Chris and Denise Kramer on their Alerion 28' Sweet De exiting Raccoon Strait in the correct direction
Sunday's RYC Big Daddy Regatta Pursuit Race attracted 100 monhulls and 5 multihulls to the annual rounding of
Angel Island and Alcatraz. With a weather system exiting the area, a chilly but nice North Westerly combined with a building ebb
that saw the vast majority of the fleet choosing the counter clockwise route, from South Hampton, through Raccoon Strait, south
to Alcatraz and then a beeline to the finish off Richmond.
A few boats opted for the clockwise route, which looked good for the 1st hitch yet quickly faded hopes as those boat approached
Point Knox and the outrushing waters surging out of Raccoon Strait
Bruce Monro's Alerion 28' Last Dance was 1st CW boat to Alcatraz, yet the outgoing ebb proved
a roadblock for boats swimming uphill through Raccoon Strait
The Cal 20' Can o' Whoopass, leads the fleet of CCW boats around Alcatraz, but ran out of gas on the home stretch
Don's let their mild mannerism's fool you, Wabbits can be merciless
It was a very quick race, all in all with the majority of boats finishing in under 2 hours and nary an anchor needing to be deployed
or running lights required to finish. Ah, daylight savings time, the time of year that deprives us of an hours sleep, but rewards us
with additional time outside to play after work!
The Chinese Lunar Calendar may call this The Year of The Tiger, but the Big Daddy Pursuit Calendar clearly had The Year of the Wabbit
ensconced on it's documentation, as the 1st 4 boats were all Wabbits, with the 6th also being a Wabbit named Bear, with only a Melges
20 interfering with a perfect top 5.
To wit:
1st Bad Hare Day 126 Kim Wabbit Erik Menzel RYC
2nd Jack 126 North Coast Yachts Wylie Wabbit William Erkelens RYC
3rd Just a Hare 126 North Coast Yachts Wylie Wabbit Marcos McGee RYC
4th Kwazy 126 North Coast Yachts Wabbit Colin Moore Richmond
5th MiniMax 111 Melges Melges 20 Lance Kim RYC
6th Bear 126 North Coast Yachts Wabbit Christine Dubuc Richmond YC
The undeniable sound of a clutch of Wabbits charging
John Aren's J-109 Reverie does a close up inspection of grout work on The Rock's south side
Buzz Blackett's i'o preparing to reel in some less fortunate boats
The Mahoney Bro's Tartan 101 Story Maker, Nicco Popp's Sunfast 3600 Invictus and Cindy Lou's Alerion 38 Another Girl
enjoying each others company...
The Big Evil Clown Boat tuning up for some offshore mischief
Pegasus, the Lewis Bro's Newland 360 doing a close flyby
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