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F1 on the Water? Yachts Race at the Statue of Liberty.

Thousands of spectators turned out over the weekend for SailGP, which brought a high-speed competition, and lots of champagne, to the New York Harbor.

The catamarans used to compete in SailGP races cost about $5 million. Credit... Dolly Faibyshev for The New York Times

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• Published June 24, 2024 Updated June 26, 2024

At 11:30 a.m. Sunday morning, with New York City under a heat advisory, a gaggle of sailing enthusiasts, dressed in polo shirts and summer dresses, boarded a ferry for Governors Island to watch towering F50 catamarans race along the skyline of Lower Manhattan and in front of the Statue of Liberty.

It was the second day and the finals of the New York Sail Grand Prix, part of SailGP, the growing international sailing competition in which teams, grouped by country, compete in $5 million boats that race up to 60 miles per hour.

The competition was founded in 2018 by Larry Ellison, the tech billionaire, and Russell Coutts, a five-time America’s Cup winner, to build a mainstream sailing league. Unlike America’s Cup, which occurs roughly every four years, SailGP has events around the globe throughout the year, allowing audiences to follow along.

“It’s this high-adrenaline, high-speed sort of racing product right in front of you,” Mr. Coutts said.

Organizers and fans are comparing the competition to Formula 1 racing on the water, which also has billionaire and celebrity backers and flashy backdrops including St. Tropez and Dubai. Now in its fourth season, the number of SailGP teams and events has doubled. The races, filled with Olympic sailors and state-of-the-art catamarans, are broadcast throughout the world and attract millions of viewers, according to organizers.

The sold-out race was held at the tip of Manhattan. Thousands of spectators gathered to watch the race by boat or from Governors Island, a 172-acre island in New York Harbor. (Tickets started at $85 for the grandstand.)

A private tent on a paved area by the water was reserved for team owners and invited ticket holders. There was sushi and dumplings and tea service catered by the Plaza.

The teams were spread around the lounge, marked by flags. Lindsey Vonn, the Olympic ski racer, is on the board of directors for the team from the United States.

“I love speed and adrenaline, so when the opportunity presented itself it was a no-brainer,” Ms. Vonn said in a text message. She attended the race live on Saturday.

On Sunday, the races started around 1 p.m., prompting many guests to put down their champagne and Aperol spritzes and approach the edge of the water to take in the sailing.

Unlike in Formula 1, where a spectator can see only a short stretch of the track at a time, all of SailGP’s racing happens in a tight area in full view of the crowd.

The event is a series of three short races (each one lasts about 15 minutes) in which the boats circle the course multiple times, depending on the wind conditions.

For the boat to turn, 32 functions have to be performed by the team in unison. The catamarans are close enough to shore to see the sailors — there are usually six on each boat — in action.

Jennifer Falvey, 63, a real estate agent, had traveled from Woodstock, Vt., for the event after hearing it about it from a friend. “The boats are just so sexy,” she said.

Daniela Forte, who came with her husband from Westport, Conn., was struck by the speed.

“I don’t have a sailing background, and I had never heard of SailGP before this event, but it’s kind of an amazing idea,” she said. “Sailing has always felt like something you had to do, not just something you can watch, but this is amazing.”

An hour and a half after the first race started, the team from New Zealand was declared the winner (a television broadcaster announced: “The Kiwis have conquered Manhattan.”) The top three contenders are now New Zealand, Australia and Spain — ahead of the season finals in San Francisco in the middle of July.

Then sailors, still wet from the water, filled the lounge for “Apres Sail.” Hundreds of people remained in the private lounge for hours, snacking on fresh plates of pasta and freshly shucked oysters.

Despite the stifling, 90-degree temperatures the party continued until late afternoon. Dance music blared over the loudspeakers, fans mingled with the sailors, and at least one bar ran out of champagne.

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On June 21, 2024, 162 boats set sail from Newport, racing towards the Gulf Stream and kicking off the 53rd Newport Bermuda Race. 4,000 race fans along the shoreline, spectating the first time off Fort Adams, watched them start their journey to Bermuda.

The first night was expected to be slow, as storms affecting southern New England had dampened the wind. It’s a race to get away from land and into the next prevailing ocean breeze and Gulf Stream current.

At just shy of 48 hours into the 53rd Newport Bermuda Race, and there was already a dismasting, an abandoned ship, and a few retirements. Despite these challenges, the fleet encountered a variety of sailing conditions and sea states as they made their way to Bermuda. As the navigator on the expected first-to-finish Pyewacket 70, Peter Isler, said, “We have had every headsail up in the inventory (except the storm jib).”

Roy P. Disney’s Pyewacket, Volvo 70, arrived in Bermuda achieving the line honor finish with an elapsed time of 02d 11:17:35.

Sailors faced very light conditions off the coast of New England after the start as passing thunderstorms on land diminished the wind, making it a drifter at sea. Unfortunately, the JV 72, Proteus, owned by George Sakellaris, dismasted at 0200 on June 22 while sailing normally in moderate conditions due to a mast failure at the base. All crew were unharmed, the rig was cut away, and the crew safely returned to Newport. That day the breeze filled in, and the boats made quick progress along the rhumb line towards Bermuda.

At 0300 on the morning of June 23, Alliance USA 52770 J/122, owned by Eric Irwin and Mary Martin, reported dealing with water ingress via a rudder post and subsequently decided to abandon ship. Multiple competitors stopped racing and stood by to assist as needed. By 0400, all crew were safely aboard the J/121 Ceilidh, which will now resume racing with the Alliance crew, and was estimated to arrive in Bermuda on June 25.

Roy Disney’s Pyewacket 70 was expected to be the first to finish in Bermuda off St. David’s Lighthouse. On June 23, also sitting on top of the Live Leaderboard for the Gibbs Hill Division, but close behind was Andrew Berdon’s Summer Storm 52.

In the St. David’s Lighthouse Division, Carina and Hound looked to be battling for the top spot. These two teams have a long history as powerhouses in the Bermuda Race going back 50 years. Carina has won the race 3 times since her launch over 50 years ago but not since 2012. Hound was built for the Bermuda Race in 1970 by the father of the skipper, Art Santry helming Temptation. Hound has 88 Bermuda Races among the crew onboard to Carina’s 67.

On June 24, pending any protests, Summer Storm 52 and its crew will be the champions of the Gibbs Hill Lighthouse Division of the 53rd Newport Bermuda Race.

Just five months ago, this boat, owned and skippered by Andy Berdon, was stored in a shed in Germany. After a series of repairs, bringing the vessel across the Atlantic to Florida, and finally up to Newport, Summer Storm 52 sailed into Bermuda with a corrected time of just over two days and 10 hours.

For navigator Chris “Lew” Lewis, this is the second Bermuda Race in a row in which he has emerged victorious. Berdon credits the win to the crew’s ability to avoid fronts approaching the coast of New England on the first night of sailing.

On June 26, competing boats have been crossing the finish line since the early hours of Monday, June 24. The St. David’s Lighthouse Division of the 53rd Newport Bermuda Race has been won by Carina. Finishing with a corrected time of two days and 16 hours and 12 minutes, Carina sailed past the division’s namesake landmark just after 3:00 AM on Tuesday, securing its place in the history books as the most-winning yacht in the race’s 118-year history since its founding in 1906. 96 boats started in the St. David’s division.

This is the fifth Newport Bermuda Race win for Carina (1970, 1982, 2010, 2012, 2024), three of which have been under the ownership of Rives Potts. “It means a great deal, I’m just so proud of the crew,” said Potts, who met the boat and its sailors this morning as they docked at the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club (RBYC). “A lot of [the crew] are on the boat for the very first time, and they all did well.”

Carina’s skipper W. Barrett Holby, Jr. added, “from five minutes before the start we just raced hard. We realized we were doing well, but we didn’t think about that, we just kept racing.” Holby sang the praises of his crew saying, “everybody pulled their own—we had great food, great navigation, great sailors, and great helmsmen. Everything came together.”

Carina was able to lead its class out of Narragansett Bay early but, like all competing vessels, was impacted by weather conditions near the top of the course. Holby stated that at times it felt like the boat had a personal rain cloud and still wind following the boat.

In the Gibbs Hill division, Summer Storm 52 has become the Gibbs Hill Division Champion. That boat’s experienced crew included owner and skipper Andy Berdon and navigator Chris “Lew” Lewis, who also navigated the division’s winning boat in the last Newport Bermuda Race in 2022.

“It was champagne sailing most of the way for us,” said Berdon. “The hardest part for us was getting out of Newport because a series of fronts caused light and variable winds. We were able to outside Newport and keep up speed the whole way to get into the ocean breeze.”

Berdon credits boat captain Alec Snyder with the boat preparation as well. The boat was inside a shed in Germany in February, and it is now sitting on top of the podium in Bermuda. There were 16 boats in Gibbs Hill, a division that has no limits on professional crew.

Scores of boats completed the race late June 24 and early Tuesday, June 25, including some closely followed teams. Hound crossed the finish line during the night with a corrected time of two days and 16 hours and 25 minutes. This includes a 30-minute penalty for crossing the starting line early – which means as the delta between Carina and Hound is 9 minutes, the penalty cost Hound the overall win.

In the Finisterre division, Northeast Wind won with a corrected time of 2 days 15 hours and 53 minutes. Skipper Frank Sobchak, along with his Hinckley 48 sloop and crew, were thrilled upon arriving in Bermuda to learn of their victory.

In the doublehanded division, the inspirational Phil Haydon and his Alexander Kraebel sailed into the top spot on board their Sunfast 3300 Fearless. Haydon founded Sail for Epilepsy and uses his story and journey to educate and inspire. He says they were not following the tracker at all during the race, so they are so happy and emotional to learn about their win upon arriving in Bermuda.

“We had a strategy we were going to execute, and we did, and it paid off. We have been working for over a year training, and all the hard work paid off.” Haydon dedicates the win to his virtual shipmates, those supporters he hopes to inspire to take “one more step” and “Fear. Less.”

Gunga Din, a Swedish Yachts 41 owned by Robert Fye and Paul Cunningham, with a total crew of seven, had to abandon ship 80 miles from Bermuda due to water ingress. All crew members were successfully transferred, unharmed, to Desna, a Tartan 37 owned by Adam Van Voorhis with seven also aboard. All 14 are now making their way towards Bermuda expected late tonight. It is unknown at this time what precisely caused the water ingress. They were racing to Bermuda and were expected Wednesday afternoon, June 26.

Top Finishers (BOAT, OWNER, SKIPPER)

St. David’s Lighthouse Overall

1. CARINA, RIVES POTTS 2. HOUND, DAN LITCHFIELD 3. GENTIAN, BEN SPERRY

St. David’s Lighthouse 1

1. GENTIAN, BEN SPERRY 2. NICOLE, THOMAS CAMPBELL 3. SELKIE, SHEILA MCCURDY

St. David’s Lighthouse 2

1. CARINA, RIVES POTTS, BARRETT HOLBY 2. DRAGON FIRE, WILL APOLD, WILL APOLD 3. COUCOU, ERIC WOLF, ERIC WOLF

St. David’s Lighthouse 3

1. AMADEUS V, JAY TURCHETTA, JAY TURCHETTA 2. IN THEORY, PETER MCWHINNIE, PETER MCWHINNIE 3. BLUE SKIES, WILLIAM GUNTHER, WILLIAM GUNTHER

St. David’s Lighthouse 4

1. ORION , GREG MORSE, GREG MORSE 2. ZIG ZAG, ANDREW CLARK, ANDREW CLARK 3. SUMMER GRACE, KEVIN W. KELLEY, KEVIN KELLEY

St. David’s Lighthouse 5

1. HOUND, DAN LITCHFIELD, DAN LITCHFIELD 2. ASSARAIN IV, STEVE BROWNLIE, STEVE BROWNLIE; TAYLOR NILES; MAX NEUBELT 3. VAMOOSE, BOB MANCHESTER, BOB MANCHESTER

St. David’s Lighthouse 6

1. PHANTOM, CHRIS SCHOEN, CHRIS SCHOEN 2. ENTROPY, PAUL HAMILTON AND PATRICIA YOUNG, PAUL HAMILTON 3. CEILIDH, JAMES COGGESHALL, JAMES COGGESHALL

St. David’s Lighthouse 7

1. POLARIS, WILL PASSANO, WILL PASSANO 2. COUGAR, LEONARD SITAR, LEONARD SITAR 3. POSEIDON, NAVY OFFSHORE SAILING, NICHOLAS GIBBONS

St. David’s Lighthouse 8

1. BOUDICCA, RICH MOODY, TIMOTHY BROWNELL & RICHARD MOODY 2. SIREN – OAKCLIFF, OAKCLIFF SAILING, WILLIAM HUBBARD & ALEXANDER FREIHERR VON PERFALL & WILLIAM HUBBARD & RYAN NOVAK-SMITH 3. FINAL FINAL, JON DESMOND, JON DESMOND

Gibbs Hill Lighthouse Overall

1. SUMMER STORM, ANDREW BERDON, ANDREW BERDON 2. PYEWACKET 70, ROY DISNEY, ROY DISNEY 3. DENALI 3, BILL MCKINLEY, BILL MCKINLEY

Gibbs Hill Lighthouse 1

1. WAVEWALKER, WOODY CULLEN, WOODY CULLEN 2. RIKKI, BRUCE CHAFEE, BRUCE CHAFEE 3. INCEPTION, NEKA SAILING, RICHARD A ROYCE

Gibbs Hill Lighthouse 2

Finisterre Overall

1. NORTHEAST WIND, FRANK SOBCHAK AND PATRICK POWERS, FRANK SOBCHAK AND PATRICK POWERS 2. TRAMONTANA, TODD BARBERA, TODD BARBERA 3. NAVICULAR, DOUGLAS WISCH MD, DOUGLAS WISCH MD

Finisterre 1

1. NORTHEAST WIND, FRANK SOBCHAK AND PATRICK POWERS, FRANK SOBCHAK AND PATRICK POWERS 2. NAVICULAR, DOUGLAS WISCH MD, DOUGLAS WISCH MD 3. ELIXIR, SOREN SCHRODER, SOREN SCHRODER

Finisterre 2

1. INISHARON, JIM MURPHY, JIM MURPHY 2. CAPELLA, DAVID MILLET, DAVID MILLET 3. RESTIVE, ROB MCALPINE, ROB MCALPINE

Finisterre 3

1. TRAMONTANA, TODD BARBERA, TODD BARBERA 2. TRUE, HOWARD HODGSON JR., HOWARD HODGSON JR. 3. STARLIGHT, LUCIA MARSHALL, JOHN MARSHALL

Double-Handed Overall

1. FEARLESS, PHIL HAYDON, PHIL HAYDON 2. GROUPE 5, NEKA SAILING, ZACH DOERR 3. JANE SAYS, ROBERT DUNIGAN, ROBERT DUNIGAN

Double-Handed 1

1. FEARLESS, PHIL HAYDON, PHIL HAYDON 2. ARTEMISIA, DREW PLOMINSKI & BONNIE HEIPLE, DREW PLOMINSKI 3. YOUNG AMERICAN #146, PETER BECKER, PETER BECKER

Double-Handed 2

1. GROUPE 5, NEKA SAILING, ZACH DOERR 2. JANE SAYS, ROBERT DUNIGAN, ROBERT DUNIGAN 3. RESOLUTE, SCOTT MILLER, SCOTT MILLER

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DNC – Did not compete/start Did not come to the starting area.

Scoring: Scored points for the finishing place one more than the number of boats entered in the series.

DNS – Did not start (other than DNC and OCS)

OCS – Did not start, Violated RRS 29.1 – Individual Recall On the course side of the starting line at her starting signal and failed to start, or broke RRS 30.1.

ZFP – Violated RRS 30.2 – Z Flag Rule RRS 30.2: If flag Z has been displayed, no part of a boat’s hull shall be in the triangle formed by the ends of the starting line and the first mark during the last minute before her starting signal.

Scoring: If a boat breaks this rule and is identified, she shall receive, without a hearing, a 20% Scoring Penalty calculated as stated in RRS 44.3(c). She shall be penalized even if the race is restarted or resailed, but not if it is postponed or abandoned before the starting signal. If she is similarly identified during a subsequent attempt to start the same race, she shall receive an additional 20% Scoring Penalty. RRS 29.1 still applies.

UFD – Violated RRS 30.3 – U Flag Rule Disqualification under RRS 30.3 RRS 30.3: If flag U has been displayed, no part of a boat’s hull shall be in the triangle formed by the ends of the starting line and the first mark during the last minute before her starting signal.

Scoring: If a boat breaks this rule and is identified, she shall be disqualified without a hearing, but not if the race is restarted or resailed.

BFD – Violated RRS 30.4 – Black Flag Rule Disqualification under RRS 30.4 RRS 30.4: If a black flag has been displayed, no part of a boat’s hull shall be in the triangle formed by the ends of the starting line and the first mark during the last minute before her starting signal.

Scoring: If a boat breaks this rule and is identified, she shall be disqualified without a hearing, even if the race is restarted or resailed, but not if it is postponed or abandoned before the starting signal. If a general recall is signalled or the race is abandoned after the starting signal, the race committee shall display her sail number before the next warning signal for that race, and if the race is restarted or resailed she shall not sail in it. If she does so, her disqualification shall not be excluded in calculating her series score.

SCP – Scoring Penalty applied Could be RRS 44.3 , appendix T, appendix V, or something in the Sailing Instructions

NSC – Did not sail the course

DNF – Did not finish

RET – Retired

DSQ – Disqualification

DNE – Disqualification (other than DGM) not excludable under RRS 90.3(b) RRS 90.3 (b): When a scoring system provides for excluding one or more race scores, any score that is a Disqualification Not Excludable (DNE) shall be included in a boat’s series score.

Scoring: Disqualification in a race is not an excludable score.

RDG – Redress given

Scoring: Depends on redress provided by the Race Committee.

DPI – Discretionary penalty imposed RRS 64.6: Discretionary Penalties – When a boat reports within the protest time limit that she has brokena rule subject to a discretionary penalty, the protest committee shall decide the appropriate penalty after taking evidence from the boat and any witnesses it decides are appropriate.

Scoring: The notation ‘[DP]’ in a rule means that the penalty for a breach of the rule may, at the discretion of the protest committee, be less than disqualification.

STP – Standard Penalty A penalty often shown in the Notice of Race (NOR) or Sailing Instructions (SIs) for minor violations. Examples include failing to check in with safety personnel upon return from the race course or to turn in a Race Tracker.

Scoring: As noted in the instructions.

TLE – Time Limit Expired A special penalty that may be specified for those finishing after a specified time “limit” from the start of the race.

Scoring: As noted in the venue/event instructions.

DFL – Dead F…….. Last

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RRS 30 – STARTING PENALTIES RRS 30.1 – I Flag Rule If flag I has been displayed, and any part of a boat’s hull is on the course side of the starting line or one of its extensions during the last minute before her starting signal, she shall sail across an extension so that her hull is completely on the pre-start side before she starts.

RRS 30.2 – Z Flag Rule If flag Z has been displayed, no part of a boat’s hull shall be in the triangle formed by the ends of the starting line and the first mark during the last minute before her starting signal. If a boat breaks this rule and is identified, she shall receive, without a hearing, a 20% Scoring Penalty calculated as stated in RRS 44.3(c). She shall be penalized even if the race is restarted or resailed, but not if it is postponed or abandoned before the starting signal. If she is similarly identified during a subsequent attempt to start the same race, she shall receive an additional 20% Scoring Penalty.

RRS 30.3 U Flag Rule If flag U has been displayed, no part of a boat’s hull shall be in the triangle formed by the ends of the starting line and the first mark during the last minute before her starting signal. If a boat breaks this rule and is identified, she shall be disqualified without a hearing, but not if the race is restarted or resailed.

RRS 30.4 Black Flag Rule If a black flag has been displayed, no part of a boat’s hull shall be in the triangle formed by the ends of the starting line and the first mark during the last minute before her starting signal. If a boat breaks this rule and is identified, she shall be disqualified without a hearing, even if the race is restarted or resailed, but not if it is postponed or abandoned before the starting signal. If a general recall is signalled or the race is abandoned after the starting signal, the race committee shall display her sail number before the next warning signal for that race, and if the race is restarted or resailed she shall not sail in it. If she does so, her disqualification shall not be excluded in calculating her series score.

RRS 44.3(c) The race score for a boat that takes a Scoring Penalty shall be the score she would have received without that penalty, made worse by the number of places stated in the notice of race or sailing instructions. When the number of places is not stated, the penalty shall be 20% of the score for Did Not Finish, rounded to the nearest whole number (0.5 rounded upward). The scores of other boats shall not be changed; therefore, two boats may receive the same score. However, the penalty shall not cause the boat’s score to be worse than the score for Did Not Finish.

RRS Appendix T – ARBITRATION

RRS T1 POST-RACE PENALTIES

(a) Provided that RRS 44.1(b) does not apply, a boat that may have broken one or more rules of Part 2 or RRS 31 in an incident may take a Post-Race Penalty at any time after the race until the beginning of a protest hearing involving the incident.

(b) A Post-Race Penalty is a 30% Scoring Penalty calculated as stated in RRS 44.3(c). However, RRS 44.1(a) applies.

(c) A boat takes a Post-Race Penalty by delivering to the arbitrator or a member of the protest committee a written statement that she accepts the penalty and that identifies the race number and where and when the incident occurred.

NOTE: Refer to the current Racing Rules of Sailing and/or Notice of Race (NOR) and Sailing Instructions (SIs) for updated rules, requirements and penalties.

Thank you to John Porter, Lake Beulah Yacht Club member & certified race official, for input on this list.

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The Gladstone Indians Baseball Program will Award the 4th Annual Gladstone American Legion Christian Groleau ...

Sports flashback June 22-29

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Ron gibbons memorial regatta july 6th, 2024   recently updated .

Ron Gibbons Memorial Regatta July 6th, 2024 Organizing Authorities – Kittery Point Yacht Club, Portsmouth Yacht Club and Piscataqua Sailing Association New Castle New Hampshire 03854 The first qualifying Regatta for the 2024 Clipper Tavern, Commodore’s Cup Series is upon us.  This PHRF Ocean Race will be head off the […]

PSA Makes Donation to PYSA

Recently PSA Commodore Dan Rigterink, presented a donation to Pysa VP Tom Brown for the funds collected at Chumly’s Last Call regatta. The proceeds for the race registrations and Tom’s Race committee time resulted in a check for $1038.00. Thank you to the PSA sailors and Tom Brown for making […]

Donate Old Sails to Seabags to Benefit PYSA

For those of you with old sails that need to disappear, Seabags, will now pickup your old sails and make a donation to the Piscataqua Youth Sailing Association. Please call or email Christopher Bryan at 207-770-7101 or [email protected]  to coordinate. FYI, PYSA just ordered a bunch of 420’s to expand […]

2024 KPYC Sailing School Registration is OPEN

Hello Fellow PSAers! KPYC 2024 Sailing School Registration is now open. New this year… Instructors will post highlights of each class on Instagram (Photo/Publicity Waiver approval required) Instructors will provide written feedback on students progress at the end of each session.  The new Racing Class will be scheduled for the […]

Piscataqua Youth Sailing Association

For all those interested in following the Piscataqua Youth Sailing Association here is the link PYSA to their new website.  Check out their vision and charter.  More to come.

2024 PSA Registration Is Open

Hello fellow PSA sailors, The 2024 PHRF,  J24 and Crew registration is open. Registration prices remain the same as last year — Skipper is $475 and Crew is $60.   Skipper discount of $25 for early signup before April 1st, that’s money you save.   In order to be scored, PHRF […]