(Dartmouth, MA)- The 43rd Buzzards Bay Regatta, was held August 7-9,
2015 at the New Bedford Yacht Club in Dartmouth, Massachusetts. As
anticipated, Buzzards Bay delivered yet again on good conditions for the
three-day weekend regatta. Fair weather and plenty of breeze provided
favorable conditions for top J teams to just about sweep all the top
positions in the PHRF New England Championship, held in conjunction with
the Buzzards Bay Regatta. An extraordinary 16 of the 25 entrants for the PHRF New England Championship were J/Teams (64.0% of the fleet)! In PHRF Race 1 class, Mark Verville’s J/120 ISURUS won, followed by Doug Curtiss’s J/111 WICKED 2.0 (a past BBR winner) in 2nd position, followed by another J/111, Sedgwick Ward’s BRAVO in 4th place. Jim Shachoy’s J/122 AUGUST WEST, the recent winner of the New York YC IRC East Coast Championship, took 6th overall.
In PHRF 2, Richard Fontaine’s J/105 GOOD TRADE from Mass Maritime led a sweep of the class. Cory Eaves’ J/109 FREEDOM took 2nd in class, followed by local hotshot Ted Herlihy’s J/109 NA Championship winning GUT FEELING in 3rd. Fourth was Ed Joyce’s J/105 DARK’N’STORMY and 5th was Doug Newhouse’s new J/88 YONDER from Sail Newport.
Then, in PHRF 3, Key Dyett’s J/30 JEROBOAM took 2nd in class followed by Diana & Tom Sutton’s J/35 LEADING EDGE from Houston YC in 3rd. Fifth place was taken by yet another J/30- Ken van Colen’s MODDY BLUE from New Bedford YC.
In PHRC Cruise class, Al Signorella’s J/100 SUNDANCE from New Bedford YC placed 2nd while Steve Dahill’s J/35C RIVA from Beverly YC took 4th in class. For more Buzzards Bay Regatta sailing information
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