Summer Sailstice Racing on the Chesapeake
A number of well-loved racing events unfolded on the Chesapeake Bay last weekend, June 23-24, which happened to be the weekend of the Summer Sailstice, the international holiday for sailing held the weekend closest to the actual solstice. Here’s your SpinSheet racing roundup:
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SCC’s Ted Osius Memorial Regatta
The Sailing Club of the Chesapeake hosted its annual Ted Osius Memorial Regatta, a distance race around government marks near Annapolis. Here are Ted O. results:
J/105 (12 boats)
1. USA 113, , John White, Annapolis Yacht Club, 1- ; 1
2. 501, Tenacious, Scott Gitchell, Annapolis Yacht Club, 2- ; 2
3. 220, Bat IV, Andrew Kennedy, AYC, 3- ; 3
J/30 (6 boats)
1. 83060, Infectious Smile, Tristan Keen, EYC, 1- ; 1
2. 63242, Insatiable, Ronald Anderson, Annapolis YC, 2- ; 2
3. 53260, Rag Doll, Rob lundahl, CBYRA, 3- ; 3
Alberg 30 (3 boats)
1. 247, Argo, T.C. Williams, Annapolis Yacht Club, 1- ; 1
2. 550, Skybird, Mike Nikolich, PSA, 2- ; 2
3. 484, Second-2-Nun, Harold Gamber, Alberg 30, 3- ; 3
Cal 25 (5 boats)
1. 896, Zephyr, David Hoyt, Shearwater Sailing Club, 1- ; 1
2. 1657, Chicken Little, Charles Husar, SSC/AYC, 2- ; 2
3. 460, Fahrvergnugen, Steven Milby, Shearwater Sailing Club, 3- ; 3
PHRF A (1 boat)
1. 61017, Jeroboam, Laurent Givry, HHSA, 1- ; 1
PHRF N (3 boats)
1. USA 68120, Orion, Jon Opert, SCC, 1- ; 1
2. USA 60888, Lucky Eights, Keith Cole, AYC, 2- ; 2
3. 93679, Jahazi, David Dodson, SSC, 3- ; 3
CRCA ORR (5 boats)
1. 10, Alptr, Steve H, CRCA, 1/TLE- ; 1T
1. 33123, Starbird, Frank Martien, SCC, 1- ; 1T
2. 121, Atlas, Peter Holden, RIYC, 2- ; 2
3. USA 25, Full Circle, Paul Mikulski, SCC/AYC, 3- ; 3
SMSA's Smith Point Race
The Southern Maryland Sailing Association in Solomons hosted its Smith Point Race, one of the races in the middle distance series. Following are the results of those who finished. Find full results of this race and the series at SMSA’s website:
Spin
Date: 06/23/18 StartTime: 10:10:00 Distance: 42.0nm
1 1 23798 Pursuit 51 20:10:35 10:00:35 09:24:53 1
2 4 USA335 Rakali 90 20:40:01 10:30:01 09:27:01 2
3 2 063 Bad Cat 39 20:12:12 10:02:12 09:34:54 3
PHRF A
Date: 06/23/18 StartTime: 10:10:00 Distance: 42.0nm
1 1 23798 Pursuit 51 20:10:35 10:00:35 09:24:53 1
2 4 USA335 Rakali 90 20:40:01 10:30:01 09:27:01 2
3 2 063 Bad Cat 39 20:12:12 10:02:12 09:34:54 3
SSA Regattas
Severn Sailing Association held its Thistle Districts. Of the dozen boats racing, here are top three results:
1 1356 Gaylord, Jesse/Nick Moreau, Kaitlyn Norton/ Dodge City YC
2 635 Krafft, Charles/Cairn Krafft, Martin Krafft/ SSA
3 2354 Barbehenn, Brent/Greg Love/ Cooper River YC
Seven boats also raced in the Lightning Summer Series. Here are top three results:
1 15240 Constants, Stephen
2 15257 Hurban, Joan/Laura Kelm,/ SSA
3 14900 Hurban, Gary/Geoff Patterson, Greg Urban/ SSA
If ever you find SSA’s many events not listed here, it’s because they have so many, it’s hard to keep up! We also would LOVE to have some pictures of these events (hint, hint, SSA Photographers)… Here’s where SSA lists its weekend results.
Clipper Round the World Final Leg Start in New York
If you haven’t yet checked SpinSheet’s Facebook page today, you may not know that our editor was lucky enough to sail on one of the Clipper Round the World 70-foot racing boats last Friday. The race restarted today and the fleet of a dozen Clipper 70s is on its way to Northern Ireland for the finish. Read more about the Clipper Race here.
