1999 lake norman wilmer cup sailboat championship

The first weekend is also the J/70 Great Lakes Championship and top boats qualify to sail for the J/70 World Championships sailed in Newport, RI and hosted by New York YC. ItвЂ™s an event that is comprised of two parts: the first weekend is oriented to one-designs from June 12th to 15th and the second weekend is dedicated to offshore handicap racing from June 19th to 22nd. (Cleveland, OH)- Over many years the Edgewater YC in Cleveland, Ohio has continued to refine and grow one of the best regattas on Lake Erie- Cleveland Race Week. Go there after racing each day to see 3D replays of all racing classes on all three race courses! For more New York YC Annual Regatta sailing information

Helme from Coasters Harbor Navy YC and Newport, RI.ДЇinally in the cool to amazingly awesome department, you armchair sailors, navigators, strategists and tacticians may be able to replay the race in 3D on. One-third of the fifteen boat fleet in PHRF are JвЂ™s, including Dawson HodgsonвЂ™s J/100 GRIMACE from NYYC and Slocum, RI the J/24 NIGHTHAWK sailed by Richard Barker from Sail Newport in Newport, RI the J/29 MEDDLER X skippered by Brian Kiley from Rhode Island YC and Cranston, RI and the J/92S SPIRIT sailed by E.C. In the ORR group is the J/42 ARROWHEAD sailed by Steve Berlack from NYYC and Franconia, NH. In the вЂњNavigatorsвЂќ classes (both PHRF & ORR), the teams will be sailing вЂњrandom legвЂќ courses around government marks all over Narragansett Bay and offshore in Rhode Island Sound. After winning their class in the first major J/111 regatta on the Solent, the dynamic duo of Chris Jones and Louise Makin (from Royal Southern YC in Hamble, England) will test their mettle against some of the top East Coast teams sailing the newly-launched WILD CHILD. The J/111s should have a pretty evenly matched fleet as most teams have all finished on the podium over the past season, including Doug CurtissвЂ™s WICKED 2.0 from New Bedford YC in S Dartmouth, MA Fred Van Liew & David BrodskyвЂ™s ODYSSEY from NYYC and Newport, RI and Sedgwick Ward sailing BRAVO from Shelter Island YC.

While the J/111s will be racing in PHRF handicap, they will also be scored as one-design. In the PHRF classes, the J/105s will have several well-traveled teams in attendance, including Mark LindquistвЂ™s STERLING (Beverly YC), Fed Darlington (East Greenwich YC) and Mark & Jolene Masur sailing TWO FEATHERS from Ft Worth Boat Club in Ft Worth, TX). After spending her entire winter in the Caribbean, Marcus Cholerton-Brown will be sailing his J/120 SUNSET CHILD and may have to contend with two championship winning J/109s- Bill SweetserвЂ™s RUSH (from Annapolis YC in Annapolis, MD) and Ted HerlihyвЂ™s GUT FEELING (from New Bedford YC in S Dartmouth, MA). The J/44s will be racing as class and IRC, including the renowned GOLD DIGGER sailed by Jim Bishop, Jack Neades and a US Coast Guard Academy crew on GLORY, famous J/105 sailors Joerg Esdorn & Duncan Hennes on KINCSEM, Len Sitar sailing VAMP and Chris Lewis (from Lakewood YC in Houston, TX). They will be facing a trio well-sailed J/122s that include Mike BrunoвЂ™s WINGS (a past NYYC winner from American YC in Rye, NY), Jamey ShachoyвЂ™s AUGUST WEST (from Beverly YC in Marion, MA) and Paul MiloвЂ™s ORION (from NYYC and Leesburg, VA). In the IRC Classes, the queen of the J fleet will be Jonathan BambergerвЂ™s J/145 SPITFIRE from National YC in Toronto, Canada.

Leading the charge on-board is skipper Charlie Enright, a top J/24 sailor from the famous Newport J/24 Fleet on Narragansett Bay! Needless to say, they will be applying their years of experience sailing against the worldвЂ™s best J/24 sailors to ensure they sail well this weekend!ДЇor this classic event, many of the 24 JвЂ™s racing will also be in preparation for the upcoming Bermuda Race.

Team Alvimedica, the Rhode Island-led team preparing for the Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15, will debut its just-launched Volvo Ocean 65 in the Around-the-Island Race on Friday. So far, the fleet may be blessed with 8-15 kt winds all weekend long and, with any luck, may provide the вЂњround islandвЂќ racers on Friday a quick romp around Conanicut Island. The three-day event, distinguished as AmericaвЂ™s oldest continually run regatta, is scheduled for Friday through Sunday, June 13-15, and hosted by the New York Yacht Club at its on-the-water clubhouse, Harbour Court, in Newport, RI. (Newport, RI)- This coming weekend the 160th New York YC Regatta presented by Rolex will be hosting sailingвЂ™s biggest players on Narragansett Bay and Rhode Island Sound.

1999 lake norman wilmer cup sailboat championship