In the pandemic version of the race, crews had to sail with fewer people to satisfy the multiple constituencies governing the waters the fleet would be sailing through- including New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts. This year's race was a fast one for most boats, with the fleet starting off in fast reaching spinnaker conditions. In the end, the race was a good test of all-around sailing boats, the strength of the J/Boats design team. With a good mix of beating, reaching and running, a number of J/Teams simply dominated their respective divisions. And for many crews, it was also their first outing of the year to go racing! As a result, all the more impressive to have such great outcomes in their first overnight race of the year!
VINEYARD RACE (longest distance)
Doublehanded J/Crews reveled in the conditions and gathered a lot of silverware. Winning the PHRF 7 Doublehanded Class was the Young American AYC team on their J/105 YOUNG AMERICAN. They were followed by David Rosow's J/109 LOKI settling for the bronze medal, having just missed the silver by six minutes on handicap time. In the PHRF 8 Doublehanded Mixed Class, Sara & Josh Reisberg's J/120 ABILYN handily took the silver medal.
The dozen-boat PHRF 11 Class was dominated by J/Crews, taking 5 of the top 6 spots. Second was Dan Nash's J/109 MISTRAL, third was Arthur Hanlon's J/112E DAUNTLESS just 3 minutes behind MISTRAL, fourth was Brian Spears' J/120 MADISON a mere 1.5 minutes arrears of MISTRAL, fifth was Don Dwyer's J/109 GUARDIAN J, and sixth was Charles Murphy's J/120 TRUANT.
In another J/Boats-laden class, the nine-boat PHRF 12 division, Bill & Jackie Baxter's J/111 FIREBALL took home the silver, with Kevin Kelley's J/122 SUMMER GRACE in fourth and Pito Chickering's J/111 THE ROOST in sixth place.
The ORC Class 10 saw John Greifzu's J/109 GROWTH SPURT continue their hot streak, taking the silver in this hotly contested division. Then, in ORC 13 Class, it was Len Sitar's maiden voyage/ race on his beautifully reconditioned J/160 COUGAR, loving the conditions to take home the silver medal! Also, enjoying the conditions was Steve Levy's J/121 EAGLE, taking the bronze step on the podium.
SEAFLOWER REEF RACE (medium distance)
Winning their PHRF 4 Doublehanded Class by a substantial margin was Robert Pogue's J/92 NEVER SETTLE. They traversed the course in just over 28 hours. Then, in the eight-boat PHRF 5 Class a number of J/Teams sailed quite well. Frank Conway's J/105 RAPTOR took the silver, followed by Todd Aven's J/99 THIN MAN taking the bronze, and Justin Scagnelli & Tim Price's J/88 ALBONDIGAS taking fourth position.
CORNFIELD POINT RACE (shortest distance)
Sailing in the PHRF 1 Class was James Weil's J/92 VIXEN. Weil and team sailed a very quick race, covering the race track in 19 hrs 12 min to win their class by an impressive 3.5 hours. Similarly, Blaine Davis's J/30 BOUREE in PHRF 2 Class also took the gold in their class. For overall honors, VIXEN took the silver while BOUREE took the bronze. For more Vineyard Race sailing information Sailing photo credits- PHOTOBOAT.COM. Add to Flipboard Magazine.
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