ECCs Regatta Report
Duane Delfosse
505 East Coast Championship
Twenty-six 505s gathered in Little Compton RI to compete for the 2023 East Coast Championship. Sailed off beautiful Sakonnet Point, the venue is direct ocean access with vistas and ocean rollers. Participants travelled from as far as Toronto, North Carolina and even California to participate with a strong contingent of 10 teams travelling from Canada.
With three days planned for the event, the first day was unfortunately a blow out with 25 to 30 knot winds and large seas. Several teams went out to sail, but the consensus was it was too much to race. Day two brought light southeast winds with large left over rollers and overlaid chop. Ted Heubner and Aiden Naughten started very strong with two bullets. This was Aiden’s first time racing 505s! Robert Bartlewski and Adam Gesing were a strong second with a pair of thirds. Craig Thompson and Adam Wolnikowski rounded out the top three with 2, 5 and good speed.
Consistency would prove to be important, and it was difficult to achieve with the shifts and pressure variations. Sunday brought a welcome, fresh northeast breeze, shifty, but starting at least with full trapezing conditions. Four races were completed, the first three in wire run conditions, the last in a bit less. Heubner and Naughten found racing in the middle of the pack much more difficult than being out front, as did Bartlewski and Gesing. Thompson and Wolnikowski found their stride on Sunday scoring (18), 1, 4, 3, which when added to a 2, 5 on Saturday, produced a net score of 15 taking over the lead (with a throw out enabled). Again, with consistency being the theme, Duane Delfosse and Mike Hull scored (14), 5, 6, 2, which when added to a 5,6 from Saturday, resulted in a score of 24 to take second. Henry Amthor and Chris Pfrang also came on strong showing an improving score line over two days of (14), 9, 12, 4, 2, 4 to take third with 31. In all, 5 different teams won a race. Congratulations to Craig and Adam for an outstanding series, and a good warmup for Worlds. Huge thanks to John Ingalls for organizing the regatta, to PRO Cushing Anderson and to the many other volunteers and especially the housing hosts. John placed 20+ people in homes in Little Compton, no small feat.
For complete results visit https://theclubspot.com/regatta/LTLvdS0LKV
TJ O'Brien
From: Duane Delfosse <duane.d...@comcast.net>
Date: Fri, Sep 1, 2023 at 11:44 PM
Subject: [505-usa-region-1] ECCs Regatta Report
To: 505 USA Region One <505-usa-r...@googlegroups.com>
505 East Coast Championship
Twenty-six 505s gathered in Little Compton RI to compete for the 2023 East Coast Championship. Sailed off beautiful Sakonnet Point, the venue is direct ocean access with vistas and ocean rollers. Participants travelled from as far as Toronto, North Carolina and even California to participate with a strong contingent of 10 teams travelling from Canada.
With three days planned for the event, the first day was unfortunately a blow out with 25 to 30 knot winds and large seas. Several teams went out to sail, but the consensus was it was too much to race. Day two brought light southeast winds with large left over rollers and overlaid chop. Ted Heubner and Aiden Naughten started very strong with two bullets. This was Aiden’s first time racing 505s! Robert Bartlewski and Adam Gesing were a strong second with a pair of thirds. Craig Thompson and Adam Wolnikowski rounded out the top three with 2, 5 and good speed.
Consistency would prove to be important, and it was difficult to achieve with the shifts and pressure variations. Sunday brought a welcome, fresh northeast breeze, shifty, but starting at least with full trapezing conditions. Four races were completed, the first three in wire run conditions the last in a bit less. Heubner and Naughten found racing in the middle of the pack much more difficult than being out front, as did Bartlewski and Gesing. Thompson and Wolnikowski found their stride on Sunday scoring (18), 1, 4, 3, which when added to a 2, 5 on Saturday, produced a net score of 15 taking over the lead (with a throw out enabled). Again, with consistency being the theme, Duane Delfosse and Mike Hull scored (14), 5, 6, 2, which when added to a 5,6 from Saturday, resulted in a score of 24 to take second. Henry Amthor and Chris Pfrang also came on strong showing an improving score line over two days of (14), 9, 12, 4, 2, 4 to take third with 31. In all, 5 different teams won a race. Congratulations to Craig and Adam for an outstanding series, and a good warmup for Worlds. Huge thanks to John Ingalls for organizing the regatta, to PRO Cushing Anderson and to the many other volunteers and especially the housing hosts. John placed 20+ people in homes in Little Compton, no small feat.
For complete results visit https://theclubspot.com/regatta/LTLvdS0LKV
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