What a great weekend of sailing! A pretty serious thunderstorm rolled through the area on Friday afternoon, but you'd never know it based on the gorgeous skies and pleasant breeze we had on Saturday and Sunday. Here's what happened.
The Eastport Yacht Club hosted their inaugural Boomerang Race July 9. The race started out with a nice southerly that slowly clocked to the northwest, with winds at about 10-15 on average. This meant that the almost 70 boats that showed up for the long course (62 nautical miles) had a beat both legs. On the lawn of Eastport YC later that day, no one was complaining. Steady wind, gorgeous skies, and ending up where you started: can't beat it. Here are the top three in each class; look for full results and recap in the August issue. See our full gallery of photos by Dan Phelps here.
Alberg 30:
1. Argo, TC Williams
2. Wicked, Ross Arnett
3. LinGin, Tim Williams
J/105:
1. Mirage, Cedric Lewis
2. Tenacious, Scott Gitchell
3. Wind River, Mark Elert
J/30:
1. Infectious Smile, Tristan Keen
2. Cannonball 2.0, Doug Wallop
3. Insatiable, Ron Anderson
J/35:
1. Tiamat, Ted Lepich
2. T-Bone, Bruce Artman
Multihull A:
1. Fair Curve, John Nicholson
2. Triple Threat, Tim Lyons
Multihull B:
1. Flipper, John Wayshner
2. Gemini, Gere Glover
3. Endurance, Jeff Short
PHRF AO:
1. Crocodile, Scott Ward
2. Rival, Bob Cantwell
PHRF A1:
1. Velocity, Martin Roesch
2. Amadeus, Jack Yaissle
3. Magic Dragon, Dave Poff
PHRF A2:
1. Lady Grey, Joe Laun
2. Kristany, Glenn Harvey
3. Healing Power, Steven Braunstein
PHRF B:
1. Cantata, Henry Chalkley
2. Gabrielle, Bob Dymond
3. Osprey, Charlie Buckley
CRCA Cruiser:
1. Moonlight Sail, Marshall Steele
2. Anneliese, Joe Zebleckes
3. Nichols Quarters, Scott Nichols
CRCA Performance Cruiser
1. Serenity, Frank McGowan
2. Divide by Zero, John Lanigan
3. Orion, Jon Opert
In the Southern Bay, Lin McCarthy tells us that the Southern Chesapeake Leukemia Cup Regatta had 57 boats show up to the line with gorgeous sailing conditions. Nine fleets completed five races over Saturday and Sunday at Fishing Bay Yacht Club. Full results can be found here. All photos are courtesy of the Southern Chesapeake Leukemia Cup Facebook page. Thanks for giving us great pics from the race course!
J/70:
1. Full Monty, Latane Montague
2. Inconceivable, Mike Karn
3. No Quarter, Jon Deutsch
PHRF A:
1. Voodoo 2, Leroi Lissenden
2. Double Eagle, Sam Mitchener
3. Agterthought, Craig Wright
PHRF B:
Mad HAtter, Bob Fleck
2. Goin', Dennis Hannick
3. Blew By You, Austin Powers
PHRF C:
1. Racing Tide, William Bomar
2. Roundabout, Alan Bomar
3. Cheeky Monkey, Paul and Julie Wash
PHRF Non-Spin:
1. Juggernaut, Mike Dale
2. Dixie Rose, James Snowa
3. Seeker, Alan Johnson
Cape Dory Typhoon:
1. Cream Puff, Roger Gaby
2. Ladybug, Ned Crockett
3. Phanton, Stan Coloff
Cruising 1:
Temptress, Robert DeLong
2. Pleione, Jim MOrrison
3. Kilmax, Booty Baker
Cruising 2:
1. Veritas, Kevin Hartz
2. Carmelia, Mac Ward
3. Wild Rose, Tom Martin
Classics:
1. Nutcracker, Dick Cole
2. Russ Seltzer, Joie de Vie
3. Ilmater, Allan Heyward
Back in Annapolis, Severn Sailing Association hosted their Summer Series for J/22s and Solings. Kudos to the race committee for starting races at 1 p.m. giving the southerly time to show up. Three races were scored in each class. Here are top three for both:
J/22:
1. Chris Gaffney, 933
2. Jeff Todd, Hot Toddy
3. Brad Julian, 677
Solings:
1. Andrew Dize, 798
2. Michael Waters, 788
3. Joseph Van Gieson, 838
Hampton Yacht Club hosted their annual Doublehanded Race on Saturday. Greg and Carie Cutter and Justin and Elizabeth Morris, both husband and wife teams, were fleet winners in the PHRF fleet and the Sonar fleets respectively. The Briggs Brothers, Scott and Glenn, took Phil Briggs’ Feather to a second place finish and Ben Cuker and crew in Callinectes were third in the six- boat fleet. Among the 3 Sonars racing, Ron Thompson and crew finished second. The racing was in Hampton Roads Harbor on Sunday afternoon. Breezes were moderate, but shifty, requiring the sailors constant attention to sail trim as they navigated the multiple leg course around fixed marks. Race Officers were Rich Wilcox and Catherine Ryan.
Eastport Yacht Club and East of Maui certainly brought the aloha vibe to the water on Saturday morning, hosting the EOM-EYC Chesapeake Stand Up Challenge. The open water race set in Annapolis Harbor and the Severn River had either a 6.5-mile course or a 3.5-miler for "more novice paddlers" (I'm personally exhausted just thinking about that). Nice work to all who paddled the event; such a gorgeous day for a great race. More of Dan Phelps's photos for SpinSheet are here. Full results are here.
Men's Long Course:
1. Rockin' Rob Knickerbocker
2. Joe Ward
3. Brian Schmid
Women's Long Course:
1. Kathy Summers
2. Corrinne Banks
3. Mary Jowser
Men's Short Course:
1. Mike Higgins
2. Justin Markel
3. Chris Morgan
Women's Short Course:
1. Brooke Donlon
2. Sarah Nelson
3. Courtney Clarke
Finally, Broad Bay Sailing Association (BBSA) turned out 23 boats Saturday morning to race for bragging rights within the club. Boats from the BBSA Little Creek SA and from the BBSA Willoughby Racers groups met in the middle, in neutral waters, off Norfolk’s West Ocean View to compete in the inaugural race for the BBSA Broad Bay Sailing Cup. When it came time to tally the group standings, a tie between Willoughby and Little Creek was broken in Willoughby’s favor. Willoughby boats had two first place finishers to Little Creek’s one. FLEET WINNERS WERE: Spinnaker (6 boats) – Mike Veraldi, Quicky (LC); Non-Spinnaker 1 (9 boats) – Ben Ritger, Blew J (WR); Non-Spinnaker 2 (9 boats) – Robert Duncan, Oh Sheet (WR). For complete results click on “BBSA Broad Bay Sailing Cup” are listed here. Thanks to Anchor Yacht Sales for catching some great photos on the Race Course. See their full gallery by clicking here.
Whew! What a weekend. Did we miss anything? Email [email protected] to get your info up.
