#Trim(mainLayout.Name)# Advertising Info Advertising Info

 
News Home Text Only News Powerboat-World MarineBusiness World Animated Knots Video Gallery
VOR 2011-12 World Cruising 2013 America's Cup

 


Sail-World.com : Interclub Midwinters won by Team Vineyard Vines

Interclub Midwinters won by Team Vineyard Vines

'Interclub Midwinters 2012 Larchmont'    McMichael / Larchmont Yacht Club    Click Here to view large photo

The 2012 Midwinter Championship took place at Larchmont Yacht Club with a total of 35 teams turning out to compete. There were 146 sailors (70 skippers, 76 crews) represented the largest gathering at an IC regatta in almost sixteen years, leaving no disappointment for those who attended.

A rare January southwester filled after the first race on Saturday at 8-14 knots with stiff chop, followed by a shifty, puffy westerly on Sunday of similar velocity to allow for 20 races over two days.

The Interclub Midwinters features 'college-style' racing -- competitors team with friends to form 'A' and 'B' teams, with the lowest combined score winning the regatta. Each race is 10-15 minutes in length and there are no discards, placing a premium on consistency and short course strategy. Sailors rotate divisions every three to four races to keep warm, though the warm weather allowed everyone to spectate from the lawn and porch while sipping soup between sets.

Interclub Midwinters 2012 Larchmont -  McMichael - Larchmont Yacht Club   Click Here to view large photo

Team Vineyard Vines consisting of past IC national champions John and Molly Baxter, and Danny Pletsch and Jane Delashmutt, all St. Mary’s College alums racing for the home LYC club, sailed consistently to finish seventeen point ahead of Team 21, Ben Cesare, Dorsey Roseberry, David Dowd and Tricia Leicht to win the title.

Clay Bischoff and Kendra Emhiser won the A division, and finished third overall with teammates Ted Ferrarone and Meredith Killion. Despite the overall win, Baxter and Pletsch each scored at least one race of 16th or worse in the competitive fleet that featured three former college sailors of the year, 18 former collegiate All Americans, and several national and world champions from a variety of classes.

For results, click here.




by Lincoln White

  

Click on the FB Like link to post this story to your FB wall

http://www.sail-world.com/index.cfm?nid=93467

2:43 PM Tue 31 Jan 2012 GMT



Click here for printer friendly version
Click here to send us feedback or comments about this story.

 
Our Advertisers are committed to our sport, please support them!
This site and its contents are © Copyright TetraMedia Pty. Ltd and/or the original author, photographer etc. All Rights Reserved.

Photographs are copyright by law. If you wish to use or buy a photograph you must contact the photographer directly (there is a hyperlink in most cases to their website, or do a Google search.) with your request.

Please do not contact Sail-World.com as we cannot give permission for use of other photographer’s images.

Only if the photographer named on the image is Sail-world.com, Powerboat-world.com or Marinebusiness-world.com Contact us .
or complete our feedback form    Contact us .
   View our Privacy Policy.    [Go Home]     [  Banner Advertising Specification]    [Bot Archive ]

Customised news feeds -Marine Industry companies, Clubs and Associations have their own customised version of our Sail-World news feed on their website.
Look_here_to_see_examples