Stingray Point Regatta Results
on Monday September 6, 2004 02:44PM
Mike Austin from Hampton Yacht Club sailing Movin On won the Brent Halsey Jr. Memorial Trophy at the Stingray Point Regatta on Labor Day weekend. Mike had 3 firsts in PHRF-B, the largest class at the regatta. The Race Committee headed by PRO David Lee got in 2 races on Saturday under breezy 15-20 knot - conditions and one race on Sunday under very windy >25 knots and squally conditions.
The Sunday racing was very exciting as many variations were used for spinnaker takedowns, including several which occurred semi-voluntarily immediately upon launching the chutes (for example La Maga), others following the jibe when the chute was completely wrapped around the headstay (ala Loose Cannon) and others which required the competitor to sail well past the leeward mark - well performed by Corryvreckan . Other strategies included - just don't fly the chute - rewarding Blade Runner with a third. Other interesting sights including watching the Jacob Swenson family aboard the Melges 24 surfing at 20> knots followed immediately by the rudder losing laminar flow and a high speed wipeout with spinnaker. Twelve boats elected not to sail on Sunday which gave them low scores, plus they were robbed of lots of fun on the water, allbeit perhaps the safer choice.
Drake Johnstone and his crew Correll Moore and Brents children - Brent, Philip, and Ali (shown in the second photo) were awarded the sportsmanship trophy for their attendance and perseverance on Sunday in the trying conditions.
Finally, Hampton Tacht Club won the Potts trophy by only a couple of points with ther team of PHRF-A Feather - Philip Briggs PHRF-B Independence - Graham Field, and MORCCheck Six - John Scott. Pictures of most of the winners are online thanks to Jon Deutsch.
The racing was very tight there was a three-way tie for first in MORC, a three-way tie for second in the J-105 class, and a 2-way tie for second in the PHRF Non-spin class. Results are available