Wirth Monroe Fort Lauderdale to Palm Beach Yacht Race - Riding the Conveyor

This race is sponsored by the Sailfish Club of Palm Beach and the Lauderdale Yacht Club. Our start was at 10:05 with the wind out of the North Northeast at about 15 knots. We made the decision to sail with our ap#1 and try to stay as close to rumb as possible.

After the start

The Gulf Stream was half the strength in front of Ft. Lauderdale so it did not matter that we stayed closer to shore. However an hour in the race the wind started to go right and picked up a couple of more knots so as we got in the stream it got pretty rough. We got about a 2 knot push so in order to make good progress the crew had to endure getting wet by sitting on the rail. We got as far as 8 miles offshore to ride the conveyor. We probably went in a little early but it was enough to win PHRF overall.

Carithia sailed up to 8 miles out

The finish at the Worth Channel Inlet

Crew: Nicole Neeley, Karl Kuspa, Bob Declercq,, Fred Rozelle, Erik Ryan, Jim Dalessandro, Jim Dundas

Welcoming committee

Holding the first place award

Best buffet in South Florida

PHRF A				phrf	Class	Overall
Carinthia	J 120	Frank Kern		48	1	1
Second Wind	Dufour- Feici/Roseo 44	Ray Sullivan		69	2	2
Bandana	Oyster 48	David Wallace		93	3	4
Loki	J 105	David Bond		82	4	5
Risky Too	Hobie 33	Jens von Holten		93	5	7
Ghost	Hinckley 52	Carl L.C. Kah, Jr.		98	6	8
Garuda III	J 37C	Andy Flack/Sea Scouts		85	7	9
Rhumbline	Hobie 33	Andy Flack/Sea Scouts		93	8	12
Mostly Harmless	SR33 sloop	John Brim	DNS	66	10	18
PHRF B
E-Ticket	Beneteau Moorings 38	Rob Hutcheson		126	1	3
Sempre Amantes	Hunter Pasage 42	Colin Whittaker		120	2	6
Unicorn	Creekmore/Croff 36	Michael Peteler		187	3	10
Sara Deane	Hinckley	Don McKenna		186	4	11
Munequita	Cherubini	Charles Evans		120	5	13
Ocean Dancer	Catalina 387	Mark Stephenson	DNF	150	11	14
Tudo Bem	Lazarra 50	Maurice Hynes	DNF	138	11	15
Anticipation	Beneteau First 38	Michael Phelan	DNF	117	11	16
Yellow Jacket	Morgan 24	J. Christopher Woolsey	DNS	225	11	17