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.
