Zephyrs Predominate in Edlu Distance Race

(Larchmont, New York)- On Saturday, May 14th, the Larchmont Yacht Club hosted its popular spring offshore classic- the Edlu Distance Race. A fleet of fifty-four boats, including 22 J/Teams (41.0% of the fleet), raced the shorter course- the Twenty-Six Foot Spot Buoy- 18.0nm. A wise decision considering the light air conditions facing the fleet on Saturday and, notably, an extremely high “no-show” attrition rate due to the near glass-out weather conditions. Consider this simple fact, a J/160 won a class and overall honors sailing an 18.0nm in 4 hours 22 minutes elapsed time… a fresh-to-frightening lee rail cocktail party at an eye-blistering, skin-pealing 4.18 kts. A tall tale to tell at the yacht club bar after racing. 

In ORC Division, the US Merchant Marine Academy’s J/44 KINGS POINT COMET took the bronze medal. 

For the PHRF Doublehanded Division, Jon Yoder & Bill Gassman’s J/100 BLACKCOMB took the bronze, followed by Josh Burack’s J/105 PEREGRINA in 4th place and Lawrence Azzaretti’s J/122 BOULDERADO in the sixth position. 

PHRF III Division saw just two finishers after 6 hours of sailing 18.0nm… a gruesome 3 kts average for 33 footers! Second was EJ Haskell & Jim Weil’s J/92 VIXEN. 

The scenario for PHRF II Division was equally as debilitating. Second place went to Iris Vogel’s J/88 DEVIATION, followed by Nicolas Delcourt’s J/88 OH JEE! in third, and Kurt Locher’s J/42 ATALANTA in fourth place. 

Only the PHRF 1 Spinnaker Division saw a decent number of finishers for the proverbial big boat division. Winning was Len Sitar’s J/160 COUGAR, winning Overall PHRF honors, too. Third was Bill & Jackie Baxter’s J/111 FIREBALL, fourth Arthur Hanlon’s J/112e DAUNTLESS, 7th Dale & Mike McIvor’s J/133 MATADOR, and 8th Steven Levy’s J/121 EAGLE.   For more Larchmont YC Edlu Distance Race sailing information