North American Invitational
July 2nd, 2009
The North American Invitational will be held at Northeast Harbor, Me from July 29th to Aug. 1st.
Nantucket Invitational Results–Tom Price Wins
June 29th, 2009
1st) Tom Price GIBSON 2,1,3,(9),7,2 T15
2nd) Sandy Yellott YANKEE 3,3,(8),1,8,1 T16
3rd) Dan Faria IDA 3,3,(8),1,8,1 T16
4th) Bob Constable PEOPLES (7),5,2,6,2,3 T18
5th) Wes Maxwell FISHERS (9),7,5,4,3,4 T23
6th) Tony Huston LIS 5,4,(7),3,6,6 T24
7th) Ward Belcher SIERRA 1,(12),4,2,10,8 T25
8th) Jonas Everitts TANGO (13),8,9,7,4,11 T39
9th) Courtenay Jenkins MCYC 8,(11),11,8,5,7 T39
10) John Pulverman CHESTER (DSQ),2,6,DSQ,12,9 T45
11) Scott Redman NEH
12) David Poor BRAVO
13) Jim Hennifer SFA
14) Pierre Crosby DELTA
15) Whitey Willauer WHISKEY–
Local Hero in Sweden
June 26th, 2009
Local sailor, Urban Ristorp, and defending class champion, Charlie van Voorhis finished second and third in a single race on Thursday, setting up a match for the championship title on Friday, when two races are scheduled. Urban has 12 points and Charlies has 16.
Urban Ristorp, regatta leader, makes a good start in Thursday’s race. Photos by Hans Johansson
Farther down the rankings, Penny Simmons, of Bermuda, and our boat, which is from Fishers Island like Charlie’s, could move up if the leaders stumble. We have 18 and 19 points, respectively. For a look at the details of the point spread, here’s a link; then click on 2009.
Penny won Thursday’s race, coming back slowly but surely throughout the windy, shifty race to pass Rich Pearce of San Francisco, who led the race early on, then Charlie, then Urban, taking the lead late in the race. You could say we stumbled coming out of the starting gate, immediately falling into the second row and then never quite finding the speed to get back close to the leaders. Hopefully our 10th place finish will be our discard race and we can regain our earlier form.
A loose mainsail leech sometimes made the windy runs exciting.
As I write, the wind is up again, the sun is out for the sixth day in a row (this might be a record in Sweden, I’m told). Let the games begin.
—John Burnham
