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2015 C. Thomas Clagett, Jr. Memorial Clinic and Regatta - Day 1

by Sam Crichton on 27 Jun 2015
SKUD 18 class leader day 1 Clagett 2015 Billy Black / Clagett Regatta
For the three fleets racing at the 13th C. Thomas Clagett, Jr. Memorial Clinic and Regatta in Newport RI, the race committee set a northerly course between Rose and Goat Islands, for the five races held today.

'We had a' typical Northerly all day. We never got the thermal warm up as the cloud cover stayed around for most of the day. We had 15kts of breeze that eased off over the five races today,' said Principal Race Officer, Ron Hopkins (Bristol, RI).

The eight boat Sonar class has 2014 Clagett Sonar class winner, Rick Doerr (Clifton, NJ) and his crew Hugh Fruend (Freeport, ME) and Brad Kendell (Tampa, FL) in first, finishing one point in front of the Canadian team skippered by Paul Tingley (Toronto, Canada) and his team Ken Dool (Kingston, Ontario) and Logan Campbell (Saskatuan, Canada).



'Today was a lot windier than we thought but we were well set up for the conditions and have been practicing for them. Brad has been back in the boat with Hugh and I since October last year and we started sailing in Miami in December in preparation for this year's events,' commented Doerr dockside.

In the 2.4mR class Dee Smith (Annapolis, MD), who is sailing in his forth regatta in the 2.4mR, had a picket fence of results, finishing all four races in first place. Clagett stalwart Peter Wood (Ottawa, Canada) is placed in second on a count-back from Charlie Rosenfield (Woodstock, CT).

'It was a picture perfect day of racing in Newport. It's great to be back here in Newport racing and I managed even managed to stay afloat today, no sinking this time,' remarked Smith after racing. (At the Delta Lloyd regatta earlier this year Smith managed to swamp his 2.4mR and loose his position in the fleet)



The SKUD 18 class has the only all-female team of Sarah Everhart Skeels (Tiverton, RI) and Cindy Walker (Middletown, RI) competing in this year’s Clagett. After the four races today, Ryan Porteous (San Diego, CA) and Maureen McKinnon (Marblehead, MA) are in first with Everhart Skeels and Walker one point behind in second.

'We had a great day of racing today with three good races. We retired from the fourth after hitting the mark with our boom and not doing our penalty turn soon enough,' said Porteous.

Head Clagett coach Betsy Alison (Newport, RI), who has recently been appointed the Chairman of the Disabled Sailing Committee for ISAF, commented, ' The sailors rose to the challenge of the conditions today. The breeze was slightly higher than we anticipated but it resulted in a fantastic day of sailing.'

Racing continues tomorrow with a forecast for a Northerly breeze shifting to a South- South/West later in the day.

   

2015 C. Thomas Clagett, Jr. Memorial Clinic and Regatta - Preliminary Cumulative Results   




Sail Number Yacht Name Yacht Design Skipper/Crew Race
1
Race
2
Race
3
Race
4
Race
5
Total
C. Thomas Clagett, Jr. Memorial Regatta Racing

One Design Division


Sonar


1. USA 1 Valiant Sonar Rick Doerr 1 1 1 3 2 8.0


2. CAN 835 CAN 835 Sonar Paul Tingley 3 2 2 1 1 9.0


3. USA 810 Bandit sonar Andrew & Melissa Fisher 2 3 3 2 3 13.0


4. 682 Warrior Sailing Sonar Sammy Lugo 6 4 4 5 6 25.0


5. 10 Warrior Sailing Sonar Preston Schofield 7 5 5 4 5 26.0


6. ISV 3 ISV3 Sonar Antonio F. Sanpere 4 6 9/DNS 6 4 29.0


7. USA 806 Sonar Sonar Gary Pierce 5 8 7 8 8 36.0


8. USA 671 Polaris Sonar Richard Ramos 8 7 6 9/SCP 7 37.0
 


2.4mR


1. USA 92 Dee Smith 2.4 Dee Smith 1 1 1 1
4.0


2. CAN 14 Small Expectations 2.4mR Peter Wood 2 3 4 2
11.0


3. USA 142 None 2.4mR Charles Rosenfield 3 2 2 4
11.0


4. CAN 1 No mother no father 2.4mR Alain Dubuc 5 4 9 7
25.0


5. USA 118 Spiring 2.4mR Tim Ripley 9 6 5 8
28.0


6. CAN 88 Inspiration 2.4mR Aaron Wong-Sing 4 10 6 9
29.0


7. CAN 12 CAN 12 2.4mR Christine Lavallee 6 7 7 10
30.0


8. USA 145 Magic Bus 2.4mR Theodore Green 12 14/DNS 3 5
34.0


9. USA 24 2.4Mr 2.4mR Zak Kordik 11 9 12 3
35.0


10. CAN 18 CAN18 2.4mR Audrey Kobayashi 7 11 8 11
37.0


11. 160 160 2.4mR Kevin Holmberg 8 14/DNS 11 6
39.0


12. CAN 723 Toy Boy 2.4mR Erick Poirier 10 8 10 13
41.0


13. CAN 22 CAN 22 2.4mR Peter Eagar 13 5 13 12
43.0
 


Skud 18


1. USA 074 Soren Skud 18 Sarah Everhart Skeels 2 2 1 2
7.0


2. USA 071 USA 071 Skud 18 Ryan Porteous 1 1 5/RET 4
11.0


3. 07 N a Skud -18 Craig Wilson 3 3 3 3
12.0


4. 51 Team Paradise skud Tracy Schmitt 5/DNF 5/RET 4 1
15.0
 
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