The 18′ Skiff International Regatta wasn’t quite a changing of the guard, Howard Hamlin, 53, was the winning skipper for the third time in five years -but if runner-up Samuel (Shark) Kahn, 17, is the wave if the future, that’s fine with Howie.
SAN FRANCISCO—Last year’s top three finishers have returned to San Francisco Bay for the fifth windy, wet and wild 18′ Skiff International Regatta Tuesday through Saturday.
It was the moment every parent dreads. Philippe Kahn watched, crestfallen, as his son committed a transgression so grave, so obvious, that he had no choice but to administer drastic punishment.
-SSANGYONG JJ GILTINAN 18ft SKIFF CHAMPIONSHIP 15-year-old American sailor Samuel ‘Shark’ Khan will become the youngest person ever to skipper an 18ft Skiff when he lines up on Saturday in the first heat of the JJ Giltinan (world) Championship on Sydney Harbour. ‘Shark’ will skipper ‘Pegasus Racing’ against the world’s best skiff sailors. Although new…
Sailing News _/) _/) _/) _/) _/) _/) _/) _/) _/) _/) _/) _/) Sept. 22, 2004 Bell Mumm 30 World Championship Royal Canadian Yacht Club / Sept. 21-24, 2004 *** Photo information below *** Thursday’s weather: Wind SE 0-7 knots.Friday’s forecast: Wind S 8-10 knots. Tough Love in the Kahn-test; Sherratt’s Steadfast in First…
Sailing News _/) _/) _/) _/) _/) _/) _/) _/) _/) _/) _/) _/) Sept. 22, 2004 Bell Mumm 30 World Championship Royal Canadian Yacht Club / Sept. 21-24, 2004 *** Photo information below *** Wednesday’s weather: Wind 10-12-7 knots, SW-S.Thursday’s forecast: Wind 5-10 knots. Shark Makes It Unsafe for Mumm 30s on the Water…
–Yachting World, August 4 2004 A total of 83 Melges 24 crews from 14 nations and three continents are making their way to Marstrand, Sweden to compete in the 2004 Melges 24 World Championship from 9-13 August. Crews from as far afield as Australia and California will join the top European teams for what promises…
Samual “Shark” Kahn, the current world champion, won four of nine races
and led most of the week.
With only five points separating Col and second placed Shark Kahn it was still wide open going into this final race and the spectator boats were out in force to watch them fight it out.
Pegasus Racing and Shark
Still Leading On Day Three In Key West
It was a day of ups and downs in the Melges 24 fleet at Terra Nova Trading Key West today. The breeze was much shiftier and lighter than on the first two days and the change in conditions really put the sailors to the test.
Day two at Terra Nova Trading Key West provided the Melges 24 fleet with two more beautiful races. The battle between father and son Philippe and Shark Kahn cranked up a notch today and with four races completed the fourteen year old Shark now leads his father by 8 points.
Fourteen year old Samuel “Shark” Kahn sailed into the record books today becoming the youngest person ever to win a Melges 24 World title and probably the youngest open international class world champion as well.
Today’s two races brought thrills and spills as Melges and Kahn both found themselves down in the cheap seats for a change. After yesterday’s shifts the wind was rock steady at 225 and racing got underway at lunch time in 6 knots, which increased to around 16 knots by the end of race eight.
15 October 2003 – Harry Melges showed blistering speed on day three at the Audi Melges 24 World Championships in San Francisco to take two further bullets. Although very happy with his result Melges by no means had it all his own way and today’s racing was fast, furious and incredibly close. Melges’ nearest rival for the Championship, fourteen year old Shark Kahn, kept up an incredibly consistent performance posting a third and second leaving him trailing by just five points after six of the ten scheduled races.
14 October 2003 – After two more tough races at the Audi Melges 24 World Championships in San Francisco Harry Melges, helming for Jeff Ecklund, is still hanging onto his overall lead although fourteen year old Shark Kahn is giving him plenty to worry about and is now only 3 points behind him. “It was a good day but we missed a few opportunities and I don’t think we were quite as fast. I think some of the others found some speed today so it was tough.” commented Harry Melges after racing.
With just one more day to go, the fight for supremacy in the Melges 24 fleet at Terra Nova Trading Key West 2004 is going to go all the way. Day four saw the race committee run two more excellent races despite a second day of shifty offshore winds of 12-16 knots. The completion of race seven today meant that the discard came into play and suddenly its all change on the leader board.