The 45th Annual Shaw Island Classic Sailboat Race was held on Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015, sponsored by the San Juan Island Yacht Club. The race, with 35 boats participating, started at noon with a light breeze. All entrants made it past the half-way point, but the wind came to a stand-still back at the mouth of Friday Harbor.

Only 13 boats successfully crossed the finish line by the end of the race. Following the race were t-shirt sales and a delicious lasagna dinner put on by Jan Champlin and the SJIYC First Mates.

The Race Committee consisted of Fleet Captain Barb & Doug Ray, PC Jim & Sue Corenman, PC Peg Gerlock, Phil Johnson, Commodore David Aas, Bill & Katia Robinson, Val & Leslie Veirs, PC Travis Smith, PC Steve Percer, Bob Williams, Marc Forlenza, Bill Waxman, Mark Pierce, Dick Shorett, PC Fred Bowen, Bruce Galton, Suzy Wakefield, PC Bruce & Dianne Hall and Lesley Nilsson. Complete race results are online at the Yacht Club website.

Fastest Elapsed Time: ­02:56:46 Rum Line Ben Colwell

First Place on Corrected Time: Rum Line Ben Colwell

Multihull

1st: Rum Line Ben Colwell

2nd: Felix Nigel Oswald

3rd: Sea Puppy Bruce Von Borstel

Cruising-A

1st: Moon Doggie Phil Johnson/Peg Gerlock

Cruising-B

1st: Bad Air Day Bryce Ecklein

2nd: Hummingbird Dan Brown

3rd: At Last! George LeBoutillier

PHRF-A

1st: Intuition Miles Johannessen

2nd: Gone With The Wind Ronald Hendricks

3rd: Monkeybones Shawn Dougherty

PHRF-B

1st: Sparkle Guy Hupy

2nd: Valkerie II Bill White

PHRF-C

1st: Homeless Hare Mike Kaminskas

2nd: Challenge Michael Durland

3rd: Paradigm Shift Vaughn Ploeger

PHRF-D

1st: Juliet Phil Benedict

2nd: Juans2B Paul Von Stubbe

3rd: Juanita Jack Caldwell