Yeah Dogg leads local boats during Whidbey Island Race Week

Yeah Dogg, skippered by Chad Holcomb, sailed home with the best finish among Oak Harbor boats in the 34th Annual Whidbey Island Race Week Regatta July 11-15, finishing second in its classification.

Yeah Dogg, skippered by Chad Holcomb, sailed home with the best finish among Oak Harbor boats in the 34th Annual Whidbey Island Race Week Regatta July 11-15, finishing second in its classification.

Four Oak Harbor boats were among 64 spread over two divisions and nine classifications.

Yeah Dogg was second out of five boats in the Fleet 8 (less than 45) Performance Handicap Racing Fleet Division. It took second in five of the eight individual races and recorded a total score of 16.

Oak Harbor’s Sling Shot, skippered by Rick Almberg, raced in the same classification and placed fifth with 33 points. Its best finishes were fourth in two races.

Oak Harbor’s Lucky Jim, skippered by Jim McAlpine, was fourth out of six boats in Fleet 9-PHRF (greater than 180) with 31 points. Lucky Jim’s best showings were a pair of third-place finishes.

The other Oak Harbor boat, Gadzooks, skippered by Rex DuPuis, took ninth in Fleet 7-PHRF (115-142) with 60 points. It registered three eighth-place finishes.

2016 Whidbey Island Race Week Winners

One Design Division

Fleet 2-Farr 30 (five boats): Warcanoe (Michael Goldfarb), Seattle.

Fleet 5-J 105 (13 boats): Inconceivable (Lance Rummel, David Cohen, Bill McKinnon), Seattle

Fleet 6-Melges 24 (six boats): Mikey (Kevin Welch), Anacortes.

PHRF Division

Fleet 1-PHRF <45 (six boats): Shrek (John Hoag), Normandy Park.

Fleet 3-PHRF 46-115 Light (five boats): Ogopogo (Paul Faget, April Fagat), Bainbridge Island.

Fleet 4-PHRF 46-144 Heavy (eight boats): Eye Eye (David Cohen, Vernice Cohen), Newman Lake.

Fleet 7-PHRF 115-242 (nine boats): Slick (Nelson Johnson), Tacoma.

Fleet 8-PHRF 150-180 (six boats): Crazy I’s (Chris White), East Sound.

Fleet 9-PHRF >180 (six boats): Exodus (Matthew Dale, J.C. Dale), British Columbia.