Star Class Honoring the Past, Leading the Future
We had a great regatta here over at Tred Avon Yacht Club this past weekend, the weekend of October 3rd-4th. 21 boats were registered but we had 20. A lot of big guys here including a gold star, regatta winner Arthur Anosov who is a silver star, and I believe 4 blue stars but now we are adding a 5th as Tom Price is the newest District 2 champion. It was a well fought regatta with none of the top 4 boats taking a bullet on the weekend and the top 6 boats all within 10 points of one another.
Saturday was a great day of sailing with a solid 10kts breeze out of the North and slowly laying down. Ben Sternberg, who drove in from New York, took the first race with a solid lead. Aaron Serinis took 2nd with Kevin McNeal taking 3rd. The second race was taken my John MacCausland of District 2 who probably has more hours logged on the Choptank River than 90% of the local ES Fleet members. Tom Price, who is now the newest Blue Star of District 2 after being the top finisher at this regatta took second and Shane Zwingelberg taking 3rd after missing the first race. I could not see either of these finishes to give more detail as I was having a hard time distinguishing sail numbers from clear astern by a wide margin. By the end of the second race the breeze had dropped to somewhere around 4-5kts and the committee with John Devlin as PRO made the wise decision to tow in. Because of Covid and to try and stop large groups ftom gathering we encouraged everyone to stay in the water for the night as we utilized the great dockage at Tred Avon Yacht Club. Most boats stayed in and while it was not required I think people enjoyed not having to haul and launch each day so that is something we will continue to keep in mind for future events.
The second day was also out of the North/Northwest but much shiftier. After having zero speed on Saturday John Foster and I switched gears and changed just about all our boat settings and were able to take two races. The first Sunday race was very challenging as boats one and two at the first windward mark came from complete opposite side of the course. It was a very close finish with the newly appointed Executive Director of the Star Class, Mike Hecky taking 2nd, and Luke Buxton from the Boston Fleet taking 3rd. The 2nd race of the final day saw the overall winner Arthur Anosov taking second and Jack Jennings of Transpacific taking 3rd.
It was a great regatta and fun was had by all. Charles Schwab was nice enough to support the regatta as the main sponsor allowing us to bring in photographers and have crab cakes Saturday night. The photographers were Mark Hergan of Deadrise Marine Photography and also AceVa Films. Jenkins Sails also sponsorded the event providing free breakfast and coffee at the local Oxford Market for all competitors and committee members on both race days.
A really big congrats to Arthur and Valentin Veytzman for taking the 2020 TAYC Fall Wind Up. Another big congrats to Tom Price for becoming District 2’s newest blue star. Please everyone think about coming next. Next on the District 2 schedule is the Lippincott Memorial hosted by Annapolis Yacht Club on October 24th-25th. Come sail!
Eastern Shore Fleet Captain
Alan Campbell
USA #8303
