First up, the 2016 Hospice Cup Regatta! We had 65 boats come out for the 35th annual Hospice Cup, which acts as a major fundraiser to bring quality, end-of-life care to patients, their families, and their friends. Out of the 65 boats, the CRCA fleets came out in full force. Skies were clear and wind was light, but complaints were few. Check out Dan Phelps's great photo gallery here.
CRCA Cruiser (14)
1. Mojo, Julian Bigden
2. Redshift, Kenneth Koester
3. Vite, Paul Taylor
CRCA Performance Cruiser (9)
1. Parrot Head, Aaron Ressler
2. Ippon, Sean Gallagher
3. Who Wander, Fred Probst
Harbor 20 (13)
1. Misty, Ronald Steele
2. Kenneth Appleton
3. H2O, Ward Anderson
Hospice (24)
1. Calypso, Rick Hill
2. Ingenuity, Joe Lombardo
3. Sail Away. george Hollendursky
J/105 (14)
1. Mirage, Fredrik Salvesen, Cedric Lewis
2. 113, John White
3. Allegiance, Conor HIckey
PHRF A2 (8)
1. No Name, Elliott Crooke
2. Jim Carkhuff
3. Aunt Jean, James Sagerholm
Next up, we have the International 505 East Coast Championships, where a HUGE upset took place.
Chris Behm and Jesse Falsone, Local Hero, beat Mike Holt and Carl Smit (also a local hero and featured in our September issue), who recently finished in second place at the World Championships. Falsone has been at the helm of the Annapolis fleet for several years, and was the architect of this year's ECCs, and the fact that he was on the winning boat is well-deserved and long coming. From Jesse:
Even after sailing in Annapolis for decades, I find that I am learning new things about how to sail here based on the conditions. Chris and I are at a competitive disadvantage when it comes to size, so any advantage we can get in terms of local knowledge is critical. Carl and Mike are just a fantastic team and the toughest competitors. They don't give an inch and that is why they are world champions. There are a dozen more teams just like them coming next year to worlds and we had better bring an A+ game if we want to compete to win. It's that tough to win in this class and that's what makes the 5O5 World Championship so prestigious.
Congratulations to Jesse and Chris, and to all of the other sailors who took part in the regatta. Check out the full gallery of Dan Phelps's photos here. We were on the water on Saturday, when winds were light, but Sunday things stepped up a notch and the kids were out on the wires.
Results:
1. Toxic Asset, Jesse Flasone and Chris Behm
2. Brian and Ted's Boat, Carl Smit and Mike Holt
3. 8830, Andrew Buttner and Jan Saugmann
Down in the Southern Bay, the little dinghies that could were shaking things up!
Photo by Asia Stewart and On the H2O Photography. Click for the full gallery of images.
From Lin McCarthy: Middle Ground Light has been rounded again, this time by a herd of dinghies! On Saturday, sixty-eight (68) of the 76 entered in the Hampton Roads Sunfish Challenge and Distant Dinghy Race sailed the course that took them around Middle Ground Light in Hampton Roads Harbor. Event organizer Jonathan Romero said the winds were at 6-8 knots at the start and built to 12-15 by race finish. FLEET WINNERS: Sunfish Racing: Bert Sanford (Norfolk); Sunfish Recreational: Dan Cudney (Norfolk); Sunfish Tandem: Maxwell and Andrew McGowan (Herndon); Laser/Force 5: Rob Suhay (Norfolk); Open Fleet: Mark Arnold in his Mobjack (Chesapeake); Windrider: Steve McLaughlin (Norfolk); Multi-Hull: Jerry Pattenaude in his Shark (Chesapeake); Hobie 16: Carter Paradis (Norfolk); and Sonar: Christian Schaumloffel (Virginia Beach/Hampton).
We love the fact that there was a foiling kite surfer on the couse.
Some wooden beauties were also sailing, on both the Eastern and Western Shores. SpinSheet's own Chris Charbonneau had a wonderful time racing in the log canoe races run out of Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels. He reported back that his position was "squelch." You have to love log canoe racing.
And on the Western Shore, the Bull and the Bear sandbaggers took off for some match racing. It's somewhat hard to report on the results and standings for races like this, because the real winners are the spectators.
More photos by Dan Phelps are here.
Up in Baltimore (hon), the Downtown Sailing Center hosted its annual You Gotta Regatta, the fundraiser to benefit the DSC's Community Outreach and Accessible Programs (what a great reason to go sailing). Thankfully there wasn't a weather event to crush the regatta, but a police standoff with an armed suspect closed off the roads for a portion of the morning on Saturday. By 9:45 in the morning, hostage negotiators had worked their magic and the DSC was able to reopen.
Start the party!
All in all, the regatta raised almost $22,000. Even though the event is over, don't hesitate to donate or contact the DSC about getting started sailing with them. These people are fantastic.
And finally, Annapolis sailor Dee Smith has been competing in the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio, and finished up JUST short of a bronze medal, coming in fourth place out of 16. This is a huge accomplishment, and we are so proud of Dee, who has been sighted sailing the 2.4-m around Annapolis Harbor for the last year, practicing. Check out this video for all of the sailing action, or fast forward to the 2.45 mark to see Dee in action.
