(Westport, CT)- The Cedar Point YC is looking forward to hosting yet
another edition of their ever-growing and ever more popular Cedar Point
One-Design Regatta. Over the weekend of June 4th to 5th, significant
fleets of J/70s, J/88s, J/105s, J/109s will be looking forward to great
sailing; in fact, forty-eight J/team’s in total.The J/70s have fourteen teams from across the northeast, mid-Atlantic and Canada. Notable crews that have done well in Long Island Sound series includes Scott & Alex Furnary’s ANY COLOUR, Josh Goldman’s BUILDING A, Andrew & Melissa Fisher’s BUTTON FLY, Carrie & Ed Austin’s CHINOOK, David Betts’ INSTANT KARMA and Trevor Roach’s SEMI-CHARMED. Taking the cross-border trek from Canada is Louis Donahue’s NIRVANA 7 from Quebec.
Sailing
for their Long Island Sound Spring Championship are the fleet of a
half-dozen J/88s. It’s a very competitive fleet that includes Key West
Race Week champion WINGS (Mike Bruno) and Charleston Race Week champion
DEVIATION (Iris Vogel). Giving them a run-for-the-money are Ken &
Drew Hall’s NEVERMORE, John Pearson’s RED SKY, Kevin Marks’ VELOCITY and
Doug Newhouse’s YONDER from Newport, RI.The sixteen-boat J/105 fleet should produce pretty good battles all around the race-track with several notable teams in attendance. Look for the following boats to be factors in the overall leaderboard- Paul Beaudin’s LOULOU, George & Alex Wilbanks’ REVELATION, Kieran Glackin’s SHAKEDOWN, and Marcus Wunderlich’s STRATOS.
With
a dozen-boats on the starting line, things can get a bit tight (or
fraught, depending on your perspective) for the J/109 class. Several
past NYYC Annual Regatta winners and J/109 North American champions will
be battling with some reinvigorated crews that are giving class
veterans dogfights going into the corners. Teams that should factor
into the top five may be Bill Sweetser’s champion crew on RUSH, Jon
Rechtshaffer’s EMOTION, David Rosow’s LOKI, Adrian Begley’s MAD DOGS
& ENGLISHMEN, Jim Vos’ SKOOT and Jack Forehand’s STRATEGERY. For more Cedar Point One-Design Regatta sailing information
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