key west race week 2010, issue 6

Orangutan finished 12th out of 14 boats in J/105 class, but concluded Key West 2010 on a positive note by placing second in the 10th and final race. This photo shows Orangutan, skippered by Bernard Girod of Santa Barbara, CA, leading eventual class winner Savasana and a pack of other J/105s at the start on Friday.

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Mike Williamson sported a very satisfied look as he sat in the cockpit of his Summit 40 sipping a Heineken and reflected on capturing IRC 2 class at Key West 2010,

presented by Nautica.“It feels very, very good to win this regatta. Key

West is well known around the world so certainly it’s a great accomplishment,” Williamson said.

Winners of the other 10 classes at Key West 2010 had similar feelings. There were hearty handshakes and slaps on the back among the Joe Fly crew upon return to the dock on Friday after the Italian team topped the Farr 40 class. Skipper Giovanni Maspero and tactician Francesco Bruni have brought the Joe Fly program to

North America’s largest winter regatta for many years without winning in either the Melges 24 or Farr 40 classes and thus were overjoyed.

“We are very happy to finally win in Key West. We have always been second and third so it feels good to be the champion,” Bruni said.

Joe Fly put forth a tremendously consistent effort by finishing fourth or better in 8 of 10 races to total 35 points, six better than runner-up Barking Mad (Jim Richardson, Newport, RI). “We are quite pleased with our performance. We were by far the fastest boat in the fleet in all conditions. We had a little luck with catch-ing shifts, but our success was due mostly it was our boat speed and crew work.”

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Over at Truman Annex, the UKA UKA Racing crew was in tremendous spirits as they dropped the mast of their Melges 24 after winning Key West for the second straight year. Helmsman Lorenzo Bressani spoke excit-edly about how close the competition was with Blu Moon, the Swiss entry that finished just three points behind the Italian team.

Blu Moon helmsman Flavio Favini needed to win the last race and have UKA UKA Racing take third or worse in order to snag the overall victory. At one point in the last race, Favini had put Alan Field’s WTF between Blu Moon and UKA UKA Racing. However, the Italian team rallied on the last leg to win the last

Boat of the Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

Preliminary Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5–8

Buddy Melges Pays a Visit . . . . . . . . . .9

Nautica Watches Trophy . . . . . . . . . . .12

Boat of the Week. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

PHRF Boat of the Week . . . . . . . . . . . .15

Sailing in Key West on a Budget . . . .16

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race along with the regatta.“It was unbelievable racing, very close and tense. It was a tough day because

Favini match raced with us. There was a moment when he was winning the regatta, but we were able to maintain our concentration and pull it out,” said Bressani, who praised the work of tactician Jonathan McKee.

Blu Moon, which had Tiziano Nava aboard as tactician, was runner-up for the second straight year despite winning four races and placing second or third in four others within the 21-boat fleet. “We tried very hard and almost made it, but UKA UKA sailed well all week and deserved to win,” Favini said. “They had a little better speed than us upwind and it seemed like every time they made a choice about which side of the course to take it was correct call.”

John Kilroy and the Samba Pa Ti team completed an impressive run in the Melges 32 class, largest of the regatta with 22 boats. Stu Bannatyne called tactics while Morgan Reeser and Sam Rogers served as trimmers aboard Samba, which took the lead on Tuesday and never relinquished it – ultimately winning three races en route to an 18-point margin of victory over Red (Joe Woods, Great Britain).

“It’s all about the team, which for me starts with Fuzz Foster of North Hawaii and the help he gives us with the sail program,” Kilroy said. “The racing team did a tre-mendous job all week. We were very fast and very consistent in all conditions.”

Kilroy has enjoyed success in the Farr 40 and TP52 classes before moving into the Melges 32 and coming away with a major title in only his fifth event. There was an added bonus for the Malibu, CA resident as Samba Pa Ti was named Boat of the Week.

“That is a tremendous honor and a tribute to the class. This fleet is very competi-tive with a lot of outstanding teams and a lot of great sailors,” Kilroy said. “You really have to work hard to win in the Melges 32 class.”

Williamson steered White Heat to victory in four of 10 races en route to a final score of 27 points, nine better than IRC 2 runner-up Cool Breeze. The Summit 40 took the lead away from early pacesetter Pugwash (David Murphy, J/122) on Wednesday then held off a late charge by Cool Breeze (John Cooper, Mills 43).

Simon Shaw called tactics while Will Howden (jib, spinnaker) and Tim Dawson (main) trimmed for Williamson, who splits his time between London and New Castle, New Hampshire. “It was a great team effort all around,” said Williamson, whose previous best finish at Key West was a third in a PHRF class. “It was a great regatta, excellent competition and very tough sailing.”

Bella Mente, a Reichel-Pugh 69-footer owned by Hap Fauth of Newport, RI, com-pleted a wire-to-wire victory in IRC 1 class. Kelvin Harrup and Eric Doyle teamed to call tactics on Bella Mente, which won eight of 10 races. Fauth was pleased to take the bullet in Race 10 after finishing last in Race 9 after hooking the anchor rope of the committee boat.

Interlodge, owned by Austin Fragomen of New York, captured the TP52 sub-class. Massachusetts-based Bill Lynn called tactics for Fragomen, who was competing in just his second regatta aboard the Judel-Vrolijk design.

“We are very pleased to be the top TP52. It was a very tough class and all the boats were sailed extremely well,” Fragomen said. “We learned a lot about our boat this week. It was a nice long regatta with a good mix of conditions.”

Division 2 PRO David Brennan and his crew work together seamlessly to stay on top

of the shifting breeze, altering course and maintaining fair competition for the fleet. “It’s a balance between the length of the course and the number of people,” Brennan said, explaining the how’s and why’s. During the clocking breeze early in the week, his team was poised and changed the course a number of times.

“I’m really blessed with a good team,” Brennan said. He works with the same people for numerous, high profile racing events throughout the year so their communication is accurate and brief. “We really know each other and it’s really nice to know what to expect from your team.” Brennan also credits Dick Neville, who shares the responsi-bility out on the water. “We’re equal partners,” Brennan said.

J/80The J/80s have enjoyed a great Mid-Winter Championship in Key West with class

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leaders trading places during the week. Going into Race 9, the team on Le Tigre enjoyed a slight-comfort zone of six points over Little Feat who posted a 1-1 on Thursday. Sitting in third place only one point behind Little Feat was Rascal. Le Tigre, co-owned by Glenn Darden and Reese Hilliard of Forth Worth, TX, Darden has competed in eight Key West race weeks, but has never taken a top win. Until now. An experienced racing sailor, he is a past J/105 North American Champion and has won the J/80 Worlds. This week, the team placed third or better in seven of 10 starts in capturing the J/80 Mid-Winter Championship, which was contested as part of Key West 2010. Little Feat, skippered by Jeff Johnstone of J/Boats, won both races on Friday to get within one point of Le Tigre.

“We had a great battle with Jeff and were just able to hold on,” said Darden, who had Ullman pro Max Skelley aboard as tactician.

Wrapping up Friday’s racing, Will Welles’ team on Rascal maintained third overall with a respectable 5-2 day, and Kerry Klingler’s Lifted took a third-place finish in Race 9, tying in points with Al Minella’s Connecticut based entry, Relentless for fourth overall.

“The depth of the competition was much better than ever before,” said Jay Lutz, calling tactics on SWE 803. Magnus Tyreman’s entry (Sweden) placed sixth in fleet, not bad for the tough, 19-boat class battle. Blake Billman was on the bow and Cal Herman worked the middle. Winning race 2, and finishing in the top ten consistently,

the SWE 803 team followed the suspense of the final races between Le Tigre and Little Feat. “The lead boat almost lost it,” Herman said. One extra point and that would’ve been the case.

J/105In Key West 2009, Savasana was champion of the

class and Brian Keane’s highly competitive Texas based team has done it again in grand style. Two bullets on Friday kept them far above the fleet by a whopping 22 point margin.

During Friday’s action, Ken Colburn’s team on Ghost (Southport, ME) sailed a 2-6 day and widened Thursday’s one-point gap over third-ranking competitor, Blackhawk. Ghost took second overall in fleet with Scooter Simmons’ Blackhawk (San Francisco, CA) clinching third over-all. Colburn commented on the overall competition, “Savasana sailed a fabulous week. Here, you really had to bring your A-game, or you found yourself in trouble. You make any mistake in this competitive fleet and you will loose points.”

The last boat to finish in the class was certainly not the least. Junius Grimes’ Charleston based entry, Absolutely! still had a great time and were enjoying themselves so much that they attracted the curious attention of other boats on the course. “We were just laughing so hard,” explained crewmember Katie Hughes. “People were staring at us, wondering why we were laughing so much despite coming in last.”

Owner Junius Grimes’ daughter Anna, was also crewing. “It’s a really tight fleet and Savasana is really good,” Anna said. “For us, it was our tuning year.” Her boyfriend, known as ‘Brother’, was part of the team.

“We’ve all sailed other boats, but it’s everyone’s first race on a J/105,” Katie Hughes added. With a crew ranging in age from 23 to 33-years-old, the good-natured crew onboard Absolutely! are looking forward to returning to Key West again.

Division 3Multihull

Tom Reese’s Corsair 28R, Flight Simulator, finished the series mid-fleet, after seeing some strong competi-tion amongst the multihulls. Bob Harkrider’s seemingly untouchable cat, Merlin, held a solid week of bullets leading the class by 18 points. Tim Britton’s Tobiko posted a 2-3 in the final two races to finish in second place overall.

“The race committee seemed to start and finish at exactly the same time all week,” Flight Simulator trim-mer, Jim Roman observed. Owner Tom Reese was busy getting his trailerable trimaran in road travel mode. “We had beautiful weather and it really cooperated this year,” Reese said.

Ron Whitson is Flight Simulator’s 66-year old foredeck man. Trim and muscular, Whitson looked much younger and had the energy to boot. “I’m probably the oldest foredeck guy out there,” he said. He started his career as a drag racer and at 40, started racing sailboats. “With boats, you can race them hard and then take your fam-ily out on them,” Whitson observed. He owns a Corsair F27 and, originally from Michigan, currently lives in the middle Florida Keys. Flight Simulator frequently

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J/80 class contested its North American Championship as part of Key West 2010 and it proved to be a great battle between Le Tigre and Little Feat. Co-owners Glenn Darden and Reese Hillard sailed Le Tigre to victory by the narrowest of margins, beating Jeff Johnstone and Little Feat by just one point. “We had a terrific event with a big fleet and some great action. Five different boats won races during the week so that shows the talent level in the fleet,” said Johnstone, whose family owns and operates J/Boats. Johnstone closed the regatta strong and really pushed Le Tigre by winning both races on Friday. That standout performance earned Little Feat the Industry Partners Boat of the Day award. “It was an unbelievable regatta. Premiere Racing put on a great show. The quality ofsailing, the caliber of competition and the first-class awards parties are what make this such a can't miss regatta,” Johnstone said. Johnstone praised the Le Tigre team for capturing the Mid-Winter Championship. “Glenn and his team sailed smart and they sailed clean. We gave it our best shot, but they deserved to win,” Johnstone said.

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DIVISION 1SERIES TOTALS

Class Pl. Boat Name Model 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TotalRACE 1

Pts. # Boat Name Model Hdcp Finish Time CorrectedRACE 2

Pts. Boat Name Corrected

KEY WEST 2010 Saturday, January 23, 2010 5Preliminary Race Results

Race Data Summary January 22, 2010Division 1 Race #1 Race #2 Race #3

CLASS COURSE LENGTH START COURSE LENGTH START COURSE LENGTH START

IIRC 1 4 7.35 1035 4 7.35 1202

Farr 40 4 6.2 1058 4 5.18 1242

IRC 2 4 6.2 1103 4 5.18 1247

Melges 32 4 6.2 1111 4 5.18 1255

Division 2 Race #1 Race #2 Race #3


Melges 24 4 4.6 1035 4 4.6 1209

J/105 4 4.6 1040 4 4.6 1214

J/80 4 4.6 1045 4 3.8 1225

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Multi 4 5.26 1035 4 5.98 1210

PH-1 4 5.02 1040 4 5.84 1215

PH-2 4 5.02 1045 4 5.84 1220

PH-3 4 3.82 1050 4 4.18 1225

IRC1 1 Bella Mente R/P 69 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 6 1 17 2 HighlandFlingXI Wally 82 2 4 4 3 3 4 3 2 1 2 28 3 Interlodge TP52 4 2 2 2 4 2 2 5 2 5 30 4 Decision TP52 5 3 6 5 6 1 4 4 4 3 41 5 Anema & Core JV 52 6 5 3 6 5 5 5 3 3 4 45 6 Vela Veloce S.Cross 52 3 6 5 4 2 6 6 6 5 6 49F40 1 Joe Fly Farr 40 4 3 4 4 5 2 3 1 3 6 35 2 Barking Mad Farr 40 2 5 8 5 7 5 2 3 2 2 41 3 Nerone Farr 40 10 2 3 1 10 1 1 11 1 3 43 4 Plenty Farr 40 1 8 7 10 1 3 14 4 7 10 65 5 Goombay Smash Farr 40 8 10 6 6 2 10 7 6 4 7 66 6 Vincere Farr 40 3 11 11 3 3 4 10 2 10 12 69 7 Nanoq Farr 40 5 6 1 11 11 9 4 9 9 5 70 8 Struntje Light Farr 40 6 1 2 9 6 8 9 10 12 8 71 9 Enfant Terrible Farr 40 9 12 5 8 8 11 5 5 8 1 72 10 Flash Gordon Farr 40 13 4 13 7 4 6 8 7 5 9 76 11 Groovederci Farr 40 11 7 12 2 9 12 6 8 11 4 82 12 Charisma Farr 40 12 13 10 12 12 7 11 12 6 13 108 13 Spaceman Spiff Farr 40 7 9 9 13 13 13 12 13 13 11 113IRC2 1 White Heat Summit 40 1 2 5 4 1 4 5 1 1 3 27 2 Cool Breeze Mills 43 6 3 7 6 3 3 2 2 2 2 36 3 Pugwash J/122 2 1 1 2 7 7 3 5 7 5 40 4 Vitesse Swan 42 5 5 6 8 4 2 4 6 3 1 44 5 Hot Ticket Summit 40 4 4 3 5 6 1 8 7 4 6 48 6 Teamwork J/122 7 8 4 1 5 6 6 3 6 4 50 7 Gold Digger J/44 8 7 2 3 8 8 1 4 8 8 57 8 Better Than Swan 42 3 6 8 7 2 5 7 8 5 7 58M32 1 Samba Pa Ti Melges 32 - 14 1 4 1 11 1 3 6 5 4 36 2 Red Melges 32 9 6 - 19 6 5 10 1 5 1 11 54 3 Fantastika Melges 32 - 18 8 12 9 4 4 4 2 4 10 57 4 New Wave Melges 32 2 13 13 3 14 3 2 1 14 - 21 65 5 Leenabarca Melges 32 - 20 2 7 11 3 15 10 10 3 5 66 6 Star Melges 32 1 9 - 15 10 7.4 2 15 8 7 9 68.4 7 Calvi Network Melges 32 12 5 1 8 10 7 16 - 19 9 2 70 8 Ramrod Melges 32 3 3 11 4 - 18 9 8 17 2 18 75 9 Heartbreaker Melges 32 5 12 6 2 12 14 14 3 - 15 7 75 10 Yasha Samurai Melges 32 11 16 8 7 1 5 17 18 - 20 1 84 11 Shakedown Melges 32 16 7 2 - 17 17 17 6 4 16 8 93 12 Lake Effect Melges 32 8 19 3 5 15 13 5 7 18 - 20 93 13 Teasing Machine Melges 32 4 15 9 15 - 21 19 9 11 6 6 94 14 Team Barbarians Melges 32 15 14 5 14 8 - 20 13 12 17 3 101 15 Flat Stanley Melges 32 7 10 11 - 18 9 11 18 9 12 15 102 16 Argo Melges 32 6 - 21 14 16 16 6 12 13 8 12 103 17 Bronco Melges 32 - 21 17 10 13 2 16 11 16 11 16 112 18 Ninkasi Melges 32 17 4 18 - 20 7 8 19 15 13 13 114 19 Arethusa Melges 32 19 18 16 12 6 12 - 20 20 19 14 136 20 Dark N’Stormy Melges 32 19 11 - 21 21 19 21 7 14 10 19 141 21 Celeritas Melges 32 13 20 17 19 - 22 18 21 21 21 17 167 22 Vanpire 32 Melges 32 22 22 22 22 20 22 22 - 23 22 22 196

1 888 HighlandFlingXI Wally 82 1.639 11:30:54 1:31:372 5206 Interlodge TP52 1.367 11:44:22 1:34:493 38008 Anema & Core JV 52 1.365 11:45:20 1:36:004 61300 Decision TP52 1.365 11:45:59 1:36:545 84248 Vela Veloce S.Cross 52 1.365 11:47:38 1:39:096 45 Bella Mente R/P 69 1.538 11:40:58 1:41:271 09 Nerone Farr 40 12:06:19 2 12 Barking Mad Farr 40 12:07:45 3 06 Joe Fly Farr 40 12:08:24 4 02 Goombay Smash Farr 40 12:09:01 5 13 Flash Gordon Farr 40 12:09:03 6 03 Charisma Farr 40 12:09:11 7 14 Plenty Farr 40 12:09:24 8 10 Enfant Terrible Farr 40 12:09:25 9 07 Nanoq Farr 40 12:09:26 10 05 Vincere Farr 40 12:09:30 11 08 Groovederci Farr 40 12:09:32 12 04 Struntje Light Farr 40 12:09:39 13 11 Spaceman Spiff Farr 40 12:10:29 1 52915 White Heat Summit 40 1.122 12:16:42 1:22:412 60432 Cool Breeze Mills 43 1.182 12:13:19 1:23:073 4240 Vitesse Swan 42 1.175 12:14:05 1:23:314 52956 Hot Ticket Summit 40 1.118 12:18:39 1:24:355 18 Better Than Swan 42 1.180 12:15:06 1:25:056 52939 Teamwork J/122 1.094 12:21:09 1:25:307 60003 Pugwash J/122 1.093 12:21:40 1:25:598 49 Gold Digger J/44 1.098 12:22:55 1:27:451 38 Red Melges 32 12:24:15 2 34 Ramrod Melges 32 12:24:55 3 27 Leenabarca Melges 32 12:25:13 4 37 Fantastika Melges 32 12:25:38 5 42 Samba Pa Ti Melges 32 12:26:02 6 31 Teasing Machine Melges 32 12:26:23 7 32 Star Melges 32 12:26:26 8 22 Argo Melges 32 12:26:32 9 39 Calvi Network Melges 32 12:26:54 10 25 Dark N’Stormy Melges 32 12:27:01 11 29 Bronco Melges 32 12:27:04 12 21 Flat Stanley Melges 32 12:27:11 13 41 Ninkasi Melges 32 12:27:28 14 23 New Wave Melges 32 12:27:33 15 30 Heartbreaker Melges 32 12:27:34 16 28 Shakedown Melges 32 12:27:39 17 43 Team Barbarians Melges 32 12:27:42 18 26 Lake Effect Melges 32 12:27:55 19 36 Arethusa Melges 32 12:27:56 20 33 Yasha Samurai Melges 32 12:28:09 21 35 Celeritas Melges 32 12:29:04 22 24 Vanpire 32 Melges 32 12:31:22

1 Bella Mente 1:33:412 HighlandFlingXI 1:35:253 Decision 1:39:374 Anema & Core 1:40:065 Interlodge 1:41:406 Vela Veloce 1:43:101 Enfant Terrible 2 Barking Mad 3 Nerone 4 Groovederci 5 Nanoq 6 Joe Fly 7 Goombay Smash 8 Struntje Light 9 Flash Gordon 10 Plenty 11 Spaceman Spiff 12 Vincere 13 Charisma 1 Vitesse 1:25:562 Cool Breeze 1:26:423 White Heat 1:27:044 Teamwork 1:29:005 Pugwash 1:30:146 Hot Ticket 1:32:107 Better Than 1:32:348 Gold Digger 1:33:521 Yasha Samurai 2 Calvi Network 3 Team Barbarians 4 Samba Pa Ti 5 Leenabarca 6 Teasing Machine 7 Heartbreaker 8 Shakedown 9 Star 10 Fantastika 11 Red 12 Argo 13 Ninkasi 14 Arethusa 15 Flat Stanley 16 Bronco 17 Celeritas 18 Ramrod 19 Dark N’Stormy 20 Lake Effect 21 New Wave 22 Vanpire 32

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6 Saturday, January 23, 2010 KEY WEST 2010Preliminary Race ResultsDIVISION 2

SERIES TOTALSClass Pl. Boat Name Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total

RACE 2Pts. # Boat Name

RACE 1Pts. # Boat Name

M24 1 UKAUKA Racing Lorenzo Santini 2 1 2 - 5 1 3 2 1 2 1 15

2 Blu Moon Franco Rossini 1 4 - 9 2 3 1 1 3 1 2 18

3 WTF Alan Field 3 2 1 4 2 4 3 - 8 3 3 25

4 Baghdad Kristian Nergaard 7 3 8 - 13 8 9 5 2 4 5 51

5 GUL Code Zero Miles Quinton 8 12 10 3 4 - 18 4 7 5 4 57

6 Hoodlum Racing Paul Hulsey 9 7 4 1 - 13 7 8 11 6 8 61

7 Monsoon Bruce Ayres 4 - 13 3 11 6 6 6 12 10 6 64

8 Zig Zag 18 Henri Samuel - 12 11 5 7 7 5 12 9 12 10 78

9 Kleine Rainbow Bent Dietrich 10 5 11 16 5 - 17 10 10 8 7 82

10 Convexity Donald Wilson 14 10 6 6 11 8 9 - 16 7 16 87

11 Lounge Act Loren Colahan 5 15 12 14 10 15 7 6 - 19 14 98

12 Regatta.nu Arne Larssen 6 8 19 19 - 20 16 13 4 15 9 109

13 Team Windhover Elizabeth Harned 15 6 16 8 - 17 13 15 5 17 15 110

14 Battle Rhythm Guy Mossman 11 - 14 14 12 12 12 11 14 11 13 110

15 Tramp Thomas Ritter - 19 9 13 18 9 11 14 18 9 17 118

16 Entourage Vlad. Kulinichenko 18 17 7 10 19 10 16 - 20 13 11 121

17 Mustgo David Happ 13 - 20 18 17 16 19 17 13 14 12 139

18 USA 625 Marty Jensen 20 - 21 17 9 21 2 20 17 16 20 142

19 Zetiana Alexis Michas 17 18 - 22 15 15 20 18 19 20 19 161

20 Knot 2 Scale Bret Newcomb 16 19 20 - 21 18 14 21 15 18 21 162

21 Vapour Trail Greg McCliment 21 16 15 20 14 21 19 - 22 21 18 165

J105 1 Savasana Brian Keane 2 1 4 2 1 4 2 2 1 1 20

2 Ghost Kenneth Colburn 6 4 2 3 6 5 4 4 2 6 42

3 Blackhawk Scooter Simmons 3 5 9 7 4 3 1 3 8 3 46

4 Eclipse Damian Emery 7 6 10 1 2 6 3 1 9 9 54

5 Solaris Bill Zartler 8 7 1 8 5 8 5 5 5 7 59

6 Lucky Dog Travis Weisleder 1 10 11 9 7 1 6 6 11 4 66

7 Max Power Gerrit Schulze 5 8 7 4 3 7 8 10 7 12 71

8 Creatv Destruct James Williams 9 9 3 10 9 2 7 11 4 11 75

9 Tenacious Edward Palm 10 3 12 5 8 10 12 12 3 5 80

10 Big Booty Patrick Eudy 4 2 5 6 12 11 11 14 10 8 83

11 Vixen Christopher Beane 13 12 8 12 10 13 9 8 6 10 101

12 Orangutan Bernard Girod 14 11 13 11 14 12 10 7 12 2 106

13 Radiance Bill Lakenmacher 11 14 6 13 11 9 13 9 13 13 112

14 Absolutely Junius Grimes 12 13 14 15 13 14 14 13 14 14 136

J80 1 Le Tigre G Darden/R Hillard 2 10 2 2 6 3 1 1 2 5 34

2 Little Feat Jeff Johnstone 7 7 1 1 4 4 6 3 1 1 35

3 Rascal Will Welles 1 3 3 8 5 7 2 5 5 2 41

4 Relentless Al Minella 10 2 9 4 1 2 3 7 7 9 54

5 Lifted Kerry Klingler 5 9 4 5 8 1 9 2 3 8 54

6 SWE 803 Magnus Tyreman 6 1 7 6 9 6 7 9 4 7 62

7 Rumor John Storck, Jr 8 4 5 7 14 8 11 4 10 4 75

8 Juggernaut Michael Zupon 11 8 8 12 2 13 13 8 11 3 89

9 Kicks Rose/O’Sullivan 9 6 12 3 11 11 4 11 13 12 92

10 Shananigans Shannon Lockwood 12 11 11 9 7 12 12 10 8 6 98

11 Angry Chameleon Kristen Robinson 4 18 6 10 3 10 5 12 15 16 99

12 Jammy Dodger Neil Martin 3 5 14 11 13 17 10 6 9 13 101

13 Bob Dylan Michael Sudofsky 16 12 10 14 10 5 8 14 12 15 116

14 Claire Randy St James 13 15 13 15 16 9 17 13 6 11 128

15 Blind Faith Aaron Galvin 14 13 15 13 18 15 15 16 16 10 145

16 Stacked Deck Ramzi Bannura 17 16 17 16 12 14 14 17 14 14 151

17 Magic In Motion Jeremy Reynolds 15 14 16 17 15 19 18 15 17 18 164

18 Emotional Resc. Gary Panariello 18 19 18 19 19 16 16 18 19 19 181

19 Willy T Jeff Jordan 19 17 19 18 17 18 19 19 18 17 181

1 64 Blu Moon

2 66 UKAUKA Racing

3 55 WTF

4 50 Baghdad

5 59 GUL Code Zero

6 61 Hoodlum Racing

7 56 Convexity

8 57 Kleine Rainbow

9 60 Tramp

10 62 Monsoon

11 65 Battle Rhythm

12 58 Zig Zag 18

13 53 Entourage

14 49 Mustgo

15 54 Regatta.nu

16 68 USA 625

17 67 Team Windhover

18 51 Knot 2 Scale

19 52 Lounge Act

20 63 Zetiana

21 48 Vapour Trail

1 09 Savasana

2 10 Ghost

3 15 Tenacious

4 07 Creatv Destruct

5 04 Solaris

6 13 Vixen

7 03 Max Power

8 01 Blackhawk

9 02 Eclipse

10 14 Big Booty

11 06 Lucky Dog

12 11 Orangutan

13 12 Radiance

14 05 Absolutely

1 35 Little Feat

2 33 Le Tigre

3 29 Lifted

4 28 SWE 803

5 34 Rascal

6 25 Claire

7 26 Relentless

8 31 Shananigans

9 32 Jammy Dodger

10 19 Rumor

11 30 Juggernaut

12 22 Bob Dylan

13 17 Kicks

14 18 Stacked Deck

15 24 Angry Chameleon

16 20 Blind Faith

17 27 Magic In Motion

18 23 Willy T

19 21 Emotional Resc.

1 66 UKAUKA Racing

2 64 Blu Moon

3 55 WTF

4 59 GUL Code Zero

5 50 Baghdad

6 62 Monsoon

7 57 Kleine Rainbow

8 61 Hoodlum Racing

9 54 Regatta.nu

10 58 Zig Zag 18

11 53 Entourage

12 49 Mustgo

13 65 Battle Rhythm

14 52 Lounge Act

15 67 Team Windhover

16 56 Convexity

17 60 Tramp

18 48 Vapour Trail

19 63 Zetiana

20 68 USA 625

21 51 Knot 2 Scale

1 09 Savasana

2 11 Orangutan

3 01 Blackhawk

4 06 Lucky Dog

5 15 Tenacious

6 10 Ghost

7 04 Solaris

8 14 Big Booty

9 02 Eclipse

10 13 Vixen

11 07 Creatv Destruct

12 03 Max Power

13 12 Radiance

14 05 Absolutely

1 35 Little Feat

2 34 Rascal

3 30 Juggernaut

4 19 Rumor

5 33 Le Tigre

6 31 Shananigans

7 28 SWE 803

8 29 Lifted

9 26 Relentless

10 20 Blind Faith

11 25 Claire

12 17 Kicks

13 32 Jammy Dodger

14 18 Stacked Deck

15 22 Bob Dylan

16 24 Angry Chameleon

17 23 Willy T

18 27 Magic In Motion

19 21 Emotional Resc.


dueled with John Novak’s Corsair 28R, Overdo. “They were tough,” Whitson said about Overdo. “They’re really fun guys.”

“We were close and well matched with Flight Simulator,” said Overdo crewman Chris Croninger. He owns his own Corsair 31 and was sharing his multihull expertise on John Novak’s boat. “The mixed class is a first for us,” Novak said on racing against a variety of multihulls with different ratings.

PHRF 1James Madden’s J/125, Stark Raving Mad, capped a

stellar week of racing posting two firsts to lock up the overall win. The new Summit 35, Marinerscove, affection-ately known as the ‘Irish boat,’ maintained their second place standing, just four points above third place winner, Rhumb Punch. “They’re very fast, much faster upwind and downwind in certain conditions,” Punch helmsman Clarke McKinney said about the two Summit 35s in the fleet. John and Linda Edwards’ Farr 30 was able to gain an edge on the Summits by having a clean start in front of them and controlling them for both races. It was good, suspenseful fun. “The last two years have been awesome here,” McKinney said. In Key West 2009, the Rhumb Punch team had started a running joke about coming back to Key West ten more times. “So we have nine more years to go,” said owner John Edwards with

a chuckle. “if we live that long!”Act One raced a 1-2 day on Thursday. They could have

scored better had they not tangled with a lobster pot line. Floating just under the water’s surface and difficult to see until it was too late, the line snared Act One’s keel and promptly yanked her to a halt. Bill Titus’ brand new Summit 35 placed fourth in class overall just four points behind Rhumb Punch.

El Ocaso, Rick Wesslund’s J/120, had a challenging time finding an edge against the lighter competitors through the week. “Thursday morning we had a good race (third finish), but we were struggling when the breeze lightened,” Wesslund admits. Class winners in 2006, the Ocaso team still had fun and enjoyed the fleet. “Everyone was on their game. The level of play was good and this keeps us coming back to Key West. Also, we all got a suntan,” Wesslund concluded with a grin.

PHRF 2One point separated the top two making the final

two races the deciding factor. It is no surprise that they engaged in a 1-2 tango in Races 9-10 to finish out the series. The Berges/Hall Evelyn 32 excelled in Friday’s conditions scoring a 1-2 ending the class rivalry with Bill Sweetser’s J/109 Rush who scored a 2-1. The fun factor of close competition never let up.

“It was right down to the last race,” said Bluto Co-

owner Ben Hall. Bluto’s crew of family and friends have been sailing together for the last 30 years and race as much as possible. “We sail with our entire family,” Hall said. His wife, Nan, works the pit and two daughters, Liz (bow) and Caroline (assistant tactician), complete Bluto’s family affair. Close friend Duffy Danish works the mast. “We sail now just because we love sailing with our friends and family,” Hall confided. “We do push each other and enjoy the competition.”

Bruce Gardner’s L’Outrage, an Annapolis based Beneteau 10M, placed third overall in fleet. Near the Big Top prior to the final awards presentation, Team Bluto and Gardner’s Team L’Outrage were engaged in lively conversation, reviewing the day’s excitement. It’s L’Outrage’s 13th Key West. “We wouldn’t miss this race regardless of the economy or how many boats enter,” Gardner said. “We look forward to coming back next year.”

Denny Manrique’s Centurion 40, Island Flyer, had placed second in PHRF-B in the 2010 Ft. Lauderdale to Key West race and the team was hoping to continue their winning streak. The boat truly comes alive in heavy winds and had to struggle to stay in the game during this week’s great, but mild moments. Island Flyer helmsman, Mo Regnier summed up the week. “The race committee work was excellent, the weather was great,



Red made a meteoric rise up the standings in the Melges 32 class in the last couple days of Key West 2010. Red was seventh overall after three days of the regatta, but jumped up to third after winning a race on Thursday. British skipper Joe Woods remained on a roll with another bullet on Friday and was class runner-up to Samba Pa Ti.

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8 Saturday, January 23, 2010 KEY WEST 2010Preliminary Race ResultsDIVISION 3

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Buddy Melges Pays a VisitBy Bill Wagner

Sailing legend Buddy Melges was here in Key West this week, enjoying the warm weather and checking out the two grand prix classes that bear his name.

Melges figured watching sailboat racing in Key West for a few days beat the winter cold of Wisconsin so he hopped a flight to the southernmost point of Florida and settled into a bunk aboard Jeff Ecklund’s motor yacht Starlight Express.

“It’s always great to be in Key West. This is a fantastic regatta and I’ve enjoyed seeing the racing and getting to know some of the sailors,” Melges said while walking the docks in front of the Galleon and greeting competitors.

Melges, who literally has dozens of national and inter-national championships to his credit, spent the week observing the action in the Melges 24 and Melges 32 fleets, two of the largest at Key West 2010 with 21 and 22 boats, respectively.

Melges grew up on Lake Geneva racing the boats designed and manufactured by his father – Harry Melges Sr. He eventually took over operation of Melges Performance Sailboats while at the same time building a remarkable resume as a competitive sailor.

Melges won Olympic medals in the Soling (Gold, 1972) and Flying Dutchman (Bronze, 1964) classes then captured consecutive Star world championships (1978, 1979). He is also a five-time E-Scow national champion and seven-time Skeeter Ice Boat world champion.

Melges is pretty much retired now and one week shy of his 80th birthday. He does not take credit for the

enormous success of the Melges 24 and 32 sport boat classes, which have attracted many of the finest sailors in the world.

“I didn’t have any-thing to do with that. That was all due to the work of the kids,” he said, referring to sons Harry III and Hans. “They went to Reichel-Pugh and got the 24 designed. That boat obviously did very well so they went back to Reichel-Pugh and got the 32 designed. Then they added a 17-footer and the 20-footer. All four boats are fun to sail, every damn one of them.”

Melges admits to being somewhat amazed by the caliber of sailing in the Melges 24 and 32 classes, which routinely feature some of the top professional sailors in the world. He hears all the time from owners who are thrilled with the competi-tion, performance and class management of the various Melges classes.

“I have to congratulate Harry and his staff. They have done a wonderful job of providing service to the fleets,” Melges said. “Harry demands quality and excellence, which is quite clear to me when I come to a big regatta

such as this and see what is going on. What impresses me the most is the level of sailing that I am seeing in our classes. It is much improved from the first time we came down here.”

Premiere Racing president Peter Craig once sailed with Buddy Melges as crew aboard America3, the America’s Cup campaign the “Wizard of Zenda” skippered. Craig caught up with the sailing master this week and said it was an honor to have him here.

“It’s always great to see Buddy in Key West. He is certainly one of the greatest sailors of all-time and has

done so many good things for the sport,” Craig said. “One of my greatest thrills was sailing with Buddy’s America’s Cup team and getting a chance to spend time with him. He has so much knowledge to impart and I learned a lot about sailing from just listening to him.”

Melges praised Craig and Premiere Racing for continuing to run one of the top regattas in North America and said it was clear the boat owners enjoy com-ing to Key West every year.

“This is such a great venue for sail-boat racing. You get a great variety of conditions over the course of the week. We’ve had light, moderate and heavy air so far,” Melges said. “Peter and his team do a terrific job of running the races and making sure everything is done first-class.”

Melges spends his time duck hunting, ice boating and tinkering in his work shop these days. “Every day is Sunday, but I only go to church one of the seven,” he joked. “I still love the Skeeter class and it’s a development program so I am always trying new things in terms of hardware and equipment.”

Event Director Peter Craig (right) shares a chat and a chuckle with sailing great Buddy Melges.

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A group of extremely strong Italian boats made the International Team Competition the closest it’s ever been at Key West. Italy 1, led by a pair of class winners, edged Italy 2 by a mere point in the battle for bragging rights. Skipper Lorenzo Santini and UKA UKA Racing won Melges 24 class while skipper Giovanni Maspero and Joe Fly captured Farr 40 class to lead Italy 1, which totaled 97 points. Franco Rossini and Blu Moon placed second in Melges 24 class while Massimo Mezzaroma and Nerone took third in Farr 40 for Italy 2, which finished with 98 points. Calvi Network (Carlo Alberini), the seventh place boat in Melges 32 class, completed the Italy 1 team that took home the Nautica Watches Trophy. Fantastika (Lanfranco Cirillo) gave Italy 2 a big lift by placing third in Melges 32. Premiere Racing president Peter Craig created the International Team Competition in 1997 and could not recall the country versus country event being decided by just one point. “We had a very good team. All three boats were top contenders in their class and that is what is necessary to win this competition,” Alberini said.

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John Kilroy headed to the airport as soon as Key West 2010 was completed. The Malibu resident wanted to get back to California to see his children. However, Kilroy’s flight was cancelled and he had to spend another night in the Conch Republic. It turned out to be a blessing in disguise as that change of plans enabled Kilroy to attend the final awards ceremony and find out in-person that Samba Pa Ti had been named Boat of the Week by Premiere Racing. Samba Pa Ti won three races and counted single digit results in eight others en route to winning Melges 32 class in impressive fashion. Stu Bannatyne called tactics while Morgan Reeser and Sam Rogers served as trimmers aboard Samba, which beat runner-up Red (Joe Woods, Great Britain) by a whopping 18 points. “It is a tremendous honor to be named Boat of the Week at Key West, which is one of the greatest regattas in the world,” Kilroy said. “I’m so proud of my team for sailing the boat so well all week. This is also a great achievement for the Melges 32 class, which is so competitive. There is a great spirit in this class and a lo of fantastic owners.” This was only the fifth Melges 32 event and first class victory for Kilroy, who has a slew of one-design national and international champion-ships to his credit.

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The honor of PHRF Boat of the Week, based on the best performing boat in the most competitive class, was earned by a highly unique team. Racing a three-year-old Evelyn 32 named Bluto, co-owners Ben Hall and Bill Berges had sailed a fine week to become champions in the PHRF 2 fleet. The Bokeelia,, Florida based Bluto is raced by a husband and wife team, Nan and Ben Hall, and their two daughters, Liz and Caroline. Close family friends complete the crew.

“This is awesome!” Nan Hall exclaimed. Already in good cheer from their well earned first place, the team wasn’t expecting to be called back to the podium for yet another round of accolades and awards. How did they do so well? “Everybody just works really hard,” Nan explained. “Also, we never lost our sense of humor.”

“We were very patient,” Caroline said. “And we didn’t get too freaked out when things didn’t go right,” Liz added.

Bluto may be ‘old’ in raceboat years, but she’s kept in top form. “Last year we put a carbon rig and rigging on it,” Ben hall said. It changed the boat’s rating, but the change in performance was worth it. “We also put on a bigger spinnaker for the downwind advantage. Of course, it’s always good to be fast.”

They’re so familiar with each other and with the boat that the team only practiced for about an hour and a half before the start of the Key West series. Ben Hall enjoys sailing with his family and is proud to have passed on the love of the sport to his daughters. “It’s all about nurturing young people in the sport,” Hall said, then added with a chuckle, “And if they want to sail with old crazies like us, well, that’s great!”


Sailing Key West on a BudgetBy Bill Wagner

J/80 owner Jeremy Reynolds was skeptical when it was suggested he enter Key West 2010, presented by Nautica. The Maryland resident started doing a mental checklist of the costs associated with doing a regatta off the southernmost point of Florida and just shook his head.

“I saw the dollar signs going cha-ching, cha-ching in my head,” Reynolds said.That was before J/80 class president Kristen Robinson showed Reynolds a detailed

spreadsheet of how to attend the annual race week in Key West on a reasonable budget. “I was real surprised about how affordable it could be,” said Reynolds, the first-year owner of Magic in Motion.

Robinson has come up with all sorts of creative ways to reduce the final tab on a Key West campaign and encouraged J/80 owners to work together to assist one another. After years of fine-tuning, Robinson has developed a budget that enables a J/80 team to compete at Key West for less than $8,000.

Perhaps the most notable cost-cutting method involves working a package deal for most of the J/80s to launch and berth at Old Island Marina. Robinson negotiated a discount on the splash fee and storage rate with the Stock Island facility.

Robinson also helped the J/80 teams contain their hous-ing costs by calling around to numerous Key West realtors and comparing rates. Reynolds and his Magic in Motion crew are staying at a house for $2,000 less than it rented for a few years ago.

“With the economy being what it is, there are some great deals on housing. You just have to take some time and look around,” he said.

Robinson, who along with her husband Brian has competed at Key West six times aboard Angry Chameleon, posted a “How to do Key West on a Budget” article on the J/80 website that provides owners with all sorts of other tips on how to manage costs. She suggests buying food for the entire week before traveling to the regatta and making sure to eat all meals at home while in Key West.

“Going out to dinner drives the budget way up. You also need to stay out of the bars,” she said.

Reynolds took Robinson’s advice by buying a bunch of sailing gear at year-end, close-out prices from Annapolis Performance Sailing as opposed to paying premium prices at West Marine in Key West. Many of the J/80 owners also purchased a bunch of discounted gear at the U.S. Sailboat Show in Annapolis.

“You just have to plan carefully and think ahead about what you are going to need and shop around in advance so there isn’t this massive one-time payout right before the regatta,” Robinson said. “I called APS and asked what deals they would give J/80 owners if I sent all our sailors to their store.”

Robinson spreads the costs over time by renting the house in May, entering the

regatta at the end of August and paying the marina fees after the event. “It’s a way to put myself on a payment plan so there isn’t such a big hit one month,” she said.

Of course it’s important that sailors in the J/80 class get along so well and are eager to help each other out. Reynolds needed a keel skirt and rudder cover for towing Magic in Motion to Florida and was thrilled when another owner who wasn’t attending Key West loaned him those items.

“It’s very gratifying that people in this class are so generous and willing to share,” he said.

Some J/80 owners have joined forces to enter Key West 2010. Henry DeGroot of Wired teamed up with Kerry Klingler of Lifted to do the regatta. Lifted is always one of the top contenders at Key West and DeGroot said it’s been enlightening to see how another team sails.

“I’ve got some of my crew on Lifted and we are learning a lot this week. Kerry is a great sailor and is pretty much giving us a clinic,” DeGroot said.

Robinson said every dollar saved counts and looks closely at every possible expense. There are six J/80s from Annapolis at Key West and a group of sailors that was flying to Florida car-pooled to Baltimore-Washington International Airport to save money on parking.

Robinson was asked why she puts so much effort into assisting other J/80 owners with their Key West plans and plotting out a budget for the regatta. “Because if I’m going to make the effort to come down here I don’t want to race in PHRF. I come to Key West for good one-design competition so the more boats the better,” said Robinson, who believes other class presidents or representatives should put forth the same effort for a regatta the caliber of Key West.

Premiere Racing president Peter Craig is extremely impressed by the ability of J/80 owners to put together a Key West campaign on an affordable budget. “The J/80 class increasing to 19 boats in this economy is one of the great success stories of this event and should be listened to carefully by the owners in other classes,” Craig said. “The J/80 folks have figured out how to do Key West without breaking the bank by working collectively. They have clearly shown that it can be done.”

Key West is the start of the J/80 East Coast Tour. The close competition for the past week bodes well for the season leading up to the Worlds in October. Amongst the one design classes, the overall winner of the J/80 class came down to the final race.

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Classification Code ReduxBy Dobbs Davis

To a strong turnout under the Big Top on Tuesday night, Dobbs Davis provided an overview of the changes to the ISAF Classification Code where Group 2 is being eliminated from the Code. There are less than 500 Group 2 sailors in the system of 16,000 sailors with active classifications, but those affected will have to re-apply to then be reviewed and re-classified to be either Group 1 or Group 3.

A new FAQ document of interpretations of the Code was also issued this week by ISAF in order to be discussed publicly here in Key West.

While only a few classes (eg, Farr 30’s and Beneteau 36.7’s) will have to re-write their class rules to reflect this change, the discussion nonetheless turned to how the system works, who it applies to, and whether the new criteria is an appropriate reflection of who are “professional’ and ‘amateur’ sailors.

Dobbs has provided some answers to questions often asked about the system:

Who uses this Code?Only the classes and events who restrict the eligibility of their participants. Its

NOT applicable to all sailors in all sailing events! There are 22 classes worldwide, but examples in the US include the Farr 30, Farr 40, J/105, and Melges 32 classes. The Newport-Bermuda Race also uses the Code.Who are Group 2 sailors?

Mostly marine industry sailors who are not being paid to race. In the old defini-tions they would fall between being a Group 3 “professional” sailor and a Group 1 “amateur” sailor.

What do Group 2 sailors need to do to get re-classified?Go into their ISAF Sailor accounts at www.sailing.org and re-apply after 15 February

if their application is not due to expire soon, or sooner if needed in the next few weeks. E-mails were sent out to all ISAF Group 2’s

What was the goal of the revised definitions for Group 3?The decision to eliminate Group 2 is the only reason for the changes made to ISAF

Sailor Classification Code. It is the result of extensive consultations and surveys taken over the past two years with the classes and events that use the Code, and therefore we feel reflects their desire to see it simplified.

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of the >16,000 who currently hold a valid classification. Furthermore, few classes and events referenced use of Group 2, and those that did differed widely in their treatment of Group 2 sailors: many included them with Group 3, some with Group 1, and others as a separate category altogether. This was very confusing.


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These changes do not affect any Group 1 sailor, and the Commission estimates that rather more Group 2 sailors will become Group 1 than Group 3.

A new set of FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) is posted on the ISAF website to help sailors, and is subdivided into different sections based on occupation. It is not necessary to study all the sections to understand a sailor’s classification based on the new definitions in the Code.

What is the process for someone who feels unfairly labeled at Group 3?

For those unhappy with a decision there is a full Appeal process that sailors can use. Appeals are determined by a panel of three Commission members who have not been party to the original decision and are always drawn from at least two countries.

Is sailing unique when compared to other sports in trying to identify amateurs and professionals?

No. Classification based on financial involvement in a sport is not new. Golf, prob-ably the best example of another participative sport, has been using classification to differentiate between amateurs and professionals since 1885.

What is being done to reduce the abuses of the Code we hear about?

More and more classes are actively joining with us in tackling this problem, and good progress is being made in resolving it. Every complaint we receive is followed up thoroughly. But we recognise that more still needs to be done and will be done.

For more information on the Classification Code and relevant guidelines go to www.sailing.org/classification


we had fun and nobody got hurt,”

PHRF 3John Chick’s strongly sailed Bad Dog was surely bad to the bone when viewed by

the competition in the PHRF 3 class. Notching ten bullets in a row kept them on top all week for a first in class. Hometown entry, Mark Milnes and his team on the J/24 Blah Blah Blah, sailed nine second place finishes reaching their goal to finish in the top three.

The J/24, Class Act, donated by local sailmaker and rigger, John Smittle, was helmed by Juan Carlos Gil representing Shake-A-Leg Miami. Gil is legally blind and has limited use of his legs from cerebral palsy, but that never gets in the way of accomplishing his goals. An engine failure didn’t even cause a ripple in the teams plans. Gil sailed Class Act out to the racecourse and the team was able to start on time. Nothing will stop this remarkable sailor from having some fun. “I feel that as a disabled athlete, everybody has been very forthright in giving me input,” Gil says about the teamwork aboard Class Act. “I actually learned a lot from John Smittle.”

“I can’t imagine doing what he does,” Smittle said about Gil’s nearly extrasensory ability to sail, and competitively race no less.

Editor’s note: Thanks to all the sailors who made this week truly spectacular. We may not see you on the race course, but from the media office, the competition this week was truly extraordinary. A special thank you goes to all who make Race Week News a reality (especially those of you behind the scenes). Thanks to the photographers for providing such beautiful images and the writers who walk the docks to bring the racing action, your stories and quotes to the newspaper. Kerry Karshna, who lives in Key West does the incredible job of laying out the pages each night, while working in security at the airport by day. Kerry has asked me to remind you to pack all of your sailing tools and knives in your checked bags so you don’t end up donating them to the U.S. Government. Hope to see you back in 2011.

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Official Hotel1. Ocean Key Resort & Spa800-328-9815 or 305-296-7701OceanKey.com

Host Hotel2. Southernmost Hotel CollectionSouthernmost on the Beach Southernmost Hotel La Mer Hotel & Dewey House 800-354-4455 or 305-296-6577 SouthernmostResorts.com

Supporting Hotels and Inns3. Rose Lane Villas800-294-2170 or 305-292-2170 RoseLaneVillas.com

4. Curry Mansion Inn 800-253-3466 or 305-294-5349 CurryMansion.com

5. Cypress House 800-525-2488 or 305-294-6969 CypressHouseKW.com

6. Simonton Court 800-944-2687 or 305-294-6386 SimontonCourt.com

7. The Garden House 800-695-6453 or 305-296-5368 The-Garden-House.com

8. The Island City House 800-634-8230 or 305-294-5702 IslandCityHouse.com

9. Eden House800-533-KEYS or 305-296-6868 EdenHouse.com

10. Curry House 800-633-7439 or 305-294-6777 CurryHouseKeyWest.com

11. Albury Court 877-299-9870 or 305 294-9870 AlburyCourt.com

12. Nassau House 800-296-8513 or 305-296-8513 NassauHouse.com

13. Marrero’s Guest Man-sion 800-459-6212 or 305-294-6977 Marreros.com

14. Homestyle Key West800-294-2710 or 305-292-2170 HomestyleKeyWest.com

15. Crowne Plaza, La Concha 800-745-2191 or 305-296-2991 LaConchaKeyWest.com

16. The Artist House 800-582-7882 or 305-296-3977 ArtistHouseKeyWest.com

17. Duval House 800-223-8825 or 305-294-1666 DuvalHouseKeyWest.com

18. The Conch House 800-207-5806 or 305-293-0020 ConchHouse.com

19. Azul Key West305-296-5152AzulHotels.us

20. Wicker Guesthouse 800-880-4275 or 305-296-4275 WickerHouseKW.com

21. Ocean Breeze Inn 877-879-2362 or 305-296-2829 OceanBreezeInn.com

22. Key West Hideaways888-822-5840 or 305-296-9090 KeyWestHideaways.com

23. 1800 Atlantic800-433-2819 or 305-294-8877 1800Atlantic.com

24. Days Inn Key West 800-224-5051 or 305-294-3742 DaysInn.com

25. Doubletree Grand Key Resort 888-844-0454 or 305-293-1818 GrandKeyResort.com

26. Best Western Key Ambassador 800-432-4315 or 305-296-3500 KeyAmbassador.com

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