Newport Harbor Cabo Race Underway!

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The 2023 Newport Harbor Cabo Race Gets started today with 14 Boats in 2 Divisions:









Aimant de Fille (J/145)

Oliver Ernest: Skipper
Steven Ernest: Owner
Chris Snow: Navigator
Additional Crew Lynn Bowser, Tony DiarBakerli, Steven Pacelli, Mike Robinson, Arthur Vasenius

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ARGO 4 (J/125)

Kenny Kieding: Co-Skipper
John Vincent: Co-Skipper
Peter Heck: Navigator
Additional Crew: Ian Fournier, Tedd White

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Groundhog Day (Rogers 46)

Rich Festa: Owner
Antonio Festa: Stunt Owner
Allie Blecher: Autopilot
Additional Crew: Todd Best, Sean Crane, Melia Grasska, Will Petersen, John Staff,
Mary Stuyvesant, William Tetrick


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Nereid (J/125)

Standish Fleming: Owner
Jeremy Davidson: Stunt Owner
Damian Craig: Navigator
Additional Crew: Bill Blazer, Casey Gignac, Charles Jenkins

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Reinrag 2 (J125)
Tom Garnier: Owner
Additional Crew: Joby Easton, Scott Lonsway, Burgess Malarkey, Matt Pistay

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Spin Doctor (Andrews 40 Custom)

Paul Farrell: Skipper
Chris Winnard: Tactician
Additional Crew: Jaimie Anderson, TIM GAUB, Tom Jacobs, Doug Johnstone, Pierre Quincy,









Amazing Grace (Custom Farr 57)


James Puckett: Skipper
Carl Sarnoff: Watch Captain
Additional Crew: Ronald Agustsson, Mark Brazil, Ryan Burke, James Hovark, Jonathan Keetz,
Michael Legge, THOMAS LEHTONEN, Jotham Schwartz

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City Lights (Santa Cruz 52)
Aaron Wangenheim: Owner
David Binder: Watch Captain
Additional Crew: Andy Blakeslee, Patrick Burke Bebout, Caitlin Gutekunst Cerra,
Nathan de Vries, Brendan Huffman, John Shingler, Brooke Wangenheim,
Emily Wangenheim


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DarkStar (Farr40 )

Steve Brown: Skipper
Additional Crew: Tom Armbruster, Jared Gargano, Don GrayIII, Liz Hopkins,
BENJAMIN LANDIS, Russ Turk

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Favonius (Dehler 46)

Greg Dorn: Skipper
Sylvain Barrielle: Tactician
Additional Crew: Ashley Perrin, Matthew Sessions, Cameron Tuttle, Mike Ure, Noah Weissich

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Ho’okolohe (Farr 57)


Cecil & Alyson Rossi: Owners
Additional Crew: Daniel Bailey, Thomas Corkett, Stephen Dodd, Fizz Foster, JAMES Foster,
Ty Pryne, Emily Rossi, Ryan Rothwell

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Ramble On (Beneteau First 44.7)

John Whalen: Skipper
Warren Wolfe: Navigator
Additional Crew: Fredrick Abbott, Peter Cabot, James Cheesman, Bradley Kleihege,
Gary Reynolds, John Roy, Steven Steiner

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Westerly (Santa Cruz 52 )

Dave Moore: Owner
Chris Busch: Navigator
Will Paxton: Tactician
Additional Crew: W. Greg Clark, Andy Dippel, Clement Maestri , Alec Offenberger,
Taylor Schlub, Andrew Schwenky-Dank

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White Cloud (Cookson 12M / Farr 39)

Paul Grossman: Owner
Additional Crew: James Gilmore, Brian Vanderzanden

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Saturdays Forecasted Winds:





Sunday:






Monday:






Tuesday:






Wednesday:








Saturdays Starters:






More to follow:

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The fun has begun!

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The progression is established!


1700 Friday





2300 Friday

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ORR A

Artemis (Botin 65 )

Raymond Paul: Owner
Seadon Wijsen: Tactician
Peter King: Navigator
Additional Crew: Carlos Badell, Delmar Badell, Jay Crum, Joe Crum, Rodney Daniel,
Sonny Lopez, Dennis Roweder, Keith Stahnke, Jeff Wayne


BadPak (Botin 56)

Tom Holthus: Owner
Artie Means Navigator
Bruce Nelson Tactician
Additional Crew: Jon Gardner, Hartwell Jordan, Ryan Mazzella , Ty Reed, Matt Smith,
Jacob Sorosky


Hollywood Down Under (JV72)

Raymond Boberts: Owner
David Chapman: Tactician
Koen De Smedt: Navigator
David Millett: Navigator
Additional Crew: Marcin Banaszek, Maxwell Brennan, Jennifer Garvey, Max Godfroy,
Daniel Hawkins , Chandler Hill, Dale Johnston, Marcus Korobacz, Matt Levings,
Filip Peitrzak, Harrison Philip, Jonathan Rankine, Francis Richard, Marc Ignacio Rosenfeld Lipkes, Tim Somerville, Michael Spies


Peligroso (Dencho/Kernan 68)

Doug Baker: Owner
Ernie Richau: Navigator
Additional Crew: James Clappier, Dustin Durant, John Fuller, Kaipo Kelley, Keith Kilpatrick, Doug Mclean, William Menninger, Cody Schlub, Benjamin Wheatley


Rio 100 (Bakewell White 100)

Manouch Moshayedi: Skipper
Jay Davis: Navigator
Morgan Gutenkunst: Strategist
Ben Bardwell
Additional Crew: Bouwe Bekking, Ethan Doyle, Justin Ferris, Jesse Fielding,
Alex Higby, William Jenkins, Drew Lawler, Ryan Lynch, Jeff Messano, Sebastian Moshayedi,
Joe Penrod, Scott Tompkins, Dylan Vogel


Zephyrus (Reichel Pugh 77)

Damon Guizot Owner
John Jourdane Navigator
Additional Crew: Dan Crowley, Roger Kurath, Dave Leverett, Brian McMartin, Stuart Palmer,
Tom Priest, Robin Sodaro, Gary Tautz, Anders Troedsson

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ORR B

Bolt (Nelson Marek 70)

Craig Reynolds: Skipper
Phil Moore: Navigator
Additional Crew: Sam Heck, Greg Helias, Jeff Linden, Zack Maxam, Manny Moledo,
Dave Oborn, Carson Reynolds, Maximilian Rosenblad, Jim Sears


Grand Illusion (Santa Cruz 70)
David H. Clark: Owner
Patrick O'Brien: Navigator
Addional Crew: John Aschieris, Mike Blunt, Garrett Brown, Brooks Clark, Daniel Geissmann,
Tom O'Keefe, Jake Reynolds, Bud Richley

Mirage (Santa Cruz 70)

Chuck & Heather Furey: Owners
Ray Marchetta: Navigator
Additional Crew: Ian Bower. Tod Clark, Jon Sanchioli, Kimberly Stanford,
Samantha Treadwell-Hartsell, Mark Wallace

Pyewacket (Andrews 68)

Roy Disney: Owner
Peter Isler: Navigator
Additional Crew: Mark Callahan, Scott Easom, Torben Grael, Brad Jackson
Robbie Kane, Ben Mitchell, Tony Mutter, Daryl Wislang

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ORR C

Fast Exit II (Ker 51)

John Raymont: Skipper
Brad Wheeler: Navigator
Additional Crew: Alan Andrews, Pike Harris, Erik Kristiansen, RANDALL MORENO
Collin Mulry, Tyler Wolk


Saga (TP52)

John Brynjolfsson: Owner
Steven Rossi Navigator
Additional Crew: Daniel Capperucci, Holly Davis, Michael Herlihy, Jonathan Hoover,
Bryson Hough, Chad Hough, Tyler Prentice


Vitesse (RP 52)

Thomas Furlong: Skipper
Jan Majer: Navigator
Additional Crew: Tyler Baeder, Pete Balash, Scott Beavis, Sean Couvreux, Mark Newbrook,
Blaine Pedlow, Chris Welch


Zero Gravity 51 (Reichel-Pugh 51)

Ivan Batanov: Skipper
Lawrence Andrews: Co Skipper
Additional Crew: Matt Anderson, Lynsi Gibbons, Austin Graef, Richard Graef, Eric Heim,
Marvin Lee, David Sudano, Casper Thijssen

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ORR MH


Argo (MOD 70)

Jason Carroll: Owner
Brian Thompson: Navigator
Additional Crew: Westy Barlow, Chad Corning, Peter - Evie Cumming, Charlie Ogletree, Alister Richardson


Chim Chim (Gunboat 62)

John Gallagher: Owner
Jason Owens Navigator
Additional Crew: Wesley Ewing, Hilton Eymard , Jeremiah Garland, Owen Johnson,
Scott Klodowski, Andrew Matuszeski, Will Suto



Orion (MOD70)

Justin Shaffer Skipper
Cam Lewis: Navigator
Additional Crew: Paul Allen, Hogan Beatie, Giulio Bertelli, Morgan Larson, Matt Noble






Fridays Starters:

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Saturday starters are making slow progress towards the border, boats largely sailing in the 4 knot range!


Friday Starters have been the benefactors of much better and consistent winds, with Westerly leading the fleet towards Cabo

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It would be something if Westerly could hold off Rio and the Mod 70's!

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Sunday morning Update:

The gap is closing as the Mod 70's and RIO have found the breeze and accelerated out of the light airs off San Diego

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Monday Morning Armchair Quarterbacking



The pace to the ice cold Pacifico's is impressive, with the two Mod 70's Argo and Orion
just over 100 nm to the finish after devouring over 800 nm since the start in light air Saturday afternoon,
the deciding factor of overall line honors may just be decided with light air decision making in the final few miles.

Meanwhile, David Moore's Santa Cruz 52' Westerly remains the lead dog in the monohulls at this point,
but Manouch Mashayedi's RIO 100' is coming up quickly, and is projected to pass before the finish. Westerly
still leads ORR E by a sizable margin and should be rewarded with class win for the efforts.

Other handicap leaders are

Badpak ORR-A
Pyewacket ORR-B
Vitesse ORR-C
Nereid ORR-D

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Tuesday morning's tracker display show the the Mod 70's, Argo and Orion finishing
Monday afternoon early evening with Argo claiming Overall Line Honors and Orion arriving almosted exactly 2 hours later. RIO 100' claimed 1st in Mono Hulls, crossing the finish at 08:31 Tuesday, with an elapsed time of 2Days 19hours, 31minutes and15 seconds.
Westerly is now in at 09:51 and claim division E 1st place honors

It appears the Hollywood Down Under, Ramble On and Saga will join Reinrag 2 on the retired bench....








Updated Tuesday 10:00 PDST




Division Rankings:

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Thursday morning update:

16 boats have finished, nothing major to report...




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