SONAR FLEET 1 NEWSLETTER

2014 SEASON WRAP-UP:

Another great season of racing is in the books.

We had three races on our final day of racing, October 5. Those races made a difference in the final standings of series 2 and the overall season standings, it was that close.

Our PRO for the day, John Geissinger, sent the 12 boats who made it out to the race course on a D1 for race 1, then a D2 for race 2 and finally back to a D1 for the final race. The wind was generally out of the west and a very puffy 6-13.

The standings going into the day had Team 506 with Scott MacLeod and TK in first for series 2 and the season. Team Fast Forward with Peter Galloway and Paul Steinborn Sr were nipping at their heels for the overall while Scott Harrison's team 772 was in second for Series 2.

That's not how it all ended.

For the day, team Team Fast Forward was almost perfect with finishes of 1, 2, 1 while team 506 came in second with 5, 1, 4. Third went to Bob Monro and team 605 with 4, 4, 3. Fourth was team 726 with Michael Aingorn and Paul Steinborn Jr who posted finishes of 2, 8, 2.

The strength of Fast Forward's finishes changed the overall results for both series 2 and the season.

Here are the final fleet race results for 2014:

Series 1:

1st: 701 (Fast Forward: Peter Galloway, Paul Steinborn Sr, Cooper Pellaton, Justin Marks)
2nd: 506 (Scott MacLeod and TK)
3rd: 500 (Bill Jayson, Randy Tankoos, Basil Lyden)
4th: 605 (Bob Monro, Fran Monro, Ian Monro, Janet Grapengeter, Michael Rudnick)

Series 2: 

1st: 506
2nd: 701
3rd: 772 (Scott Harrison, Adam Westerman, Warren Costikyan)
4th: 454 (Ed Sweeney, Alec Wiggin, Art Collins, Alan DeSantis and Leo Schlinkert)

Overall for 2014:

1st: 701
2nd: 506
3rd: 454
4th: 605

For full fleet racing results, click HERE

For final awards, including holiday and flag officer races, click HERE

RECAP:

Fleet 1 continues to grow. New this year is #690 Jaeger owned by John Bainton. We were also joined by Jim Gleason who purchased 616.

Rumor has it another boat from Manhasset is considering coming to NYC for 2015.

Big movers... two of our boats have to be recognized for considerable improvement this past summer... #654 with the core team of Jan Raymond, Morgan Connor and Craig Jones posted a number of strong finishes including three bullets.

Also in the mix was #726 with Michael Aingorn and Paul Steinborn Jr. who also had three bullets plus a number of other podium finishes during the season.

Eleven different boats took the gun in one or more races this year. They are:
701, 506, 454, 605, 500, 772, 654, 619, 726, 633, 360.
Add to that list another three boats that finished "in the money" with a second or third place finish: 733, 690 and 632.

The above list represents half the fleet.

Fleet 1 members who participated in travel events also did well. Here are the highlights:

Atlantic Coast Championship: 1st: Fast Forward, 2nd: 506, 3rd: 619 (Lee Morrison)
North American Championship: 1st: Fast Forward
New England Championship: 2nd: 674 (Rick Doerr)
Tappan Zee Challenge: 2nd: 674

Midwinter Championship: 1st: 810 (Andy Fisher)

2015 REGATTAS:

We are working on finalizing the Sonar class sanctioned regattas for next year. So far, it looks like this:

Sonar Midwinter Championship: Feb 13-15 St. Petersburg YC (in conjunction with the NOOD)
Tappan Zee Challenge: May 16-17 (exact date still TBD) Nyack Boat Club
Atlantic Coast Championship: June 13-14, Noroton YC
Marblehead NOOD: End of July or beginning of August (exact date still TBD)
Sonar World Championship: September 16-20, Falmouth YC, Falmouth MA.

Have a great winter.

SONAR FLEET 1 NEWSLETTER

ATLANTIC COAST CHAMPIONSHIP:

Saturday Sep 27-Sunday Sep 28

Noroton Yacht Club and Sonar Fleet 1 hosted the Atlantic Coast Championship last weekend. The forecast looked a little scary in that pretty much every prediction was for zero wind over the two days.

It would be sunny and warm so we knew Saturday's dinner on the patio would be great (and it was), but the racing was why we were there.

Thankfully, the predictions were wrong on Saturday. With breeze in the 5-7 range, PRO Briggs Tobin and his RC managed to complete four races. Sounds easy, right?

Leeward rounding.
Photo: Edward Steinborn

Well, add in a clocking breeze that, from morning to afternoon, made it around 270º, and you know the RC did an amazing job.

For the race, we had 20 boats on the line, including 5 travel boats... one from Manhasset Bay, two from Nyack, one from Vineyard Haven and one from Freeport ME.

As is typical for our fleet, at the end of the day, only 7 points separated 1st-4th. And only one of those boats finished every race in the top five. That consistency propelled team Fast Forward into first place for the day. Second was team 506 with Scott MacLeod, TK, JB King and Ben Cesare, while third was team 619 with Lee Morrison, Warren Costikyan and Adam Westerman.

Unfortunately, Sunday's forecast was accurate. We hung out on shore until 11:00 when we were teased with what looked like a building southerly. Once out on the race course the breeze died to where a race wasn't feasible. Still, we hung out until 13:00 hoping for something, when Briggs made the right call and abandoned racing.

Day 2.
Photo: Edward Steinborn

With that, the results for the day before became final, giving Fast Forward with Peter Galloway, Paul Steinborn, Sr, Ched Proctor the win.

Team Fast Forward: Paul Steinborn, Peter Galloway and Justin Marks. Missing: Ched Proctor

Team 506: Scott MacLeod, TK, JB King, Ben Cesare

Team 619: Lee Morrison, Adam Westerman, Warren Costikyan

Full results for the regatta can be found here: http://norotonyc.org/

Special thanks to those volunteers who helped make this regatta a success, including Briggs and his entire RC, David Sinclair, Frank Kemp, Jan Raymond, Kitty Brown and Jeff Eng and his staff.

We'd also like to thank the folks at Heineken for their sponsorship.

FLEET RACING:

Our last day of racing is this Sunday, October 5. We currently have 9 boats who are planning on racing. There are 2-3 more who could come out as well.

The forecast is for a perfect day:

Try to make it. It should be a memorable.

Season awards will be handed out after racing. Current standings are here: http://www.fleet1.org/

PACKING IT IN FOR THE WINTER:

After Sunday, we're done.

If you have Ed Morgan shrink wrap your boat, let him know when he can do his thing. 

Let's help him manage the inevitable last minute rush to get all the boats prepped for winter.

You can reach him at: 516-883-6700 or find him most days at the club.