Victory for Kilroy

On final day of the Rolex Big Boat Series

Winners in three Americap and seven one-design classes were named today at the St. Francis Yacht Club's Big Boat Series presented by Rolex. Five skippers were awarded perpetual trophies and Rolex timepieces.

John Kilroy won the Atlantic Perpetual Trophy, which was established in 1978 and features the ship's bell of the yacht Atlantic, long-time Trans-Atlantic Ocean record holder (1905). The bell was donated by John C. "Jack" Morris, and the trophy by Jack H. Feller Jr. Kilroy sailed his Samba Pa Ti to a victory in the 15 boat Farr 40 class.

Roger Sturgeon won the St. Francis Perpetual Trophy, which was established to stimulate and encourage competition among large ocean racing yachts. Sturgeon's yacht Rosebud won the Americap A class of nine yachts. This trophy is awarded annually to yachts invited to a race or series of races that are measured and handicapped in accordance with the current measurement rule and rate 40 feet or more. This trophy was donated in 1964 by Commodore A. L. Sandy McCormick.

Martin Brauns and his Santa Cruz 52 Winnetou won the City of San Francisco Trophy, which is one of the two golden spades used to break ground for the Golden Gate Bridge in 1933.

John Siegel of San Francisco won the Keefe-Kilborne Memorial Trophy, which was established in 1976 to honour Harold Keefe and Ray Kilborn.Siegel's Wylie 42.23 Scorpio won the 8 boat Americap B class.

Dick DeVos won the Richard Rheem Perpetual Trophy, which was established in 1972 in memory of Richard Rheem, whose famous yacht Morning Star was the elapsed time winner in the 1949 and 1955 Transpac races to Honolulu. DeVos's Windquest won the 11 boat 1D35 fleet.

Preliminary Results: September 14, 2003

Day 4 (One race) Top Three per Class
Boat name, Boat owner, Hometown, Race 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 Total Points

Americap II Class A (9 boats) St. Francis Perpetual Trophy
1. Rosebud, TP52, Roger Sturgeon, Santa Cruz, Calif., 1-1-5-3-5-1-4, 20 points
2. Alta Vita, TP52, Bill Turpin, Los Gatos, Calif., 4-2-2-6-6-2-3, 25
3. Yassou, Jim Demetriades, Los Angeles, Calif., 5-5-8-1-2-4-1, 26

Americap II Class B (8 boats) Keefe-Kilborne Memorial Trophy
1. Scorpio, John Siegel, Wylie 42.23, San Francisco, Calif., 2-1-1-1-2-4-3, 14 points
2. Cita, Cita Litt, Schock 40, Newport Beach, Calif., 3-2-3-2-5-3-1, 19
3. Chance, Farr 395, Paul Kent, 4-3-2-3-1-2-5, 20

Americap II Class C (6 boats)
1. White Dove, Beneteau 40.7 Mike Garl, Sequoia, Calif., 1-1-1-1-1-1-1, 7 points
2. Just in Time, J. Feller, Beneteau 42.6, San Francisco, Calif., 2-2-3-3-2-2-2, 16
3. Mistral, Andrew Costello, Beneteau 36.7, 3-3-2-2-4-4-3, 21

Santa Cruz 52 (5 boats) City of San Francisco Trophy
1. Winnetou, Martin Brauns, Los Altos Hills, Calif., 1-3-1-1-1-1, 8 points
2. Natazak, Steve Williams, La Selva Beach, Calif., 2-1-2-4-2-4-3, 15
3. Elyxir, Skip Ely, La Selva Beach, Calif., 3-2-3-2-4-3-4, 21

Farr 40 (15 boats) Atlantic Perpetual Trophy
1. Samba Pa Ti, John Kilroy, Los Angeles, Calif., 8-2-3-2-5-1-9, 30 points
2. Barking Mad, James Richardson, Boston, Mass., 12-6-2-1-7-4-3, 35
3. Pegasus, Philippe Kahn, Santa Cruz, Calif., 11-1-10-11-2-5-1, 41

J/120 (8 boats)
1. Desdemona, John Wimer, Half Moon Bay, Calif., 1-1-4-2-1-6-6, 21 points
2. Chance, Barry Lewis, Atherton, Calif., 2-3-2-3-4-4-3, 21
3. Oui B 5, John Sylvia, 9D-2-3-1-7-5-1, 28

Beneteau 40.7 (6 boats)
1. Blue Agave, Thomas Sponholtz, Sausalito, Calif., 3-1-2-1-1-1-1, 10 points
2. White Fang, Mark Howe, Richmond, Calif., 1-2-6-2-3-3-7, 24
3. Battant, Chris Herron, Tiburon, Calif., 5-4-5-4-2-4-2, 26

Express 37 (9 boats)
1. Eclipse, Mark Dowdy, San Francisco, Calif., 3-1-1-3-1-3-2, 14 Points
2. Bullet, Brendan Busch, La Honda,Calif., 2-3-2-4-2-1-1, 15
3. Expeditious, Bartz Schneider, Crystal Bay, Calif., 1-2-8-2-6-6-5, 30

J/105 (35 boats) 3 races
1. Aquavit, Tim Russell, Novato, Calif., 1-2-14-2-9-2, 30 points
2. Nantucket Sleighride, Peter Wagner, Atherton, Calif., 3-3-6-5-2-11, 30
3. Masquerade, Tom Coates, San Francisco, Calif., 12-1-1-13-3-7, 37 points

America's Cup Class (Two races)
Team, Skipper, Race 1, Race 2, Total Points (Races held September 11-12)
ACC (2 boats)
1. ORACLE BMW Racing 1-1, 2 points
2. Alinghi 2-2, 4 points