New York Yacht Club Cruise

24 July 2001. The Farr 395 One Design is showing that it can hold its own in PHRF. Edgar Cato, who chartered Tsunami from her owners, Preben Ostberg, John Aras and Bud Dailey, took second in the 2001 New York Yacht Club Annual Cruise which went from Newport to Nantucket. Paul Hewitt took third in Next Wave.

Results: White Fleet PHRF Class 3

1. WAIRERE, Custom 30, Chris Bouzaid, 3, 1, 1, 1, 1, 7 points
2. TSUNAMI, Farr 395, Edgar Cato, 1, 3, 2, 2, 2, 10 points
3. NEXT WAVE, Farr 395, Paul Hewitt, 2, 4, 3, 4, 5, 18 points
4. SALSA, J120, Nicholas Brown, 4, 5, 4, 3, 4, 20 poionts
5. DESTINY, J120, James Lipscomb, 5, 6, 5, 5, 3, 24 points
6. MARILEE, NYYC 40, Marilee Alliance, 7, 2, 6, DNC, DNC, 33 points
7. MOJO, NM 68, Richard Bockman, 6, 7, DNC, 6, 6, 34 points
8. CHRISTOPHER DRA, J130, Stephen Weiss, DNC, DNC, DNC, DNC, DNC, 45 points

Chicago - Mackinac Race

Meanwhile, in the Great Lakes area, three Farr 395s participated in the Chicago - Mackinac Race. Chuck Boelkins finished second in Ragged Edge only 1 minute and 40 seconds behind the leader in his PHRF 3 class and in the PHRF fleet overall. Chaos, owned by Hank Bernbaum finished in fourth in PHRF 3 and fifth overall with Ron DeBruin on Fourth of July coming in 6th place in PHrf 3 and 10th overall. All total the PHRF 3 fleet boasted 24 entries. Not a bad showing indeed.

Results: PHRF 3

1. BACCHANT, 75sQT, Jerome Sullivan, Corrected time: 30:33:07
2. RAGGED EDGE, Farr 395, Chuck Boelkins, 30:34:39
3. C.C. RIDER, J120, Jack Kelley, 30:49:21
4. CHAOS, Farr 395, Hank Bernbaum, 31:37:35
5. EAGLE, Sydney 38, Shawn and Jerry O'Neill, 32: 07: 31
6. FOURTH OF JULY, Farr 395, Ron DeBruin, 32:10:03
7. PAINKILLER 4, Sydney 38, Alice Martin, 33:01:52
8. HOBGOBLIN, J120, Richard Hobbs, 33:10:18
9. PERSEVERANCE, J120, Matthew Songer, 34:07:10
10. TSUNAMI, 1D35, Greg Stephens, 34:24:08
11. WIND QUEST, 1D35, Doug/Dick DeVos, 34:52:53
12. IRIS, 1D35, Stephen Fletcher, 34:58:07
13. SURPRISE, Mumm 30, Dave Irish, 35:20:51
14. SERENISSIMA, Sydney 38, Robin Munden, 36:06:08
15. PRONTO, 1D35, Joel Krissoff, 36:15:08
16. PTERODOCTYL, Evelyn 42, Mark Symonds, 36:25:35
17. LIVE WIRE, Kiw42, Philip Igoe, 36:45:54
18. X-PRESS, Mumm 30, Diemand/Chick/Elam, 36:49:38
19. DE'TENTE, 1D35, David/Gale Kirk, 37:06:16
20. BIGTIME, Sydney 38, Jeff Wittenberg, 37:43:52
21. PRIMA DONA, Tripp 40, John Neal, 37:56:39
22. RELENTLESS, Tripp 40, Mark Hagan, 38:24:39
23. SURFACE TENSION, NM 36, Brethorst/Schaefer, 43:20:33
24. FINELINE, Tripp 40, Richard Montplaisir, 43:53:50

Top Ten Results in Overall PHRF

1. BACCHANT, 75 Sqt, Jerome Sullivan
2. RAGGED EDGE, Farr 395, Chuck Boelkins
3. C.C. RIDER, J120, Jack Kelley
4. RUMOURS, Thompson 35, Tim Woodhouse
5. CHAOS, Farr 395, Hank Bernbaum
6. RUFFIAN, J160, Randall Pittman
7. EAGLE, Sydney 38, Jerry/Shawn O'Neill
8. NATALIE J, Nelson 47, Philip O'Niel
9. GLIDER, Cal 40, Stearns/Williams
10. FOURTH OF JULY, Farr 395, Ron DeBruin