Farr 40 Worlds Wrap-Up

The fickle winds of October failed the Rolex Farr 40 Worlds on Friday, but many of the 19 crews made the best of the warm weather and long postponement that stretched out all afternoon. St. Francis Yacht Club hosted the championship October 15-18 on the Berkeley Circle.

Going into Saturday’s final day of racing, Alex Roepers’ Plenty, which won the Rolex Big Boat Series last month, had scored bullets in four out of six races, but Roepers said, "We don’t let up. We have a goal to win this regatta in particular."

Even though the race committee had optimistically planned to fire off the first warning at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, they again had to wait for proper wind conditions. The Bay breeze finally showed up, and the seventh and final race of the series got underway at 3:00 in a 10-12-knot southwesterly. Plenty placed 10th, but it was enough to secure the victory with ten points to spare.

We’ll have more on this sometimes exciting, sometimes frustrating regatta in November’s Racing Sheet.