(Larchmont, NY)- Thirty-six J/Boat owners participated and contributed
their boats, in a fleet of 48 total, for the 2018 edition of the Storm
Trysail Club and the Larchmont YC annual extravaganza for college
sailors- known as the Intercollegiate Offshore Regatta (IOR). The event
has become by the most popular event in all of college sailing, with 45
colleges, universities, and academies gathering together to go racing in
one-design classes and offshore boats on western Long Island Sound in
the first weekend of October.What does that mean to the world of sailing? Simple. It signals that J/Sailors have PASSION! J/sailors and J/owners have a passion for sailing, a passion for growing the sport of sailing, a passion to include women and youth in the future of sailing at all levels- from beginners to the world’s best at all levels of the sport. For example, consider J/Boat owner’s commitments to this event- 75.0% of the entire fleet- J/105s (12), J/109s (9), J/44s (5), PHRF (10)!
In
the one-design classes, the racing was generally close around the
windward-leeward race tracks. In the J/44 Commodore James D Bishop
Division for USA Service Academies, the winners were the US NAVAL
ACADEMY on Bill Ketcham’s MAXINE with an amazing record of 1-1-2-1-4 for
9 pts total. Silver was the US COAST GUARD ACADEMY on GLORY with a
2-3-4-2-2 tally for 13 pts total. Rounding out the podium was
MASSACHUSETTS MARITIME ACADEMY’s sailing on Chris Lewis’ KENAI with a
total of 4-2-3-4-1 for 14 pts. Of note, the MMASA won a tie-breaker
over SUNY MARITIME’s crew on CHARLIE V.The J/109s were completely outclassed by the TUFTS JUMBO’s sailing on Cory Eaves’ FREEDOM, their 3-1-3-2-2 total for 11 pts simply dominating their class. Second was the NORTH CAROLINA STATE crew on Mike Sleightholme’s APSARA with a 4-3-1-9-4 tally for 21 pts, winning a tiebreaker. Losing that tiebreak was the ROCHESTER TECHNOLOGY team on Albrecht Goethe’s HAMBURG with a tally of 1-4-6-7-3.
Not
surprisingly in the huge J/105 division, having a lot of offshore
talent onboard their crew were the winning COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON crew
racing the YOUNG AMERICAN boat- crushing their J/105 one-design class
with just straight bullets for the most dominating performance in the
entire regatta! Second was VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY on ECHO and third was
WEBB INSTITUTE on HOONIGAN.In PHRF 2 Division, it was FORDHAM UNIVERSITY winning on board Bill Ingraham’s J/24 TENEBRAE with a 1-1-2-1-4 tally for 9 pts total. Similarly, in PHRF 3 Division, it was VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY simply taking their division “to the cleaners”, winning with a commanding margin of 6 pts due to their 1-1-1-3-4 tally for just 10 pts. Second was YALE UNIVERSITY’s team on Jon Yoder & Bill Gassman’s J/100 BLACKCOMB.
Thanks to the following individuals for their efforts on behalf of all college sailors:
- Charles Ulmer- Event Chairman- Intercollegiate Regatta
- John Fisher- Chairman- Storm Trysail Foundation
- Howie McMichael- STC IOR Official Photographer
|
