Preliminary results from the 2005 Eastport Yacht Club Annapolis - Solomons night race, 45 miles down the Chesapeake Bay, held July 15.

From the Annapolis Capital

J/30 (9 boats)

1, Valhalla, Steve Bardelman, 1/06:55:11
2, Better Mousetrap, Bob Putnam, 1/07:29:19
3, Big Kahuna, Larry Christy, 1/07:29:20

By all accounts it was a light-air race. Must have been - the J/30 fleet usually finishes in the wee hours of the morning, with plenty of time to clean up and maybe get a nap before the bar opens at 6:00 for buck-a bloody.

Maybe get a full report from someone who was there?

Final results.

Note splits between 2nd, 3rd, and 4th. After 45 miles!

Division: J30 (9 boats) (top)
Pos Sail Boat Skipper Rating Finish
Order Finish
Time Penalty Pts
1 33242 VALHALLA BARDELMAN, STEVE / KATHERINE J30 1 1/06:55:11 1.0
2 83060 BETTER MOUSETRAP PUTNAM, BOB J30 2 1/07:29:19 2.0
3 30314 BIG KAHUNA CHRISTY, LARRY J30 3 1/07:29:20 3.0
4 63242 INSATIABLE ANDERSON, RON J30 4 1/07:29:30 4.0
5 507 BOTTOMS UP MOSS, DAVID J30 5 1/08:04:23 5.0
6 63300 AVITA WATSON, GEORGE J30 6 1/08:30:00 6.0
7 387 CANNONBALL WALLACE, BILL J30 7 1/08:34:17 7.0
8 26 KVACK KINCH, LLOYD J30 8 1/08:45:26 8.0
9 221 MARY LOU McGILL, KATHLEEN / MICHAEL J30 9 1/08:49:15 9.0

Notes
Race Information: Start Date/Time = Monday, July 18, 2005 0/19:25:00, Length (nm) = 45.00

The Crab Wrapper had a nice article on former J/30 sailor Jack Biddle now sailing Rum Puppy in the J/105 class at: http://www.capitalonline.com/cgi-bin/read/2005/07_17-67/SAL

But the real story of the Solomons race was Steve & Katherine Bardelman and crew on Valhalla. They won the J/30 Class by 34:08 passing all but two of the J/105s who started ten minutes before us in a breeze that was diminishing as the sun came up. Applying PHRF handicaps, Valhalla was first in fleet by nearly ten minutes among the 74 boats sailing the shorter 45-mile course and nearly 20+ minutes ahead of the J/105 winner. Their average corrected speed was faster than all 160 boats sailing the race. Did I mention Valhalla did this despite stopping for 5 minutes after becoming entangled in a fish trap? Don’t get me wrong, Biddle sailed a great race, but Valhalla deserved the headlines.