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Post Date: Thursday, February 22, 2024, 4:00 PM |
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San Diego Women’s Winter Invitational |
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Team EYC competed in the first event of the season at the San Diego YC Women's Winter Invite. Recap below from team captain Lily Lichtenstein:
“This impressive event brought together 24 teams of women from North America. Racing took place in La Playa right off E dock in J22s with 4 teams racing at a time and scores averaged throughout the rotation. The team pulled off two second place finishes in their first two races in the shifty light air. We struggled a little as the breeze built in the afternoon and were matched up against some of the more competitive teams. |
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Saturday night's social event included karaoke where the team had to pay homage to Taylor Swift. Sunday morning brought wind delay till about 12:30 when the sea breeze finally came in. With a refreshed, more aggressive strategy we performed much better on Sunday, winning our first race of the day. We stayed consistent and put up 3 more 2nds; bringing the average score up by a whole point. Unfortunately with the wind delay, it meant the race committee was unable to complete the full 78 race rotation, which we needed for a chance to improve our scores further. Overall we had a great time on and off the water and were pleased with our improvements on Sunday. Huge congrats to our friends in the harbor, the CYC ladies, for winning the silver fleet!
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Congratulations to EYC Race Committee Chair Jud Smith and Remi Hutchins
who came second in the Etchells Midwinters-East in Biscayne Bay last weekend. The event was the fourth and final regatta winter series that draws top Etchells sailors from around the country to compete in Miami. |
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Jud’s Fast Mermaid got 5th in the first event of the series back in December, sailing with Will Hundahl. EYC member Tomas Hornos
also competed in the series on Vertigo 2. Full results for the Midwinters are here. |
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EYC member Will Hundahl
is competing on board the Class 40 Velocity in the Caribbean 600, hosted by the Royal Ocean Racing Club and the Antigua Yacht Club. The race started Monday, and Velocity is projected to finish Thursday evening. Learn more and track the race here. |
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ICYMI: New Sonars Coming in 2025! |
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The following is an excerpt from Commodore Peter Frisch’s letter to the membership on February 1, 2024: “The First General Meeting was held on January 18, 2024, and it was good to see so many members in attendance. During this meeting, several votes were held… The final vote involved the Sailing Committee proposal to purchase six new Club Sonars, to be built by Rondar Sailboats. I am delighted to report that the Sailing Committee’s proposal was approved. We hope and anticipate that the six new Sonars will be delivered in the summer of 2025. Following the First General Meeting, I conferred with Vice Commodore Alan McKinnon and Rear Commodore Larry Ehrhardt about naming a committee to oversee the purchase of the Sonars. Larry, an ex officio member of the Sailing Committee, and Bill Lynn
, the Sailing Committee Chair, will serve as the co-chairs of the Sonar Purchase Committee, and the following members have been asked to assist: Andrew Flaherty, Kelsey Wheeler, Alden Reid, Doug Morgan, and Will Hundahl
. Also, Alan McKinnon and I will serve as ex officio members. This committee’s responsibility is to review the contract with Rondar, consider members’ usage of the boats and stipulate any changes to the boats, observe the building of the boats to ensure quality and satisfactory workmanship, and to arrange for the delivery of the boats to Eastern after they leave the container ship(s) in Elizabeth, New Jersey.” |
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An Afternoon with Kirsten Neuschäfer |
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Kirsten Neuschäfer will be speaking at the University of Southern Maine on the afternoon of Sunday, March 3, organized and sponsored by the Portland Yacht Club. She will speak about her victory in the 2022 - 2023 Golden Globe Race; a solo, 30,000 mile long, nonstop around the world sailboat race, crossing the finish line first in her 36 foot sailboat after 233 consecutive days at sea. Neuschafer was the only female competing in the race that included 17 sailors starting and finishing in France. More info about the event can be found
here. |
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Thursday, February 22 - RC Training 3: Regatta Scoring Sunday, March 3 - Golden Globe Race Presentation by Kirsten Neuschäfer Wednesday, March 13 - Sailing Committee Meeting Wednesday, April 17 - Golden Globe Race Presentation by Guy DeBoer
at BYC Thursday, April 18 - 20 - Team EYC at the Baldwin Cup Friday, April 26 - 27 - Team EYC at the Jackson Cup
Wednesday, May 8 - Sailing Committee Meeting Friday, May 17 - Sailing Season Kickoff Party Saturday, June 1 - Safety at Sea Seminar. Sign up here Wednesday, July 10 - Sailing Committee Meeting Wednesday, September 11
- Sailing Committee Meeting Wednesday, November 13 - Sailing Committee Meeting |
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