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Eclipse takes Larchmont race week, with Peregrina 2nd and Gumption3 3rd - July 23, 2008
Larchmont race week surprised everyone this year with excellent sailing conditions for the entire 2 weekend regatta. No “driftweek” here! A strong east coast heat wave generated southwesterly breezes that built to 15-18 kts by the end of each day. 15 J105’s competed in the event and the J105 class was the largest and only OD fleet in the “Cruising Division”. The Race Committee work was flawless; a rather generous start line was provided; and 11 races, with one throwout, were completed. Each race of the series was 4 leg windward-leeward courses, with a range of between 1.25 and 2 miles per leg.
The competition was tight, with 5 different boats (Eclipse, Peregrina, Gumption, Kincsem, and Joysea) each earning bullets. After a stellar first weekend, Joerg Esdorn and his crew aboard Kincsem (8) clung to a 3 point lead over Eclipse (11), closely followed by Peregrina (13), with Andiamo (23) Gumption (25) and Joysea (26) all in the hunt for the top five. Unfortunately, Kincsem was on her way to Newport for the East Coast Championships and Andiamo had a mid-week mishap with Big Tom rock off City Island and both boats missed the second weekend. Paul Strauch and Joerg Esdorn and their crews were missed, both on the water and at the LYC parties.
As per the norm for Long Island Sound, the sea breeze was variable and a bit more fluky the second weekend and a single shift could bring both agony and ecstasy to different sides of the course. As he has done many times before, Damian Emery and his crew on Eclipse had a 6th sense for the breeze as they demonstrated in race 8, where they banged the corners and went from first to last to first. Sound familiar? In the end, Eclipse won the regatta with 23 points, followed by Josh Burack and his team on Peregrina (31) taking second and Kevin Grainger on Gumption 3 (39) placing third. Both Nathan Boylan on Joysea (44) and Andy Gillis on Jato (57) had strong second weekend performances and finished in the top five. It was an excellent mid-summer regatta, and a must for participation next year.
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Larchmont RW is next - July 2, 2008
Our next event is Larchmont RW - starts July 12. See the link below for registration. Hope to see you all there!
Larchmon RW registration
July 16 Weighing Event - July 2, 2008
Hallo everyone - Reminder that July 16 is the big weighing event at McMichaels. Tentative time is 10am. Please contact Matt Berger (copied above)if you want your boat weighed. Beginning the second weekend of Larchmont Race Week, all boats racing must have been weighed and need to have a valid weight certificate on board, which must be signed by Matt, our measurer. We've negotiated an excellent deal here with McM - so don't miss this event if your boat has not been weighed. We will not organize any more group events and your boat isn't class legal unless it's been weighed and the appropriate weight has been added and certified by Matt. So please take advantage of this opportunity!
Joerg Esdorn
Eclipse wins Cedar Point One Design Regatta - July 2, 2008
Damian Emery won the first regatta of the Pro Series by one point over Kevin Grainger on Gumption3. The Wilbanks on Revelation were third by one more point. Close racing indeed!
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