NYYC Annual Regatta Preview
(Newport, RI)- The second week of June traditionally marks the start of the summer sailing season for the New York Yacht Club. The 170th NYYC Annual Regatta will be taking place over the June 14th to 16th weekend on the waters of Narragansett Bay and Rhode Island Sound. Hundreds of sailors are looking forward to visiting the seaside resort of Newport, RI- “the city by the sea”- for some fun and frolic. The regatta format features the incredibly popular Round Island Race on Friday (a 21.0nm circumnavigation of Conanicut Island) and then two days of either round-the-buoys racing or PHRF navigational racing.
ORC C DivisionSailing this 14-boat fleet is Bob Manchester’s J/133 VAMOOSE from Barrington YC.
ORC D DivisionThis 15-boat fleet features twin J/112Es and a trio of J/122s. The J/122 teams include Tom Sutton’s LEADING EDGE, Robin Team’s TEAMWORK, and Jack Gregg’s TARAHUMARA. The J/112E teams include George Harrington’s #BIGSANDWICH and Al Minella’s THE ROCC.
PHRF 2 DivisionThe fourteen-boat fleet will feature several top J/teams; including two J/121s (Joe Brito’s INCOGNITO & Steve Levy’s EAGLE), Constantine Baris’s J/122 DIRE WOLF, Erik Asgeirsson’s J/45 ACADIA, and Brian Hiller’s J/125 CROSSFIRE.
PHRF 3 DivisionThe eleven-boat fleet has twin J/111s sailing- Doug Curtiss’s WICKED 2.0 and Abhijeet Lele’s VARUNA. Joining them is Bill Kneller’s J/109 VENTO SOLARE.
PHRF 4 DivisionThe huge 18-boat fleet has two strong J/99s sailing- Adam & Shannon Zakka’s WIZARD and Jeff Johnstone’s AGENT 99 in the mix. In addition, Chris Tate’s J/105 BLITZ, Brian Nelson’s J/105 HONEY BADGER, and EC Helme’s J/92S SPIRIT will be pushing hard to the top of the leaderboard. For more New York YC Annual Regatta sailing information