Home	Nationals Regatta at GGYC 10/4/25

Great Day! Great Fun! Perfect weather greeted the three early arriving Islander 36s at Golden Gate Yacht Club for our annual Nationals Regatta. Four more arrived to make for 7 I-36s on the starting line, plus an additional 6 skippers represented their boats either by crewing on other boats, or running the race from the Race Deck. That gave us a total of 34 folks representing 13 Islanders. Even though GGYC General Manager Bob Mulhern was sidelined by a fall and hip replacement, his son Sean and Rear Commodore John Volpe carried on the wonderful, and very much appreciated, support GGYC has given the I 36 Association over the years.

The results were as spectacular as the weather was perfect. Bright blue skies and 10 - 15 knots of steady west wind made for great sailing. To accomodate GGYC holding a Celebration of Life for 140 people upstairs, we were asked to clear the Race Deck by 1300. The good winds enabled us to start with Course 2, a 3.4 mile windward - leeward race upwind to Blackaller Buoy, then down to #6 at Fort Mason, and finish back st GGYC's X mark. With an on-time 1135 start, the first race was finished shortly before 1230.

We were in awe of the numerous squadrons of pelicans overhead and skimming the water - well over a hundred and they are captured in the pics below.

For the 2nd race we chose Course 7, a 5.2 mile triangle up to Blackaller, then a broad reach to Harding Rock, and a reach back to Ft Mason and the upwind finish at GGYC. With the second race under way at 1240, we were able to clear the Race Deck by 1253, as requested.

To encourage more participation in a 50 year old fleet, we established some rating adjustment to the standard 144 PHRF rating for fixed props, tall rigs and smaller or larget headsails. That all came into play and resulted in very close racing, Behind Windwalker winning both races, the remaining six boats wound up in 3 pairs of ties with place scoring being: 1, 5, 5, 9, 9, and 13, 13. The ties were broken by totaling the corrected times for both races. All are listed in the table below. When all was said and done, 2nd place was decided by 10 seconds, 4th place by 16 seconds, and 6th place by 14 seconds. Congratulations to all of the captains and crews for good sailing and friendly competition. Congratulations to Windwalker, Luna Sea, and Blondie. Also a big shout out to Bob DaPrato who secured our event at GGYC, and Regatta Coordinator Rick Van Mell for organizing things and serving as PRO for the Race Committee to put together two fun races. Mark your calendars for our Fall Meeting and Winners Celebration Dinner coming up on Saturday November 8 at Richmond YC.

Here's the list of the 7 boats on the starting line and the total of 13 I-36s represented by 34 people.

Sail #	Boat Name	Skipper	Prop	P-Allow	Jib	J-Allow	Tall?	Rating	Crew	Party
6697	Bella Luna	Bob DaPrato	I	10	135	0	0	154		1
6712	Blondie	Kevin Cerini	I	15	125	0	0	159	4	4
57594	Hurulu	Nancy Ibison	I	15	135	0	0	159	4	4
438	Kapai	Rick Egan	E	0	125	0	0	144	4	5
420	Luna Sea	Dan Knox	E	0	135	0	0	144	4	4
38015	WindCatcher	Dan Throop	I	10	110	6	0	160		1
57307	Windwalker	Rich & Tom Schoenhair	O	0	135	0	0	144	5	5
Race Management & Other
11543	Vanishing Animal	Rick & Sandy Van Mell, Sophia Sears, Hanna Hagler (crew WindCather)	I	15	135	0	-6	153		4
6697	Bella Luna	Maria Santiago	I	10	135	0	0	154		1
	White Horses	Rob (crew Bella Luna)								1
6763	Cassiopeia	Kit Wiegman (crew WindCatcher)	O	0	135	0	0	144		0.001
47462	Frolic	Steve Hodges (crew Luna Sea)								1
275	Tacoma Blue	Rich (crew Bella Luna) - family issue								0
38074	Maggio	Mike Fields								1
82659	Serenity	Eric Mueller								1

Here are the coreected times and place scores.

Results			Race 1	Corrected	Race 2	Corrected	Total	Total	Place
Sail #	Boat Name	Skipper	Points	Time	Points	Time	Points	Corrected
57307	Windwalker	Rich & Tom Schoenhair	1	0:41:53	1	0:53:40	2	1:35:33	1
420	Luna Sea	Dan Knox	2	0:44:39	3	0:56:0	5	1:40:39	2
6712	Blondie	Kevin Cerini	3	0:44:53	2	0:55:56	5	1:40:49	3
38015	WindCatcher	Dan Throop	4	0:50:20	5	1:00:26	9	1:50:45	4
438	Kapai	Rick Egan	5	0:49:58	4	1:01:03	9	1:51:01	5
6697	Bella Luna	Bob DaPrato	7	0:51:58	6	1:03:39	13	1:55:37	6
57594	Hurulu	Nancy Ibison	6	0:51:50	7	1:05:32	13	1:56:37	7

Enjoy the pictures thanks to Rob Blenderman, Eric Mueller, Reanne Egan, Kevin Cerini and Rick Van Mell. These are 800 x 600 pixels, but if you want a high quality original, email the picture number and caption to Rick Van Mell. Also, be sure to mark your calendars for Saturday, November 8th at Richmond Yacht Club for our Fall Meeting and Winners Celebration Dinner.

1st 3: WindCatcher, Luna Sea, Hurulu	Anthony & Hurulu	Bella Luna arrives	Windwalker arrives	Steve & Kit
Eric, Anthony & Nancy	Pelican fly-by ..	over fleet ...	and Golden Gate.	Windwalker
Kapai / Hurulu	Hurulu	Traffic!	Cleared	Bella Luna ...
aquadron incoming ...	still safe.	Hurulu / Blondie ...	up close.	Which way?????
Luna Sea / Windwalker	WindCatcher	Windwalker	In sequence ...	last pass ...
all seven ...	here they come ...	Started!	2nd wave	View from Kapai
Windwalker / Luna Sea	Bella Luna / WindCatcher	Kapai / Hurulu	Blondie / Hurulu	tacking away
11:35:37 Started	11:43:29 WindCatcher / Kapai	11:44:44 Hurulu/ Kapai / WindCatcher	11:46:12 Making Tracks	South Tower Kapai / Luna Sea / Windwalker
South Tower Kapai / Luna Sea / Windwalker	North Tower Hurulu / Blondie	WindCatcher / Bella Luna	WindCatcher, Blondie/ Kapai	Blackaller approach ...
others follow ...	Windwalker around	Luna Sea & Blackaller	Heading downwind	Windwalker
Blondie / Luna Sea	Blondie ...	up close.	WindCatcher ...	up close.
Bella Luna / Windwalker / Hurulu	Windwalker ...	finishes 1st.	Kapai to finish,	then WindCatcher
Hurulu, then ...	Bella Luna.	Nationals Course 7	2nd Race in sequence	the start.
12:39:48 Going upwind	12:46:24 Golden Gate	Fireboat shows off.	Tower magic	Blondie
Kapai / Hurulu / WindCatcher	Birds, Boats & Bridge	more birds ...	with Kapai!	Blackaller ahead ...
now to Harding Rock	Blondie / Luna Sea	Hurulu / Kapai	Windwalker to Finish	Finished.
Luna Sea / Blondie	Luna Sea finishes	Blondie finishes	Kapai finishes	WindCatcher finishes
Bella Luna finishes	Hurulu finishes.	Raft up time.	Eric / Anthony / Kathy	Sophia/ Kit / Hanna / Dan
Rob & Bob	Luna Sea crew	Nibbles: Salad ...	Hot Dogs ...	Chili & Fries ...
the Fixins.	Chow down!	Long table ...	Round table ...	Happy table ...
Smiling table ...	Full table.	Nationals Regatta Trophy	Prize bottles.	Dessert!
Thank you Sean!