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8/3/2010:
Opti Event Today in Perfect Sailing Conditions
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7/10/2010:
Coastal Living Newport Regatta
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7/2/2010:
BMW ORACLE Racing 's Cup Tour/ Enjoying Newport Hospitality
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6/13/2010:
Youth Sailors Launch the Season this Weekend
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6/7/2010:
America's Cup Trophy Returns to Rhode Island
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5/11/2010:
Annual Family Sailing Festival June 5
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5/10/2010:
Wing Night With Ferg
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9/28/2009:
Sail for Hope to Help Local Community
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6/14/2009:
Youth Challenge Sailors Complete 9-Race Series in Favorable Weather
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6/13/2009:
Youth Challenge Sailors Had to Wait for Wind Today
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6/12/2009:
PUMA's Skipper Reflects on a Comeback 2nd Place in Race to Sweden
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2/27/2009:
Six Metre World Cup Coming to Sail Newport
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1/30/2009:
Volvo Night a Big Hit
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7/14/2008:
Coastal Living Newport Regatta Wrap up
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6/24/2008:
Perfect Conditions For Sail Newport's 8th Annual Advanced Racing Clinic Dedicated to the Memory of Brooke Gonzalez
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6/15/2008:
Optis Challenged in Newport Weather
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6/10/2008:
Numbers, Elan and Epiphany Win Halfway Rock
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3/20/2008:
Coastal Living Magazine to Sponsor Newport Regatta
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2/16/2008:
Sail Newport Youth Registration Post Lottery
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11/27/2007:
Annual Report
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11/8/2007:
Sail Newport Awarded "Prosser Award" for Excellence in Sail Training
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10/13/2007:
Callahan Doerr Match Race, LeBlanc Continues Speed Streak, Scandone and McKinnon-Tucker on their way to Paralympic Games
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10/13/2007:
Campbell makes a huge Move, Tunnicliffe remains 4 points up.
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10/12/2007:
Wildly Shifting Breeze but Paralympic Leaders Hold On
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10/11/2007:
Top of the Pack Getting Tighter
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10/11/2007:
Tuesday / Wed Wrap up.
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10/8/2007:
Campbell Makes a Move... More of the Same in Radial Fleet
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10/8/2007:
Winds DiminishToday but Race Standings Tighten
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10/7/2007:
Doerr Still in Lead after Race Four DSQ
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10/7/2007:
Funk / Johnson Protest Disallowed.
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10/7/2007:
Tunnicliffe Has 1 Point Lead Over Railey... Funk survives last race to hold lead in Lasers
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10/6/2007:
On a not so Clear Day....
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10/6/2007:
Paralympic Selection Trials Start
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10/5/2007:
Trials Officially "Opened" but One More Practice Day to Go (THIRD BEACH)
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10/4/2007:
Opening Ceremonies for Paralympic and Olympic Trials
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9/21/2007:
Sail for Hope to Benefit U.S. Trials
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9/7/2007:
Mumm 30s Rip it Up in Rhode Island Sound
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8/24/2007:
2007 Sail For Hope
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6/27/2007:
Small Ships Sailing Festival
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6/4/2007:
Halfway Rock Regatta Report
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5/30/2007:
Puma Racing Team to Compete in Halfway Rock Regatta
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5/9/2007:
23rd Annual Newport Regatta - Notice of Race and Online Registration Posted
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4/12/2007:
Sail Newport To Host Race Committee Training May 5 - 6
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2/14/2007:
Sail Newport Luncheon to Celebrate Tall Ships 2007
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12/21/2006:
Volvo Ocean Race Talk on January 25, 2007
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10/15/2006:
U.S. Pan Am and Paralympic Sailors Triumph at RI Event
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10/14/2006:
Olympic Pre-Trials and Pan American Trials Heat Up
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10/13/2006:
Pre-Trials and Pan American Trials Test Sailors
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9/8/2006:
Sail for Hope Sept. 30 - REGISTER ONLINE
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9/5/2006:
Opti and C420 Boat Sale Extended 1 Week
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8/20/2006:
Melges 24 Gold Cup Wild Finish!
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8/15/2006:
Farr 40 New Englands Report
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8/6/2006:
Competitive fleet for Farr 40 New England Regatta
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7/28/2006:
Hluchan, Pedrick and Eichler Qualify for Sears Cup Nationals!
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7/22/2006:
Sail Newport Youth Sailors Qualify for Sears Area A and Bemis Area A's
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7/9/2006:
Newport Regatta Report
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6/19/2006:
BROOKE GONZALEZ YOUTH CLINIC GATHERS SAILORS FROM 14 U.S. STATES
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6/11/2006:
Optis and Laser 4.7s Up to the Challenge
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6/4/2006:
Jimmy Fund Final Report
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6/3/2006:
Jimmy Fund Day 2
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6/2/2006:
Jimmy Fund Regatta Day 1
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2/16/2006:
Sail Newport Announces Annual Family Sailing Festival
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2/16/2006:
Sail Newport Facilities Are Open For The Season
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2/14/2006:
Sail Newport to Attend Newport Spring Boat Show
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2/13/2006:
Newport Regatta Scheduled for 2006
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12/7/2005:
Week one, Ferg Rocks the house.....Laser Frostbite Week 1
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10/29/2005:
39 Youth Sailors have a Howl of a Time
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10/29/2005:
Annual Meeting and Holiday Party to be Held Dec. 7
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10/28/2005:
SAIL FOR HOPE RAISES $119,000 FOR HURRICANE RELIEF
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9/22/2005:
SUNSAIL Donates Sailling Vacation to Sail for Hope
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9/21/2005:
Halloween Howl Expanded to Include Laser 4.7, Radials and Club 420s in Addition to Opti Red, White and Blue
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9/16/2005:
Newporter Anthony Kotoun and Crew Win 2005 J/24 World Champion Title
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8/31/2005:
Jim Richardson and Barking Mad Team 2005 East Coast Champs
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8/26/2005:
Rosenfield's "Fresh Start" Team Ends Clagett Event with Sweep
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8/25/2005:
Inkiala Wins Fourth Blind National Sailing Championship
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8/3/2005:
Full Fleet of Farr 40s to Descend on Newport for Championship
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7/29/2005:
NBYA Jr. Race Week and US SAILING Jr. Olympics Almost Here!
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7/27/2005:
Drivers Wanted? 351 of them Found at Volkswagen Newport Regatta as a Record Number of Sailors Race in Newport!
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6/12/2005:
Opti Challenge Delivers Near Perfect Sailing
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5/10/2005:
Anthony Kotoun Shut-out on Match Racing Opening Night!
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5/9/2005:
Attorney General Lynch to Speak on LNG Impact at Sail Newport Community Meeting, Mon., May 16 at 6 p.m.
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4/22/2005:
Pete Milnes Regatta 2005
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4/12/2005:
Laser Frostbite Final Week 24
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4/8/2005:
The URI Fast Break! ...Laser Frostbite Week 23
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3/21/2005:
We learn not to trust the NOAA forcasts....Laser Frostbite Week 21
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3/16/2005:
5 races, 5 winners....Laser Frostbite Week 20
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3/10/2005:
Laser Frostbite. week 19
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3/2/2005:
Rhode Island Weather better than Florida?....Laser Frostbite Week 18
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2/24/2005:
Twelve to zero in 2.1 hours.....Laser Frostbite Week 17
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2/15/2005:
Monotonous Perfection....Laser Frostbite Week 16
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2/10/2005:
Summer Youth Program Registration Open Now
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2/9/2005:
Barry Carroll Predicts Huge Success for US IRC
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2/9/2005:
Super Bowl Sunday is for SAILING....Laser Frostbite Week 15
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2/4/2005:
The Great Blizzard of 05...Laser Frostbite Week 14
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1/25/2005:
Now we are finding out which fleet members are truly brain dead... Laser Frostbite Week 12
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1/5/2005:
RI's First IRC Regatta Scheduled for June 4-5, 2005
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1/5/2005:
Skinny Guy Wins Fat Boys Regatta
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12/29/2004:
SWEEEEEP!.....Laser Frostbite Week 9
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12/25/2004:
TOILET TOOLS ARE NOT JUST FOR THE BATHROOM..Laser Frostbite Week 8
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12/14/2004:
Think Less....Laser Frostbite Week 7
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12/1/2004:
Porpoises and Herring....Laser Frostbite Week 6
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11/23/2004:
5 Races, 5 Knots, 50 Boats.....Laser Frostbite Week 4
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11/19/2004:
Spectacular Winter Laser sailing..Frostbite Week 3.
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11/12/2004:
59 Boats!! Laser Frostbite Week 2
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11/8/2004:
It's That time of Year.....Laser Frostbite Week 1
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10/25/2004:
Opti Sailors Halloween Howl, October 30
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10/19/2004:
Sail for Hope Raises over $25,000 for Charities
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10/18/2004:
Andy Horton Wins Sail Newport Match Racing Championship for the IYAC Club
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10/12/2004:
RI Opti Team Captures US Team Trial Slots
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10/6/2004:
Sail for Hope
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8/19/2004:
Kevin Martland Wins Overall Jr. Race Week Trophy
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8/12/2004:
Ian Donahue Wins Opti New Englands
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7/15/2004:
Volkswagen Newport Regatta Wrap Up
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7/14/2004:
Advanced Racing Clinic Wrap-Up 2004
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6/17/2004:
Redemption.....Match Race Night 4
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6/8/2004:
Opti's Challenged at the 2004 Newport Opti Challenge
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5/31/2004:
Westerly Winds Usher in Perfect Memorial Day Regatta
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5/28/2004:
Memorial Day Regatta..Warp Speed
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5/21/2004:
Sail Newport's Launch Party
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5/18/2004:
On a foggy night....Match Race Night #1
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4/23/2004:
Pete Milnes Regatta Wrap up
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4/21/2004:
Sail Newport to host Fleet 50 Site
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4/15/2004:
Olympic Trials Failures 1,2 for the day....Frostbite Day 23
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3/26/2004:
Holy "Ed is Wicked Good" Batman: Frostbite Week 22
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3/24/2004:
Another Epic Day of Laser Sailing....Frostbite Day 21
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3/8/2004:
Sail Newport to Honor RI's Olympians
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3/8/2004:
Ted Hood wins Day for those who are not named Scott...Laser Frostbite Week 20
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2/29/2004:
Summer in Winter....Laser Frostbite Week 19
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2/23/2004:
Cronin Wins Olympic Trials in Yngling Class
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2/9/2004:
Super Sailing...Super Bowl Win...
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1/29/2004:
20th Anniversary Newport Regatta
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1/28/2004:
Summer Storage Contracts
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1/26/2004:
Big Kicks and Lack of Breeze...Frostbite Winter Series Week 1
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10/6/2003:
Sail For Hope 2003
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9/30/2003:
Sail For Hope to Sail Saturday Oct. 4th
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9/26/2003:
Ken Read wins Etchells Worlds
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9/19/2003:
Meg Gaillard Wins Bronze in Europe Class at ISAF Worlds in Cadiz
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8/26/2003:
Sail Newport Featured in Sports Illustrated
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8/22/2003:
Farrar wins Blind National Sailing Championships
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6/18/2003:
The Flip Flop Regatta
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6/17/2003:
Match Race Series Powered by Red Bull
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5/7/2003:
Bank of Newport Memorial Day Regatta
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4/2/2003:
Sail Newport Advanced Racing Clinic 2003
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Optis Challenged in Newport Weather
Young sailors traveled from seven states to participate in the two-day annual event at Sail Newport. A total of 57 boats competed on one circle of racing.
Sunday morning was more like a fall day with air temperature barely over 60 degrees, heavy downpour and flailing wind. By noon, the skies had cleared and the wind shifted Northeasterly but held steady at 10 knots. The sun never arrived but the sailors were happy to accomplish three more races today.
“When the wind finally picked up, we started to see some very close racing and photo finishes,” PRO Mike Levesque said. “Overall, the Opti sailors showed great skill during the two days of racing to warm-up for the youth regatta season,” he added.
In the White Fleet, Sail Newport’s William Marshall (Newton, MA) won first place. Dylan McGuckin from Ocean City Yacht Club in Ocean City, NJ scored second place and Sail Newport’s Henry Marshall (Newton, MA) was just behind his brother scoring well to win the third place trophy. FIYC/FAST sailor Patrick Rose (Dover, MA) was just behind Marshall in fourth and Julia Fuller (W. Hartford, CT), a FAST/CYC sailor scored fifth just six points behind Rose.
The Blue Fleet was dominated by Lily Katz (Brooklyn, NY) who was the class winner and the overall top girl in the regatta. Katz sails with LISOT and BBYC. Gary Prieto (Southold, NY) who sails with Old Cove YC scored second place and Tristan Sess (Center Moriches, NY) of TEAM GUST captured third place in the regatta’s biggest fleet. Ram Island YC/LISOT sailor Ben Wilkinson (Noank, CT) scored forth and Megan Grapengeter-Rudnick (Darien, CT) a Noroton YC/LISOT sailor came in fifth.
Taking two places on the podium, Red Fleet and the regatta overall first place went to Pearson Potts. Potts is from Pass Christian, MS and he sails with Southern YC and the GUST and FAST Teams. Connor Marion came in second in the Red Fleet and local RI sailor of East Greenwich YC Bradley Adam captured third place by swiftly winning the last race of the event. Fellow Rhode Islander Jack McGuire (Barrington) from the Camden YC was fourth and Charlie Lalumiere (Portland, ME) finished in fifth place in the Red Fleet.
Overall the regatta winners demonstrated impressive sailing especially by Pearson Potts who was the fastest sailor in the event. Potts came in third overall in 2007 and second in the 207 Red Fleet) Potts was followed by regatta overall second place winner Lily Katz. Katz must have been sailing this year as her impressive second place overall this year was preceded by a 2007 17th place overall.
Gary Prieto also had an impressive jump in placing in this event. Prieto scored thirteenth overall in the 2007 event but came in the top three this year winning the place overall trophy.
Tristan Sess was fourth and Connor Marion scored fifth best overall in the regatta.
Congratulations to all of the Opti Sailors who demonstrated true hardy New England sailing skills.
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