The St. Francis Yacht Club hosted the J/70 Pacific Coast Championship August 17-19. The seven teams racing had to contend with strongly building seabreezes from the west that would peak up to 25-plus knots by late afternoon. The Santa Barbara Yacht Club Youth Team on USA 1156 were leading after the first day with a record of 5-1-1 for just 7 points total. However, one of the kids got into an accident on Saturday evening, severely scraping his leg. As a result, on an even windier Sunday, the SBYC Youth Team did not want to risk their injured crew member, so bowed out of the last two races. Ultimately, they finished in fourth place. Winning the event by taking two bullets on the last day was the trio of Scott Sellers, Harrison Turner and Geoff McDonald on 1FA. Their record of 2-3-2-1-1 for 9 points enabled them to be crowned the 2018 J/70 Pacific Coast Champions. Never far behind them on the race track was Chris Kostanecki’s JENNIFER team with a 3-2-3-2-2 record for 12 points total. Ending up in the bronze on the podium was Tracy and Christine Usher on their boat CHRISTINE ROBIN RACING with a tally of 1-5-6-3-3 for 18 points total. In the Corinthian Division, winning was Kostanecki’s JENNIFER, second was the Ushers on CHRISTINE ROBIN RACING and third was the SBYC Youth Team skippered by Paul Harteck. For more J/70 Pacific Coast Championship information, visit https://www.stfyc.com/.