Fireside Dinner at Harbour Court After being closed for the month of January, Harbour Court reopened its doors for a Fireside Dinner, hosted by Vice Commodore and Mrs. Thomas J. Harrington -- pictured here. 100 members and their guests attended. Photo by Dan Nerney. View More Paul Callahan Makes US Paralympic TeamCallahan is a NYYC Member and Trustee Portsmouth, R.I. (February 2, 2012) – The six members of the 2012 U.S. Paralympic Team – Sailing were selected based on performances at US Sailing’s 2012 Rolex Miami OCR, held Jan. 23-28, 2012, in Miami, Fla., and the IFDS Worlds held two weeks earlier in Port Charlotte, Fla. As the top-scoring eligible American athletes in their respective Paralympic sailing classes, Jen French and JP Creignou, Mark LeBlanc, and NYYC member and trustee Paul Callahan, Tom Brown and Bradley Johnson have successfully completed qualification. US Sailing's Olympic Sailing Committee will officially nominate the 2012 U.S. Paralympic Team - Sailing, pending approval from the U.S. Olympic Committee. The US Paralympic Team – Sailing will compete at the 2012 Paralympic Sailing Regatta, scheduled for Aug. 31-Sept. 5, 2012 in Weymouth/Portland, England. Photo Rolex/Daniel Forster. View More Marine Art & History Month 2012Photos by Michael Levitt The eighth Annual Marine Art & History Month opened at 44th Street on Wendesday Jan. 18. It consists of an exhibit in the Palm Café, entitled "New York Yacht Club Ashore: Clubhouses & Stations, 1844-2012,” a number of other Club Nights and off-site tours. The first Club Night was held on Wednesday and featured Trudy Coxe, the CEO of the Preservation Society of Newport County, who spoke on Marble House, the Breakers and several other exceptional Preservation Society properties that exemplify three centuries of the finest achievement in American architecture, decorative arts and landscape design. Thumbnail photo of Trudy Coxe by Michael Levitt. View More New York Yacht Club will feature the New J/70 in 2012 NYYC Invitational Cup US Qualifying Series Newport, R.I., USA (January 18, 2012) – The New York Yacht Club (NYYC) announced today that the new J/70 (image above) will be featured at the 2012 NYYC Invitational Cup U.S. Qualifying Series (USQS). The J/70 will join the NYYC’s fleet of Sonars when 24 of the nation’s most competitive yacht clubs compete in the NYYC Invitational Cup USQS off Newport, RI from September 4 to 8, 2012. The top three finishers will earn the right to compete in the 2013 NYYC Invitational Cup presented by Rolex. View More US Sailing’s 2011 Rolex Yachtsman/Yachtswoman of the YearWinner Anna Tunnicliffe is a NYYC Member PORTSMOUTH, R.I. (January 11, 2012) – Etchells World Champion Bill Hardesty (San Diego, Calif.) and ISAF (International Sailing Federation) Sailing World Champion Anna Tunnicliffe (Plantation, Fla.) today were named US Sailing’s 2011 Rolex Yachtsman and Yachtswoman of the Year. A shortlist of eight male and seven female sailors – determined from nominations submitted by members of US Sailing – was evaluated by a panel of sailing journalists who selected these two sailors for the noteworthy distinction. The winners will be honored on February 22, 2012, during a luncheon at the St. Francis Yacht Club in San Francisco, when they will be presented with specially-engraved Rolex timepieces. Established in 1961 by US Sailing and sponsored by Rolex Watch, U.S.A. since 1980, the annual presentation of US Sailing's Rolex Yachtsman and Yachtswoman of the Year awards are considered the sport's ultimate recognition of an individual’s outstanding on-the-water achievements for the calendar year. Over its history the coveted award has been presented to 40 men and 32 women. View More Rear Commodore A. Rives Potts Jr. to Race in Rolex Sydney Hobart RaceFrom an Article by D. D. McNicoll in 'The Australian' Sydney, Australia, December 21, 2011 -- For veteran American sailor and New York Yacht Club rear commodore, Rives Potts, sailing these days is a family affair and one that can also take you all over the world. His 40-year-old aluminum sloop Carina will set sail in the Rolex Sydney to Hobart race on Monday [December 26] with his son Walker Potts and his nephew, Rives Sutherland, as well as three members of the DuMoulin family among the crew. Potts is no stranger to Australians and Australia. He sailed aboard Dennis Conner's 12m Freedom in the 1980 America's Cup when it beat Alan Bond's Australia 4-1 and still proudly wears the Rolex he won. (Photo of Carina by Rolex/Daniel Forster)
ISAF Sailing World ChampionshipsNYYC Members Shine in Regatta that in most cases Determines US Olympic Sailing Team PERTH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA – December 17 – The ISAF Sailing World Championship in Perth, Western Australia ended on Sunday after 15 days of racing. Pending approval by the US Olympic Committee NYYC member Amanda Clark and crew Sarah Lihan have made the US Olympic team and will sail a 470 in next summer’s Olympics in England. As have NYYC members Erik Storck and Trevor Moore in the 49er Class. Also making the US Olympic team in Men’s 470 is NYYC member Stu McNay and Graham Biehl. Further, NYYC-member Anna Tunnicliffe and her Team Maclaren of Molly Vandemoer and Debbie Capozzi, won the ISAF Sailing World Championships in Women’s Match Racing after defeating Lucy MacGregor (GBR) in four straight matches on December 16. (Photo show Anna Tunnicliffe, right, and team after winning the World Championship.) View MoreOrganizing Clubs Announce Atlantic Ocean Racing Series ResultsLook Ahead to 2015 The Royal Yacht Squadron, New York Yacht Club, Royal Ocean Racing Club and Storm Trysail Club have announced the winners of the Atlantic Ocean Racing Series for 2011. George David’s Rambler 100 took overall honors winning the New York Yacht Club Commodore Gerry Cup with a fleet first in the RORC Caribbean 600 and fleet seconds in the Annapolis to Newport Race and the Transatlantic Race 2011 itself. Rambler 100 set course records in the Caribbean 600 and the TR 2011 and averaged a remarkable 16.83 knots in her Atlantic crossing. This average speed is the highest ever for a monohull in an established ocean race, eclipsing Alfa Romeo’s 16.46 knots in the 2009 Transpac Race. (Photo Mark Lloyd) View MoreAnnual Meeting 2011 The Annual Meeting of the NYYC was held on Thursday, December 9 at the 44th Street Club House. Commodore Robert C. Towse Jr., Vice Commodore Thomas J. Harrington and Rear Commodore A. Rives Potts Jr. gave reports as did Harry Rein, Treasurer; William Ketcham, Chair of the Membership Committee; Tim Dolman, Secretary, and Peter Cummiskey, Fleet Captain. The slate of officers was presented by former Commodore Lawrence Huntington and elected by the Membership. Race Committee Chair John Myles who is stepping down was thanked for his years of faithful service by Commodore Towse as was John Mendez, chair of the NYYC Invitational Cup presented by Rolex, and Colin Gordon, co-chair of Team Racing. And the Christmas tree in the Model Room was illuminated. Photo by Michael Levitt shows Commodore Towse. Members View More Annual Awards Dinner November 10, 2011 A full complement enjoyed the 2011 Annual Awards Dinner at the New York Yacht Club's 44th Street Clubhouse on Thursday November 10th. The winner of the Mosbacher Trophy was John "Hap" Fauth; the winner of the Herreshoff Medal was Apparition, skippered by Ken Colburn, and the winner of the Queen's Cup -- seen here -- was Jim Swartz (and his Vesper) being presented the Queen's Cup by NYYC Commodore Robert C. Towse Jr. Michael Levitt photos. View MoreStuart McNay & Amanda Clark Medal at first Event in Sailing World CupBoth are NYYC Members Portsmouth, R.I. (November 13, 2011) – The first stop on the International Sailing Federation’s (ISAF) 2011-12 Sailing World Cup series concluded Friday in Melbourne, Australia, and US Sailing Team AlphaGraphics (USSTAG) members took two medals, gold and bronze. Stuart McNay (Boston, Mass.) and Graham Biehl (San Diego, Calif.) won a gold medal in the Men’s 470, while Amanda Clark (Shelter Island, N.Y.) and Sarah Lihan (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) won bronze in the Women’s 470 class. Both McNay and Clark are NYYC members. More than 300 Olympic and Paralympic class sailors from over 30 countries competed in the first event of the series. Hosted by Sandringham Yacht Club, the event was held November 6-11, 2011. (Photo shows Stuart McNay.) View More Anna Tunnicliffe Wins 2011 ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year, Sailing’s Highest Honor Portsmouth, R.I. (November 8, 2011) – The International Sailing Federation (ISAF) named US Sailing Team AlphaGraphics’ Anna Tunnicliffe (Plantation, Fla.) the recipient of the 2011 ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year, the most prestigious recognition in the sport of sailing. At a gala ceremony during the International Sailing Federation’s Annual Conference in Puerto Rico, Tunnicliffe, a New York Yacht Club member, was presented with the distinct World Sailor trophy by HM King Constantine of Greece and a specially engraved Rolex timepiece by Colette Bennett, Rolex Watch USA. Tunnicliffe, the 2008 Olympic Gold Medalist, is the skipper of the “Team Maclaren” match racing team with crew Molly Vandemoer and Debbie Capozzi. (Caption: Anna Tunnicliffe, left, and Colette Bennett, Rolex Watch USA at the ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year Awards. Daniel Forster/Rolex photo. ) View MoreNYYC Wins Southern Y.C.'s Soiland Cup
New York Yacht Club Team Racing program has finally filled a noticeable hole in the team racing trophy case! The Southern Soiland Cup remained as the last major team race event on the yearly calendar where the NYYC team racing squad had not previously brought home a victory. 10 teams came November 4-6 from near and far to attempt to break up a run of 3 straight victories by the host club, Southern. The trophy donated by the Newport Harbor Yacht Club post Hurricane Katrina, attracts teams from the west coast, New England, gulf coast and even England. View More Anna Tunnicliffe Wins U.S. Olympic Team Qualifying RegattaWomen's Match Racing Key Biscayne, Fla. (October 30, 2011) – In a dramatic conclusion to five days of racing, Anna Tunnicliffe (Plantation, Fla.) and her Team Maclaren crew Molly Vandemoer (Stanford, Calif.) and Debbie Capozzi (Bayport, N.Y.) won the 2011 U.S. Olympic Team Qualifying Regatta over Genny Tulloch (Sausalito, Calif.) and her Team GetSailing Alice Manard Leonard (East Haven, Conn.) and Jenn Chamberlin (Washington, D.C.). Tunnicliffe, a NYYC member, defeated Tulloch in two straight matches on Biscayne Bay. View More On ESPN: New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup presented by Rolex September’s New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup presented by Rolex will be seen on television in early November on ESPN. Gary Jobson’s video will have an airing on ESPN Classic on Friday, November 4, at 8pm Eastern Time. It will be re-aired on Sunday November 6 at 2:30pm Eastern Time on ESPN2. Check local listings for the appropriate channels. The NYYC Invitational Cup saw 22 ten-person teams from 16 countries from six continents in the second running of this competition. The racing takes place in identically matched Swan 42s. All competitors are amateur sailors and members of their respective yacht clubs. Eleven highly contested races were sailed over a five-day period off Newport, Rhode Island. This program was shot in Hi Def aboard the race boats, from helicopters above the racecourse and on the water. Stan Honey Speaks at a Sold-out Club Night Stan Honey, director of Technology for the 34th America’s Cup, was the featured speaker at a capacity club night at the New York Yacht Club in New York on Tuesday, October 25. Honey, a man of many talents – he is the most recent recipient of the Rolex Yachtsman of the Year Award in the U.S. for navigating the French 105-foot trimaran Groupama 3 around the world in an astounding time of 48 days, setting the Jules Verne Trophy record – is, perhaps, equally well known for “painting” the computer-generated yellow line signifying a first down in football on television. He talked about this record passage as well as the technology behind the TV coverage of the America’s Cup leading up to the finals in San Francisco in 2013. View More Details of the 2013 NYYC Invitational Cup presented by Rolex Announced Newport, RI, USA, October 25, 2011 -- “Fantastic…” “Outstanding…” “Exceeded all expectations…” “A true world-class event.” These are just a few of the comments of competitors and spectators at the 2011 New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup presented by Rolex. The biennial event is hosted by the NYYC in Newport, Rhode Island in September at its Harbour Court Clubhouse. New York Yacht Club Commodore Robert C. Towse Jr. announced today that the third biennial Invitational Cup will be held September 7-14, 2013. Rolex will again be the presenting sponsor. Photos Rolex/Kurt Arrigo. View More First Ever Inductees Announced by National Sailing Hall of FameA Number of Which Are -- or Were -- NYYC Members Annapolis, Md. – Catching up to 200 years of sailing history in the U.S.A., the National Sailing Center & Hall of Fame (NSHOF) today announced the 15 sailors who will make up the historic first-ever class of inductees into the National Sailing Hall of Fame. Over a two-month period this spring, sailors from all corners of the country – including a U.S. Senator and the mayor of a major metropolitan city – nominated their choice for induction into the sport’s Hall of Fame, some even going so far as to consult noted sailing historian John Rousmaniere for accuracy in putting together their submissions. View More Barking Mad Wins Farr 40 EuropeansSkippered by James Richardson, a NYYC member In a thrilling conclusion which saw the top two boats heading into the final race of the series tied on points, Barking Mad (USA) has been crowned UNO Farr 40 European Champion 2011. The boat owned by Jim Richardson, a NYYC member, and with Hamish Pepper calling tactics secured victory with a storming win in the last race. Second place went to Alberto Rossi’s Enfant Terrible (ITA) and Wolfgang Schaefer’s Struntje Light (GER) took third. Richardson, three time Farr 40 World Champion and former Class president, was pleased with the level of competition within the fleet: "The racing was incredibly tight all week; Enfant Terrible, Transfusion, Struntje Light and our boat were neck and neck for quite a while, and we went into the last race tied on points with Enfant – who would have won the tie-break as we hadn’t won any races - and just two points ahead of Transfusion." Osman Ugur photo. View More New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup presented by RolexSights and Sounds of the 2011 NYYC Invitational Cup; video by Michael Levitt The 2011 NYYC Invitational Cup presented by Rolex was won by the Royal Canadian Yacht Club, skippered by Terry McLaughlin. 22 amateur yacht-club teams from 16 nations from six continents competed. This video, by Michael Levitt, shows some sights and sounds -- and the prizegiving -- of the second biennial NYYC Invitational Cup. View More William Douglass on Goombay Smash Wins Melges 32 Worlds Palma de Mallorca, Spain, September 24, 2011 -- Congratulations to newly crowned Melges 32 World Champion William Douglass on Goombay Smash. Douglass, a NYYC member, was accompanied by tactician Chris Larson and crew members Marco Constant, Andy Escourt, Stu Pollard, Mark Towill, Chris Welch and Alan Nakanishi. After a long, nerve-racking, rainy on land postponement, around two o'clock a short trip out to the race course left the 29-strong fleet waiting for the wind. Unfortunately, it never arrived, and no racing was able to take place leaving Douglass and his incredible team World Champions. View More Bruce Kuryla Wins U. S. Offshore Championship ANNAPOLIS, Md. (September 25, 2011) – The Lloyd Phoenix Trophy was decided in dramatic fashion on Sunday at the U.S. Offshore Championship, hosted by the U.S. Naval Academy Squadron on Chesapeake Bay. Defending champion Bruce Kuryla (Milford, Conn.) of the New York Yacht Club and Milford Yacht Club and his team edged skipper Steve Travis (Mercer Island, Wash.) and his crew from the Corinthian Yacht Club of Seattle by a boat length in today’s final distance race to win the Championship. “To pull it out at the finish line is unbelievable,” said Kuryla. “We were behind Travis at the bottom mark, and after going back and forth with them, we trailed by a hundred yards at the top mark. We went low and fast in the light wind and kept creeping along in Long Island Sound style,” explained Kuryla. View More Royal Canadian Yacht Club Is GoldenNew York Yacht Club Invitational Cup presented by Rolex Newport, R.I., USA (September 17, 2011) – There was no stealing the gold away from Royal Canadian Yacht Club (RCYC) on the final day of racing at the 2011 New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup presented by Rolex. For the fourth consecutive day RCYC flew the Rolex gold spinnaker indicating their position at the top of the standings. The Toronto-based team would convert their 10-point lead over the defending champions – New York Yacht Club – into a win by 20 points when they were first across the finish line in the 11th race of the series. (Photo by Rolex/Kurt Arrigo. View More Ken Colburn – Skipper of the NYYC's Invitational Cup TeamBy Michael Levitt, Communications Director NYYC New York Yacht Club-member Ken Colburn and his NYYC Swan 42 Apparition are representing the NYYC at the Invitational Cup presented by Rolex. Colburn, of Dover, Mass. and Southport, ME, got there by virtue of decisively winning the Swan 42 class at the Annual Regatta presented by Rolex in June and winning (on a tie breaker) the NYYC Swan 42 US Nationals in July. On the last day of the latter regatta a full 18 points separated Colburn and Apparition from NYYC-member Phil Lotz and Arethusa. They were practically in different area codes. Then Lotz, the successful defender of the 2009 Invitational Cup, won two races that final day (July 17th) and scored a sixth to even the score. However, overall Colburn displayed an amazing five first-place finishes to Lotz’s two to break the tie. Looking at the big picture Colburn had 84 points after 19 races in these two qualifying regattas to Lotz’s 98 points. Thus, the NYYC has a new standard-bearer. A total of six NYYC skippers competed in the selection series to represent the club for the 2011 Invitational Cup. (Michael Levitt photo) View More Spirited Challenges from Southern Hemisphere TeamsNYYC Invitational Cup presented by Rolex Newport, R.I., USA (August 25, 2011) – When racing begins on Tuesday, September 13, at the 2011 New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup presented by Rolex, most of the 22 participating yacht club teams will be fresh from racing at the peak of the sailing season in the northern hemisphere. However, three teams – the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, Royal Cape Yacht Club and Yacht Club Argentino – which hail from below the equator, will be coming from winter to summer to race in Swan 42s for the championship title. View More St. Francis Yacht Club Wins the Annual New York Yacht Club Masters Team RaceTrophy is for the Commodore George R. Hinman Masters Invitational Trophy Newport, R.I. August 21, 2011 -- After 126 races sailed, St. Francis Yacht Club emerged the winner of the 2011 Commodore George R. Hinman Masters Invitational Trophy. The twelfth yearly edition of New York Yacht Club Masters Team Race for The Hinman Masters Invitational Trophy was held at New York Yacht Club’s Harbour Court Clubhouse on August 19, 20 and 21 with teams representing 12 clubs. Competitors in this year's event include five-time champion New York Yacht Club; American Yacht Club of Rye, NY; Annapolis Yacht Club of Annapolis, MD; Boston Yacht Club of Marblehead, MA; Eastern Yacht Club of Marblehead, MA; Larchmont Yacht Club of Larchmont, NY; Noroton Yacht Club of Noroton CT, the 2010 winner; Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club of Oyster Bay, NY; Southern Yacht Club of New Orleans, LA; St. Francis Yacht Club of San Francisco, CA; Texas Corinthian Yacht Club of Kemah, TX and a combined team representing Storm Trysail Yacht Club/Ida Lewis Yacht Club, of Newport, RI. Unique to the format of the New York Yacht Club Masters Team Race for the Hinman Masters Invitational Trophy is that each boat must include a skipper at least 45 years of age and crew members must be at least 40 years of age. The regatta is sailed in NYYC’s fleet of Sonars, complemented this year by the addition of Seawanhaka Corinthian’s Sonars, with each team comprised of three boats with the lowest combined score winning each match. Many well-known area sailors, class champions and former collegiate and America’s Cup sailors were participating. (Maria Rabb photo) View MoreJ/105 North AmericansThree NYYC Members Aboard Winning Scimitar: Henry Brauer, Stu Johnstone and Steve Cucchiarro Marblehead, MA, August 14, 2011 For the forty-two J/105 teams that participated in this year's J/105 North Americans, it will certainly be one of the most memorable regattas sailed in a long time-- the weather cooperated with four distinct days of sailing, each offering the highly-competitive J/105 teams a different challenge to overcome. For many local sailors, however, it will be most remembered for the highly atypical "Marblehead conditions"-- go left early, then right late in the typical summer sea-breeze day-- it was anything but that!
View More Rolex Fastnet RaceCarina, skippered by A. Rives Potts, NYYC Rear Commodore, Wins Class in Rolex Fastnet A shut-down of the wind and a foul tide just short of the finish line made for a challenging few hours for the Royal Ocean Racing Club race team as an armada of Rolex Fastnet Race competitors descended on the finish line. Between 0000 and 0200 this morning 105 boats, or just over one third of the record-sized fleet, crossed the finish line. In most other classes, France dominated. One exception to the domination of this year’s race was American Rives Potts, rear commodore of the NYYC, whose 48 foot McCurdy & Rhodes-designed Carina won Class 2, ahead of two French boats – the JND35 Gaia and the J/122 Nutmeg IV. Despite his boat dating back to 1969 and originally having been the Nye family’s replacement for Carina 2, back-to-back winner of the Rolex Fastnet in 1955 and 1957, Potts is a boatyard owner in Connecticut and has been constantly tinkering and upgrading Carina since he acquired her in the early 1990s. Less obvious is that he is also a five-time America’s Cup sailor and winner, having competed on Freedom in 1980 and subsequent campaigns with Dennis Conner through 1995, and who completed the 1979 Fastnet Race aboard the winner, Ted Turner’s maxi Tenacious.
“It is fabulous,” said Potts of his win. “This is a 71-boat class with some very good boats in it and we feel very fortunate. Our navigator Dirk Johnson did a fabulous job. He was always looking for where there was the most pressure and the least current. The race was probably 90% going to weather and that is our strong point. Had it been more off the wind I’m sure the lighter, more modern boats would have left us in the dust. It was a good race for us.” With Rolex Fastnet Race and Bermuda Race wins behind her, Carina is now off to Australia to attempt to obtain the last piece of what Potts described as the “triple crown,” namely the Rolex Sydney Hobart. (Photo by Rolex/Daniel Forster shows Carina.) View More Morgan Cup Won by Seawanhaka YCBy Joe Bardenheier, Event Chair NYYC This year’s Morgan Cup was action packed with a total of 12 teams from across the country and “the pond,” competing for what has become the de-facto keel boat team racing championships. With the help of our friends at Seawanhaka YC who allowed us to use their six Sonars, we were able to utilize 18 evenly match boats for a total of one-hundred and two races over three days. (Joe Bardenheier photo.) View More Annual Cruise Is Welcomed Home to Harbour Court The 155th Annual Cruise of the New York Yacht Club began in New London, Conn., on Friday July 29. On Saturday, the Queen's Cup Races were held. The Queen's Cup was won by Vesper, skippered by Jim Swartz. From there, the Cruise went to Block Island, Menemsha Bight, Edgartown, Cuttyhunk and back to Newport for a Cruise Banquet. Dan Nerney photos. View More Annual Cruise: New London to Block IslandDan Nerney Photos On Sunday, July 31, the fleet departed New London, Conn. for Block Island, RI. Class winners for the first Squadron Run include Blue Yankee, NYYC Commodore Robert C. Towse Jr.; Seal, Alfred Van Liew/David Brodsky; Maxine, William Ketcham; Toucan, Sir Anthony Greener; Blazer, Chris Culver; Palawan, Joe Hoopes; Sonny, Joe Dockery and Alliance, John Bonds Jr. Photo by Dan Nerney shows Blue Yankee, leaving New London. View More NYYC Queen's Cup 2011 Video SlideshowPhotos by Dan Nerney The Queen's Cup was sailed on Saturday July 30, off of New London, Conn. The winner was Vesper, owned by Jim Swartz -- thumbnail photo. This is the start of the New York Yacht Club's 155th Annual Cruise. Click for slideshow by Dan Nerney: View More Swan 42 NationalsAll Over but the Shouting NEWPORT, RI, July 17 -- As Sunday dawned a full 18 points separated Ken Colburn and Apparition from Phil Lotz and Arethusa at the Swan 42 US Nationals, sailed July 14-17 at the New York Yacht Club’s Harbour Court. Then spoke Arethusa. Phil Lotz’s Arethusa won the last two races today and clearly won the final day with a 6-1-1 finish. That left him tied after 11 races at 62 points with Ken Colburn and Apparition, the series leader. However, on the strength of Colburn’s five first-place finishes to Lotz’s two, Colburn was named the winner of the US Nationals. Four points behind Colburn and Lotz was Jon Halbert's Vitesse, fourth was Glenn Darden's and Phil Williamson's Hoss and fifth James Madden's Stark Raving Mad IV. A total of 19 yachts sailed. (Diana McConnell photo of Apparition.) View More
NYYC Invitational Cup "Keeper" Trophy Presented Former NYYC Commodore Robert L. James and former Trustee Charles A. Robertson presented the first of two Invitational Cup trophies. The artist is Norman McMillan. This trophy goes to the yacht club of the winner of the next (2011) NYYC Invitational Cup; the yacht club keeps it until the next event. The trophy, said McMillan, "is in the form of a tetrahedron shape" -- as in a racing mark. "It represents good wind and water. The materials are acrylic and stainless... The blue represents the water, and the stainless steel is the sailboat." Photo by Dan Nerney shows Charles A. Robertson, left, and Commodore Robert L. James. View More 2011 New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup presented by RolexIsland Teams Target Championship Title Newport, R.I., USA (June 20, 2011) – When 16 nations from six different continents hit the waves off Newport, R.I., for the New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup presented by Rolex (September 10-17), most of the 22 participating yacht clubs will have traveled extraordinary distances in order to compete. Itchenor Sailing Club (GBR), Royal Bermuda Yacht Club (BER) and Yacht Club Capri (ITA), however, may have an edge coming from their own island locales to New York Yacht Club’s home on Aquidneck Island, the largest island in Narragansett Bay. Dan Nerney/NYYC photo View More 157th NYYC Annual Regatta presented by RolexSunday: That's a Wrap
NEWPORT, R.I. (June 12, 2011) – With 135 boats competing, the New York Yacht Club’s 157th Annual Regatta presented by Rolex, held June 10-12, broke all of its past attendance records, and with winds whipping into the high teens for buoy racing over the weekend, it certainly is in line for being the most memorable Annual Regatta in recent history. The oldest regatta in the country kicked off with an optional 18-nautical mile Around the Island Race on Friday that yielded Richard Oland’s (St. John, New Brunswick) Southern Cross 52 Vela Veloce as the IRC 2 class and overall winner, his performance worthy of a Rolex timepiece as prize. In weekend racing, Oland’s team continued to fare well but was ultimately outmatched in IRC 2 by David and Sandra Askew’s (Annapolis, Md.) TP 52 Flying Jenny, which won and was followed in the standing by Peter Cunningham’s (CAY) IRC 52 PowerPlay, leaving third for Vela Veloce. Photo by Dan Nerney. View More
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