The San Francisco Yacht Club hosted their annual Elite Keelboat Regatta and the J/24 Western Regional Championship from May 16-17 including a fleet of 12 J/24s. Pat Toole’s Santa Barbara YC team on 3 BIG DOGS posted four bullets and a fifth to win with 9 points. The team on TREMENDOUS SLOUCH from Corinthian YC in Seattle, WA, skippered by Scott Milne, posted four deuces and a trey to grab second overall for the event. Rounding out the podium was Paul van Ravenswaay’s FERAL ROOSTER with just 23 points. Behind them in fourth was another CYC Seattle boat, Carl Sheath’s SUSPENCE with 25 points. Fifth place was decided by a tie-breaker with James Baurley’s CRITTER taking it over Darren Cumming’s DOWNTOWN UPROAR. For more Elite Keel/J/24 Western Regionals sailing information, visit http://www.sfyc.org/Default.aspx?p=dynamicmodule&pageid=380137&ssid=297402&vnf=1.