Page 10. MAINE COASTAL NEWS September 2016 Waterfront News The Candy Store Cup A Sweet Spot for Superyachts
NEWPORT, R.I. (August 1, 2016) – The transition of the former Newport Bucket into the Candy Store Cup Superyacht Edition appeared eff ortless and suitably fabulous when a dozen of the world’s grandest sailing yachts competed off Newport, R.I. from Friday, July 29 through Sunday, July 31 and benefi tted from the combined forces of co-hosts Newport Shipyard and Bannister’s Wharf. In true Bucket fashion, social activ- ities included a “yacht hop” on Friday night aboard the participants’ yachts, a gathering at Newport’s famous Clarke Cooke House, and a regatta dinner with live reggae music on the grounds of a Newport estate. “There was an easy camaraderie in the
air as sailors from around the world renewed old friendships, but the real story was the spectacle on the water as superyachts such as Adix, Meteor, Columbia, Zenji and Ranger unfurled their sails off Castle Hill to begin racing,” said Newport Shipyard’s Owner Charlie Dana, who also sailed in the event. “It was a jaw-dropping sight.” After three races over three days, the
92-foot (28m) yawl Bequia won the overall Candy Store Cup (fi lled with candy and champagne) for having the lowest point score for the regatta. With Tom Whidden (Essex, Conn.) as its skipper and tactician, Bequia also won its Class B with four points earned on two race victories on Friday and Saturday and a second-place fi nish on Sun- day.
“There are a lot of great sailors here and
the racing was really close, especially when you consider it was mostly light air,” said Whidden at Sunday’s awards at Newport Shipyard. “The top-fi ve fi nishers in our class (Bequia, Wild Horses, Sirona, Sapphire and Sejaa) were all within seven minutes on corrected time today after the 13.6 nautical mile race, and yesterday, the top three were within three minutes of each other after a slightly shorter race.” (Friday’s race was the longest, at 15.6 nm.) Whidden added that the Race Com-
mittee’s decision to use a three-minute staggered start for each boat in the class was a good one. The staggered starts were substituted for the “pursuit” starts typically reserved for superyacht racing because of the prevailing wind conditions and the diversity of the kinds of boats in each class.
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It enabled the starting sequence to be more compact, so that all boats started in the same breeze conditions.
“It was the perfect regatta for this kind
of racing, which allows owners and their crews that wouldn’t race otherwise – be- cause of the nature of their boats – to have a regatta experience,” added Whidden. “It’s what is trying to be accomplished with other ‘Bucket’ races around the world. This regatta is going to gain a lot of traction and do very well.” Adix, a 213-foot (65m) three-masted
schooner, won Class A (for the largest yachts) with a third and two fi rsts. Her mag- nifi cent presence on the water (she is still one of the largest sailing yachts built since the 1930s) was shared with thousands of visitors at the annual Newport Jazz Festival when the yacht sailed closely past Fort Adams State Park on Sunday afternoon with nine of her working sails drawing a fresh breeze. Her Captain Paul Goss turned her expertly head-to-wind, next to the massive raft-up of powerboats and sailboats out to hear the music. The Adix crew calmly doused the sails and tidied up on deck before the yacht ducked into Newport Harbor to head back to Newport Shipyard. And with that, the conclusion that had
once been foregone became offi cially vali- dated. The “new” Candy Store Cup 2016 Su- peryacht Edition had successfully embraced all of the beloved traditions of Bucket-style racing: safe, fun racing for these stunning yachts; a spectacle like no other for those watching; and a casual, fun atmosphere for participants. “Sure, there were winners, and they
were deserving winners, because it didn’t come easy,” said Peter Craig, whose com- pany Premiere Racing runs this and other superyacht regattas around the world, “but Charlie Dana, the Dana family and David Ray (owner of Bannister’s Wharf and also a yacht owner/sailor who founded the original Candy Store Cup) know that it’s not all about winning and losing. Owners and crew want great racing, yes, but they also want a special social side of things, too. The vibe here has been superb, and they’ve got something excellent to build on.” Royal Huisman, Perini Navi, Vitters
and Rybovich, which are major players in the superyacht industry and were all stewards of the Newport Bucket, remain sponsors of the Candy Store Cup Newport. Supporting sponsors of the event are Pan- taenius Insurance, North Sails, Sentient Jet and Southern Spars/Future Fibres. Newport Shipyard, one of the most
popular and recommended shipyards in the U.S., is a full-service marina and shipyard with over 3,500 linear feet of dock space that can accommodate yachts up to 300+ feet. Its amenities include a dockside café, ship store, fi tness center, courtesy vehicles and crew housing. With its friendly staff ,
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welcoming atmosphere and event planning capabilities, Newport Shipyard also is host to many other prestigious yachting events, including the biennial Newport to Bermuda Race Crew Party and the Newport Charter Yacht Show in June. Bannister’s Wharf, situated in down-
town Newport, attracts visitors and locals alike with 20 shops and galleries that off er a diverse selection of life’s niceties. The so-
Pos. Yacht Type Length
Class A 1. Adix tra NA
2. Meteor 3. Ranger
6. Sunleigh
Class B 1. Bequia
3. Sirona 4. Sejaa
cial and gourmet focal point of Bannister’s Wharf, and some say of Newport itself, is the Clarke Cooke House and in the midst of the eclectic dining and shopping experiences are the Bannister’s Wharf Guestrooms and Marina, which put visitors and yachtsmen in the company of the fi ne racing and cruising yachts for which N ewport has become justly famous.
Candy Store Cup 2016 Superyacht Edition Final Results Builder
Designer:
Schooner 213’ (65m) Astilleros PdM/Pendennis Holgate & Dyks- Schooner 170’ (52m) Royal Huisman
Dykstra NA
4. Columbia Schooner 141’ (43m) W. Starling Burgess/John W. Gilbert & Sons 5. Zenji
J Sloop 138’ (42m) Danish Yacht Ketch 184’ (56m) Perini-Navi
Sloop 105’ (32m) Jongert Yawl 92’ (28m) Brooklin Boat Yard
2. Wild Horses Sloop 75’ (23m) Brooklin Boatyard Sloop 72’ (22m) Martin Marine Sloop 82’ (25m) JFA, Chantier Naval
5. Sapphire III Sloop 75’ (23m) CNB 76 Ketch 89’ (27m) Jongert
6 Audrey II
NEWPORT, R.I. (August 17, 2016) — For John Storck, the path to the 2016 Resolute Cup, the unoffi cial keelboat championship for American yacht clubs, had a most ordi- nary point of origination: the family dinner table.
“I am lucky enough to be born into
this family where technical sailing speak is common dinner conversation,” says Storck, who will compete for the Storm Trysail Club (Larchmont, N.Y.) alongside two of his siblings, Erik Storck and Kaitlin Storck Potts (above with their father, John Storck Jr., at the 2010 J/80 North American Cham- pionship). “We have done plenty of sailing apart, but we have done so much more sailing together. If there are any arguments in the boat, the cool thing about our family is that you get over it really fast, there is no grudge holding.” The 2016 Resolute Cup will be sailed
September 12 to 17 out of New York Yacht Club Harbour Court in Newport, RI. The fourth running of the biennial event is spon- sored by Porsche Cars North America, Helly Hansen and Melges Performance Sailboats. It will once again provide a pathway for U.S. yacht clubs looking to qualify for the Rolex New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup,
Resolute Cup Teams Tony Castro
Rob Stephens Joel White Tripp
Judel & Vrolijk Philippe Briand Jongert
the premiere international competition for Corinthian sailors. “In some ways, maybe that’s the whole
magic of what [New York Yacht Club is] doing,” says Douglas Wefer, who is sailing for Sea Cliff (N.Y.) Yacht Club with his two sons, Matthew and Paul. “We are probably going through the same things a lot of clubs are, other than the mega clubs, we are trying to balance families in sailing. I’ve been working hard to build the sailing and build the community. This struck me as an opportunity to promote the community and to have the club really get behind a major sailing accomplishment or activity.” That confl uence of sailing and family
is a strong theme in the Resolute Cup fl eet, with no fewer than seven of the 28 crews featuring some form of family connection. New Bedford Yacht Club (South Dartmouth, Mass.) is once again sending the husband and wife duo of Liz and Andrew Herlihy. Sandusky (Ohio) Sailing Club will also have crewmates bound by marriage, Kathy and Sjoerd-Jan Vanderhorst. Bayview Yacht Club (Detroit) will be represented by Marc Hollerbach and his son Nathan. John Potter
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