October 2010 MAINE COASTAL NEWS Page 7. SHIPYARD CUP RETURNS TO BOOTHBAY HARBOR
EAST BOOTHBAY — BELLA PITA (75' Bill Tripp design) earned her way to the top spot during a spectacular weekend in the Boothbay Region of Maine during the 8th running of the Shipyard Cup.
After the downturn caused organizers to postpone last year’s event, the Shipyard Cup came back this year in grand style. Six starters made their way to the starting line; AVAIL- ABLE (65'), BELLA PITA (75'), WHITEHAWK (92'), SUMURUN (94') WINDCREST (98'), and TENACIOUS (114'). Sharing the “Bucket Rating Rules” this year for the first time, hoards of spectator boats watched the staggered start and close finish of this rating system that matches very diverse vessels by weighting their specific predicted performances in a wide range of sailing conditions. With a start that stretches over an hour, the finish saw everyone at the line within 10 minutes of each other after several hours of sailing.
The Shipyard Cup was started in part to showcase the best Maine and the Boothbay Region have to offer, and this weekend they delivered in fine fashion. The weather was absolutely spectacular with full sun, moder- ate temperatures and calm mornings giving way to steadily building moderate offshore breezes.
Saturday’s race was claimed by BELLA PITA with Sunday honors going to TENA- CIOUS and the winner overall honors and Steuben Glass trophy going to BELLA PITA. The relaxed Maine style event featured a lobster bake Friday evening at the shipyard of founding organizer Hodgdon Yachts with
NEWPORT, R.I. (August 26, 2010) – In each of the four classes (2.4 Metre, SKUD-18, Sonar and J/22) competing at the eighth annual C. Thomas Clagett Jr. Memorial Regatta for sailors with disabilities, an unbroken winning streak on the second and final day of racing determined the championship winners. The storm that pulled out of the area overnight left behind a perfect day for racing on Narragansett Bay, starting with a 5-7 knot westerly breeze that built to a top speed of 12-14. The only hiccup for the day came in the form of a 40-degree wind shift that caused a 2.4 Metre race to be abandoned just as it started and also necessitated a weather mark change for the SKUD-18 class.
In the five-boat Sonar fleet, John Porter (East Troy, WI) with crew 2008 SKUD-18 Paralympic Gold Medalist Maureen McKinnon Tucker (Marblehead, MA) and Gerry Tiernan (Falmouth, ME) continued the winning streak they had started on day one to end the regatta with 10 bullets for the class win. Second overall was Paul Callahan (Newport, RI/Cape Coral, FL), Brad Johnson (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) and Tom Brown (Castine, ME) with 18 points after the day’s five races. Eric Roberts (Reno, NV), Jim Thweatt (Sacramento, CA) and Dennis Moran (Framingham, MA) retained third overall with 29 points, followed four points back by Ted King (Brentwood, NH) sailing with Dan Rugg (Centreville, MD) and Dirk
post race cocktail parties at Wotton’s Wharf in Boothbay Harbor complete with Cold River Vodka martini bars.
Sunday’s award ceremonies capped a spectacular weekend leaving everyone mak- ing plans for next year. Race organizers have announced next year’s Shipyard Cup will be 26-28 August 2011.
SHIPYARD CUP 2010 RACE SCORING Saturday
Race 1
BELLA PITA WINDCREST SUMURUN AVAILABLE TENACIOUS WHITEHAWK
Sunday
Race 2 Points TENACIOUS WHITEHAWK BELLA PITA AVAILABLE WINDCREST SUMURUN
Final Standings
BELLA PITA TENACIOUS WINDCREST AVAILABLE WHITEHAWK SUMURUN
Mainers At The Clagett Regatta
Johnson (Middletown, RI). Charlie Croteau (Framingham, MA) and Jody Hill (Seabrook, TX) with Kitty Mears (Brighton, MA) finished fifth with 43 points.
The silver medalists in the SKUD-18 at the 2010 IFDS Disabled Sailing World Championship, Scott Whitman (Brick, NJ) and Julia Dorsett (West Chester, PA), clinched their third consecutive class win at The Clagett after winning all four races sailed today for a low score of six points. Sarah Everhart-Skeels and husband Brian Skeels (both Tiverton, RI), were second overall with 11 points, and Mark Lewis (Hingham, MA) and Barbara Wilson were third overall with 17 points.
In the 12-strong 2.4 Metre fleet, Charles Rosenfield (Woodstock, CT) won all four races to leapfrog three places in the standings and take the class championship. Dropping a DNF/13 points from the opening race of the series, Rosenfield finished 1-2-1- 1-1-1 for a low score of seven points to displace yesterday’s leader, Britt Hall (Darien, CT) who finished the series in second overall with 12 points. Peter Wood (Ottawa, Canada) was third with 16 points. Also moving up the standings with finishes of 2-3-4-5 for the day was Timothy Ripley (Randolph, NJ), who moved from eighth overall to end the series fourth in the standings on 25 points. Scott Lutes
Continued on Page 15. TENACIOUS at the start of Saturday's racing. Overall winner of the 2010 Shipyard Cup BELLA PITA
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