Fwd: Press release - Day two of racing is on the books for the 2021 Clagett Regatta and U.S. Para Sailing Championships

[Spencer Raggio]

Great conditions Saturday at the Clagett!

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For Immediate Release

 

 

The 2021 Clagett and U.S. Para Sailing Championships

 

Day two of racing is on the books for the 2021 Clagett Regatta and U.S. Para Sailing Championships

 

NEWPORT, R.I. (August 28, 2021) – Day two of the 2021 Clagett Regatta and U.S. Para Sailing Championships was far more productive for the 33 sailors racing in Newport today. 

 

The race committee managed to produce four races for the sailors competing in the three classes.  Racing for the 2.4mR and Martin 16 was held snugged up next to Rose Island and the Sonar fleet headed north of the Pell Bridge near Coasters Island to get four races completed as well.

 

Principal Race Officer Tom Duggan, who ran racing for the 2.4mR and Martin 16 fleets, said after racing, “We had shifty breezes all day ranging from five to 11 knots and mostly from a East Nor East direction until the last race when it swung to the East South East. 

 

On the Sonar course being run by Matt Hill, he talked about the conditions they had,  “We had mostly from the East Nor East direction with quite a few changes in breeze direction.  There were a lot of lead changes throughout the races and in race two all three boats finished within 10 seconds of each other.”    

 

Leading the 15 boat 2.4mR fleet is Dee Smith from Florida, who represented the U.S. at the 2016 Paralympics.  The most recent Clagett Boat Grant Program recipient Julio Reguero from Puerto Rico said after racing, “I’ve been getting to know the boat and been able to put everything I learned during the coaching clinic into practice.  It was a great day on the water.”

 

The Sonars had some close racing with each team winning one race a piece and the team of Sarah Everhart Skeels, Pauline Dowell and Emma Montgomery scoring a second win to have them in first place after racing today.  “We’ve developed a great crew dynamic during the coaching clinic and it has shown today in our results,” said Everhart Skeels dockside.

 

In the double handed Martin 16 class Californian Carwile LeRoy and local Newport crew Doug Horsey had a great day on the water with a scorecard of three first places and a second.  “This is an amazingly run regatta, the best around.  Today’s racing was fantastic, thank heavens the weather improved,” said LeRoy.

 

Racing in the 2021 Clagett Regatta and U.S. Para Sailing Championships concludes tomorrow for the 23 boat regatta. 

 

Clagett Co-Founder and President Judy Clagett McLennan said, “Silverware and titles will be awarded to the sailors who will take away the trophies and titles tomorrow, but more importantly they have gained skills and knowledge from the coaching clinic and regatta that will benefit them for years to come.”

 

Provisional results day 1:

2.4mR 

Pos	Skipper	Hometown		1	2	3	4		Total
1	Dee Smith [USPARA2.4mR]	Punta Gorda, FL		4	1	1	1		7
2	Rudy Trejo	Punta Gorda, FL		1	9	6	5		21T
3	Timothy Ripley [USPARA2.4mR]	Randolph, NJ		7	6	4	4		21T
4	Julio Reguero [USPARA2.4mR]	San Juan, San Juan		2	16/OCS	2	2		22T
5	Theodore Green	North Kingstown, RI		5	5	3	9		22T
6	Tony Pocklington	Fort Myers, FL		3	2	12	8		25
7	Shan McAdoo [USPARA2.4mR]	Essex, MA		6	7	8	6		27
8	John Seepe [USPARA2.4mR]	Semora, NC		10	8	7	3		28T
9	Charles Rosenfield [USPARA2.4mR]	Woodstock, CT		9	3	9	7		28T
10	Matt Koblenzer [USPARA2.4mR]	Fox point, WI		8	4	10	11		33
11	Maureen McKinnon [USPARA2.4mR]	Salem, MA		12	13	5	14		44T
12	Kathryn Breslin	Marblehead, MA		11	10	11	12		44T
13	Arthur Bookstein	Chestnut Hill, MA		16/DNF	12	13	10		51T
14	Antonio Sanpere [USPARA2.4mR]	St. Petersburg, FL		13	11	14	13		51T
15	Douglas Trees	Hamilton, MA		16/DNC	16/DNC	16/DNC	16/DNC		64

 

Sonar 

Pos	Skipper	Hometown		1	2	3	4		Total
1	Sarah Skeels [USPARASONAR]   Pauline Dowell Emma Montgomery	Little Compton, RI		1	2	1	3		7
2	Patrick LoDuca [USPARASONAR]/ Dawn Hart Bryan Tabler	Chicago, IL		2	1	3	2		8
3	Dave Whalen [USPARASONAR]/ Dan Kennedy Spencer Raggio	Scotia, NY		3	3	2	1		9

 

Martin 16 

Pos	Skipper	Hometown		1	2	3	4		Total
1	E Carwile LeRoy [USPARAMART16]/ Douglas Horsey	Fresno, CA		1	1	1	2		5
2	Nicholas Bryan-Brown [USPARAMART16]/ Albert Pierce	Jamaica Plain, MA		3	2	2	1		8
3	Colin Smith [USPARAMART16]/ Siobhan Murphy	Middlebury, VT		2	4	4	3		13
4	J.R. Hardenburgh [USPARAMART16]/ Jeff Long	DORCHESTR CTR, MA		4	3	3	4		14
5	Timothy Brown [USPARAMART16]/ Dana McKinnon-Tucker	Boston, MA		5	5	5	5		20