ROLEX Big Boat Series

Here is shot of some competitors from the Beneteau 36.7 fleet from last week-end.
Passage Yachts chartered a boat to bring the local fleet up to 6 boats for a One Design Start. We also made sure all the crew was easy to recognize in their bright, red shirts from Passage!
The racing in the Beneteau fleet was tight, but ultimately Pat Patterson's 'Summer and Smoke' emerged a winner.

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Rolex Big Boat Series SF gearing up...

News from the 2009 Rolex Big Boat Series and Rolex US-IRC National Championship event:

September 2, 2009

With one week until the start of the 2009 Rolex Big Boat Series, St. Francis Yacht Club (StFYC) Race Office is busy coordinating the many logistical details that accompany running one of the world’s most-loved regattas. Racing this year is scheduled for September 10-13, and includes racing in seven one-design classes – 1D35, Beneteau 36.7, Express 37, J/105, J/120, Melges 32 and, for the first time, the Cal 40 class, as well as divisions for IRC-rated entries. At the conclusion of the four-day regatta, specially engraved Rolex timepieces will be awarded to the St. Francis Yacht Club’s six Perpetual Trophy winners and to the overall IRC winner as the Rolex US-IRC National Champion. Although the Rolex Big Boat Series will be celebrating its 45th anniversary this year, another occurrence will take center stage, the StFYC’s tribute to the late Tom Blackaller. Full article here.

*note Passage Yachts mention in the Beneteau 36.7 fleet section.... we are proud to help the fleet get their own start by chartering a boat.

Brave sailor goes around England....