LYC Team Racing 2010
Larchmont Yacht Club is home to one of the best team race programs in the United States. Larchmont teams have won world championships and many national and regional events. The 2009 team racing calendar is full with events from New Orleans to England as well as regattas on Long Island Sound. Our program is aimed at the full range of our membership: young members to masters, novice to expert.
Glencairn Trophy, L.I. Sound Team Race Championship
October 23 - Ideal 18’s Varsity and Masters
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For more information contact:
Lincoln White (director of sailing) sailingdirector@larchmontyc.org
John Baxter (team race committee chair)
LYC Team Racers Shine in Newport
August 30, 2010
Newport, RI
Team LYC traveled to New York Yacht Club’s Harbor Court facility in Newport, RI for three consecutive weekends in August for team racing regattas, with solid results along the way. Team LYC won the 20-team Vanguard 15 Team Race, placed second in the Morgan Cup and fourth at the Hinman Masters. READ MORE.
Larchmont YC Finishes Second at
Vanguard 15 Team Race Midwinters
January 2-4, 2010
Sarasota, FL
Team Larchmont YC from left to right: Molly Baxter, Nick Ewenson,
Meredith Nordhem, John Baxter, Danny Pletsch and Alexis Rubin.
Team Larchmont YC finished second in a competitive 23-team field at the 2010 Vanguard 15 Team Race Midwinters held at the Sarasota Sailing Squadron in Sarasota, Florida. The crack squad consisted of members John and Molly Baxter and Danny Pletsch with Alexis Rubin, with former LYC sailing instructor Nick Ewenson and Meredith Nordhem also joining the team. Junior members Nik Holtan and Lily Beck were also in attendance sailing on the eighth placed “Big Whoop” team. READ MORE.
LYC Places Second at 2009 Wilson Trophy
May 2, 2009
West Kirby Sailing Club, England
Team LYC (blue sails) Battles West Kirby in the 2009
WilsonTrophy finals.
Team Larchmont Yacht Club placed second at the 2009 Wilson Trophy, also known as the British Open Team Racing Championship and “The Wimbledon of Sailing.” The LYC team, who were also runners up at the 2008 event, featured Danny Pletsch and Cardwell “Flea” Potts, with 2008 Olympians Tim Wadlow and Carrie Howe and former All American crews Ery Largay and Dani Neri.
LYC led the 42-team fleet after the completion of the preliminary round of races by winning 12 of its first 14 matches. LYC won its quarterfinal matchup against the British University Sailing Association (BUSA) 2-1 before dispatching U.S. rivals Woonsocket Rockets 2-0 in the semifinals.
The finals featured an epic matchup versus the hometown West Kirby Hawks. With winds gusting at 20-30 knots and storm sails used on the Fireflies, West Kirby won the first match with a 1-2-5 combination. LYC stormed back to win the next two races in the best of five series. Race 4 saw the home team execute a double-mark trap at the bottom of the course (where two West Kirby boats prevented two Larchmont boats from rounding the mark, allowing the third West Kirby boat to pass) and West Kirby held on for a 2-3-4 win before taking the deciding Race 5. For hundreds of photos and detailed recaps of the finals, please visit the event website.
Lincoln White
Director Of Sailing
Larchmont Yacht Club
Phone: (914) 468-7736
Fax: (914) 834-1202
