Big One-Design Battles For J/70s, J/105s, J/109s & J/44s.
(Rye, New York)- For the second and final weekend of the American Yacht
Club Spring Series, the sailors could not have seen two radically
different days for sailing. While Saturday was somewhat sunny and
benign with reasonable winds, Sunday’s racing was beyond epic, like
other events in the northwest, this Long Island Sound adventure also
made for a “fresh to frightening” day. For some it was simply too much
and many boats didn’t even venture out on Sunday with winds gusting up
to 30 kts from the WNW all day.
The J/70s were the largest fleet in the regatta and, arguably, one of
the most competitive. Unlike the previous weekend, no one in the top
three managed to stay in the top three! The ultimate winners were the
brother team of Scott & Alex Furnary sailing NO NAME YET to a total
of 22 pts, finishing the regatta with three 2nds and taking their first
regatta win! Second overall was Carrie & Ed Austin on CHINOOK and
third were the Ploch sisters (Megan & Madelyn) sailing SUGAR DADDY-
in fact, winning the last windiest race! Fourth was Dan Goldberg
sailing BAZINGA and fifth was Trevor Roach on SEMI-CHARMED. For more American YC Spring Series sailing information
