(Cleveland, OH)- The highly-popular Cleveland Race Week starts this
coming weekend on the waters of Lake Erie, hosted by the Edgewater Yacht
Club for both one-design and offshore yachts. The event has three
components to satisfy the desires of all the passionate sailors in the
region. Starting June 15th to 17th is the One-Design program for
twenty-four J/Teams on J/22s, J/70s, and J/105s. Then, on June 20th-
Wednesday- there will be Women’s & Doublehanded racing for one day.
After that is the Offshore Regatta from June 23rd to 24th, with
seventeen J’s racing in yet more J/105 One-designs as was as a PHRF
fleet that includes J/24s up to J/111s.The six-boat J/22 class features Mike Meaney’s MEANIAC and Chris Princing’s EVIL DR. PORK CHOP/ AWARD & SPORTS Team.
The
eleven-boat J/70 fleet has several well-known veteran traveling teams,
including Trey Sheehan’s infamous HOOLIGAN: FLAT STANLEY RACING, Tod
Sackett’s FM, Lee Sackett & Dave Kerr’s USA 364, and Ted Pinkerton’s
LITTLE SIDE HUSTLE.The seven-boat J/105 class has Ron Carson’s DARK’N’STORMY, Tom & Cindy Einhouse’s OVATION, Ron Hollingsworth’s SLINGSHOT, and the Uhlir Brother’s TRIO.
For the Women’s event, Katie Langolf’s J/34 IOR will be racing against Lucinda Einhouse’s J/105 OVATION for class honors.
The Offshore PHRF Spinnaker class will be gigantic, with twenty-eight boats on the starting line. Amongst them will be fourteen J/Teams. Those crews include the J/111’s (Rob Ruhlman’s SPACEMAN SPIFF & Don Hudak’s CAPERS), Tim Yanda’s J/120 VIVA LA VIDA, Chris Mallets’ J/109 SYNCHRONICITY, Hugh Scott Seaholm’s J/88 PAPA’s TOY, two J/34s (Brett & Katie Langolf’s KNEE DEEP & Dave Krotseng’s BONAFIDE), Mark Saffell’s J/36 PAINKILLER, two J/105s (Uhlir Brothers’ TRIO & Ron Carson’s DARK’N’STORMY), Rich & Dolores Galaska’s BREEZIN, and Mike Vining’s J/24 REALLY BAD GIRLFRIEND. For more Cleveland Race Week sailing information Add to Flipboard Magazine.
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