The club will race two fleets, Solings on Tuesdays and DF95s on Thursdays. All racing will start promptly at 11.00. There will be no racing on July 4th.
There will be one main Championship for each fleet to be scored as follows: If 10 days are raced the best 6 days will count. For 11-12 days, the best 7 days to count. For 13-14 days, the best 8 days to count, and for 15 or more days, the best 9 days to count.
There will be no specific dates for fleet Regattas. These days will be determined by the Fleet Captains in consultation with the fleet members with the objective of getting a good turnout.
“Make Ready” will take place during the week May 8th to May 12th and racing will start on Tuesday, May 16th.
The official season will end with racing on September 14th, but racing for fun will continue until the weather deters us.
Weather delays and postponements will be announced by 0900.
The pot-luck Awards Banquet will be held in the Village Clubhouse on Sunday, September 17th at 6.00pm.
I hope everyone had an enjoyable Thanksgiving and are looking forward to DF95 gifts under the Christmas tree!
Attached you will find an outline for a 2023 DF95 New England Traveler Trophy series that Rob Hill and I have been working on over the last several weeks. The ‘regatta light’ series is loosely structured after the Texas and Florida models. Our hope is that we can encourage the region’s sailors to travel to a series of one day events to increase regional participation and earn points towards national ranking. This approach avoids the costs associated with a two day regatta requiring hotel and meal expenditures.
Rob and I felt it was important to get this notice out now, prior to the new year as many clubs have winter meetings to set their upcoming schedules.
Once you have reviewed the outline I would ask you to do several things:
Provide feedback to Rob and I on the plan. Use ‘reply all’ so that we can have a regional discussion about going forward.
Distribute the plan to your club membership for their review and feedback
At you winter club/organization meeting, discuss dates the club is willing to host an event
The DF95 is a great boat and there is a lot of club racing here in New England. I’ve sailed with three clubs outside of my normal sailing venue here in Newport and I have to say that there are a lot of good sailors out there. Let’s try to give those sailors broader experience by sailing in different venues.
More to come! Looking forward to hearing from you!
Henry DiPietro
Director, DF95 Region 1
Email: df95.reg01@gmail.com
2023 Patriot Travelers Trophy The Traveler Series • Five, one day events spread across eastern New England running from May to September or October • There would be one regatta per month. • Each regatta is a one day event, Saturday the primary with Sunday as the rain date. • Each regatta would have a first warning at 11 am with no race starts after 3 pm. • The entire series would count as a single regional scoring event towards national points ranking and would require a minimum of ten(10) boats per event to qualify. • The events are open to all registered DF95 skippers • A skipper can use 4 of the five (or six) events toward national points • Structure the series to provide a wide range of sailing experiences: fresh & salt water, heavy and light wind venues, rural and urban settings Organizing Authority Responsibilities • Develop schedule based on club inputs • Develop and post NORs • Manage event registration • Provide prizes for podium finishes • Manage national points standing Host group responsibilities • Have the club schedule and commit to a TT event • Provide location and course • Provide a race director (optional) • Provide a scorekeeper • If possible, provide a chase boat Competitors $10 entry fee to cover cost of prizes Food & beverage – BYO
DF95 skippers please consider purchasing a B rig for next season. We lost a few days this year due to high winds. We could have raced those days with B rigs. Maybe a Christmas gift to yourself? 🥴
Last day at the cove this year. Cool and a brisk SW breeze. Six boats (4 DF95s and 2 Solings) raced informally for 5 races. With the winds steadily increasing the skippers called it a season. Then, the work of hauling buoys began. Kim and Wilkie used an 18’ RIB to grab the buoys and dragged them to the shore. A team on the beach hacked off the lines and moved the buoys that were heavily loaded with sea life up to the utility box. All lines were discarded. Goodbye 2022. See you all in May 2023!
A sunny day with a nice breeze from the North, made for a fun day of sailing for 7 skippers. Wilkie sailed his Columbia 42, Paul sailed his Canterbury J, Bill David sailed his CR914, Jim Kelly sailed a Vac-U-Soling, and 3 others sailed their DF95s. Multiple races were sailed on a triangular course set by Bill David. A light breeze seemed to favor the CR914. Everyone enjoyed the conditions and the informal racing.
After the winds died down, the skippers pulled their boats. Paul quizzed everyone about their preferences for the remaining weeks of sailing. Consensus was…..to sail on Thursdays.
A rather cloudy start to the morning with the sun breaking through and an adequate breeze from the southwest provided good conditions for our postponed regatta. The temperature was in the low seventies and the tide had been at a high at 09.38 and was going out so there was restricted beach space at the start. Ten members brought their boats to the cove and others including me were there to help or spectate, Judy David did a wonderful job keeping score. Many thanks, Judy.
We missed some “regulars” who had other commitments, Al Sampson, David Vigeant, and Rich Field come to mind. Connie Sampson and Shelly Northup came to help as did Jim Pascalides and Jim Kelly, Thank you all.
We held eight races in all today as the course was quite long, four before lunch and four after. Rob set the course with all marks taken to starboard. From the line south to a new orange and white mark, then west around the red and green striped mark, downwind to the green and white mark, then do it all again and back to the line.
.After lunch the tide had moved out and the course was changed. South to the repositioned orange and white mark, out to the blue, onto the green and white and, you guessed it, do it all again. By this time the breeze had kicked into a higher gear which led to more fun.
Paul won the first two races and went on to win two more. Rob won three races. The only other winner today was Nick Bailey but Henry appeared in the top three 4 times, Kim twice, and Bill David once. Bill had the only big event of the day when he had a problem and Rob rowed out some distance to get Bill’s boat. Pat also had a control problem and didn’t race the last three races.
It was good to see sail number 92 on the water again. This is the boat that Will had donated to the club. It was refurbished by Rob and purchased by Wilkie. Bill Northup and Albert joined in the fun on this good and enjoyable occasion.
Paul was the regatta winner, by just one point over Rob and Henry was third. These three gentlemen received their prizes while we were having after-race beers and soft drinks.
A good day!
The full results, as always, are on our website mhbmyc.org
So that ends the competitive season, but sailing will continue on Tuesdays with Thursday being a weather day. Bring any boat and have fun!
A large and merry group of around 23 consisting of members, their wives, husbands, and friends gathered in the Great Room at the Village clubhouse at 6 pm this evening to enjoy the company and see who had won the awards.
After a delicious meal provided by the members, and a toast to departed friends, especially thinking of Will Plante, Rob Hill presented the awards:
Soling Championship: 1. Bill David
2. Paul Mercer
3. Jim Kelly
DF95 Championship: 1. Paul Mercer
2. Bill David
3. Rich Field
Soling Regatta: 1. Paul Mercer
2. Kim Hanna
3. Pat Donovan
Derek presented the Corinthian Trophy which this year goes to Kim Hanna. Very well deserved. Thanks for everything, Kim.
The postponed DF95 Regatta will be held next Tuesday, September 27th when the tide will be going out from a high at 09.38. There’s a good weather forecast so come along to race, help, or spectate. Prizes to the top three after the event. Bring lunch and a chair. The club will provide soft drinks and water with beer at the end of the proceedings.
The Championship results in full are attached.
Everybody had a good time at the banquet (I think). Special thanks go to Pat Hanna and Kathy Melven for their efforts in making the evening so successful.
Racing will continue in some form for fun until the weather and water temperature win.
Autumn temperatures and a weak breeze didn’t deter 6 members from bringing their boats to the cove this morning to take part in the season-ending regatta. The weak breeze didn’t last long and became a really nice steady breeze from the north.
Unfortunately, Rob wasn’t there, and neither were usually strong competitors, Bill Raposa, Bill David, and Jim Kelly.
In Rob’s absence, Paul set the course. The start line was between the blue/white ball and the inshore pin. The boats headed north taking the green mark to port, then south to the blue mark taken to port, towards the shore taking the blue/white ball to port, and out to the green mark again but this time taken to starboard., Then downwind to the line. We were fortunate that Al and Connie Sampson came along to spectate but were soon persuaded to become Race Director and Scorer. They did a magnificent job, Thank you both very much.
David Vigeant also came to spectate for a while.
Twelve races were held with Danny McHugh being the first victor. It wasn’t to last as Danny had a rudder problem that was unsolvable on the shore. Paul won 9 races so no marks for guessing that he was our overall winner today. Kim and Pat each won one race. Kim was second in 6 races and Pat was second in 2 giving Kim second and Pat third today.
It was good to see John Perkins racing today, at least for the first 8 races. Kim had a mast collapse during the first race but made a repair to a shroud using some line that Paul had. Well done Kim and all the other racers.
The full results may be found on our website mhbmyc.org
The next planned event is the DF95 REGATTA next Thursday. (Low tide at 11.38).
However, the weather forecast is for more thunderstorms. The weather date will be the following day, Friday,September 23rd (low tide at 12.22).
Notification will be on Wednesday afternoon
Next Sunday is our Banquet, 6.00 pmin the Village Clubhouse. Please let me know what food you will bring if you haven’t already done so.
Finally please join me in wishing a speedy recovery to Peter Hill, Rob and Janet’s son,
Judy David and Ed Haddad.
Get well soon.
Take care,
Derek
Jake Rowland with his old girl Betty. Always at the cove with us, it seems.
Solings on Tuesday, September 20th when the tide will be coming in from a low at 09.48.
DF95s on Thursday, September 22nd when the tide will turn at a low at 11.38.
6 races before lunch and 6 races after lunch. Bring lunch and chairs. Water and soft drinks will be provided by the club with a beer at the end of the day.
Sunday, September 25th is our annual awards pot-luck banquet in the Village Clubhouse.
Please let me know what dish you are bringing if you haven’t already done so.
It was a cool, sunny, but very breezy morning, just right for racing DF95s with C rigs on freshwater ponds! 9 members with boats were at the cove hoping to race. Connie Sampson and I were also there.
Member, Henry DiPietro is now the AMYA Region 1 Director for DF95s. Congratulations, Henry.
I will forward Henry’s email with notes from his first directors’ meeting. I would draw your attention to The DF95 AMYA National Championship to be held in Stuart, FL on December 2-4. Region 1 has 5 spots allocated so, if you’re interested please contact Henry.
