Tomas Hornos at Race Week

Tomas Hornos Wins Etchells at Marblehead Race Week

Tomas and crewmembers Luke Buxton and Ed Morey grabbed the Etchells class win by a commanding 17 points, also securing a perpetual trophy for their performance named in honor of the world’s most accomplished Etchells sailor and EYC member Dave Curtis. Tomas summarized the weekend:

"Very pleasant weather, although a shifty breeze created some very close and fun racing in the Etchells. The fleet of 15 boats had a variety of ages and experience levels. We had sailed the previous three MRA Saturdays and felt prepared for Race Week. Fairly conservative mid line starts that allowed us to tack on first shift and keep eyes out of the boat was key. Lots of gear changing and relying on crew input.  Great exposure to the outside line conditions."

Other EYC members on the Race Week podium included Bill Widnall (1st in IOD), Carolyn Corbet (2nd in IOD), and Larry Ehrhardt (3rd in Rhodes 19).

Charlie Pendleton’s Bad Hombres took home the J/70 Corinthian division title. EYC youth members were represented as well, with Morgan Cheney coming 2nd in the Laser Radial fleet, and Mason Cheney 7th in the Laser.

EYC Youth Members at US Sailing Junior Nationals Qualifiers

EYC members are familiar with the Sears, Bemis, and Smythe US Sailing Championships after having hosted the event last summer - the qualifying regattas, particularly for Area A (New England), can be just as competitive. 

Eastern and Pleon hosted the US Sailing Junior Championship Area A Qualifiers for both the Sears and Smythe last month.  The Sears Cup was raced in Sonars with a team of 4 and it was “nukin” at 22-28 knots. Most of the sporty round robin racing was sailed without kites. The young team of Nicholas and Fritz Regnault, Lane Kaeyer and Ashley Hoguet finished 3rd.  Just a week later the singlehanded Smythe Qualifier Laser Radial (ILCA 6) was part of MJRW. The much different conditions of “sitting in” or light hiking saw Nicholas Regnault finish third. Fortunately for Nicholas, the winner is not going to the finals and Nicholas gets an invitation. Nicholas and his Pleon teammate Max Dressell will be headed to the finals this month. Good luck to our local sailors!

All-Female Team at Marblehead Race Week

Eastern Yacht Club proudly boasted the only all-female team in the extremely competitive J/70 fleet at Marblehead Race Week.  EYC members Alix Israel, Liz Dubovik, Katie Rodger, and Alex Romagnoli were joined by Shannon Lockewood aboard Winterwind,  graciously loaned by Nancy Glover.

Recap by Martha Altreuter "The competition, which was also for the New England Championship title, was dominated by professionally crewed boats, which represented more than half the fleet.  The EYC ladies held their own all weekend, finishing particularly strong in the final race, in which they posted a 15th, surrounded by many of the fleet’s top sailors.  Like everyone at the regatta, they enjoyed the best race-week sailing weather in recent memory, having a blast both on the water and ashore at the festivities hosted by the Boston Yacht Club."

Junior Race Week Photos

Many thanks go out to Past Commodore Phil Smith and his photography skills!  Phil was on the water last week getting action shots from Junior Race Week that can be viewed here.  Please share this link to the families and competitors as digital copies can be downloaded for free! 

Invitation From Pleon Yacht Club

We are excited to invite alumni, family, and friends to attend the first ever Pleon Homecoming and Alumni Regatta on Saturday, August 27th!  Join us at Pleon for a late summer day filled with sailing and connecting with friends old and new (we won’t ask how old!). 

The Alumni Regatta will run earlier in the day and the Homecoming kicks off at 6:00pm with food, drinks, music and activities.  Please note, both events are 21+.  For more information on racing and to sign up, visit the Pleon Yacht Club website.

Beverly Yacht Club Junior Regatta

The Beverly Yacht Club in Marion, MA is inviting Opti and C420 sailors to their 59th annual Junior Regatta being held Tuesday, August 16th - Wednesday, August 17th.  This year the regatta is a Junior Olympic event and an Opti Champ Grand Prix event, and they are introducing a windsurfing exhibition event. Sign up here.

Save the Date

August 12th EYC Pursuit Race #3

August 18th - 21st Storm Trysail Club Ted Hood Regatta

September 7th - 17th Star World Championship

September 18th Laser Fall Frostbiting Starts

October 1st Potluck Pursuit Race

October 7th - 9th Etchell New England Championship

October 29th - 30th Halloween Team Race

November 18th Yachting Awards Dinner & Change of Watch

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Sonar Charters

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