For those interested: I found the following posts on the Potter Forum and thought I’d pass it along to those who do not visit their Trailer Sailor Site… It’s just a little less than a year until the CC-7 happens again in Monterey, CA. Be nice to see at least one M-17 in next years race. Question: Anyone know who won the Cruiser Challenge? Answer: Posted By: Ceramicist: Probably not one of those 17' molded fake plank boats. Because none entered, thank goodness. all that winning was getting old. time to let a potter have a shot, ya big speedies! Now if we can get the 15 foot molded fake plank boats outa there maybe we can go back to having trophies for only the people who actually came in at the head of the pack. (All in fun) Re: Cruiser Challenge Results - Abridged and unofficial Posted By: Dave Kautz, P-15 #1632, SF Bay The big boats, of which there were only two, was won by Dan Rickert in his graceful Victory 21. He finished the course each time in 35 minutes, compared to the 90 minutes or so it took us to finish in a Potter 15. One could argue that the Victory 21 is not really a cruiser (It looks like a scaled down 12 metre raceboat) but Dan is a great guy and all he got for winning was the frustration of having to sit around and wait for the rest of us get back! Winning the medium size category was the magician himself, Jerry Barrilleaux. As pointed out in the post above, no Monty 17s were entered this year but it was by no means an all Potter 19 fleet - I saw a Com-Pac 19, a Capri 18, Dick Herman's Com-Pac Sun Cat, a Siren 17 and there may have been others. The Montys had their way in the small boat category, however. Mike Trueman was back in the #1 spot again with an immaculately prepared boat and a "no-mistakes" race strategy. Don Person was the top P-15, finishing in the middle of the Monty fleet as did Mike Higgins in the beautiful homebuilt catboat "Jean Alden". It was a BEAUTIFUL day. The forecast winds to 20 kts. never materialized, the wind seldom breaking 10 and occasionally dipping to negligible. The dinner and festivities at the Monterey Yacht club were well attended and lot's of fun. There were plaques for just about everybody and a number of chandleries and boat manufacturers were very generous with prizes so almost everyone went home a winner. It was a great time and a big round of thanks goes to all the organizers and volunteers who made it run so smoothly that all the rest of us had no choice but to have a great time!! ?