2008 North American Six Meter Championships
July 12 - 13. 2008
Six Meters are not one designs, but when there are 5 different winners in six races things must be getting pretty even. Actually, it is the nature of sailing in the lee of Quimper Peninsula that creates opportunities and pit falls that can overcome the small boat speed differences between the generations of sixes. Cool westerlies from the straits cross the peninsula and concentrate in the small valleys to then fan out across the bay at 5 to 15 knots. Puffs and shifts of 20 degrees emanated from the "Paper mill valley" on the left, the "Safeway store valley" in the middle, or around the end of the city to the right. Very challenging. Add to this 70 degree sunshine and a high quality nine boat fleet, you have a near perfect 6 meter event.
Scoring consistently high finishes to claim the North American Championship and top modern is Frenzy sailed by Rodger Phillips and crew by 1 point over Andy Parker's Finnegan. It all came down to last leg nose to nose drag race between Finnegan and Arunga for the lead, won by Arunga, that knocked Finnegan back 1 place putting Frenzy in the top spot.
The senior division saw Eric Jespersen's Gallant sail to a third overall and first classic with Kimo Mackey's Saga in fourth overall and second classic. Gallant and Saskia II each were first overall in one race. Thanks go out to PRO Dan Taylor and The Northwest Maritime Center for assisting the Puget Sound Six Meter Association with this event.
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Race 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total Overall Class
Yacht helmsman/owner
Frenzy (M) Rodger Phillips 2 1 2 2 3 6 10 1 1
Finnegan (M) Andy Parker 1 2 7 1 5 2 11 2 2
Gallant (C) Eric Jespersen 3 4 3 4 1 4 15 3 1
Saga (C) Kimo Mackey 6 6 4 3 2 3 18 4 2
Arunga (M) Bob Cadranell 4 3 5 6 7 1 19 5 3
Saskia II (C) Don Martin 5 5 1 5 6 5 21 6 3
Sockeye (M) Pat Mitchell 9 8 9 4 4 8 36 7 4
Goose (C) Peter Hofmann 7 7 6 8 9 9 37 8 4
Fokus (C) Jim Meteer 8 9 8 9 8 7 40 9 5
One throw out, (M) modern, (C) classic