5/24/2011

2011 Etchells Orca Bowl

Vince Brun

Top 20 boats powered by North Sails

North Sails Dominated the 2011 San Diego Orca Bowl!!!

With two weeks for the Etchells Worlds in San Diego, the Orca Bowl was officially the pre Worlds event, and therefore well attended by most of the world top teams. Conditions were light to medium with some chop, well suited for our PC-F main, LM-2 jib, Runner and VMG spinnakers models.

Bill Hardesty, sailing with North Sails One Design's Steve Pickel, won the event on the last day with two bullets, edging over Dennis Conner and his team. Yes, the legend is back on the Etchells and this weekend he clearly demonstrated that he is up to speed!

Overall result:

North Sails 1. Bill Hardesty
North Sails 2. Dennis Conner  
North Sails 3. Andrew Whitmore
North Sails 4. Chris Busch  
North Sails 5. Don Jesperg   
North Sails 6. Chris Snow  
North Sails 7. Argyle Campbell  
North Sails 8. JJ Fetter    
North Sails 9. Brian Camet 
North Sails 10. Bruce Nelson 

and 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, ……… All powered by North Sails.