Team EYC Caps Off 2023 Season with Soiland Cup Win

Team EYC made the trip down to New Orleans this past weekend for the Soiland Cup team race, hosted by Southern Yacht Club. Returning to the event for the first time since their 3rd place finish in 2019, Eastern took on six other clubs from around the country and across the pond.

On Friday, the team got off to a strong start, finishing the first round with a record of 5-1. On Saturday, they sailed their way to another 5-1 record in the second round, securing a spot in the top-4 gold fleet round. After a few tough losses to Annapolis YC and Ida Lewis YC, the team finished with a dominant performance against Bristol YC to capture their 11th win of the regatta. Light wind conditions on the final day did not allow for a final gold fleet round, giving Eastern the win in the 2023 Soiland Cup!

Thank you to Southern YC for the unmatched hospitality and for putting on a great event!

EYC Soiland Cup boats:

Peter Lynn (helm & team captain), Laura Lee, David Larson

Ansgar Jordan (helm), Kelsey Wheeler, Ashley Hoguet

Sam Merson (helm), Lily Lichtenstein, Annabelle Ayer

Team Barrows/Henken Takes Gold in Pan Am Games

Congratulations to EYC member Ian Barrows and his crew Hans Henken, who took a commanding first place for the gold medal in the 49er class at last week’s Pan Am Games in Santiago, Chile.

You can read more about Team USA’s dominance at the event in this article by Allison Chenard: Medal Haul Continues for Team USA, Winningest Country of 2023 Pan Am Games 

EYC Sailors at the J/70 Worlds

Congratulations to all EYC members who competed in the J/70 World Championship in St. Petersburg, Florida last week. In this incredibly competitive fleet of 80+ boats, Thomas Barrows sailed on Savasana, finishing in 4th place; Jud Smith on 3 Ball JT, finishing 7th; and Tomas Hornos on USA 551, finishing 18th. Charlie Pendleton’s Bad Hombres finished 12th in the Corinthian division, sailing with Abi Borggaard; and Will Hundahl sailed on Cool Story, Bro..

Charlie’s recap is below:

"Team Bad Hombres made our way down to St Petersburg, FL to compete in the 2023 J70 Worlds - Oct 31st -Nov 5th. The event took place over 5 days (two races per day) and included 83 Teams from 15 different countries: 28 Corinthian Teams and 55 Pro Teams.

Tampa Bay is a shallow-water venue. Add wind and some opposing current....It gets choppy quickly. Steep, short period waves and 1.8 mile windward legs made for tough conditions on the “uphill” side of the race course. Team Bad Hombres was set up (weight-wise) for lighter conditions so, as the breeze was up each day, having to de-power didn’t help our cause driving through the chop and we took our lumps as a result. Off the water, talking to competitors, the common theme was how tough the wave conditions were, sailing upwind. 

A few observations/thoughts: The level of competition since the Marblehead 2018 J70 Worlds has increased noticeably - especially among the pro teams. Start clean - we started every race under the U-Flag. 43% of the fleet had one UFD/BFD race - the pushing current (over a knot at times) from the recent full moon did not help. Big fleet racing presents a good amount of situational tactics that we don’t see here in MRA/Race Week - road tripping to big regattas is super important to keep big-fleet muscle memory engaged.

We had a blast. St Petersburg Yacht Club ran a top-notch event. Full results can be found here. Well worth the trip/effort to get there."

EYC Juniors at the Halloween Howl

Nearly 100 junior sailors throughout New England competed in the Halloween Howl Regatta at Sail Newport on October 28 - 29. Sander Skaane with crew Elinor Grant won the 420 class, Nicolas Regnault came in 4th in ILCA class and Somers Kellogg placed 25th in Optimists.

Yachting Awards 

Last Friday, we gathered to congratulate our fellow members who were awarded some of the Club's most prestigious trophies for their recent successes and contributions to the Club. 

Trophy/Recipients

The Neil W. Rice - Libby Spring and Myles Lambertz

The Terence Charles Dewey - Lucy Keys and Nicolas Regnault

The O'Day - Thomas Dailey

The L. Pemberton Pleasants Jr. - Timothy D. Guy and Patrick W. Andreasen

The Commodore John S. Lawrence Bowl - Ginny and Bill McGillivray

The Guy Lowell Memorial Bowl - William S. Widnall

The William C. "Twig" Burke III Burgee of Merit - Christopher and Deborah Rice Noble, John V. Thompson, Gretchen H. Curtis

The Ladies Plate - Carolyn C. Corbet

United States Yacht Club - Morgan Cup Team: Katherine A. Barrows, Alexander C. Cook, Eliza J. Garry,  Paula E. Grasberger, Clinton E, Hayes, Michael Kanare, Lily S. Lichtenstein, Hannah G. Lynn, Peter M. Lynn, William H. Lynn, Spencer R. Powers, Albert S. Amory (Sam) Rodiger, David R. Thompson

The Richard B. Wilson Blue Water - William R. Barton

The George C. Adams Crew - Lindsay A. Smith and Thomas Barrows

The Eugene T. Connolly - John C. Doub

The Race Committee Award of Merit - John J. Cochrane and James D. McCully

The Robert B.M. Barton Memorial - Judson A.F. and Cindy Smith

The Governor Foss - Ian M. Barrows

The Day Sailer - Ansgar F. Jordan

Starboard Running Light - Anne Marije Veenland-Lee

Port Running Light - Eric G. Thornton

The Charles Francis Adams Memorial - Stephen J. Cucchiaro

Upcoming Events

Friday, November 17 - Sailing & History Committee Buddy Melges Documentary and Buffet Dinner. Check out the trailer here. 

Film viewing is free for EYC members. If you plan on attending the buffet after, please sign up online here or by calling the front desk. 

Non-Members, please call the front desk to sign up (includes buffet). 

5:30pm Bar Opens / 6:15pm Film Starts

7:45pm Buffet Dinner 1st Floor

$35/person. 

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