water. The immigration process was the easiest ever, 30 minutes and you’re done. George Hershmann, the owner, was stoked. He had a dream last year to buy a boat and bring all his buddies and go to Hawaii. We did Hawaii, and this is the full big race #2. It’s pretty cool.”
Ty Reed, BadPak, Botin 56:
“Favorite freeze dried meal is mac and cheese because it’s the hardest to mess up and most likely to taste like real thing (or ‘least disappointing’).”

Nathalie Criou, Envolee, Figaro 2:
“Doing 5.5 kts in 8 kts of wind. We have under 100 miles to go and can almost taste the tequila. Progress is slow. But we are not giving up yet. Not much has happened, but a crew member was attacked by a squid during the night, both are expected to survive but the squid may require counseling after the traumatic experience.”

Lawrence Andrews, TooLoco, Riptide 35:
“Had a pair of Brown Footed Boobies hitch a ride on top of mast since yesterday afternoon and cause havoc with instruments.”

Raymond Paul, Artemis, Botin 56:
“Had a great sunset last night with jumping dolphins on the horizon. This is a beautiful part of the race.. Looking forward to some tasty tacos and margaritas this afternoon. Thank you for all the hard work hosting this event, its always a blessing to be sailing down Baja.”

Marchetta Furey, Mirage, Santa Cruz 70:
“Cruelty free face-off between bird and bow guy was a highlight of the early morning hours....just after an amazing pulled pork dinner.”

Roger Gatewood, Katara, J/145:
“Comin' in like a herd of turtles!”

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Trying to wrap my head around how a retired 70' Volvo boat can be faster than a 100' maxi boat on an downhill sleigh ride.

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New Monohull Sand Diego To Puerto Vallarta Record For Disney!



Pyewacket 70 continue's its assault on West Coast Ocean Racing records with a new mark for monohulls in the San Diego to Puerto Vallarta Race.
With their sunset finish at the entrance to Banderas Bay, Roy P. Disney and the crew of Pyewacket 70 bested Rio100's 2016 mark by one hour and 4 minutes.






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Countdown To Ecstasy



As the sun comes up Tuesday on the 2022 Puerto Vallarta race track, the YB tracker reveals some great stuff. If you believe the Windy.com weather overlay, you might notice a little river of green with white lines flowing south out of the Sea of Cortez. THAT IS MONEY! First, the more ‘northerly’ direction the wind, the better for sailors reaching to the east on a port gybe. Second, the green-ish tint indicates wind strength of 10-ish knots. The wind strength key is across the bottom of the screen. While it is not a vibrant green (high teens), it is not covered in the dreaded ‘blue bayou’ that indicates wind of 5 kts or less. The Tuesday 0800 roll calls are reporting a few lulls in the ‘green’ winds, but Race Committee expects that as the daily thermals mature, the winds will develop and help the fleet stay compressed and on a fast track to the finish.

The second great thing the YB tracker is revealing is the fleet. The majority of the fleet is compressed within 100 miles of one another moving at 5 to 10 knots straight towards the finish line, and passing 40 to 90 miles south of Cabo, at 0800 race time. This generates a lot of competitive energy and optimism on the race course. They have the next 18-24 hrs in that “green means go” wind to cover the final 150-250 miles to the finish. If this model holds up, it will likely be a very busy night and ‘tomorrow’ at the marina for hospitality and Customs processing.

It is great to see the Thursday starting Class 6 boats White Cloud, Envolee and Such Fast still mixed in with the Friday starting Classes (5, 4, and 3) for predicted finish times. They are no doubt trimming, plotting and working hard for class and even overall podium finishes.

Class 5 Akaw! and Class 2 Good Call are going to demonstrate the high risk/low miles “inside” pass within 10 miles from the Cabo beach. Their 0800 speed and direction look good so fingers crossed for them. And committed “outside” strategist Class 2 Pied Piper is going for the payoff of a “130 mile south of Cabo” transit. If the dreaded “blue bayou” materializes inshore, and swallows all the happiness and optimism of that group, Pied Piper will revel in the payoff and be tactical heroes!





To close today, a few words about time as the fleet races to ‘stop the clock’. Race Time is Pacific Standard Time which was in effect at the start last week. The racers are still operating on that time frame. Puerto Vallarta is on Mountain Standard Time (they don’t do Daylight Savings here in Mexico). So Race Committee started the race on Pacific Standard time, ignored the switch to Daylight Savings Time on Sunday, changed to Mountain Time when they relocated to the destination harbor, but ignored Daylight Savings Time switch again, and don’t acknowledge that the finish line is actually in Central Standard Time zone. Or… as you read the finish times on the race tracker, you could also think of race time as Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) minus 8 hours. Simple!









Competitor Quotes:

Fast Exit II
“Great day of ocean racing! Having the 4 hour delay on tracker really causes consternation, as the leaderboard is screwy compared to the real world, but it does send off alarms. Long straight drag race ahead which favors waterline - damn. But we will make a race of it for sure.”

Pyewacket
“Lots of sea life, mother and baby gray whale, sea turtles and packs of seabirds picking off flying fish that we scare up. Looking forward to PV and life's treasures on shore. Pleasant evening on the Pyewacket 70.”

Bribon
“Don't you just love hanging out in the lee? What happened to the wind, and how do we make it come back!”

Vela (Monday evening)
“Vela here. Beautiful day of sailing. Finally getting into shorts and T-shirts. Saw whales breaching within a 1/4 mile of our position. We had a little halfway celebration today. Lots of fun.”

Hula Girl
“East of Cabo! Beautiful sunset, night, and morning. Not really in the Sea I guess, a bit too far south, but it feels like it. The Zen sailing phase begins!”

Mirage
“What a great race so far. Had artichoke crab toasts for happy hour followed by fresh grilled ribeyes for dinner last evening. Happy boat with 12 souls sailing along!”

Spin Doctor
“Wind just shut off to 1.5 kts from 220ish. Final leg to PV. Seas calm no clouds. Just enjoyed coffee and quiche.”

Ho’okolohe
“Went big last night trying to strategically lighten up the yacht for the passage through the Cabo lee. Waygu beef steaks on the grill with artichokes and back potatoes. Tried to call Gary and Ben on Pyewacket for wine pairing suggestions but no luck so went with Duckhorn cab, and Roembauer chardonnay for the non-red drinkers and ice cream for dessert.”

Amazing Grace
“Close encounter last night. We were sailing at 7 knots when we saw a whale slap his fin on the surface about a boat length dead ahead. Veered hard to port and missed him by less than 20 feet. Looked like a juvenile grey, maybe 25-30' in length. We need a bigger boat.”

Tueday 0800 Daily Standings Report

Follow the race tracker showing boat positions at 1-hour intervals with a 4-hour competitive delay at https://yb.tl/sdpv2022.

Thank you to the sponsors of the 2022 Puerto Vallarta Race: North Sails, Ocean Navigator, Twin Rivers Marine Insurance, Bay City Brewing, Rosaluna Mezcal, and Marina Vallarta.




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Verbiage via Jared (loves he some Giants)Jared Wohlgemuth

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Records On The Menu For Pyewacket And RIO



re you in or are you out?
Varying approaches to Cabo
San Diego, CA (March 14, 2022) As the competitors in the 2022 Puerto Vallarta Race continue south in what is being reported as “great sailing conditions,” it is worth taking a moment to look at how this game has played out in the past.

To start, Rio100 owns the elapsed time record set in 2016 at 3 ds, 5 hrs, 42 min, 43 sec. Both Rio100 and Pyewacket 70 have been rolling through the fleet like they’re in a car chase. The trackers are currently projecting both of them to finish ahead of the record, with Pyewacket 70 edging out Rio100 by about an hour, and knocking a little more than 4 hours off the Elapsed Time Record. In fact, there could be as many as five Class 1 boats and even Fast Exit in Class 2 breaking the tape in record time. Race Time 18:02:42 on Tuesday is the time to beat to be on that podium.

Describing the basic PV race track at the competitors weather and safety brief each morning, Pyewacket 70's renowned Navigator/Author/Marine University Educator Peter Isler framed it this way: Three legs (310nm, 440nm, and 270nm respectively) separated by three roughly 15 degree left turns. The first leg is about getting clear of any coastal eddy and into the offshore winds from the W/NW. The Pleasant Depart. The second leg is about VMC - getting down the course and balancing temptation to go offshore for more wind vs turning left to follow those gentle 15 degree turns to the finish and winding up stuck in a light wind bay along the coast. And finally, leg three, known as ‘the restart,’ which begins at Cabo San Lucas and runs to the finish line at Punta Mita. The infamous “wind shadow” cast by the landmass of the Baja Peninsula lingers there and can detain the leaders as the back of the fleet roars up to their transom. The “shadow” could be a light patch just a few miles from shore, or it could be a glass off across the entrance to the Sea of Cortez. Sailors can get stuck there for precious hours or even a day or more trying to poke through. Risk averse sailors plan to just end around, and sail cautious extra miles around the shadow but that could take similar amounts of time. It is a race from here to the finish for sure.






The winds driving the last three days of champagne sailing are forecast to start breaking up especially around Cabo, and the boat speeds in the teens will be a fond memory. In 2020, Pyewacket 70's first PV Race, they passed 27 miles south of Cabo, and had already passed the last Thursday starter prior to reaching Cabo (https://yb.tl/sdpv2020). This year, as Pyewacket 70 rolls up on the final left turn at Cabo, they are nearly 90 miles offshore and the Thursday point-boat White Cloud is still just ahead. Kudos to White Cloud for their tactics and boat speed and postponing the catch.

Besides Pyewacket 70, the other two fastest boats in the fleet (Rio100 and Hollywood Down Under) are currently setting up on different lines for their approach to Cabo (measured perpendicular to their track to the coast (Rio 50 miles, Hollywood 25 miles). While Hollywood Down Under’s approach might seem risky as their first PV Race with an international crew and new Australian owner Ray Roberts, they were savvy to recruit Erik Brockmann, veteran MX racer and skipper of Volvo 65 Viva Mexico. Erik will bring his years of experience on this specific race course. You can bet they have a well reasoned plan. Be sure to check the trackers as they tell the tale.

Roy Disney, Pyewacket 70, Volvo 70 Modified:
"Happy that Gary Weisman came out of retirement to sail this race - kind of like the GOAT. Smooth sailing on the Pyewacket. Moon is getting bigger, Venus is almost blinding after moonset, Southern Cross starting to peak above the horizon as we sail south."

Wayne Zittel, J World’s Hula Girl, Santa Cruz 52:
"Still pretty nice out here. Massive pod of dolphins around us at this very moment. And the fantastic sailing days just keep coming. In fact, the sailing is so ideal on this one, the crew hasn't even mentioned stopping in Cabo for a quick Margarita. That might be a first for me."

Nathalie Criou, Envolee, Figaro 2:
"Another nice morning off of the Baja. Yesterday was very quiet and lighter winds through the night there was no wildlife and no excitement through the night. When the sun rose it illuminated a brilliantly fast luck duck bearing down on our position. They were fun to watch, but unfortunately weren’t in our sight long."

John Raymont, Fast Exit II, Ker 51:
"Took our licks early. The young guy on the boat was worried about our Thursday finish time and was hiding the Donner Party cookbook but is feeling better now. Looking for the big restart. All good otherwise."

Follow the race tracker showing boat positions at 1-hour intervals with a 4-hour competitive delay at https://yb.tl/sdpv2022.


Wind Prediction for next 24 hours 6:00PM Monday through 6:00 PM Tuesday

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Monday Position Update

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Posted March 13, 2022
After three days of really nice conditions at the start of the San Diego to Puerto Vallarta Race, all boats are on the course! It has been called the “pleasant depart” - a reference to boats sailing to Mexico starting the race with spinnakers as opposed to the edgier initial course for boats sailing to Hawaii which typically involves some upwind sailing for the first day or two. So while it wouldn’t be fair to say we saved the best for last, it would be accurate to say the last got the best… start conditions. As a whole, the middle of the Saturday Class 1 and 2 fleet have already sprinted 270 miles down the course in the first 20 hours.



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Wayne Zittel, J World’s Hula Girl, Santa Cruz 52:
“A little more sporty last night, but we are loving it... some good surfing. Knowing it won't last *sigh*, but all grins for now!”

John Raymont, Fast Exit II, Ker 51:
“Good night, no issues. holding our own. good race between father and son with Bribon (Scott and Pike Harris). And yes, surfboards can be wet in 20kts! “

Lawrence Andrews, TooLoco, Riptide 35
“Cracking night of sailing. 19.7 knots top speed peeling to the A-5 at 0300. Bowman not happy. Boat fell over a couple of times. No one happy. Trouble downloading gribs. Da Nav not happy. Otherwise all good on the TooLoco luxury cruise.”

However, there was one not-so-champagne moment on the course yesterday evening - Scott Grealish’s J/121 BlueFlash had a crew member fall into the cockpit during a gybe. They suffered a badly bruised torso and suspected broken ribs, but are otherwise stable and resting. The boat crew had medical advice on board, through contact with USCG flight surgeon, as well as crew relatives on shore, so there was no shortage of oversight of injury. BlueFlash diverted to Turtle Bay and offloaded the injured crew member and will be returning to San Diego.






Meanwhile, Class 6 White Cloud continues to be point boat down the course setting up for an inside position at Cabo, still 200 miles away. Also in Class 6 - Such Fast is almost 50 nm further out than White Cloud and starting to show their choice of tactics for passing Cabo San Lucas.

Saturday Classes 5, 4 and 3 are spread over a 50nm area with Lucky Duck leading the way past San Carlos, and boat speeds averaging 9-11 kts across the fleet. Sunday Class 2 boats are also closing on San Carlos with fleet speeds in the mid-teens. The Class 1 boats are in another gear averaging high teens down the course with Pyewacket 70 posting almost 16 kt average from the start.
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If Friday’s summary word-of-the race was “angles”, Saturday’s words are “VMC or Velocity Made on Course.” Watching the Thursday Class 6 boats beat their way out of San Diego Bay in a southerly wind was a tough way to start a distance race. At 0800 Roll Call Saturday, they were generally passing San Carlos/Turtle Bay. By contrast, the Friday Class 5, 4, and 3 boats got a nice westerly breeze that built through the evening and allowed them to fast reach directly toward the finish 1050nm away. Their 0800 boat positions are less than 100nm astern, about parallel to Guadalupe Island. Watching the YB Tracker, you can see the dramatic difference in course choices. By 0400 or 0500, the Friday boats started to gybe back toward the Baja coast and stay closer to the rhumbline, the most direct course to the finish.

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All these weather factors and course choices are now showing up in the overall standings with the Friday classes populating the top of the list. The “slowest” rated boat in the Friday starters (Class 5 - Olson 40 Akaw!) is currently the projected leader after their first 20 hours on course. They are keeping up with the faster rated boats like Class 3’s Rogers 46 Lucky Duck, who is projected 3rd overall. All the Friday class boats are within 30 miles of one another, making use of lots of passing lanes.

The 0800 reports from the competitors shared a similarly fantastic night of sailing.

Ivan Batanov, Zero Gravity, Soto 40, Class 3:
"The first night was one of the best night-time sailing we've ever done. Fantastic downwind run in 16-18kn breeze with the boat fully powered up and under control. Everyone loved it so much that we did not have any time for old sailing stories. We had a close encounter with a 900ft cargo vessel which was moving at 1.5kn across our bow."

Roger Gatewood, Katara, J/145, Class 4:
"Champagne sailing! The kind of stuff they put on magazine covers!"

Wayne Zittel, J World’s Hula Girl, Santa Cruz 52, Class 4:
"Wonderful conditions for the first day! One of our veterans of many Hawaii races has discovered the sweetness of the pleasant exit. I've withheld from him the fact that they are not all like this, but wow it's nice when they are!"

Nathalie Criou, Envolee, Beneteau Figaro 2, Class 6:
"Had a great night with 20 kt winds and dolphins playing around the boat. We almost had a really close crossing with another sailing vessel around 0400 until the incoming crew pointed out that it was a star. This made it much easier to avoid."








Saturday features the launch of the Class 1 and 2 boats with veteran Class 1 ocean racers like Roy P. Disney’s modified Volvo 70 Pyewacket 70, Manouch Moshayedi’s Bakewell White design Rio100 (monohull course record-holder), and Doug Baker’s Dencho/Kernan 68 Peligroso. 2022 stands as Peligroso’s 9th consecutive PV Race dating back to 2006, and includes 3x 1st in Class and 2x 1st Overall. Class 2 is composed of classics like the Santa Cruz 70s including Marchetta / Furey’s Mirage and Jack Jennings’ Pied Piper.


https://pvrace.com/news/article/2022-pv-race-game-on

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San Diego, CA (March 11, 2022) – The second wave of starters for the 2022 San Diego to Vallarta International Yacht Race launched Divisions 3, 4, and 5 in westerly wind of 5-8 knots that allowed reaching angles for the start of their 1000 nm course.

Among the starters was Ivan Batanov’s Soto 40 Zero Gravity who anticipates a challenging race due to somewhat unpredictable weather conditions. “Some years it can be very light, others can get a bit sporty,” noted Batanov. “The rounding of Cabo is critical and can make or break the race. Depending on the local conditions and the time of day, many boats have lost hours and days in the light airs ‘hole of Cabo’. For us, the 1000 mile course requires careful planning to keep the boat light and fast.”




For the three boats that started yesterday, their email check-in this morning had the Division 6 boats 120-135 nm down the track. White Cloud and Envolee were within a half mile of each other having morning coffee (or their equivalent). Such Fast stands only a few miles behind the other two in terms of distance to finish, but in a more offshore position. Clearly different pages from the Mexico Race play book.

Nathalie Criou Envolee, Skipper, Division 6:
“Awesome sailing last night – 17 to 20 knots of breeze which has turned into s**t about a hundred miles from Cedros. Battling it out with White Cloud, but we’ve lost track of Such Fast. Team morale is good and we are all rested as the weather tests our patience.”

Day one starters launched in a moderate south wind, prompting tighter upwind angles. But through the night, the breeze swung to a more southwesterly direction and increased, allowing the three competitors to set some downwind sails and extend down the course. However, with 24 hours of change on the weather map, gains from inshore thermal, or offshore gradient winds near San Carlos will reveal winners and losers by tomorrow.

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SATURDAY RECAP
If Friday’s summary word-of-the race was “angles”, Saturday’s words are “VMC or Velocity Made on
Course.” Watching the Thursday Class 6 boats beat their way out of San Diego Bay in a southerly
wind was a tough way to start a distance race. At 0800 Roll Call Saturday, they were generally
passing San Carlos/Turtle Bay. By contrast, the Friday Class 5, 4, and 3 boats got a nice westerly
breeze that built through the evening and allowed them to fast reach directly toward the finish
1050nm away. Their 0800 boat positions are less than 100nm astern, about parallel to Guadalupe
Island. Watching the YB Tracker, you can see the dramatic difference in course choices. By 0400 or
0500, the Friday boats started to gybe back toward the Baja coast and stay closer to the rhumbline,
the most direct course to the finish.







All these weather factors and course choices are now showing up in the overall standings with the
Friday classes populating the top of the list. The “slowest” rated boat in the Friday starters (Class 5 -
Olson 40 Akaw!) is currently the projected leader after their first 20 hours on course. They are
keeping up with the faster rated boats like Class 3’s Rogers 46 Lucky Duck, who is projected 3rd
overall. All the Friday class boats are within 30 miles of one another, making use of lots of passing
lanes.





Saturday 0800 Daily Standings Report (link: https://pvrace.com/documents/standings031222.pdf)
The 0800 reports from the competitors shared a similarly fantastic night of sailing.


Ivan Batanov, Zero Gravity, Soto 40, Class 3:
The first night was one of the best night-time sailing we've ever done. Fantastic downwind run in
16-18kn breeze with the boat fully powered up and under control. Everyone loved it so much that we
did not have any time for old sailing stories. We had a close encounter with a 900ft cargo vessel
which was moving at 1.5kn across our bow.




Roger Gatewood, Katara, J/145, Class 4:
Champagne sailing! The kind of stuff they put on magazine covers!




Wayne Zittel, J World’s Hula Girl, Santa Cruz 52, Class 4:
Wonderful conditions for the first day! One of our veterans of many Hawaii races has discovered the
sweetness of the pleasant exit. I've withheld from him the fact that they are not all like this, but wow
it's nice when they are!





Nathalie Criou, Envolee, Beneteau Figaro 2, Class 6:
Had a great night with 20 kt winds and dolphins playing around the boat. We almost had a really
close crossing with another sailing vessel around 0400 until the incoming crew pointed out that it
was a star. This made it much easier to avoid.





Saturday features the launch of the Class 1 and 2 boats with veteran Class 1 ocean racers like Roy
P. Disney’s modified Volvo 70 Pyewacket 70, Manouch Moshayedi’s Bakewell White design Rio100
(monohull course record-holder), and Doug Baker’s Dencho/Kernan 68 Peligroso. 2022 stands as
Peligroso’s 9th consecutive PV Race dating back to 2006, and includes 3x 1st in Class and 2x 1st

Overall. Class 2 is composed of classics like the Santa Cruz 70s including Marchetta / Furey’s
Mirage and Jack Jennings’ Pied Piper.



Follow the race tracker showing boat positions at 1-hour intervals with a 4-hour competitive
delay at https://yb.tl/sdpv2022.

https://pvrace.com/news


Thank you to the sponsors of the 2022 Puerto Vallarta Race: North Sails, Ocean Navigator, Twin
Rivers Marine Insurance, Bay City Brewing, Rosaluna Mezcal, and Marina Vallarta.
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