Laser New England Masters Championship

 

Laser New England Masters Championship, Sep. 12-13, 2020

Wickford Yacht Club

Venue: Cold Spring Beach and West Passage of Narragansett Bay

 

Regatta Report

 

This was the 6^th time in a row that the regatta was held at this venue, this time, however, in conjunction with the scaled-down Wickford Regatta, postponed from June. The fleets of the Wickford Regatta (F-18, 505, 29er, I-420) and the NE Masters were separated on 2 different courses. Moose McClintock, PRO on the Laser course, in his typical no-nonsense race management style, had no problem getting 4 races in each day before the deadlines. The wind, luckily, was on his side. On Saturday, it started out with NE 12 mph, veering slowly all day and ending with E 5. Some sailors, fooled by the fresh breeze in the morning, surely regretted later in the day to have chosen the Radial over the Standard. On Sunday, the wind started with S 5, veering slowly all day and ending with SW 15. No one sailed Radial that day, with surely some regrets.

 

The regatta was sponsored by Team One Newport by providing the embroidery for all 14 award towels free of charge. The company is celebrating its 35^th anniversary this year and would love to show off its newly redecorated shop on Thames Street and its expanded lines of merchandise at very attractive prices. Do yourself a favor and drop in.

 

Despite the travel restrictions due to Covid-19, 38 Masters sailors showed up.

The top 3 Apprentices were: Christine Shope (5^th), Chris Murray (12^th), Chris Bollengier (17^th);

The top 3 Masters were: Scott Pakenham (6^th), Stein Skaane (10^th), William Rothwell (14^th);

The top 3 Gr.Masters were: Peter Shope (1^st), Rob Hallawell (2^nd), Mark Bear (3^rd);

The top 3 Gr.Grd.Masters were: Dave Penfield (7^th), Peter Vessella (8^th), Matt Largess (29^th);

The top 1 and only Legend was: Peter Seidenberg (18^th).

 

The Overall Champion was Peter Shope, for the 4^th time in the history of this competition. The newly-created perpetual trophy shows 21 winners now, going back to the year 2000. Since the regatta is older than that, going back to the 1980s, and with more room available on the trophy, it would be desirable to add a few more names, ideally all 10 from the 1990s. So far, I have found 5.

 

Next year’s NE Masters will be run by the Wickford YC again, at a date in September yet to be determined.

 

 

Frostbiting

 

Sailors, Week #1 of the Fall Frostbiting Season starts this Sunday! First gun is at 1200 with no race starting after 1530. Please register if you haven't already and sign up for R/C.   The Combined NOR and SI's can be found here, which is on the CPYC Racing NOR page and NOT the Laser Frostbite page (as of now): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hw9XxYYKrrfEcAWgVZixFndASsNVnXpI/view We still have some volunteer opportunities to help keep our Frostbiting program running smoothly, including the following: 1) Awards  2) Hangover Bowl Chair 3) Spring Regatta Chair

 Sundays 4 October- 6 December; 1st gun 1:00 pm.

Essex Yacht Club - Essex CT

http://www.fbyc.org/

Lasers, JY15, Ideal18, Etchells.

NOR:

http://www.fbyc.org/results.php?Results=forms/nor.pdf

 EGYC Fall Series NOR/SI

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1K2kABhejx1KWrnj_27s1omOs8wwbM-cq/view?usp=sharing

 

EGYC Laser Racing Fall Laser Series in East Greenwich Saturdays with 12:00 p.m. Start September 19 Practice Race Race on Saturdays Through Nov. 7th

Come Race Your Laser at EGYC

The East Greenwich Yacht Club will be holding a Fall Laser Series starting with a practice race on September 19th. Racing will start at 12:00 p.m. and be held every Saturday through November 7th. The cost of the series is $50 and that includes boat storage at EGYC. EGYC provides a fantastic venue for Fall Racing with the course set up just outside Greenwich Cove.

College, High School, Weekend Warriors

If your fall college sailing season has been curtailed or cancelled come out and race to stay sharp. All racers are welcome! Adults, youth, idled college sailors, ex college sailors still looking for glory and weekend warriors are all expected to be on the line.

Register Online Today

Registration is easy! The cost is $50 and that includes being able to store your boat at EGYC for the series. To Register Click Here If you have any questions please send an email to egycracing@gmail.com

Questions, Feedback & Words of Encouragement egycracing@gmail.com

                                                         NOTICE OF RACE

2020 PYC FROSTBITE SERIES

HOSTED BY

PORTLAND YACHT CLUB and Casco Bay Laser Fleet

**SUNDAYS, NOV 1, 8,15, 22, & 29 2020**

ORGANIZING AUTHORITY: CASCO BAY LASER FLEET

 3 Weeks to Seidenberg NE Masters in Wickford on Sept 12-13

Good Morning Sailors,

If you want to came but aren’t sure about travel restrictions or health issues, we will refund your entry fee if your personal/state/national conditions change.  So sign up!

It’s actual racing, at a fantastic location, with the best competitors.

One note -you must sign up on line.

See you on the beach!

BJ

                             Commodore's Cup Series 2020

                                                                    

Single Handed Regatta - Doyle Sail Discount Auction 

Saturday, August 22nd, 2020

Organizing Authorities - Kittery Point Yacht Club, Portsmouth Yacht Club and Piscataqua Sailing Association
New Castle  New Hampshire  03854

The Third qualifying Regatta for the 2020 Clipper Tavern Commodore's Cup Series is upon us!

This PHRF Ocean Race will be held off the coast of New Hampshire and Maine and will feature Racing Class and Cruising Class. We will also be including a Laser Fleet that will do around the buoy racing if we get five or more Lasers registered.

The regatta will be held Saturday, August 22nd, 2020, first gun at 12:00 Noon. 
 
More information can be found on the event registration page:

 www.regattanetwork.com/event/20600

All of us at Wickford Yacht Club have been patiently waiting for the Covid situation to improve sufficiently to hold a modified Wickford Regatta in September. Unfortunately, while the situation is Rhode Island is fairly good, the national situation is still a mess. At this point we have decided to abandon the idea of holding the Wickford Regatta in September, but the Seidenberg Masters event is still on for September 12-13. The town of North Kingstown remains receptive to the possibility of expanding the Seidenberg to include more classes, but too many other obstacles remain to move forward with an event the size of the Wickford Regatta. Therefore, Wickford Regatta 2020 will not happen.

WE ARE BACK!

You called, you tweeted, you texted. You emailed, you wrote me letters, and you met me at work. We broke down and made it happen, For you, and now we can announce that----We Are Back! Mondays! Where Sail Newport Started the summer burn, 413 is here to stoke your camp fires. Monday evening racing when the water is warm. 1st race at 6:00PM don't be late. As many races as Moose can pump out. Rules are the same as frostbiting. Lets all have some fun! Any Questions? Ask us there, show up early and get the new fleet burgee decal. Winter hats are still available. $20 a night Paypal to 413 at laserfleet413@gmail.com See you there, after all this is all for YOU, you know who you are! Scott and Jack

Due to the ongoing weather challenges, we are moving the PYC laser regatta (again) 

The new PYC Laser Regatta date is

Sunday, July 19th 

While we hate to do this, given the latest weather forecast for Saturday, the Youregatta/International Sailing Academy Maine State Laser Championships Regatta 2 is being moved to Sunday, July 12. See you there ! 0.jpg

Sailors, No fireworks in your town?  Have no fear...there will be Laser racing at CPYC on July 4th!!! First signal is at 1300 and no races after 1630. Racing is open to anyone and there is no entry fee since this is part of the regular Commodore's Cup regatta weekend racing. After racing, maximize your leisure and relax for a social distance beverage of your choice.  Plus, there will be raffle prizes, including some gift cards and an item from Intensity Sails! I hope to see you there.  Yours in leisure,  Phil Hood Fleet Captain

The Newport Regatta is on!! It will be look a bit different but we'll still deliver the great racing on Narragansett Bay! To honor DEM and State guidelines, we're spreading out the racing over three weekends. First up:

J/70 International Class Association

and

Etchells North American Class

on July 25 & 26,

Melges 24

and

Melges 20

s 20 race August 1 & 2, and an all-dinghy weekend on August 29 & 30 for

VX One Newport, ILCA /

Laser Fleet 413,

International F18 Class Association,

Thistle Class Association and

International 505 Class

(This is also the inaugural launch weekend for the Newport Dinghy Regatta which will hopefully become an end of summer epic annual event created by Matt Duggan our regatta director.

Sailors, Just a heads up that Laser racing for the Commodore's Cup will be held this Saturday July 4th!!! There will be no Laser racing this Friday July 3rd. I apologize to all those who came out last Saturday for Laser racing and were not able to race. Please see the schedule below for the days that Laser racing will be held on Saturday, which is not every week. Here are the dates that we are scheduled to sail for the remainder of the summer: Friday Series: 7/10, 7/17, 7/24, 7/31, 8/7, 8/14, 8/21, 9/4, 9/11 Saturday Series: 7/4 (Saturday), 7/11, 7/25, 8/1, 8/15, 8/29, Rear-Commodore Cup – 9/5 (Sunday), 9/19 The schedule is also listed in the NOR, which is in the "Racing" tab of the Club's website and not the Laser page.  Here is the link... https://www.cedarpointyc.org/files/2020_Aero_and_Laser_NOR_Final.pdf Sincerely,  Phil Hood Fleet Captain

Hi All, after a delayed start, it is time to get the Laser out and race on Thursday Nights at Duck Island Yacht Club. Get registered on YachtScoring at https://yachtscoring.com/emenu.cfm?eid=13032. Hope to see you out there!

ROUND POND REGATTA: SUNDAY JUNE 21

As promised more info about the Round Pond Regatta

I can load TWO MORE LASERS on a trailer, anyone need a ride ?

Schedule:

1.  Rig at noonish,

2.  Competitor's meet at 1

3.  Launch directly thereafter.  

4.  Six (6) Races attempted, possible throughout ?

5.  No races started after 4:20.

6.  Rig and parking at Anchor Restaurant parking lot in Round Pond.  We have two launch ramps and can get all boats underway quickly.  There will be help for dollies.     

We will have some drinks, but no food.  

When you can, please let us know if you are planning on coming.

email Charles at  cpabarclay@gmail.com

Sailors, Cedar Point Singlehanded Summer Series Kicks off Tonight, Yes you read that correctly, REAL sailing! :) First signal at 6:30pm today! (Friday June 12th), hope to see everyone down at CPYC. Let's have more boats than the RS Aeros! If you plan on sailing please fill out this poll, https://doodle.com/poll/wr8pyu2gusxgrzge. This will make it easier for our RC, make it easier to predict how many boats we will get and build participation. Also to remind everyone to follow safe social distancing and possibly wear some sort of a mask in the drystall. You can review CPYC's status at www.cedarpointyc.org/covid19. Please be sure to follow all the rules for the sake of everyone. Sailing on Saturday too, 1st signal is at 1pm but there will be a few starts before the Laser start. Summer 2020 is here! We also have some fleet news to announce, Long time laser fleet member Phil Hood is our new Fleet Captain!

Dear Sailors,

After a lot of research and careful consideration, the BBR OA decided to cancel BBR 2020. Looking at state guidelines, best practices, health screening, contact tracing and all that would be required to keep our members, volunteers, staff and competitors safe, we unanimously arrived at this decision. 

The committee and I look forward to BBR 2021 when we can all sail without masks, travel without self quarantines, safely run race committee and support boats and enjoy each other’s company ashore at the parties.

In the meantime, I hope you get out sailing as much as possible this summer while staying healthy and safe.

Blair Tracy
BBR Chair

ILCA Introduces New Assistant Technical Officers

ILCA is pleased to welcome two new staff members to our technical team. Kevin “KC” Haffey and Santiago Sampaio have joined ILCA as Assistant Technical Officers to assist in bringing new builders and suppliers online and to provide ongoing technical support for the class.

Kevin ("KC") Haffey has a 20-year background in the marine industry and, notably, worked with Ian Bruce at Performance Sailcraft International, the original Laser manufacturer, where he started as a summer intern. As Director of Manufacturing, KC was responsible for setting up Laser manufacturing facilities in the UK, Ireland and Brazil and provided technical inspections and oversight for the other PSI factories in New Zealand, South Africa, Australia and Japan. During his time with PSI, over 100,000 Lasers were produced. After his career in the marine industry, Haffey enjoyed a successful career in the optical industry where he oversaw production for EssilorLuxottica. ILCA is excited to bring KC’s technical skills and extensive marine industry experience to our team.

Santiago Sampaio is currently the top-ranked Laser sailor from Portugal and is active on the Olympic campaigning circuit. Santiago is a graduate of Southampton Solent University where he obtained an engineering degree in Yacht and Powercraft Design, graduating with first class honors. While sailing full time, Santiago also completed course work in business from the Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania. Along with his strong educational background, Santiago brings a wealth of sailing experience and detailed knowledge of the performance characteristics of the boat. We are excited to have Santiago on board and we are confident that he will integrate quickly to become a valuable member of the ILCA team.

In ongoing compliance with World Sailing’s Olympic Equipment Policy, ILCA is actively engaged in approving several new builders and equipment suppliers worldwide. The Assistant Technical Officers have been brought onboard to help handle the anticipated technical compliance workload related to this process. Both KC and Santiago have begun working with the ILCA Technical Officer, Clive Humphris, and are already involved in the various builder certification meetings. The Assistant Technical Officers can be reached via their ILCA email addresses: kchaffey@laserinternational.org and santiago@laserinternational.org.

‌  ‌ Monday Night Madness Starts Optimist and Laser Sailors June 8-29 Sail Newport will host Monday Night Madness during the month of June to help Laser, Laser Radial and Optimist sailors start their week the right way - with SAILING! All information and registration can be found at the link below. Each night will be scored separately, so don’t worry if you can’t make it to all four nights. Sail Newport is committed to do the best we can to get our friends out on the water racing in a safe environment.  Cost is only $20 per night per boat. Race one, a few or all Monday nights! Contact: Matt Duggan Learn More:  Monday Night Madness