Hospice Cup, Wooden Classics, Sunfish and More... Here's your racing roundup for the weekend of September 15-17.
Hospice Cup stands out as one of Annapolis’s top charity regattas for a number of reasons, not the least of which is a stellar Shore Party. It’s a good thing, too, because Mother Nature served up some of her more frustrating conditions for this year’s September 16 event: light and variable air mixed with chop. At least it was sunny! FIND HOSPICE CUP 2017 PHOTOS HERE
Although there was some attrition due to the summery wind conditions, those who did make their way to the end of the (shortened) race course claimed it was still better than a day at the office.
Along with class winners, there were special awards given at the post-race Shore Party at Bert Jabin’s Yacht Yard. Vicki Hurt on Bent Whiskers in the Hospice B class won the Best in Fleet Trophy for overall performance (sponsored by Annapolis Yacht Sales in honor of Paul Rosen).
Carl and Scott Gitchell and team on the J/105 Tenacious took home the Sajak Family Foundation Trophy for best performance in Cruising One Design. The Dick and Sabra Ladd Helmsman Trophy for the top boat helmed by a Naval Academy Midshipmen went to George Davis on the J/105 Avenger.
Russ Matijevich on Carry On in the Hospice A class earned the Donnybrook-Brendan Trophy (sponsored by Jim Muldoon) for the highest percentage of youth crew, 18 years or under. Rich Weaver on the Harbor 20 Swifty won the Hospice Cup Trophy for best average score over three consecutive years.
Everyone who participates in this special event is a winner, as the funds raised for the 2017 event will help uninsured and under-insured patients seeking Hospice care—quality end-of-life care—throughout Maryland, Washington, DC and Northern Virginia. FIND HOSPICE CUP PHOTOS HERE
Hospice Cup Class Winners
Harbor 20 Brilliant Kenneth Appleton
CRCA Racer Cruiser Ippon Sean Gallagher
CRCA Cruiser Celerity II Lauren Walker
CRCA Non Spin Celerity Rick Lober
J/105 Tenacious Carl and Scott Gitchell
Alerion 28 Skimmer Jack Detweiler
PHRF A Hall Pass Jim Carkhuff/ Ken Schmidt
Hospice A Pandora Stephen Grimm
Hospice B Bent Whiskers Vicki Hurt
The National Sailing Hall of Fame hosted its Classic Wooden Boat Rendezvous over the weekend featuring gorgeous 18-foot Australian skiffs among other classic vessels. Al Schreitmueller captured weekday racing between the Bull and Bear and our Aussie visitors. More photos to come. FIND MORE AUSSIE SKIFF PHOTOS BY AL SCHREITMUELLER HERE
Southern Bay Scene
Here's what our loyal correspondent Lin McCarthy had to say in her Southern Bay Racing News You Can Use this morning:
HAMPTON ROADS SUNFISH CHALLENGE & DISTANCE DINGHY RACE:
Saturday proved to be the perfect day for the 2017 HRSC&DD Race in Hampton Roads harbor. Sixty-eight (68) (of 72 entered) raced and finished in 8 fleets and partied in one happy bunch. The winners of each fleet were:
Sunfish Racing (8 boats) – Bert Sanford; Sunfish Recreational (11 boats) – Alex Resio; Sunfish Tandem (4 boats) – Amelon Rule & Sean Trundell; Laser/Force 5 (14 boats) – Grant Simmons; Open Fleet (17 boats) – Joe Buczkowski in a Lightning; Comet (4 boats) – Peter Doherty; MultiHull (4 boats) – Jerry Pattenaude in a Shark; Sonar (6 boats) – Dave Taylor. Complete results are available at www.hrsunfishchallenge.com Event Chairman – Jonathan Romero; Principal Race Officer-John Ritter. And, the countdown to the 2018 HRSC&DD Race has begun – put it on your calendar – September 15, 2018.
SITELLA, COOL CHANGE, ROUNDABOUT, and SEEKER win first day of CCV Fall Series.
A cool NNE breeze made for a nice opening day of Fall Spring Series. Principal Race Officer Tom Connors got in the two prescribed races ‘round drop marks in the harbor. Nineteen (19) boats raced in the first of a three-Sunday series.
PHRF A (6 boats): 1.Ian Hill, Sitella; 2.Neil Ford and Lis Biondi Ford, Danger Paws; 3.Sledd Shelhorse, Meridian X.
PHRF B (7 boats): 1.Rusty Burshell, Cool Change; 2.Ben Weeks and Michele Cochran; Rumble; 3.Bob Archer, Bad Habit.
PHRF C (4 boats): 1.Alan Bomar, Roundabout; 2.Ben Cuker, Callinectes; 3.Louie Lewis, Incentive III.
PHRF Non-Spin (2 boats): 1.Alan Johnson, Seeker, 2.Keith Midgette, Luna Blu.
Principal Race Officer: Tom Connors; Signal Boat: Buddy DeRyder; Mark Boats: Dave Hamilton and Bill and David Gibbings. Official Scorer: John Ritter.
FISHING BAY YC FALL SERIES DAY 1: Sixteen (16) boats got in two races on Saturday for the opening of the FBYC Fall Series. Details of both races and the current series standings are available at www.fbyc.net. Principal Race Officer – Geoff Cahill.
High School Sailing: Two young sailors racing at the MASSA Cressy District Championship Qualifier Regatta this past weekend. Benton Amthor won the regatta and Boyd Bragg took 4th overall. Both sailed in Laser Radials and represented Christchurch High School.
