(Marblehead, MA)- As a relatively new regatta on the summer sailing
calendar in Marblehead, the Mass Bay Sailing association in cooperation
with the three principal yacht clubs in the harbor (Eastern, Boston,
Corinthian), created the Marblehead ONE Championship- the Corinthian
Yacht Club is the shore-side host this year and will provide an
unparalleled post-race experience. The regatta continues to grow strongly, with 88 participants in 11 classes looking forward to sail over the August 28th to 30th weekend! It features a diversity of boats and fleets, something for everyone and anything that floats and has a pulse! The largest fleets are the two J/classes- the ten J/70s and sixteen J/105s. The PHRF Racing fleets number six in total, plus two PHRF Cruz classes and the new addition this year, the PHRF Doublehanded class.
Within the J/70s, the usual suspects and cast of characters have made sure they cleared their end-of-summer calendars for their final round of competition in August. Included in that fraternity are the RASCAL’s (Henry Brauer and Stew Neff), Ted Johnson’s VITAMIN J, Holly Fabyan’s ASTERIA, Marc Poirier’s HALF FULL and the Smith Family aboard AFRICA.
Watch
out for a rematch of what happened in the earlier HELLY HANSEN
Marblehead NOOD Regatta for the J/105 class. All the contenders are
back for another shoot-out at the O.K. Marblehead Corral— e.g. Mass
Bay! Amongst those top boats are Dave Nelson’s GOT QI, John Ready’s
VMAX, Mark & Jolene Masur’s TWO FEATHERS, Fred de Napoli’s ALLEGRO
SIMPLICITA, Jon Samel’s BLOWN AWAY, Charlie Garrard’s MERLIN and Ken
Bowden’s KNOTLESS.Over in PHRF handicap world, many J/Teams present should factor into their class podiums at the end of the regatta. PHRF 2 will feature scorching hot competition between the three J/111s and a J/122. Ed Kaye’s PRAVDA 2, Mike Williamson’s BRIGADOON and Gary Weisberg’s HEATWAVE will lead the J/111s while holding up the J/122 honors will be Tom Mager’s GIGI. PHRF 3 Class features the brand new J/88 FREYJA skippered by Tomas Bergstrand. The J/109 WILDTHANG skippered by Dan Boyd & Mitch Wiest will be tackling the PHRF 4 class. A seriously quick J/33 skippered by Ward Blodgett is taking on the PHRF 5 fleet along with the J/29 IL CATTIVO helmed by Pat Cerundolo, they are up against “Sparkle Pony”- a boat of dubious vintage. Rounding out PHRF Racing is PHRF 6 class with a trio J/24s gunning class annihilation- Erica Beck Spencer’s SEA BAGS WOMENS SAILING TEAM, John Denman’s AIRODOODLE, and John Wells’ SHELDON-J. The lone wolf in PHRF Doublehanded class is Jeff Kent’s J/35 BLACK SEAL.
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