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IRC East Coast Championship & One Design Regatta at Storm Trysail Club

by Kirsten Ferguson 30 Oct 2012 21:44 GMT 26-27 October 2012

Show goes on with shortened two-day format

The Storm Trysail Club's 2012 IRC East Coast Championship & One Design Regatta took place on Chesapeake Bay (Annapolis, Md.) this past weekend with a shortened two-day format due to the impending threat of Hurricane Sandy. The regatta started on Friday, October 26 with a 29.6 nautical mile distance race and continued though Saturday, October 27, hosting four inshore races for IRC, Farr 30 and HPR (High Performance Rule) Divisions.

The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) sailed its newly acquired TP52 Flying Jenny 7 to victory in IRC 1 and HPR, which dual-scored all sport boats between 38 and 52 feet. The team also took IRC Overall honors. David and Sandra Askew (Annapolis, Md.) donated Flying Jenny 7 to the USMMA Sailing Foundation just two weeks ago. "I'm extremely proud of our crew being able to step on a new boat and sail it so well against some very tough competition," said the Foundation's President Ralf Steitz (Kings Point, N.Y.). Just one point behind Flying Jenny 7 was defending IRC East Coast Champion Marc Glimcher (New York, N.Y.) aboard his Ker 40 Catapult.

In IRC 2 Phil Lotz's (Newport, R.I.) Swan 42 Arethusa and Ken Colburn's (Dover, Mass.) Swan 42 Apparition showed off some match racing skills on Saturday, with Lotz winning by a hair, one point ahead of Colburn.

In IRC 3, the J/109s battled it out, with Paul Milo's (Leesburg, Va.) Vento Solare posting a bullet in the final race, which pushed the team ahead of Bill Sweetser's (Annapolis, Md.) Rush by a half point.

In the Farr 30 Class, Annapolis Yacht Club Commodore and STC Member Kevin McNeil (Annapolis, Md.) took first place in Sea Biscuit, with a five-point lead on Brad Kauffman's (Annapolis, Md.) Mummbles.

Overall Results: (top three)

IRC 1 (8 Boats)
1. Flying Jenny 7, TP52, Ralf Steitz USMMA, Kings Point, N.Y., 1.5, 3, 4, 2, 4, 14.5pts
2. Catapult, Ker 40, Marc Glimcher, New York, N.Y., 4.5, 1, 3, 4, 3, 15.5pts
3. SPOOKIE, Carkeek HP 40, Steve & Heidi Benjamin, Norwalk, Conn., 7.5, 2, 2, 3, 2, 16.5pts

IRC 2 (5 Boats)
1. Arethusa, Swan 42, Phil Lotz, Newport, R.I., 4.5, 1, 1, 1, 1, 8.5pts
2. Apparition, Swan 42, Ken Colburn, Dover, Mass., 1.5, 2, 2, 2, 2, 9.5pts
3. Ragin, J 111 11.14, Kjell Dahlen, Plattsburgh, N.Y. 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 17pts

IRC 3/J 109 (4 Boats)
1. Vento Solare, J 109, Paul Milo, Leesburg, Va., 1.5, 4, 2, 1, 1, 9.5pts
2. Rush, J 109, Bill Sweetser, Annapolis, Md., 3, 1, 1, 2, 3, 10pts
3. Saykadoo, J 109, Stephen McManus, Severna Park, Md., 4.5, 2, 2/RDG, 5/DNS, 5/DNS, 18.5pts

Farr 30 (5 Boats)
1. Sea Biscuit, Farr 30, Kevin McNeil, Annapolis, Md., 3, 1, 1, 1, 1, 7pts
2. Mummbles, Farr 30, Brad Kauffman, Annapolis, Md., 1.5, 2, 2, 4, 2, 11.5pts
3. Farr 2 Tangley, Farr 30, Peter Toombs, Charlottetown, PEI, CAN, 6, 5, 3, 3, 3, 20pts

HPR Class (8 Boats)
1. Flying Jenny 7, TP52, Ralf Steitz USMMAA, Kings Point, N.Y., USA - 1.5, 2, 3, 2, 3, 11.5pts
2. Interlodge, IRC 52, Austin and Gwen Fragomen, Newport, R.I., 10.5, 3, 1, 1, 1, 16.5pts
3. SPOOKIE, Carkeek HP 40, Steve & Heidi Benjamin, Norwalk, Conn., 9, 1, 2, 3, 2, 17pts

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