It is cool that he's mixing it up, but its not new for an Opti champ to do well at the CofC. For those that follow this event, you might remember Matthew Wefer finishing 3rd overall (!!!) in Flying Scots a few years back representing the Opti class.
Given the list below, the crew factor will be huge. Moriarty, Starck, Fowler, Wake, Hunt, Speery, etc. all will help their respective teams.
This will be a good one to see how it all plays out.
If the wind is light, Terhune, Linton and Fisher are going to be dangerous. Breezy, watch out for...
1) Natalie J (good professionals in Wally & Bora)
2) Twins (Chris is pro'ly the best driver in the group w/Skip calling tactics)
3) First Today (Mark Sertl is good)
4) BlackBird (Doug can drive & Peter has a good program)
5) Zingara (only if Geoff Moore is with them)
Dark Horse -...
I've been around and the event has been pretty tame. Mostly light/shifty winds. No interesting social stories that I've heard.
After visiting with some friends last evening, on the water there's only been one story....how Tim Healy is dominating. He's up by 29 points after 6 races, though if...
Interesting dialog nuts about how PHRF-LE rates boats, both one-offs vs. production boats. I wouldn't want to have to make that call either with a one-off, but as you suggest, the Production side should be easier.
I'm not sure when it was, possibly a few years ago, but do you recall the...