September 2014 MAINE COASTAL NEWS Page 5. BLACK WATCH Wins Ames Cup in Castine Classic Regatta
CASTINE - In the fi fteenth annual Castine Classic Yacht Regatta, Black Watch, a 67.8’ Sparkman & Stephens yawl built in 1958, sailed by Peter McCausland, led a fl eet of 32 classic yachts to win the coveted Ames Cup. The Ames Cup honors the memory of Richard Glover Ames and Henry Russell Ames who were lost at sea on June 9th
, 1935
south of the Grand Banks in an unsuccessful effort to save their father who was washed overboard during the Newport to Bergen, Norway yacht race. The Ames family hailed from Castine. This year’s Castine Classic Regatta celebrated the iconic Maine lobsterboats and their lobsteryacht progeny. Prior to the race, notable examples were on exhibition at the Castine town dock and were honored at a symposium at the Maine Maritime Academy. The large crowd attending the symposium heard from a panel of leading Maine builders and designers, illuminating the fi ner details of the design, construction and seakeeping qualities of these boats. Jon Johansen, publisher of Maine Coastal News, chaired the symposium, which included Glenn Holland of Holland Boat Shop, Belfast; Doug Hylan of Benjamin River; Peter Kass of John’s Bay Boat Co. in South Bristol; Jamie Lowell of Lowell Brothers in Yarmouth; and Richard Stanley of Richard Stanley Boatbuilding in Bass Harbor. Lively discussion ensued as to the growth in lob- sterboat size, power (up to 1,000HP) and speed to accommodate bigger loads further offshore—and the merits of wood versus fi berglass construction.
The Castine event kicked off three days of classic boat racing, culminating in the Eggemoggin Reach Regatta.
The 19.6 mile race from Castine to Camden, sponsored by the Castine Yacht Club, was sailed under ideal conditions this year. David Bicks, chair of the event, said that “In recent years, our race has been plagued by fog and lack of wind. But this year’s clear skies and steady 8-12 knot
southwest breeze made for perfect sailing conditions.”
The boats beat down east
Penobscot Bay, rounded Robinson rock off the southern end of Islesboro and ran under spinnaker to fi nish off Curtis Island at Cam- den.
In the Classic A Class, Black Watch was
followed by Spartan, a 72’ Herreshoff-de- signed NY-50 built in 1912 and skippered by Victor Paul. Sonny, a 53’ Sparkman & Stephens yawl built in 1935 sailed by Joe Dockery, took third place. The Classic A Class included a highly competitive match race among six Sparkman & Stephens 45’ NY-32s built in 1936—believed to be the largest NY-32 fl eet in over 50 years. Fal- con, sailed by Bob Scott of Castine, edged out Siren, sailed by Peter Cassidy, and Isla, sailed by Henry May, to lead the NY-32s in the three race series.
In the Classic B Class, Rogue, a 37’
Herreshoff/Newport 29 sloop built in 1953 sailed by Seville Simonds, bested Palawan, a 47’ Sparkman & Stephens yawl built in 1952 skippered by Scott Gazelle. Alera, a Herreshoff NY-30 built in 1905 skippered by Claas van der Linde, followed in third place.
Thora, a Little Harbor 36 built in 1960
sailed by Vince Todd, led the Classic C Class, followed by Otter, a Concordia 41 yawl built in 1954 sailed by Robert Keefer. Gesture, a 43’ sloop designed by F. S. Kin- ney and built in 1967, sailed by Malcolm Bromilow, took third place. In the Spirit of Tradition Class, Isobel,
a 75’ sloop designed by Stephens-Waring and built in 2011, sailed by Richard Schotte, claimed fi rst place honors. Pleione, the 48’ Taylor 8 Meter built in 2004 skippered by Bruce Dyson, took second, followed by Lynnette, a Stevens/Taylor 48’ sloop built in 2013 sailed by Michael Cook. At the awards ceremony at the Wooden Boat School in Brooklin following the Egge- moggin Reach Regatta, Bicks presented the Ames Cup and the Sparkman & Stephens
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trophy to Peter McCausland of Black Watch. The Mitch Gibbons-Neff trophy, presented in memory of Mitch Gibbons-Neff, late head of S&S who regularly crewed on Scott’s NY-32 Falcon, was awarded to Bob Scott, skipper of Falcon, the top NY-32 in the three
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The Phalarope trophy, awarded to the top Concordia yacht in memory of Thomas G. Ashton Sr. of Castine, was presented to Robert Keefer of Otter.
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