HYC annual middle ground light race

Trip dates: 
Sunday, September 12, 2021
Trip length: 
1 day
Type of watercraft: 
Sail
  • Sporting our EWE sticker on roundabout
  • Middle ground light

Another great day on the water.  We sailed to 2nd in the combined B/C fleet.

 

From SBRNYCU

HAMPTON ANNUAL MIDDLE GROUND LIGHT RACE. Wind in the high teens and steady SW, choppy seas throughout the mainly windward-leeward race around government marks. It was a “go big or go home” kind of day. And, as a whole, this bunch, without a doubt, went big. Racing was a brawl across the course and up and down the fleets. Of the 25 entries, only 2 did not attack the course (one lost her rudder before the start and the other was absent altogether). The race marked the true beginning of the southern Bay fall / winter season and will be crucial for establishing braggin’ rights from now through the end of the year. RESULTS: PHRF A (11 boats – 12.7 nm course)1.WAIRERE, Peter Hunter; 2.RIFF RAFF. Don DeLoatch; 3.DANGER PAWS, Neil Ford & Lis Biondi. PHRF B/C (6 boats – 10.7 nm course)1.CALLINECTES, Ben Cuker; 2.ROUNDABOUT, Alan Bomar; 3.BAD HABIT, Bob Archer. PHRF Non-Spin (5 boats – 7.1 nm course)1.ALI RU, John Lones; 2.RARE VOS, Dan Fox; 3.PEGASUS, Bob Howell, VIPER (one-design) (3 boats – 12.7 nm course) 1.SALTY CREW, Vir Menon; 2.TEAM ROOSTER, Jane Moore. PRO: John McCarthy; Signal Boat: Alan and Sandy Johnson, Escalation; Official Scorer: John Ritter. Hampton Yacht Club holds this race annually for all comers.