Mattapoisett YC held its first week of racing on June 3 & 4. The Ensign Fleet was very competitive as usual with a three-way tie for first place. Brou ha ha won the first-place tie breaker with a win in the second race. Black Ice, which won the first race, came in third in the second race and placed second for the night. Odyssey got 2 seconds and was third in the tie breaking. Brass Monkey, which started the first race late, was fourth overall.
In the Wednesday Night PHRF fleet No Quarter Given led the A Fleet while Fir Na Tine took B fleet honors.
Final results in A fleet: 1- No Quarter Given, 2- Restless, 3- Coconuts, 4- Wired, 5- Surprise, DNC.
Final Results in B fleet: 1- Fir Na Tine, 2- Kinsail, 3- Chickadee, 4- Linisfarme, DNC
MYC held its Round the Bay race Saturday in very light air and overcast conditions which eventually led to rain. The race kicked off at 11:35 am from the Nyes Ledge buoy with a staggered start, meaning the slowest rated boat started first and the rest of the fleet, in order of their rating, followed suit. The first boat to finish the race was the winner.
There were 6 entries in the spinnaker division and 2 entries in the non-spinnaker class.
Dragonfly, which was the last to start in the spinnaker class, successfully passed the rest of their competition to win the Spinnaker division.
The spinnaker division results:
Position – Boat – Skipper
1 – Dragonfly – N. Thomas Williams
2 – Glory – Barry Steinberg
3 – Gut Feeling – Ted Herlihy
4 – Plan B – Max Hart
5 – Restless – Rob Ryan
6 – Hardtack – Matt Schmitt (DNF)
Unfortunately, in the non-spinnaker division there was only one racer as the second boat did not compete. Mark Thornhill in No Quarter Given was the winner.
This race along with New Bedford’s Whaler Race (scheduled for the same day) were the first races in the Buzzards Bay Cup Series. The next series race will be Beverly YC’s Parker Converse race on July 26.