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May 16,
2006
MDR to
Puerto
Vallarta Now '4 Races in
1'
MARINA DEL REY,
Calif.---Race entry packets for "four
races in one"---Del Rey Yacht Club's new format for its 19th biennial
International Yacht Race from Marina del Rey to Puerto Vallarta next
February---are available online on the new race Web site at www.pv07.com
The longest and oldest enduring
race to Mexico's mainland, with continuing sponsorship from Corum, will
incorporate the scope of several other popular races to Mexico by marking
the approximate finishing points of those shorter races with navigational crossing lines. Without
stopping, the boats' times will be scored automatically by signals to
shore from transponders mounted on the stern pulpits.
The segments will be Marina del
Rey to Ensenada (159 nautical miles),
Ensenada to Cabo San Lucas (669) and Cabo
San Lucas to Punta Mita at the entrance to
Banderas Bay (280). Prizes will be awarded in Puerto
Vallarta to the boats with the best corrected handicap times between
crossing lines but the segments will not be factored into the total race
result.
From Punta Mita the boats will
continue the final 17 miles into the bay to complete the race off the
beach in front of the Westin Regina Hotel for a total of 1,125 nautical
miles. The traditional trophies and Corum watches will be awarded to the
top overall finishers.
Race chairman David Ross said,
"This continues Del Rey Yacht Clubs tradition of innovation. The 2007
Puerto Vallarta Race will combine the best of all Mexican Races in one."
The crossing lines will be positioned
perpendicular to the rhumb line course and far enough offshore that
tactical navigation is not compromised. The
Ensenada and Cabo San Lucas crossing lines will extend
70 miles out to sea.
Doug Baker, the first finisher last year
sailing his Magnitude 80 from Long Beach, said the innovation could boost the racers' incentive for the earlier
stages of the race before it reaches the trickiest part with the
notoriously light and fluky winds inside
Banderas Bay.
"You have to be imaginative and
creative in organizing races these days," said Baker, who in 2005 missed
by three hours the record of 4 days 23 hours 4 seconds set by Dick and
Camille Daniels' MacGregor 65, Joss, in 1985.
While Racing Division boats will not stop,
Salsa Division competitors also will have transponders to report the time
of its two scheduled stops when a boat crosses the finish line of Leg 1 at
the north end of Cedros Island and the finish line of Leg 2 abeam of Cabo San
Lazaro.
Corum is an independent, family
owned company producing high-quality and prestigious Swiss watches since
1955. The Admiral's Cup Trophy 41, with a 41mm stainless steel case and
nautical pennants instead of numerals to indicate the hours, was just
introduced by Corum last year. The watch, along with the complete Corum
line, may be seen at www.corum.ch
More information at
www.pv07.com
GENERAL INFORMATION
Del Rey
Yacht Club
(310) 823-4664
www.dryc.org
RACE
CHAIRMAN
David Ross
(310) 980-7829
pv07@dryc.org
PRESS OFFICER
Rich Roberts
(310) 835-2526
richsail@earthlink.net
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Broadway Babe
finishes off the beach in Puerto Vallarta
High-resolution
photos available by contacting the press officer.
2005 Racing Division
Results
(Final standings by corrected
handicap time; seconds-per-mile handicap ratings listed)
PHRF-AA
1. Scout Spirit (R/P 77),
minus-120, David Janes/Jay Steinbeck, Newport Sea Base Syndicate, Newport
Beach, elapsed time 5 days 16 hours 42 minutes 20 seconds/corrected time
7:06:12:20.
2. Magnitude 80 (Andrews 80),
minus-180, Doug Baker, Long
Beach,
Calif., 5:02:59:56/7:15:14:56.
RETIRED: Pyewacket
(Reichel/Pugh maxZ86), minus-265, Roy E.
Disney,
Los
Angeles.
PHRF-A
1. Beau Geste (Transpac 52),
minus-78, Karl Kwok, Hong
Kong,
6:14:32:09/7:7:13:58:24.
2. Flash (Transpac 52),
minus-78, Mark Jones/Dick Watts,
San
Francisco, 6:18:18:44/7:7:17:44:59.
RETIRED: Barking Spider
(MacGregor 65), minus-24, David Kory, Point Richmond, Calif.
PHRF-B
1. Bay Wolf (S/C50), minus--3,
Kirk Wilson, San
Pedro,
Calif., 7:15:52:58/7:16:49:13.
2. Chicken Little
(Santa
Cruz 50T), 0, Don Adams/Rick
Palmer, Los
Angeles, 7:16:45:35/7:16:45:35.
RETIRED: Horizon (S/C 50),
minus-3, Jack Taylor, Dana Point,
Calif.
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