(Rye, New York)- Over the weekend of August 1st and 2nd, the Riverside
YC and American YC, hosted the YRA Long Island Sound Championships in
the western end of Long Island Sound. It was a great weekend of tight
racing with a mix of light to medium wind conditions. This was the 10th
Anniversary of the YRA Regatta that included both PHRF and One-Design
Fleets. The parties were great and the clubs worked hard to provide
good food, music and great trophies!According to YRA Past President, Bernie Armstrong: "This year we celebrated the 10th anniversary of the annual YRALIS Championship Regatta. A real milestone for this great event! It began in 2005, as a way to bring all major racing classes together in single weekend, to establish the champion in each of the YRALIS’s four major racing circles. This event has averaged over 100 boats every year since its beginning and the fleets were evenly split between PHRF boats and one-designs. I have been involved with this great event since its inception and everyone seemed to enjoy the challenge and the fun!”
The PHRF One class had a flock of J’s sailing with J crews taking 5 of the top 7 places. Taking 3rd place was Sam Talbot’s SPIKE from the British Virgin Islands. They were followed in 4th position by Carl Olsson’s J/109 MORNING GLORY and in 5th place another J/109- Steve Chronert’s ZUMA.
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the PHRF Two class, the J/88 VELOCITY sailed by Kevin Marks took class
honors on a tie-breaker over Iris Vogel’s veteran crew aboard her J/88
DEVIATION. Then, Ken & Drew Hall’s J/100 NEVERMORE took 4th in class
only 3 pts back from the leaders!The four J teams sailing PHRF Three class took 4 of the top five places, sweeping the top three! Winners were Tom & Julie Sinatra’s J/29 SMOKIN J, followed by Christian Uecker’s J/92 HOUND DOG in 2nd and Todd Aven’s famous J/92 THIN MAN in 3rd. Fifth was Aleksandr Tichter’s J/29 AKULA. Then, the J/80 UPSETTER took 2nd in PHRF Four Class.
The J/70s had an excellent turnout of nearly a dozen boats with local hero Kerry Klingler on MENACE taking class honors with three 1sts and two 2nds for a total of 7 pts. Sailing faster and smarter all the time was the duo of Scott & Alex Furnary on ANY COLOUR, winning two races themselves on the way to 2nd overall with 14 pts total. The two Ploch girls, Madelyn & Megan, co-skippered SUGAR DADDY to third overall with consistent top five finishes. Fourth in class was Scott Bursor’s SLINKY and fifth was Carrie & Ed Austin’s CHINOOK. For more YRA-LIS Championship sailing information
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