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
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.
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