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Sponsors:
Prudential
PRO: Gordon Ryan Race Management Consultants: Bill Kirkpatrick and Linda Kirkpatrick Spritfest Race Committee: Mark Webber, Jim Vos, Luke Babcock, Don Suter, David Janetti. Lee Oldak, Helping
Hands: Harry Manko (video), Kendra Muenter (J boats), Danielle
Bridie (Mt Gay Rum), Ken Meyer (website) Jane Babcook (bbq)
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Spritfest 2008 - Helpful Facts Great news! Already we have 30+ boats either entered or have expressed interest in attending! Don't miss the fun. Sign up today so we can appropriately plan the event! Sprit Fest, is a two day regatta open to J80's and J109's. This year we have a special sprit PHRF class with a rating of 90 or less. This would include J100's, J105's, J120s, J124's, Brentas, Henderson 30, etc. The sprit PHRF class must be a monohull. Spritfest will be the Long Island J80 2008 Championship. Sprit Fest will take place May 31 to June 1, 2008 and be comprised of windward-leeward races and hosted by Breakwater Yacht Club in Sag Harbor, NY. It will be the J109 Class's East End Championship. Saturday night BBQ at the Breakwater Yacht Club will be limited to capacity, the first 225 people. Tickets must be ordered in advance and will not be available at the door. Sign up now!
The Sag Harbor Yacht Yard (SHYY) (631.725.3838) - located adjacent to BYC at 53 Bay Street will be launching & hauling the J80's. This Winter SHYY will be expanding their docks and should have available slips. They also can arrange moorings for longer term storage for yachts seeking to race Block Island Race Week two weeks later. SHYY is located immediately adjacent to BYC's eastern property line. For
the J-80s:
Waterfront Marina (631.725.3886) located conveniently on Bay Street and the bottom of Main Street in Sag Harbor (and a short walk to BYC). Slips will be available here for a charge. Contact Nancy Haynes and mention you're attending BYC's Sprit Fest. PRESS RELEASE ------- On Saturday Sag Harbor took a nautical step backward and a regatta step forward. Borrowing time from it’s seafaring days, Noyac Bay was again littered with sailing vessels, but this time they were sleeker designs – specifically J80’s, J105’s and J109’s. The occasion was Sprit Fest, a new JBoat regatta sponsored by Breakwater Yacht Club which attracted 35 such yachts from various seaports along the eastern seaboard. Each yacht competed against only it’s own type, the essence of one-design racing. The regatta was the largest non-dinghy one-design racing event ever held in local waters. Formerly the J80 Long Island Championship, it was renamed ‘Sprit Fest’ this year and expanded to include the J105’s and J109’s. Both yachts are 35 feet long and represent two of the most competitively raced classes in the United States. Sprit Fest instantly established credibility by attracting industry big names. National, North American & Olympic champions, sailmakers, and riggers all partook in racing. Rod Johnstone, JBoat’s legendary designer, traveled over from Connecticut to observe the competition of hulls he architected. The weather couldn’t have been more ideal for racing. Saturday began with light southerly’s and gradually built throughout the day to 15 knots - providing racers a myriad of racing conditions to exert their skills. Three races were completed. Sunday picked up where Saturday left off and wind continued to build for the last two races. Shifty conditions throughout the entire regatta tested patience and abilities. Race Committee PRO Bill Kirkpatrick and International Judges Bruce Cook, Bill Ludlum and Phil Pape presided over racing. Breakwater Yacht Club’s Saturday night barbecue, was heavily attended by 250 sailors, sponsors and families. The night featured Harry Manko’s live video of Saturday racing for all to enjoy. The J109’s had the largest class consisting of 17 boats. Special attention focused on these races since the J109 Sprit Fest winner would also be crowned the 2007 East Coast Champion. Stephen Tedeschi and his team aboard ‘Tastes Like Chicken’ ultimately won the weekend event by scoring the lowest points, similar to golf, to capture the win. Rick Lyall and ‘Storm’ placed second followed by Bill Sweetser’s ‘Rush’ taking third. Local boat ‘Instant Karma’, skippered by David Betts, won the J105 Division followed by Bruce Tait’s ‘Buckaroo’ and John Sutherland’s ‘She’s the Boss’. Blake Fleetwood sailed his J80 ‘USA 352’ onto win the 14-strong J80 class followed by John DiMatteo’s ‘Christe’ in second place and Dr. Robert Schwartz’s ‘Lucky Frog’ in third. Sprit
Fest was a huge step forward in progressing Breakwater Yacht Club
as a premiere racing destination on the East Coast. The regatta
owes it’s success, in large part, to the numerous volunteers
and supportive sponsors: Sag Harbor Yacht Yard, Sag Harbor Yacht
Club, JBoats, Johnstone Yacht Sales, UK Sailmakers, North Sails,
Aksia and AT Conference. |
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