![]() I'm from Long Beach and just happy to be out there I love this event." "We focused on staying in clear air and not being able to go nearly as fast downwind as the Capes, so we just sailed in our lane, sailed clear and kept the boat moving, we kept it simple. "We had a really great day, the racing was really tight in a pretty diverse fleet of boats - we have the Cape 31s who plane and we can't really plane - a lot of these boats have different strengths and different wind conditions so we were happy to sail well today, it should be a fun rest of the week and we shall see what happens," Jack Jorgensen said. Picosa has competed at LBRW every year the event has been sailed since 2016. In second with five points is Jim Bailey (NHYC) on his OD35 Destroyer and last year's winner in class, and in third is Marc McMorris (SDYC) on his Cape 31 M2 with seven points. Sailing with his dad Doug Jorgensen, owner of the J/111 Picosa, Jack Jorgensen and the Picosa crew are sitting in first place in PHRF A with three points and taking a bullet in race 1. It's fun to be at the front end of the PHRF fleet this year with the same boat and crew." "I raced with Fuzzy Logic last year in the One Design fleet and had great success finishing second. "We're trying to blend some of the One Design boats into PHRF fleets and it's been a super success, making the PHRF fleets stronger with some of the One Design J-Boats coming in and racing," Bruce Cooper, owner of Ullman Sails Newport Beach and event lead sponsor commented. Ullman Long Beach Race Week - Day 1 - photo © Lisa Bronitt The first gun sounded at 1pm in approximately seven knots from 225 degrees, the breeze built steadily throughout the afternoon to the high teens on the outside course and shifting right to 240-245 degrees. Some 80 boats racing in eleven divisions including eight one design classes and three PHRF fleets were on the start for the 18th edition of Long Beach Race Week (LBRW). There were a few spicy moments for the Melges 15 fleet with a few wipeouts but they got it back together same with the Viper 640s but everybody got home okay. Fermin and back - they looked like they had a good beat up and a really nice run down. John Busch, LBYC Staff Commodore and PRO on Course Charlie (inside course), commented, "Day 1 was awesome, Long Beach's weather showed up today - towards the end of the day, we had about 20+knots on our racecourse and all the boats behaved pretty well! The Random Leg took the fleet up to Pt. ![]() Racing was tight across all fleets in perfect conditions for day 1 Long Beach Race Week. ![]()
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