Congratulations to Douglas Abbot and the crew of Flyer, the Cal 40 out of Miles River YC that swept the awards ceremony during the Newport to Bermuda Race! Flyer finished the race with an elapsed time of 111 hours, 50 minutes, and 24 seconds, correcting to roughly 71 and a half hours. Excellent work!
You can find the rest of the results from the race here.
Miles River YC also hosted their annual Log Canoe Fourth of July series June 25-26. We're still waiting on photos, but results are as follows:
- Island Blossom, Corbin Penwell
- Jay Dee, Dan North
- Silver Heel, Max Kurland
- Noddy, Bradford Johnson
- Edmee S., Marshall Patterson
Eastport Yacht Club hosted their annual One Design Classic over the weekend, with J/22s, Alerion 28s, and J/70s coming out to have some fun. Winds were in the 8-10 knot range, and the excellent race committee was able to get three races in across the board.
J/70 (6 boats):
1. Joint Custody, Jenn Wulff
2. Phoenix, Peter Firey
3. Tea Dance Snake, Todd Jenner
Alerion 28 (5 boats)
1. Caroline, Kevin McNeil
2. Skimmer, Jack and Marti Detweiler
3. Goscha, Jason Goscha
J/22 (8 boats)
1. Committed, Chris Gaffney
2. 977, Gunnar Gode
3. Slow Show, Trevor Perkins
If you're ever wondering what the water looks like outside of EYC, they have a pretty nifty camera set up that shows you present conditions. Not that we don't love it when you call our office and ask us what the water looks like...
From our friend Lin McCarthy in the Southern Bay...
Col Armie Armstrong Veterans Cup. Steve Ritz and crew of EXCELISOR win the 2016 Vet Cup and the PHRF C Fleet. Winds hovering in the high teens to low 20s at times and resulting seas did not keep 21 southern Bay racers from sailing in the 2016 Veterans Cup off Buckroe Saturday. A parade of US Navy ships and a couple of freighters making port through the Thimble Shoal Channel, provided a backdrop to the racing area. All fleets, except the Cruising fleet, completed two races as planned. RESULTS: PHRF A (2 boats): 1.ChristianSchaumloffel, Mirage; 2.Phil Briggs, Feather. PHRF B (7 boats): 1.Dave Taylor, Wham Bam; 2.Bob Archer, Bad Habit; 3.Dave Bouchard, Ganar. PHRF C (4 boats): 1.Steve Ritz, Excelsior; 2.John Haracivet, Dixie Diva; 3.Jeff Rogers, Halaha. PHRF NonSpin (4 boats): 1.Andrew Norris, Papahu; 2.Alan Johnson, Seeker; 3.Tom Connors, Fins Up. Cruising Fleet (4 boats-1 race)): 1.Bob Howell, Cymru; 2.Jim Beaudry, Black Dog; 3.Ivan Dysangco, Tilla. Principal Race Officer-John Ritter. The Vet Cup regatta is presented by Langley Yacht Club. For complete results (individual races and overall computations) click here.
In Irvington, VA, Rappahannock River YC hosted the RRYC Single-Handed Race, with nine skippers bringing their boats out for a day of perfect sailing. Eight to 12 knots of breeze were present from the northeast, and shifted between 20 and 30 degrees throughout the day. The largest boat was 28 feet in length, and was designed and built by new member Ed Johnson.
1, Hot Air, Tom Chapman
2. Ladybug, Ned Crockett
3. Miss Daisy, Stan Crockett
In Virginia Beach, the Broad Bay Sailing Association had a fantastic 10-12 knots of breeze for the Broad Bay Regatta on Saturday. Nineteen boats raced in five races.
A-Cat (3):
1. A-Red, Galt Oliver
2. 293, Ron Roth
3. A-Black, Tracy Oliver
Lasers (8):
1. Mike Moore
2. Andrea Luna
3. Alain Vincey
Beach Cats (6):
1. Shark, Jerry Pattenaude
2. Freestyle 4.74, Oliver Ross
3. Nacra 5.7, Natalie Ross
Monohulls (2):
1. Mobjack, Mark Arnold
2. Tasar, Fred Nemeth
Lin McCarthy also offered a pretty insane story about two UK Royal Navy yachts experiencing the wrath of Cape Hatteras (as if the UK didn't have enough issues right now)...
Fierce Cape Hatteras storm blows 2 UK Royal Navy yachts into Hampton Yacht Club. Adventurer and Discoverer, two identical 72 foot sailing yachts, experienced a sudden and violent storm last week off Cape Hatteras. One sailor described the situation as going from 10 knots to 60 knots of wind in a matter of seconds. He called it a “weather bomb”. The crews of the two boats were able to get control of their vessels and handle things. Pretty good sailing considering the wind blew so hard it blew holes in the sails. The boats are the heart of a 13 month UK Military (Royal Navy, Army, and Royal Air Force) round the world sailing expedition going the “wrong way”, i.e. against prevailing/favorable winds and current. The expedition is spread over 13 legs. So far, among their stops are Rio, Cape Town, and Perth. They have rounded Cape Horn, hit the Caribbean and now are sailing along the Eastern seaboard of the US. They were on the 11th leg, Miami to New York, when the demons of Cape Hatteras surprised them. The boats pulled in to Hampton Yacht Club to arrange for sail repairs before continuing on to New York. The sail repairs are being done at the Ullman Sails loft in Deltaville. The boats and crews (each carried 15) will be at the HYC docks through at least Monday. For more, click here.
On the other end of the sailing spectrum, the ARC Rally 'Round the DelMarVa wrapped up over the weekend with 24 sailboats and 98 participants sailing 450 nautical miles over seven days. Congratulations to all the sailors who took part in the rally! More photos of the start are here.
