Larchmont YC Keelboat Sailors Dominate American YC Spring Series
April 26-27, May 3-4, 2008
Rye, NY
SirenSong blasts downwind on the first weekend of the American YC Spring Series
Photo credit: Daniela Coen, www.photoboat.com -- go to photoboat.com for more regatta pictures
The American YC Spring Series kicked off the keelboat racing season in Western Long Island Sound with a bang. The two Saturdays featured strong easterlies packing big wind and waves while the two Sundays saw lighter, shiftier winds. SirenSong, the J/133 owned and skippered by Larchmont YC's Thomas Carroll, with tactics by Butch Ulmer, mastered the difficult conditions with five firsts and a second to win IRC 2. SirenSong was also awarded the Edward Richards Trophy for the best overall performance in the IRC fleet. Read more
Attending Junior Safety at Sea proves to be a valuable exercise
April 26, 2008
Rye, NY
On the first Saturday of the American Yacht Club Spring Series, the crew of Rick Royce's Tripp 33, Patience, performed a successful man overboard recovery, thanks to what the skipper learned during the Storm Trysail Club's Jr. Safety at Sea Seminar at Larchmont Yacht Club. Read Skipper's Story.
Team Baxter Wins Second Straight Interclub National Championship
April 20, 2008
Brick, NJ
John and Molly Baxter came from behind on the final day to win their second consecutive Interclub National Championship. The duo, who won last year's event by over 30 points, had a tougher time this year in tricky conditions at Metedeconk River Yacht Club. Despite winning the first two races, the Baxter's trailed five-time national champs Jim Bowers and Sarah Hitchcock from Winthrop, Massachusetts after Day 1. The husband-wife team from Larchmont YC took control in Race 9 of the series and held on for the title, while late charges from Larchmont YC sailors Steve Benjamin / Charlie McHugh and Danny Pletsch / Heather Switlik moved them up to second and fourth overall respectively. The three Larchmont YC teams also swept the podium in the Wharf Rat Challenge standings, a perpetual trophy for overall performance in a series of national level Interclub events.
Team Baxter (Bow 66) and Steve Benjamin / Charlie McHugh
(Bow 60) lead the fleet downwind.
(Photograph by Tom Sollas -- www.killerb.com)
The win at Nationals caps off a dominating Interclub season for the Baxter's, who also won the New Year's Regatta, the Midwinter Championship, the Stanley Bell Regatta and all but one Sunday over the course of the winter en route to their third straight Larchmont IC championship. The 2009 IC National Championship will be held at Larchmont YC.
Larchmont YC Junior Sailors Race
Abroad for Spring Break
March, 2008
Several Larchmont Junior YC sailors were selected last October at the United States Optimist Dinghy Association’s (USODA) Atlantic Coast Championship in Norfolk, Virginia to participate in international Optimist regattas held over spring break.
Andrew Mollerus was part of the 15-member American team competing in the International Optimist Dinghy Association’s South American Championship in Paracas, Peru, from March 13 to 23; Matthew Mollerus and Reinier Eeenkema van Dijk were members of the 20-sailor U.S. squad at the 23rd Magic Marine Holland Easter Regatta in Braassemermeer, Netherlands from March 21 to 24 and veteran optimist sailor Markus Edegran was one of ten sailors on Team USA at the Lake Garda International Optimist Meeting in Riva del Garda, Italy from March 20 to 23. READ MORE.
For more information and complete results please visit the web sites for these events at:
IODA South American Championship –
http://www.sudopti2008.com
Lake Garda International Optimist Meeting –
http://lakegardameeting.fragliavelariva.it/
Magic Marine Holland Easter Regatta –
http://www.braassemermeer.nl
Larchmont YC Sailors Compete At Acura Miami Grand Prix
March 6-9, 2008
Miami, FL
Wet and wild racing is still the norm when it comes to Miami in March, and the 2008 Acura Miami Grand Prix was no exception. Several Larchmont YC sailors were among the 550 competitors in the sixty boat fleet... Read More.
Larchmont YC's Ryan Zupon Named to MCSA Harken All District Team
February, 2008
At the recent MCSA (Midwest College Sailing Association) Midwinter Meeting, Ryan Zupon was named to the Harken All District Team, for his performance during the spring and fall 2007 seasons as a member of the Miami University Sailing Team.
Ryan was an active member of the Larchmont YC Junior Program, regularly competing in Laser and big boat events. He was also a four-year member of the Mamaroneck High School Varsity Sailing Team. Rumor has it that Ryan and his brother Matt will be sailing together in the Vanguard 15 National Championships on June 14 and 15 at Larchmont YC.
Larchmont YC Optimist Sailor Is
Top American at The 3rd International
KABB Trophy Regatta
February 15-17, 2008
Palamos, Spain
At the KABB Trophy Regatta for Optimist sailors, held recently in Palamos, Spain, Larchmont YC's Reinier Eenkema van Dijk finished 23rd in a fleet of 288 boats, making him the Regatta's top ranked American. Larchmont YC's Drew Gallagher finished in 147th place.
Sailors from fifteen countries, including the United States, Norway, Denmark, Ireland, England, Holland, Belgium, Germany, Poland, Russia, Switzerland, France, the Czech Republic, Italy and Spain, competed in this year's event. Russia was represented for the first time by twelve members of its national team. All of the sailing took place on the Mediterranean Sea and the Regatta was preceded by a clinic.
For more information and complete results please visit:
http://www.cvpalamos.org/regatas/Kabb/ and
2008 Club 420 Midwinters Regatta
February 16-18, 2008
US Sailing Center - Martin County, FL
Larchmont YC's Lukas Edegran recently competed in the 420 Midwinters Regatta held at Jensen Beach, Florida. Some of the best 420 sailors in the country were there, as it was a qualifier for the Junior Europeans. Lukas finished 15th out of 76 teams. With this result and last year's wins, Lukas hopes to qualify for the US Youth Championship Regatta in late June in San Francisco. Also competing at the 420 Midwinters Regatta were Larchmont YC's junior sailors Amanda Taselaar and Rebecca Liggins, who finished in 44th place.
For complete results from the 420 Midwinters Regatta visit:
http://www.club420.org/PAGES/results/
US SAILOR Of The Week
December 12, 2007
US SAILING
As Commodore of Larchmont Yacht Club in New York, Jan Smeets knows a thing or two about the inner workings of a yacht club. Following the path that's common at many yacht clubs, Jan climbed the ranks at the club and is now halfway through his two-year term as commodore. A lifelong sailor who learned to sail as a kid growing up in Curacao, Jan has owned his share of boats over the years. He's currently the proud owner of a J/133 named Bacchanal. According to his wife Anne-Mieke, the name for the boat follows Jan's mantra of enjoying life and having fun. A few weeks ago, Jan celebrated his 60th birthday at the club with plenty of friends and family in attendance. When everyone asked him what he wanted for his birthday, Jan responded with "Please make a donation to US SAILING." And that's exactly what his friends Carla & Tim Porter did when they made a donation to US SAILING's Annual Fund in Jan's honor. The fact that the '07 Annual Fund is to further increase youth sailing might have something to do with Jan's wishes. Jan has been involved with his club's popular Junior Race Week for about 25 years. Over the years, he has seen many of the event's young competitors grow up to become accomplished adult sailors. While he thoroughly enjoys being a Commodore right now, he sometimes dreams about what he'll do when he has more time once his term is up. "A sailing trip to Caribbean for sure!" says his wife Anne-Mieke.
For more US SAILING information visit http://www.ussailing.org/.
- US SAILING
