DILEMMA wins the Frank Bowne Jones ‘FOUNDER’S CUP’.
SONNY, WIZARD, DILEMMA and JOHN DORY win their classes
Grey skies and flat calm changed into a sparkling blue day with a steady breeze just in time for the start of Indian Harbor Yacht Club’s inaugural Classic Yacht Regatta. The race was the 5th of the well-known eastern seaboard ‘WoodenBoat Regatta Series’, beginning with the Herreshoff Rendezvous in Bristol, RI, in August and ending with the Mayor’s Cup in New York Harbor in October. Other ports of call include Newport’s Museum of Yachting Classic Yacht Regatta and the Heritage Cup Regatta in Hempstead Harbor.
The fleet of 24 wooden boats ranged in size from the 72ft TICONDEROGA, owned by Scott Frantz, to the 15ft Buzzard’s Bay NORTH RIVER 2. They traveled from as far away as Maine, Newport and Philadelphia to celebrate the importance of wooden boat restoration and preservation.The fleet was comprised of four competitive classes racing on two distance courses: 14 miles for the larger boats and 7 miles for the smaller boats. The large boats raced across the Sound to the North Shore of Long Island and down along the coast before crossing back on a fast track to finish off Greenwich. The smaller boats raced out into mid-Sound before reaching back across to the same finish line.
Lead changes occurred in every class as a result of differing tactics in addition to changing currents and wind strengths. Class A was won by the 1937 Sparkman and Stephen’s sloop SONNY (Joe Dockery-Greenwich), with 2nd place taken by the well-respected BLACK WATCH (Lars Forsberg- Greenwich). Third went to the 1926 50ft Q-Class NOR’EASTER. (Ted Graves-Stamford). A following breeze brought up the recently restored 1903 60ft gaff-rigged NELLIE (Jeff Boal and Fernando Alva-Stamford), the 1913 55ft P-Class BERNICE (Alex Dubitsky-Larchmont) and the 45ft NY-32 SALTY (Skip Bartley-NY).
Lead changes occurred in every class as a result of differing tactics in addition to changing currents and wind strengths. Class A was won by the 1937 Sparkman and Stephen’s sloop SONNY (Joe Dockery-Greenwich), with 2nd place taken by the well-respected BLACK WATCH (Lars Forsberg- Greenwich). Third went to the 1926 50ft Q-Class NOR’EASTER. (Ted Graves-Stamford). A following breeze brought up the recently restored 1903 60ft gaff-rigged NELLIE (Jeff Boal and Fernando Alva-Stamford), the 1913 55ft P-Class BERNICE (Alex Dubitsky-Larchmont) and the 45ft NY-32 SALTY (Skip Bartley-NY).
Class B was won by the gaff-rigged WIZARD, a Buzzard’s Bay 25 (Scott Clark-Larchmont), followed by the fast, brightly finished, catboat SILENT MAID (Peter Kellogg-Philadelphia) and the 1936 John Alden designed AEGIR (Elith Larsen-NYAC). Class C was hotly contested among the 1920’s built S-Boats with DILEMMA (Sean Park-NY) triumphing over ALLEGRO (Bill Simmons-Larchmont), IROQUIOS (Richard Beck) and DANAE (Bill Riley).
In Class D, Indian Harbor boats swept the fleet with the newly restored JOHN DORY (Peter Quigley) correcting out 7 minutes ahead of the Herreshoff Rozinantes ROSIE and CADENZA, owned respectively by Richard Day and past IHYC Commodore Jim Fogarty.
The success of the day was cheerfully celebrated. The awards ceremony, including the presentation of the FOUNDER’S CUP to DILEMMA for best overall corrected time was followed by a festive dinner held under the stars and attended by 150 sailors and their guests.
In Class D, Indian Harbor boats swept the fleet with the newly restored JOHN DORY (Peter Quigley) correcting out 7 minutes ahead of the Herreshoff Rozinantes ROSIE and CADENZA, owned respectively by Richard Day and past IHYC Commodore Jim Fogarty.
The success of the day was cheerfully celebrated. The awards ceremony, including the presentation of the FOUNDER’S CUP to DILEMMA for best overall corrected time was followed by a festive dinner held under the stars and attended by 150 sailors and their guests.
A Happy Team S-Class.
Sean Park, owner of DILEMMA is holding the Frank Bowne Jones 'Founder's Cup. To his right are Wendy and Bill Simmons, the owners of the Allegro (1920) along with Rick Beck of IROQUOIS (1927) and Bill Riley of DANAE (1926).
