Around Islesboro Race - Results News Flash! RYC's Doug & Beth Pope took 2nd place in the Admiral Digby Cup Race on their Tartan 10 Meter, WALKABOUT. Congratulations! Full story RYC's Peter McCrea came in second on the single-handed leg of the Bermuda 1-2, 9th in fleet (both corrected), with a fleet size of 32 boats. Peter sails PANACEA, a Freedom 33. Congratulations! Full story. Accounts of the Bermuda Race Solstice Race (6/21/03) Details as .pdf file Solstice Race Results Rockland / Northport Regatta, July 12 & 13, 2003 Read details and course (.pdf file). Read Race Results (.pdf file). Bayside Race Reports Around Islesboro Race (9/6/03) Details Race News from Rockland Yacht Club Rockland (April 10, 2003): The Rockland Yacht Club Race Fleet held their first season meeting on Tuesday preparing the way for a new season of competitive racing for the Cruising Division and "Round the Buoys fleet." Race Committee Chairman, David Jones announced new fleet officers and schedules beginning with Solstice Race, June 21st from the Rockland Lighthouse at the end of the breakwater and finishing at the same location. The race is open to all owners with current PHRF rating. For more information, contact Ian Kopp at Ian@kenway.com or call David Jones at 207-236-7048. The Rockland/Bayside/Rockland Race is open to all Cruising Class boats with PHRF rating is scheduled for the weekend of July 12 and 13th. The Rockland-Penobscot Bay Overnight Race schedule will be announced next month. The regular "Round the Buoys" racing begins in Rockland Harbor on June 10th and each Tuesday evening thereafter with the final race of the season on September 9th. There are 8 Etchells competing in one design class and 8 expected club boats sailing under PHRF handicap rules, for club championship for each division based on best score for 14 races. An effort this season is being made to open the Tuesday night competition to non-member monohulled yacht owners and their crews who may wish to come out and enjoy the camaraderie and fun of setting their sails for up to two races and sailing against the best of Rockland Yacht Club. Memberships are available at $80.00 per single member and $100 for family. General information can be obtained at www.rocklandyc.org. Standings for 'Round-the-Buoys' Twilight Series July 26, 2003 The sailboat races in Rockland Harbor sponsored by the Rockland Yacht Club last week were buried in fog. On Tuesday evening fog settled in so thick the race committee had difficulty seeing the flag end of the finish line. Five Etchells (E22) and three PHRF cruising sailboats groped their way around an abbreviated windward-leeward course for two races in each class. Winds were between five and ten knots out of the southwest providing a relative fast series of races. Safety is a concern, more so in a fog bound working harbor. The course was restricted to the south end avoiding most of the commercial traffic. Nevertheless a tow appeared out of the fog midway through the second race to add excitement and crossed the finish line five minutes ahead of the PHRF boats. Standings for the Tuesday night 'Round-the-Buoys series through July 22nd have Elliott Lowe of Thomaston in the Etchells (E22) one design leading with an averaged low point score before throw outs of 1.53. In the PHRF Cruising Class boats Walkabout, a Tartan 10 Meter owned by Doug and Beth Pope of Warren well out in front with an averaged low point score based on corrected time before throw outs of 1.07 for eight races sailed. . Etchells(E22) One Design Class: Elliott Lowe of Thomaston   13.7/ 9 races sailed 1.53 Jeff Dinse of Thomaston   24.5/13 races sailed 1.89 Dave and Hillary Jones of Rockport Elvis Tuna 35.5/13 races sailed 2.73 Shaun Rouleax and Guy Polyblank Marley 37.5/13 races sailed 2.89 Dave Stebbins of Camden Teaser IX 8.0/2 races sailed 4.0 Peter Conover of Camden Bunny 17.0/4 races sailed 4.25 Patty Dinse of Thomaston   5/1 race sailed 5.0 PHRF Cruising Class based on corrected times: Doug and Beth Pope of Warren Walkabout 8.5/8 races sailed 1.07 Ken and Sue Priest of Rockland Extra Beat 2.75/2 races sailed 1.38 Jim and Kathy Cuthbertson of Rockland Rumpleteaser 28.75/14 races sailed 2.06 Garry and Sally Cran of Rockland Black Bear 37.5/12 races sailed 3.13 Michael Whitehead and Jeff Gove of Rockland Dov Kie 7.0/2 races sailed 3.50 Marshall and Sandra Cary of Rockland/Camden Adventure 43.0/12 races sailed 3.59 Dave and Anne Hoy of Camden Wyanoke 43.0/12 races sailed 3.59 The races are sponsored by the Race Committee of the Rockland Yacht Club in Rockland Harbor each Tuesday through September 16th with a start time of 5:00 pm weather and conditions permitting. Non-member owners are invited to compete in any two nights of races without membership. Membership is required for recognition and awards. For more information call Dave Jones, Race Committee Chairman at 236-7048. Rockland-Northport Results (.pdf file). Race Results of the Rockland-Northport Regatta July 12 & 13, 2003 Reported by Dave Hoy The Rockland-Northport Regatta, a joint sponsorship of two days of racing by the Rockland Yacht Club and Northport Yacht Club, last Saturday and Sunday, included fifteen yachts. The first race on Saturday began at the breakwater in Rockland and finished at the Northport Yacht Club in Bayside on West Penobscot Bay, a distance of approximately twenty-two miles with a return race the next day. With moderate SW winds on Saturday the spinnakers popped out soon after the start at 11:00 AM and most boats were able to carry them all the way in a colorful parade northward. The course lay through Gilkey Harbor on Islesboro. By that time the wind had piped up to ten to fifteen knots with seas building providing a roller coaster ride. All boats finished shortly after 2:00 PM, a relatively fast race of somewhat over three hours. Results of the first leg had Ken and Susan Priest's Extra Beat, a J-35 from Rockland with the shortest elapsed time but lost it on corrected time to Secret Water, an Allied Seabreeze 35 from Northport Y.C. Second on corrected time was Velero, a Ranger 26 from Northport Y.C. and third on corrected time was Wyanoke, a Catalina 27 from Rockland Y.C. owned by Dave and Anne Hoy of Camden. The return race on Sunday that began in light to moderate southerly winds in the morning developed into a day of combating increasing winds and grueling tacking duels against fifteen to twenty knots and gusts over twenty. While the start off the Northport Yacht Club was in moderate winds, after the first hour there developed patches of calm and somewhat shifting winds generally from the south. Some boats had gone inshore while a few stayed out. As the new air came in the lagging offshore boats benefited and the inshore boats found the lagging fleet offshore catching up. As the winds continued to pick up the seas built to three to four feet. Soon the fleet was stretched out again with the larger boats leading the parade of tacking boats who by this time were rail down, somewhat over powered and slugging their way south making for uncomfortable conditions aboard. The last boat in finished at 4:30 PM, a six hour blow out. On final corrected time for the regatta Celerity, a Farr Northstar 727 yacht from Northport succeeded with a first in the second race and that was good enough with a fourth in the first race to be first overall. Extra Beat of the Rockland Yacht Club came in second in the second race and finished number two overall. Apogee, an Olson 38 from Northport took third in the second race and finished third overall, having a sixth in the first race. Solstice Race June 21, 2003 In winds ranging from very light to fifteen knots with higher gusts, shifting from the northeast to southeast and finally generally from the south to southwest, on a rare and beautiful day last Saturday, the annual Solistice Race sponsored by the Rockland Yacht Club was held on appropriately the first day of real summer. The course was laid out over west Penobscot Bay, a race of slightly more than fourteen nautical miles. Entries were open for PHRF handicap sailboats. Of the boats reporting, on corrected time, Elvis Tuna, an Etchells 22, owned by Dave Jones of Rockport took first place; Sea Jab, a Sabre 362, owned by Al and Jill Canbra Hodsdon of Rockland placed second; third place went to Dave and Anne Hoy's Wyanoke, a Catalina 27 from Camden; fourth place was Rumpleteaser, a J24 owned by Jim and Kathy Cuthbertson of Rockland; and, Adventure, a Sabre 30-3 owned by Marshall and Sandra Cary of Rockland/Camden placed fifth. Following are the corrected times for five of the six boats started for the 14.3 nautical miles: 1. Elvis Tuna 3:02:24 2. Sea Jab 3:04:12 3. Wyanoke 3:11:24 4. Rumpleteaser 3:16:00 5. Adventure 3:22:12 Reported by Dave Hoy Round-the-Buoys June 10, 2003 In the first of the season Rockland Yacht Club series of 'Round-the-Buoys' races in Rockland Harbor Tuesday evening, June 10, 2003, three E-22's in one design and four PHRF cruising sail boats participated. Jeff Dinse of Rockland in placed first; Guy Polyblank of Rockland in Marley tied with Dave Jones of Rockport in Elvis Tuna for second and third place in the Etchells class (E-22's). In the cruising division of PHRF boats Jim Cuthbertson in Rumpleteaser took first in the first race and second in the second race. Gary Cran of Rockland in Black Bear was first in the second race, fourth in the first race. Marshall Cary of Rockland and Camden in Adventure took second in the first race and fourth in the second race. Dave Hoy of Camden in Wyanoke placed third in both races. The 'Round-the-Buoys' Tuesday evening races are open to non-member yachts with or without handicap on any two Tuesdays until September 16th. Information can be obtained by contacting Dave Jones, Race Committee Chairman at 236-7048. Reported by Dave Hoy