SYC Mizzen

Junior Sailing Kicks Off on Monday, Picnic on Wednesday at 5:30

Seventy kids are enrolled for the July Junior Sailing session which began Monday, June 28.  An all-star roster of instructors greeted them by throwing them off the end of the dock fully clothed to demonstrate their swimming capabilities (not a soul was lost.)  Watch this space and the website for more updates and news about the junior sailing program.

To celebrate the start of another great sailing season, all juniors, their siblings and parents are invited to the Junior Sailing Kick-off Cookout this Wednesday, June 30 at 5:30.  Please join the juniors and meet the instructors on Wednesday, and prepare to enjoy burgers, dogs and beverages.

Race Season Opens with Ynglings and an Alden

The SYC racing season got underway on Saturday with three of the fleet making the starting sequence at 2:00.  John Ingalls and Torey Pellegrini each won a race in the same Yngling, while Teal was runner-up in both races.  JAVA picked up where she left off last season, winning the season opener in a sailover.

Aldens Finish Season in Light Air, Big Swells

JAVA captured the August Series with a pair of wins on a day notable for its near complete lack of wind, and swells courtesy of Danny (who caused the postponement of the last Saturday race day to Sunday.)  Cutty Wow finished second in the last race to bring home third place for August behind Bachelor Button.

Awards for Aldens as well as Ynglings, Sunfish and Herreshoff 12 1/2's will be presented at the season ending cocktail party this coming Saturday, Sept. 5, at 5:30 on the SYC dock.

August Series Results (worst score thrown out):

	8/1		8/8		8/15		8/24		8/30		Aug
Race	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	2	Pts.	Plc.
Java	1	1	DNS	DNS	3	2	1	1	1	1	18	1
Bachelor B	4	6	1	2	2	1	3	4	4	5	26	2
Cutty Wow	2	4	3	1	1	4	DNS	DNS	6	2	29	3
Old Bull	5	3	DNF	6	4	3	2	3	2	4	32	4
Elisha	6	5	5	5	DNS	DNS	4	2	3	3	40	5
Chiquita	3	2	4	3	6	6	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	42	6
Augusta	7	7	2	4	5	5	5	5	5	DNS	44	7
Sept. Song	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	61	8

Storm Danny Weather Alert and Updates for SYC Weekend Events

Updated Fri. Aug 28, 4:45 PM: The season's last day of SATURDAY RACING (including the Sunfish Showdown) is rescheduled for this Sunday, Aug. 30, Harbor Start at 1:00, Racing at 2:00; due to expected awful weather on Saturday.

Updated Thurs. Aug. 27, 8:00 PM:  SYC END OF SEASON PARTY RESCHEDULED DUE TO EXPECTED LOUSY WEATHER!!!  End of Season Party will be at the SYC Dock on SATURDAY, SEPT. 5, AT 5:30 PM.

Juniors Compete at NBYA Junior Olympic Regatta

A baker's dozen of SYC's juniors competed last week in E. Greenwich Bay at the NBYA Junior Olympic Regatta.  Five 420 teams from SYC were among the 63 two-man dinghies who competed, with Patrick and Aidan Power leading the SYC team in 18th, dogged by Noel Ingalls and crew Pat Gallagher, and Margot Littlefield / Sophie DenUyl in the next two spots.  Rex Littlefield / Casey Domine were 27th, and Cooper Richmond / Seamus Power were 55th.

In Opti action, first-year opti racer George Littlefield finished just out of the money (4th) among 29 "greenies", SYC ace Frankie Harnedy finished 23rd in a 41-boat "blue" fleet of Opti experts, and Luke Ingalls was 11th in the "white" fleet.

Full race week results here:  420 results; Optmists results ; Opti "green" fleet results.

Casey Domine Wins Nightingale Trophy as August Junior Sailing Ends on High Note

Close to 60 junior sailors celebrated a full and active August at a cookout Friday evening with burgers, dogs, soda and awards.  Many sailors received trophies for their great results in the season finale club championships sailed the previous week due to NBYA race week which took place the last week of the program. 

Casey Domine was awarded the William Nightingale Memorial Instructor's Trophy by the staff, representing the "best" in attitude and sportsmanship.  Casey this year earned the honor for being on hand at every possible opportunity to crew in regattas at home and on the bay, including the Yngling North Americans where she crewed on Teal, and in virtually every Saturday race at SYC.  Casey also helped coach the beginning 420 class to introduce that group to the joys of the 2-man racing dinghy.

Some sailors also took home the important awards for Sportsmanship, Most Improved and Outstanding Sailor in each of the sailing classes.  Congratulations to those winners (listed below)!

	Most Improved Sailor	Sportsmanship	Outstanding Sailor
Beginners	Lilly Carlson	Anna Herzog	Kevin Gallagher
Adv. Beg.	William Chartener	Andi Burgat	Rafey Mueller
Intermediate	Ashley Cern	Nick Perry-Ouelette	Frankie Harnedy
Beg. 420s	Geoff Douglas	Esme Douglas	Aidan Power
Adv./Race Team	Flash Power	Casey Domine	Noel Ingalls

SYC Sailors Sweep Yngling North Americans

Ruth Hough led a Sakonnet podium sweep at the Yngling North Americans held at SYC August 20-23.  Winds ranged from 5 to 15 knots with large waves due to hurricane Bill.  Racing was very close for the top 3 boats. Any one of the top three could have won the regatta going into the last race. 5 of top ten places went to Sakonnet teams. 

Ruth was also the impressario for the event, which saw eighteen boats compete.  The racing and social events around the North Americans came off without a hitch, despite Bill's best (and rather paltry) efforts.

Next year's event is scheduled for Alpena, MI.

Crews for the top 5 finishers were
1st    Ruth Hough
   John Ingalls
   Kelly Jordon

2nd    Bruce Chafee
   Carston Peterson
   Pat Gallagher

3rd    Torey Pellegrini  (top Youth finisher)
   Peter Pellegrini
   Lauren Cotta

4th    Ches Upham
   Mark Upham
   Karen Upham

5th    Joe Jacquemin
   Kate Jacquemin
   Walt Jacquemin

Full Results:

	Skipper	Yacht Club	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Pts.
1	Hough, Ruth	Sakonnet	(5)	1	3	1	1	2	2	10
2	Chafee, Bruce	Sakonnet	2	2	4	(9)	2	1	1	12
3	Pellegrini, Torey	Sakonnet	(6)	3	1	2	3	3	4	16
4	Upham, Ches	Alpena	3	5	(11)	4	7	4	7	30
5	Jacquemin, Joe	Alpena	9	4	2	7	4	10	(14)	36
6	Rumbles, Tim	Alpena	4	10	9	5	6	(16)	3	37
7	Richmond, Bill	Sakonnet	1	12	7	6	(13)	8	6	40
8	Field, Ellie	Sakonnet	7	9	(12)	3	5	11	8	43
9	Kronich, Christine	Minnetonka	14	6	(16)	8	12	9	5	54
10	Upham, Val	Alpena	10	(11)	10	11	8	6	9	54
11	Clancy, Pat	Sakonnet	8	7	6	16	(18)	5	13	55
12	Wahtera, Pete	Minnetonka	11	(16)	8	13	9	12	10	63
13	O'Connor, Steve	Sakonnet	13	13	5	15	(16)	7	11	64
14	Zimmerman, Fritz	Minnetonka	12	8	(15)	10	10	14	12	66
15	Rachleff, Gibby	Minnetonka	(18)	14	14	17	11	18	15	89
16	Cornish, Eric	Alpena	15	15	13	14	(17)	17	17	91
17	Hough, Jenny	Sakonnet	17	17	(18)	12	15	15	18	94
18	Kavanaugh, Ed	Alpena	16	(18)	17	18	14	13	16	94

JAVA Back on Top in Alden Fleet

Only the Aldens showed up to race on Sunday, rescheduled from the previous day due to Yngling North Americans being held at SYC over the weekend.  The expected bad weather from Hurricane Bill never materialized, allowing 5 Aldens to head for the line for their penultimate day of racing for the 2009 season.  In two races JAVA returned to her winning ways, and to the top of the Alden standings, winning both races comfortably.  Old Bull, despite keeping her spinnaker turtled, had the second-best showing with a second and a third.  Elisha, skippered by RaCom Chair Mara Shore, notched a second and fourth to earn "show" status for the day.

Alden August series results to date (since there have been more than 5 races held in the August series, the worst finish will be "thrown out" in the final point tally -- the point totals on the chart below do not reflect any throw outs):

		1-Aug		8-Aug		15-Aug		23-Aug
		1	2	1	2	1	2	1	2
	Aldens									Pts.
1	Bachelor Button	4	6	1	2	2	1	3	4	23
1	Java	1	1	DNS	DNS	3	2	1	1	23
3	Cutty Wow	2	4	3	1	1	4	DNS	DNS	27
4	Old Bull	5	3	DNF	6	4	3	2	3	32
5	Chiquita	3	2	4	3	6	6	DNS	DNS	36
6	Augusta	7	7	2	4	5	5	5	5	40
7	Elisha	6	5	5	5	DNS	DNS	4	2	41
8	September Song	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	56

Sunfish Showdown on Sunday Sept 6

Update:  Cushing and Ellie are spearheading the showdown, now set for SUNDAY, Sept. 6 at 1:00.  Ellie is challenging all comers to best her on her pink Sunfish.  If you're on the list of Saturday Sunfish racers (see old article and list below) you'll have first dibs to get a boat and take her on!  Otherwise Sunfish are first come, first served.

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We've had seventeen different sailors or teams come out to race Sunfish this season and really mix it up -- to the point that there is no clear leader!  So next Saturday, on the last day of Saturday racing , we will have a Sunfish Showdown to determine the winner for the season.  As they say on TV, "it's still anybody's game!"  And it could be yours if you compete on Saturday.

If you raced a Sunfish any of the Saturday's this year (your name is listed below), you are automatically invited to compete in the Showdown, and we are reserving a Sunfish for you.  If you do not claim your entry by 1:00 on Sunday, we will open up the Showdown to anyone who wants to try to capture a season championship in a single day.  So anyone who wants to give it a shot, be at the dock by 1:00 to dibs your Sunny!

Here's the list of participants who have shown up to race Sunfish this year in Saturday racing, and who get priority participation in the Sunfish Showdown:

Cooper Richmond

Cob Ingalls

Jack Skinner

Asher MacDonald

Bruce Chafee

Scott Humphrey

Luke Ingalls

Rex Littlefield

Nate Taylor

Margot Littlefield

Holly Taylor

Sophie DenUyl

Will, Kevin and Joe Gallagher

Seamus Power

George Littlefield

If you're not on the list, come on down anyway!  You'll probably get a chance to be crowned this year's Sunfish Champion!

August Junior Sailing Championship Winners

Last week saw four new SYC junior champions and a repeat from the July series.  Frankie Harnedy repeated as the winner of the Governor's Trophy for the top Opti sailor.  In the Commodore Garsh Trophy, the Opti event reserved for beginners and advanced beginners, Rafey Mueller came away with the prize for August.

The Huntoon Trophy is sailed in 420's and is the SYC grand prix event.  This year Noel Ingalls and crew Patrick Gallagher took the honors.

Sunfish compete for the Richmond Trophy (single-handed) and the Commodor's Cup (double-handed).  This month Aidan Power added the Richmond Trophy to his collection (placing in two other championships last week as well).  The Commodore's Cup was won by Luke Ingalls and Josh Arkins.

List of winners below:

		Winner	Runner-Up	Third
Huntoon Trophy	420	Noel Ingalls / Pat Gallagher	Aidan Power / Luke Ingalls	Rex Littlefield / Casey Domine
Richmond Trophy	Sunfish	Aidan Power	Myles Arkins	Cob Ingalls
Commodore's Trophy	Sunfish Doubles	Luke Ingalls / Josh Arkins	Cob Ingalls / Myles Arkins	Frankie Harnedy / Jack Skinner
Governor's Trophy	Optimists	Frankie Harnedy	Aidan Power	George Littlefield
Comm. Garsh Cup	Beg / Adv. Beg. Optis	Rafey Mueller	Kevin Gallagher	Andi Burgatt