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 Carina Finishes Fastnet Race Sixth in IRC4View MoreMarine Art & History Month January 2011View MoreSpanish Wine Dinner is ServedView MoreSights & Sounds of the New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup presented by RolexVideo by Michael LevittView MoreKen Colburn ContinuedView MoreU.S. Youth Sailing Championships Top young sailors from around the country in four fleets are competing in US SAILING’s 2011 U.S. Youth Sailing Championships. Two singlehanded fleets in Lasers and Laser Radials and two doublehanded fleets in Club 420s and 29ers are racing on Narragansett Bay. On Monday, the 133 competitors raced through torrential rain showers. On Tuesday, racing picked up in light breezes. The 2011 U.S. Youth Sailing Championships are hosted by Sail Newport, Ida Lewis Yacht Club and New York Yacht Club. View More Rolex Fastnet Race
Cowes, England, August 14 -- The record-sized Rolex Fastnet Race fleet set sail from Cowes in classic conditions – a beat westward up the Solent in a building west-southwesterly and sunshine, but with an ominous looking cloud line over the mainland. In the end there were 314 starters, the largest fleet ever to start the Rolex Fastnet Race following the previous record of 303 in 1979. Photo by Rolex/Daniel Forster shows former-NYYC Commodore Lawrence S. Huntington's Snow Lion an entry in the Fastnet, along with such other NYYC members as George David's Rambler, Rear Commodore A. Rives Potts's Carina and William N. Hubbard III and IV's Dawn Star.
National Sailing Hall of Fame Induction Induction of the First Class of the National Sailing Hall of Fame will be held on October 23, 2011 at the San Diego Yacht Club. This includes such NYYC members as (from top left) Bus Mosbacher, Nathanael Herreshoff, Ted Hood, Dennis Conner, Harold Vanderbilt, Ted Turner, Gary Jobson and Olin Stephens. View More Flash Module History SwfView MoreBella Mente Wins Transpac's "Barn Door" TrophyNYYC Member Hap Fauth Is First to Finish "Left Coast" Classic July 15, Honolulu -- A beaming-through-the-fatigue Hap Fauth hit the beach today in Honolulu, Transpac Barn Door win in the bank, mission-accomplished on the Left Coast tour of his 74 foot sloop, Bella Mente. The "Barn Door" is awarded to the first finisher of the Transpacific Yacht Race, 2,225 miles, Los Angeles to Honolulu, "and that was our objective," Fauth said. To finish first, Bella Mente made Diamond Head just before dawn, as pink streaks began to color the high clouds off to the east. Official finish time: 05:44:28. View More Ken Colburn's Apparition Wins Swan 42 US NationalsView MoreSwan 42 Nationals Action kicks off today in the Swan 42 Nationals. where 19 yachts are entered. A number: Apparition (Ken Colburn), Arethusa (Phil Lotz), Bandit (Andy Fisher) , Blazer (Chris Culver( Celeritas (Malcom Gefter) and Hoss (Glenn Darden) are also competing to represent the NYYC in the Invitational Cup, to be held at the NYYC September 10-17. Dan Nerney photo shows Apparition, winner of this class in the NYYC's 2011 Annual Regatta presented by Rolex. View More Video: Trophy Presentation NYYC Invitational CupView MoreTransatlantic Race 2011North Atlantic Odyssey Newport, R.I. USA (July 22, 2011) – As “an extended adventurous voyage,” the odyssey that is the Transatlantic Race 2011 was a defining event in ocean racing, as well as in the lives of the sailors aboard the 26 competing yachts. The race made history with the establishment of a new record – crossing 2,975 miles of ocean from Newport, R.I. to The Lizard on the south coast of England – and was the result of a successful collaboration between the Royal Yacht Squadron (founded in 1815), the New York Yacht Club (1844), the Royal Ocean Racing Club (1925) and the Storm Trysail Club (1938).
View More Transatlantic Race 2011: The Long and Short of It NEWPORT, R.I., USA (June 16, 2011) – The extremes of crossing the Atlantic Ocean will be experienced very differently by crews on the longest and shortest yachts competing in the upcoming Transatlantic Race 2011 (TR 2011). This adventure challenge, which aims to add 2,975 nautical miles to its participants’ log books, is co-organized by the Royal Yacht Squadron, New York Yacht Club, Royal Ocean Racing Club and Storm Trysail Club. The TR 2011 starts off Castle Hill in Newport, R.I. (on Sunday, June 26; Wednesday, June 29; and Sunday, July 3) and expects to greet its first finisher off Lizard Point in South Cornwall (UK) sometime in mid-July, depending on many things, not the least of which are the lengths of the boats making the crossing. On the one hand there is the Perini Navi designed Maltese Falcon, at 289 feet, one of the largest privately-owned sailboats in the world. On the other there are two Class 40s, which at 40 feet are specially designed for short-handed offshore and coastal racing. These extremes are punctuated by the fact that Maltese Falcon looks every bit the world cruiser, with stem-to-stern luxury incorporated into its design, while the Class 40s seem relatively stark–even like dinghies–in comparison. But each team at either end of the spectrum has its reasons for undertaking the TR2011 challenge, and each team intends to succeed, if not win. View More Rolex Video Day 3View MoreMusic VideoView MoreRolex Video Day 2 SaturdayView MoreAnnual Regatta Photos Day 1 Friday Around the Island RaceView MoreVideo of Commodore Harry H. Anderson Jr.View MoreTestView MoreNew York Yacht Club 157th Annual Regatta Presented by RolexRecord Number of Teams are Ready to Rock NEWPORT, R.I. (June 7, 2011) – The New York Yacht Club Annual Regatta presented by Rolex will be as big as ever in its 157th edition scheduled for Newport, R.I., this Friday through Sunday, June 10-12. In fact, while entrants for the event typically rise during even-numbered years to coincide with the running of the biennial Newport to Bermuda Race (co-hosted by the Cruising Club of America and Royal Bermuda Yacht Club), in this “off-year” of 2011 the number of boats has reached 135, surpassing all other Bermuda Race years, including 2006, when the Bermuda Race celebrated its 100th Anniversary and the Annual Regatta hosted its all-time high of 132 boats. Photo Dan Nerney. View Event Homepage View More New York Yacht Club Annual Regatta Presented by Rolex139 Yachts Entered -- A Record! NEWPORT, R.I. (May 23, 2011) – Beginning with America’s Civil War in 1861, only wars have caused the New York Yacht Club’s Annual Regatta to be cancelled. Now in its 157th edition and the longest-running regatta in America, the NYYC’s Annual Regatta presented by Rolex is known for attracting some of yachting’s best and brightest. This year, however, with major regattas either starting or finishing in Newport as well as the addition of the new Navigator Races, the NYYC Annual Regatta presented by Rolex, to be sailed June 10-12, is already attracting a booming entry list. “We have 84 registered entries at this moment, which is a great number at this time,” said Regatta Chair Peggy Comfort (Newport, R.I.), a NYYC Trustee. “The turnout and diversity of boats showing up for the New York Yacht Club Annual Regatta is exciting, and we look forward to a solid three days of racing.”View More Leukemia Cup Regatta Nearly 70 yachts raced in Saturday’s (June 4th) Leukemia Cup Regatta for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Class winners include Northern Light Kip Curren in 12 Metres; Interlodge Austin Fragomen in IRC; Apparition Kenneth Colburn in Swan 42; Picante Robert Salk and John Sahagian in IRC; Settler Tom Rich in PHRF1; Bliksem Pieter Taselaar in Viper 640; Fidelio Commo. Charles Townsend in PHRF2; Coffee Grinder Jeff Gladchun in Shields; Cherokee Molly Savard in Classics; Falcon Charles Stoddard in J/30 and Coconut William Pearson in PHRF NS. This exciting event -- now in its 17th edition -- combines racing, fundraising and awareness raising to benefit the R.I. Chapter of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Dan Nerney photo of Commodore Charles Townsend’s Fidelio. View More Annapolis to Newport Race 2011Advanced Race Tracking -- Thomson Reuters Sponsorship Newport, RI, Annapolis, MD, May 17, 2011 – The Annapolis to Newport Race, first run 64 years ago, is one of the most historic and well-known of the U.S. East Coast blue-water races. In 2007, the Annapolis to Newport Race became the first of the east coast offshore races to provide the capability to follow the race via an internet race viewer. The organizers are pleased to announce another enhancement in 2011. The use of the Yellowbrick tracking system will provide some important benefits. Commissioning 2011Dan Nerney Photos In 1988, the NYYC opened Harbour Court in Newport, RI – the summer home of former New York Yacht Club Commodore John Nicholas Brown. At that time, Commodore Frank V. Snyder promised Club members and Newport’s leaders that we would make things happen. The words he used were: “Harbour Court won’t be just another mansion on a hill.” It wasn’t then, and it certainly isn’t today. On May 7th, 2011, 300 members and their guests assembled on a beautiful May day for the 24th Commissioning of Harbour Court, led by NYYC Commodore Robert C. Towse Jr. Thus formally opening the NYYC's on-the-water clubhouse and the 2011 sailing season. On the calendar, noted Commodore Towse, are 15 major regattas including the Transatlantic Race 2011 in late June and early July and the NYYC Invitational Cup presented by Rolex in September. Then Harbour Court will host 22 yacht club teams, representing 16 nations from six different continents. The 157th Annual Regatta is June 10-12, the Swan 42 Nationals are July 14-17 and the U.S. Youth Championships August 15-18. (Dan Nerney photos.) View More New Members' Reception at Harbour CourtMichael Levitt Photos The New Members' Reception begins Commissioning Weekend at the NYYC. The reception, held on Friday May 6, 2011 saw 30 New Members and their sponsors attend. They were welcomed by NYYC Commodore Robert C. Towse Jr., Vice Commodore Thomas J. Harrington and Rear Commodore A. Rives Potts Jr. A number of Committee Chairs and other club officers were in attendance. Michael Levitt photos. View More NYYC Team Extreme Wins 2011 Wilson Trophy NYYC Team Extreme defeats West Kirby Hawks on a wild and windy final day: Day 3 of the 2011 Wilson Trophy for the British Open Team racing Championship saw some extreme conditions for the final day of racing, with a series of weather fronts bringing prolonged gusts up to 30 knots. With last year?s two finalists, West Kirby Hawks and NYYC Extreme, both assured a quarter-final place, there were as many as 16 teams involved in the scramble to secure their place in the final eight, making every match in final rounds of the Swiss League qualification absolutely vital. By late morning, as the twentieth and final round began, it was becoming apparent that 12 wins were going to be required to make it through to the quarter finals. From here on, for the teams still fighting for a place in the elimination rounds, it was a case of win or go home. (Photo shows NYYC Team Extreme: L-R, Emmet Smith, Thomas Barrows, Marla Menninger, Zach Brown, Mike Hession and Stu McNay.) View More Clubnight with Vice Admiral Robert Harward, a Navy SEAL On May 5, 2011 170 members and guests attended a timely presentation by Vice Admiral Robert Harward, a Navy SEAL, for a Club Night entitled, “The Iraqi and Afghan Wars: Perspectives of a Navy SEAL.” Vice Admiral Harward conducts Navy SEAL operations in Iraq and Afghanistan as the commander of a combined joint interagency task force responsible for detention operations. He provided an overview of the Navy's SEAL community and the operations in which they've been involved since 9/11. Vice Admiral Harward was assigned to the Special Warfare Command in 1979, has held a number of SEAL team commands and special warfare assignments, has worked in the White House as Director of Strategy and Policy for Combating Terrorism on the National Security Council and was assigned to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, where he helped start the National Counterterrorism Center. 2011 New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup presented by RolexA Progressive and Proactive Approach to Racing Newport, R.I., USA (May 8, 2011) – The history of New York Yacht Club is intertwined with progressive thinkers – starting with John Cox Stevens and James Gordon Bennett Jr. – who took a proactive approach to organizing sailing contests that have become benchmarks for all other sailing events: from transatlantic crossings to America’s Cup match races, to team and fleet races. The proactive approach is the common thread that extends to The New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup presented by Rolex, scheduled for September 10-17, which has announced that extensive on-the-water umpiring will be used for the competition. Primarily used for match and team racing and the medal rounds of the Olympic Regatta, this will be the first time NYYC has emphasized umpiring to this degree for fleet racing, a first for a Corinthian event of this magnitude. (Photo Dan Nerney) View More Thomas Klok Wins Sperry Top-Sider Annapolis NOOD RegattaThomas Klok and Crew Marie and Will Crump are NYYC Members Annapolis, M.D. May 2, 2011 -- After a weekend of big breeze and dramatic windshifts on Chesapeake Bay, you might not expect an out-of-towner to come out on top of the Sperry Top-Sider Annapolis NOOD, where members of the Capital City's strong racing community accounted for the majority of the 220-boat fleet. Nonetheless, when the overall winner was announced, it was Copenhagen resident Thomas Klok—whose team won a three-way tie for first place in the 29-boat J/80 division—who came bounding up to accept the silver dish, as well as the real prize, an invitation to join the winners of seven other NOOD regattas at the Sperry Top-Sider NOOD Championship, hosted by Sunsail in the British Virgin Islands this November. Guldfaxe team in photo: L-R, Marie Crump, Will Crump, Thomas Klok and Scott Collins. Photo and article by Michael Lovett. View More Press Conference at Thomson Reuters on Transatlantic Race 2011Photos by Michael Levitt A Press Conference and Panel Discussion on the Transatlantic Race 2011 were held at Thomson Reuters in New York on Tuesday April 26. The race, to start this summer, will see 32 yachts competing ranging in size from 40-footers to the 289-foot Maltese Falcon. NYYC Commodore Robert C. Towse Jr., pictured here, delivered opening remarks. Gary Jobson was the moderator. On the panel were Robert Towbin, George David, Chris Gartner, former-NYYC Commodore Larry Huntington, John Rousmaniere, NYYC Rear Commodore Rives Potts and Bob Towbin. The race is co-hosted by the Royal Yacht Squadron, New York Yacht Club, Royal Ocean Racing Club and Storm Trysail Club. View More Panel Discussion Tuesday April 26 - LIVETransatlantic Race 2011 On April 26, the Royal Yacht Squadron, New York Yacht Club, Royal Ocean Racing Club and the Storm Trysail Club, organizers of the Transatlantic Race 2011, will host a TR2011 Panel Discussion at the Manhattan headquarters of race sponsor Thomson Reuters. Gary Jobson will moderate the discussion, which will focus on the history of transatlantic racing, the challenge and appeal of transoceanic racing, as well as the upcoming TR2011 and its entries.Panelists will include George David, owner/skipper of Rambler 100; Chris Gartner, captain of Maltese Falcon; Larry Huntington, owner/captain of Snow Lion; Bob Towbin, owner/captain of Sumurun and representing the Royal Yacht Squadron; Rives Potts, Rear Commodore of NYYC and owner/captain of Carina; and sailing historian and author John Rousmaniere. An audio feed of the program will be available live at 5:30 PM EDT (2230 Universal Time). (Photo of Karl Kwok's Beau Geste, an entry in the TR 2011, by Gretchen Dorian.) For the audio and live blog go here. The Stage is Set – Transatlantic Race 2011 Entry List Finalized New York, N.Y., USA (April 21, 2011) – While the water views from anywhere along Newport Harbor (R.I.) are already magnificent, they will be absolutely breathtaking in late June and early July when 32 ocean-going yachts set sail in the Transatlantic Race 2011, which charts a course that stretches 2,975 nautical miles from Newport to Lizard Point, at the end of a peninsula in South Cornwall (UK). This history-making event is organized by the Royal Yacht Squadron, New York Yacht Club, Royal Ocean Racing Club and Storm Trysail Club, with pre-start activities taking place at the New York Yacht Club’s Harbour Court clubhouse in Newport and the awards taking place at the Royal Yacht Squadron’s Cowes Castle clubhouse on the Isle of Wight. View More Jackson CupView MoreNYYC Wins Baldwin Cup and then Jackson CupTwo Team Racing Events on West and East Coasts
Jackson Cup The World According to Ken Read The threat of a late-March snowstorm didn't deter 185 NYYC members who listened to Ken Read speak on his upcoming Volvo Ocean Race, round the world. Read will sail Puma's mar mostro, designed by Juan Kouyoumdjian or "Juan K." The challenge begins in Alicante, Spain this October 30th. Then to Capetown, Abu Dhabi, Sanya (China), Auckland, Itajai (Brazil), Miami, Lisbon (Spain) and Lorient (France) before the finish in Galway (Ireland) in July 2012. In the previous Volvo, Read, a NYYC member, finished second to Ericsson 4. Dan Nerney photos. View MoreNew York Yacht Club Invitational Cup presented by RolexO'Leary and Monteiro de Barros Set A High Standard Even as a light snow decorated daffodils breaking through the ground around New York Yacht Club’s Harbour Court, the realization that the 2011 sailing season in the northern hemisphere is not far off has been confirmed by the announcement of two skippers who will lead their yacht club teams in the upcoming New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup presented by Rolex. The biennial event, which puts its primary focus on Corinthian competition by virtue of allowing only non-professional sailors to compete, made its debut in 2009 to widely acclaimed success and returns to Newport this September 10-17. After a qualifying event for 24 of America’s foremost yacht clubs was run during its off-year, a firm roster of 19 participating clubs was announced and it is now expected that additional entries will bring the event close to its maximum number of 24. (Photo by Rolex/Kurt Arrigo shows Anthony O'Leary's ANTIX; O'Leary will lead the team from the Royal Cork Yacht Club in Ireland.) View More Craig Leweck's Scuttlebutt Interview with Isabelle Kinsolving FarrarUS Sailing Team AlphaGraphics 2011 and NYYC memberView MoreMember Jeffrey Siegal Repeats as Winner of Jaguar Series in Etchells Class Miami, FL (February 27, 2011) - The 2010-2011 Etchells Jaguar series wrapped up over the weekend with the sailing of the Midwinter Championship. The series is comprised of four regattas: the Piana Cup, the Sid Doren, Florida State Champs and Midwinter Championships. Each boat may count two of the first three and must count the Midwinter Champs. The Midwinter Champs were sailed over Friday through Sunday, with the winner being Tony Rey driving George Andreadis's boat. The Jaguar Series win came down to the last race of the Midwinter Champs, where Jeffrey Siegal won the race and the overall title, as he did the previous year. (John Payne file photo [2010] of Jeffrey Siegal's Etchells -- winner of the Jaguar Cup.) View More Increased Interest Prompts Extension of Transatlantic Race Entry Deadline to March 31 New York, NY, March 3, 2011 -- The organizers of the Transatlantic Race 2011 (TR 2011), the Royal Yacht Squadron, New York Yacht Club, Royal Ocean Racing Club and Storm Trysail Club, have extended the deadline to enter the Race to March 31, 2011. With the transatlantic fleet now over 30 entries and many new inquiries following the success of the RORC Caribbean 600 - part of the companion Atlantic Ocean Racing Series - the organizers encourage those interested to enter the TR 2011 as soon as possible to secure a spot since the Notice of Race notes a maximum of 50 yachts for the Race. (Photo shows British Soldier, sailed by the Army Sailing Association, which was first in IRC Two in the RORC Caribbean 600. The boat is also entered in the Transatlantic Race 2011.)View More Stan Honey and Anna Tunnicliffe HonoredThey are US SAILING’s Rolex Yachtsman and Yachtswoman of the Year New York, N.Y. (Feb. 25, 2011) – Humble beginnings have evolved into fruitful sailing careers for Stan Honey (Palo Alto, Calif.) and Anna Tunnicliffe (Plantation, Fla.), US SAILING’s Rolex Yachtsman and Yachtswoman of the Year, who were feted today during a luncheon held at the New York Yacht Club in Manhattan. The award recipients, formally announced in January after being chosen for their outstanding on-water sailing accomplishments in 2010, were joined by family, friends, sailing dignitaries and members of the press in the Club’s renowned Model Room and treated to a multi-media retrospective on their respective paths to sailing celebrity. (Photo by Dan Nerney/Rolex shows L-R, Gary Jobson, US Sailing president, Stan Honey, Anna Tunnicliffe [a NYYC member] and Peter Nicholson, Rolex U.S.A.'s vice president and director of communications.) View More Coming of Age: RORC Caribbean 600 ANTIGUA, February 25, The RORC Caribbean 600 has been a special event for all of the competitors, last night the closest battle in any class was decided and the two remaining yachts racing, showing great fighting spirit, provided a fitting finale to racing, in the beautiful but sometimes brutal waters of the central Caribbean. Late yesterday evening, the Army Sailing Association's A40, British Soldier, crossed the finish line. The team largely consists of British soldiers on leave from active duty in Afghanistan but not entirely. Two of the crew were from the Antigua and Barbuda Defense Force and had no offshore sailing experience. The Antiguans put there hands up for the trip and were shown the ropes by some of the more experienced members of the crew. British Soldier had a blistering start to the race and sailed intelligently around the track, to claim a well deserved win in Class Two, showing dedication to duty but also allowing the soldiers a relaxing shakedown from their vital role. (Photo by photoaction.com shows Rambler, George David, a NYYC member, the overall winner in IRC.
RORC Carribean 600George David's maxi yacht, Rambler 100 crossed the finish line in Antigua in the early hours of Wednesday morning in an elapsed time of 1 day 16 hours 20 minutes and 2 seconds. Subject to official confirmation, Rambler 100 has broken the monohull race record set by race rival, Mike Slade's ICAP Leopard, by nearly four hours. View MoreResults of the Pineapple CupThe First Race in the Atlantic Ocean Racing Series The Pineapple Cup Race Committee has awarded Hugo Stenbeck and the USMMA crew of the 97’ canting keel super maxi Genuine Risk the 2011 Pineapple Cup trophy for the best performance by a monohull boat. The race is from Ft. Lauderdale to Montego Bay, a distance of 811 miles. George David’s Rambler 100 took line honors for the 2011 Pineapple Cup Race with an elapsed time of just under 3 days and 2 hours, but Genuine Risk finished close behind to win the Silver Seahorse trophy for first place corrected time in IRC Division. James Muldoon’s venerable Santa Cruz 72’ Donnybrook won the PHRF Division and was awarded the Arawak Perpetual trophy for first place corrected time in the PHRF Division. View More2011 New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup presented by RolexA Corinthian Classic Returns to Newport Newport, R.I., USA (February 14, 2011) – It took the Corinthian sailing world by storm in 2009, and its impact promises to be even greater when it returns again to the shores of Newport, R.I. this September 10-17. The New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup presented by Rolex will host 19 yacht club teams representing 13 nations from six different continents in the ultimate sailing contest among amateur competitors proudly representing their homelands. Fleet Builds in the Transatlantic Race 2011ICAP Leopard, PUMA’s mar mostro and Beau Geste Enter Newport, R.I. USA, February 3, 2011 – With approximately four weeks remaining until the February 28 deadline, entries are approaching 25 yachts for this summer’s Transatlantic Race 2011 (TR2011), hosted by the Royal Yacht Squadron, New York Yacht Club, Royal Ocean Racing Club and Storm Trysail Club. A number of other yachts are expected to enter. “We’re delighted with the response so far and expect this to be a very competitive race,” said George David, co-chair of the Transatlantic Race 2011 Committee. (Photo of Beau Geste, by Gretchen Dorian.) View More NYYC Yachts Score in Key West 2011 Key West, Fla., January 24, 2011 -- The results of Key West 2011 show a number of NYYC yachts enjoying success. Numbers, Dan Meyer, won IRC-Mini Maxi, and Shockwave, George Sakellaris, was second in that class. Mascalzone Latino, Vincenzo Onorato, was first in the RC 44 Class. Barking Mad, James Richardson was first in the Farr 30 Class. Goombay Smash, William Douglass, was first amongst Melges 32s. Le Tigre, Glenn Darden, was first in the J/80 Class and Rush, Bill Sweetser's J/109, was second in PHRF A. (File photo shows Numbers, skippered by Dan Meyer.) View More Marine Art & History MonthRestoration of the Charles W. Morgan 125 members and their guests enjoyed the first event of Marine Art and History Month at the NYYC's New York Clubhouse on Thursday January 20th. Welcomed by Commodore Robert C. Towse Jr., they heard from Quentin Snediker, director of the Henry B. duPont Shipyard; Matthew Stackpole, Charles W. Morgan historian; and Stephen C. White, president of Mystic Seaport, about the restoration of the Charles W. Morgan, the last wooden whaleship in the world. Thursday also saw the opening of an exhibit in the Palm Cafe entitled: “Glimpses of the Golden Age, Photographic Images of the NYYC." Photographs were selected by the Fine Arts Committee to highlight NYYC events and yachts from 1880–1920. The exhibit will continue until Friday, March 18th. Photo by Dan Nerney shows NYYC Commodore Robert C. Towse Jr. View More Honey and Tunnicliffe Are US SAILING’s 2010 Rolex Yachtsman & Yachtswoman of the Year PORTSMOUTH, R.I. (January 5, 2011) – Trophée Jules Verne winner Stan Honey (Palo Alto, Calif.) and Snipe Women’s World Champion Anna Tunnicliffe (Plantation, Fla.) today were named US SAILING’s 2010 Rolex Yachtsman and Yachtswoman of the Year. A shortlist of 10 male and six 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 25, 2011, during a luncheon at the New York Yacht Club in Manhattan, when they will be presented with specially-engraved Rolex timepieces. (Photo of Anna Tunnicliffe -- a New York Yacht Club member -- is by Rolex/Dan Nerney.) View More NYYC Members Bill and Will Hubbard in Rolex Sydney Hobart Race Hobart, Australia, Jan. 1, 2011 -- It was a bright and windy morning today when boat owners, crews, friends and family gathered on the lawn of the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania in warm sunshine for the official prize-giving of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race 2010. The race’s rich 66-year history provides for an impressive collection of race booty: intricately crafted silver trophies, hand-carved half models and unique awards. Just finishing the race makes you a winner resonated with the father and son team aboard the US entry, Dawn Star. Keen sailors and competitors Bill and Will Hubbard – NYYC members -- shared a life-long dream of sailing in a Rolex Sydney Hobart, what has become known as the world’s toughest ocean going race. The 69-year old Hubbard said of the race, “I can honestly say it was the worst race and the best race I’ve ever done—and that’s the honest to God’s truth. The second day was hell on earth. I’ve never been so unhappy and thought that I made a major error in judgment.” Photo of Hubbards' Dawn Star by Rolex/Daniel Forster. View More Annual Meeting 2010Dan Nerney Photos Robert C. Towse Jr. became the 62nd Commodore of the New York Yacht Club. The Vice Commodore is Thomas J. Harrington and the Rear Commodore is A. Rives Potts. The mantle was passed from Commodore David K. Elwell Jr. to Commodore Towse at the Annual Meeting, December 2, 2010. Dan Nerney photos. View More 2010 Annual Awards Dinner NYYC Commodore David K. Elwell Jr. welcomes members and their guests to the Annual Awards Dinner on Thursday, November 11. The Herreshoff Medal was won by Bill Sweetser and the Mosbacher Trophy by A. Rives Potts. For racers, it was one of the most active seasons in memory; the NYYC race committee, headed by John Myles, started 850 races in 2010. There were nearly 20 Waring Partridge Cruising Awards for long-distance cruises, transoceanic passages and circumnavigations. And the Cruising Committee, headed by Joe Dockery, went to Alaska, the Amalfi Coast in Italy and up the Hudson River. Dan Nerney photo of Commodore Elwell. View More Who's Who at the Transatlantic Race 2011 New York, NY, USA, November 9, 2010 – Next summer’s Transatlantic Race 2011, hosted by the Royal Yacht Squadron, New York Yacht Club, Royal Ocean Racing Club and Storm Trysail Club, has to date attracted 14 entries and seven provisional ones, with the deadline to enter February 28, 2011. The TR 2011, a distance of 2,975 nautical miles, is from Newport, RI to the Lizard west of Plymouth, England and will feature three staggered starts from June 26-July 3, 2011. The New York Yacht Club at Harbour Court in Newport, RI and the Royal Yacht Squadron in Cowes, England will welcome participating yachts at scheduled events on departure and arrival. (Photo shows Zaraffa, an entry in the TR 2011.) View More Bryon Ehrhart's Lucky Wins Rolex Middle Sea Race Valletta, Malta, October 27, 2010-- Bryon Ehrhart’s Lucky, a TP 52, is the overall winner on corrected time in IRC in the Rolex Middle Sea Race. Said Ehrhart, a member of the New York Yacht Club and Chicago Yacht Club, “It’s beyond my expectations. We came wanting to do a very interesting race, and we had that, and a good performance to match. The Rolex Middle Sea Race has a great reputation, which is why we came all the way down here. We thought it would be an interesting race, and it turned out to be much more interesting – every sail on the boat was used, from the lightest flapper to the strongest spinnaker... A very, very challenging race…technically and strategically.” Photo of Bryon Ehrhart by Rolex/Kurt Arrigo. View More
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