The culmination of four spring Saturdays of racing, a total of 19 races, came to an end with a very light wind day in the Alameda Estuary.
Saturday June 4th saw winds of under 5 knots with times of no wind at all. However the PRO Aaron Lee was able to set up some short courses that gave the fleet a chance to race, and an the opportunity for everyone to feel the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat. Both the left and right sides of the estuary had their moments of glory but as always is the case, the team that played the wind shifts and stuck with their choices came out on top. That was John Ravizza with crew Chris Boome. Their scores for the day were two firsts and two seconds giving them a win for the day and a win overall for the NORCAL regatta. It should be noted that Chris Boome was the first alternate replacement crew for John’s son Michael Mario who was the crew for the first 15 races of the series. Although tied for the lead at the start of the day, Jim Bradley with crew Kathy Bradley slipped to second place in the series holding off Randy Smith with crew Radar by just one point. It was good to see long time estuary sailors Paul Mueller and Mike Bilafer have their best Saturday of the series scoring a second in the very light first race of the day.
NORCAL final results - John Ravizza - 34 : Jim Bradley - 40 Randy Smith- 41