What great fun! An excellent evening with plenty of wind. Most everyone made it around the 6.8-mile course in about 1½ hours just before the rain came in for the evening. I think Mr. Jimmy would be happy to see the fleets racing.
We were trying to remember earlier the name of the race before it was renamed for Mr. Jimmy. It was the Bigelow Race and it was started by Mr. Jimmy and Ms. Jeannie in order for the Log Canoe Association to be part of CBYRA. Over the years I remember Magic racing in it several times and I think I remember Jay Dee racing too. After CBYRA stopped requiring the race, Mr. Jimmy loved and continued to run the race for years.
The downwind start for the race is always exciting. Amazingly, no one was over early, but people were definitely riding the line. The logic for the evening seemed to be to go counter-clockwise around the island, but we couldn't get close enough to see if it paid off.
Congratulations to Sean Callahan and crew on Bellatrix for a first-place finish in the A class. It was fun to see a Melges 24 on the course. Also having a great race finishing first was Tim and Tim on Tim's Boat in the Star class as well as Ful Dek in the B class.
You can see all the results >HERE<
Good times. Thanks for coming out for the James H Wilson Round the Island Race.
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