Jack Barton raced on the Drake High (now Archie Williams) team all four years of high school. Back then, the team sailed out of the Richmond Yacht Club, making their way across the Richmond Bridge ...
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Originaly the pond yacht model compition of the R boat were used to raise funds to sent the boat back to the R Boat Nationals at Larchmont NY back in the mid twenties. With West Coast skipper Matt Walsh at the helm "Pirate" won the R Nationals that year and brought the trophy back to the West Coast.
Perhaps it is a yacht phenomenon. Those are the types that push the envelope and get the speed results on the race track ( which of course includes windward performance as one of the more important criteria.)