On Friday the sailors were greeted a "pounding" northwest breeze which ranged from 20-25 knots. Racing was cancelled for that day, however the annual meeting for the Frostbite Yacht Club was held at 4:30pm. Commodore Neil Litman did a fine job of running the meeting, and our special awards committee was outstanding as usual. The royal order of the "Bath, with master clusters" was awarded to veteran Bob Kirtland for his notable swim in the "refreshing" November waters of Manhasset Bay, and as always, wassel was served to all in attendance. Neil closed the meeting by passing on the responsibilities of Frostbite Yacht Club to incoming commodore Greg Danilek.
Saturday morning greeted the Past Commodores of the Frostbite Yacht Club to a frigid 20 degree day and ice filled docks. The "diehards"sailed in their annual Past Commodore race which was won by Pedro Lorson and Mimi Berry in a very, light and streaky west northwest breeze.
After lunch, and a chance to warm up, the New Years Regatta began with, 13 ICS and 6 Penguins competing. Three races were sailed in frigid cold with a northerly breeze ranging from 0-4 knots. It is racing like this that gives a real name to frostbiting. Race 1 found high school "upstarts" Doug Morea and Jason Hill finding the first shift and probably the only real breeze of the day to finish first. Second was Pedro Lorson and Mimi Berry with Ched Protor and Eva Burpee, from Larchmont, third. The second race found Ched Protor launched with an easy first and fellow Larchmonter Chris Browne and Anne Bensel second and Bill Heintz and Janet Mancini third. What was to be the final race of the day, and the regatta came to duel between the Proctor/Burpee and Lorson/Berry team. Both teams got a good start and were drifting their way together to the weather mark. Protor/Burpee rounded first with Lorson/Berry on their heels. However, what was to be a run became a beat again and the Lorson/Berry team seemed to the find the meager shafts of breeze and thereby took the lead and went on to win the race. They were followed by America Cup sailor Ralf Steitz with crew Felicity Ryan and the Poctor/Burpee team finished third. At this point the crews took it upon themselves to find refuge in the Race Committee's 70 degree hut. Needless to say it was very difficult for the race committee to get the crews out of the tropical R.C. hut and into the ice covered boats for the start for 4th race. This race was a drifter that was cancelled about ½ hour after the start. The Lorson/Berry team won the regatta on a tie breaker. First in B division was Dan Coughlin and with crew Adam Bennett.
The sailors and race committee were treated a very nice party at the home of Cathy & Ted Toombs Saturday night.
The last day of racing was cancelled on Sunday due to serve winds and rain.
Do not miss the next years New Years regatta, scheduled for Saturday January 1st and Sunday January 2nd in the year 2000, and then you too can say that you sailed the first regatta of the new millenium!
--Pedro Lorson
Final Results:
Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Pts. 1 IC 536 Pedro Lorson/ Mimi ,Berry 2 4 1 7 2 IC 94 Ched Protor/Eva Burpee 3 1 3 7 3 IC 537 Ralf Steitz/ Felicity Ryan 4 7 2 13 4 IC 653 Doug Morea/Jason Hill 1 9 5 15 5 IC 29 Dan Coughlin/ Adam Bennett 5 5 6 16 6 IC 513 Bill Heintz/Janet Mancini 9 3 8 20 7 IC 516 Peter Lorson/Kelly Barry 6 13 4 22 8 IC 514 Ted Toombs/Monique Gaylor 10 6 7 23 9 IC 510 Steve Moore/Jerry Morea 7 11 10 28 10 IC 538 Greg Corkett/Deena Jeschner 12 8 9 29 11 IC 508 Chris Browne/Anne Bensel DNC 2 DNF 30 12 IC 531 John Browning/? 8 12 12 32 13 IC 661 John Siener/Mark Corachio 11 10 11 32 1 Pen 9609 Larry Cole/? 2 1 1.5 4.5 2 Pen 9666 Neal Litman/Cathy Litman 1 2 1.5 4.5 3 Pen 9667 Malcom/Hendry/Nick 4 6 1 11 4 Pen 7696 Robert Black/? 3 3 5 11 5 Pen 9662 Robert Shewn/? 5 4 3 12 6 Pen 9681 Teresa Bourchard/Helen Black 6 5 6 17
LOCATION: Manhasset Bay Yacht Club Port Washington, New York
RULES: The regatta will be governed by The Racing Rules of Sailing (1997-2000), the Interclub Technical Regulations, as revised on April 20, 1997, and the sailing instructions.
CONDITIONS OF ENTRY: The Manhasset Bay Yacht Club cordially invites all Interclubs, Penguins and Sunfish sailors who in good standing with their respective classes. All Past Commodores of the Frostbite Yacht Club are invited to sail in the Past Commodore's race.
DATE: Friday. January 1st, Saturday January 2nd, and Sunday January 3th, 1997
Start time on January 1st 1:00pm
Start time on January 2nd 1:00pm
Start Time on January 3rd 11:00am
The Past Commodore's race will be held on Friday, January 1st at 11:00am.
ENTRIES: Pre-registration is encouraged. Entry fee is $30.00 for U.S. Sailing members and 45.00 for non U.S. Sailing members.
REGISTRATION: Registration will be open from 10:00am to 12:30pm on Friday, January 1st,at the Manhasset Yacht Club.
MEASUREMENT: It is the responsibility of every competitor to make sure his or her boat, sail, and equipment measure to the IC Technical regulations for the Inter Club Dinghy Class, effective April 21, 1997, or as prescribed by the Measurement Committee. The bow tip weight rule shall not be enforced. Sails must be stamped by your fleet's measurer. Measurement equipment will be available on site. The Measurement Committee reserves the right to measure any boats at random during the regatta. The top three shall be measured by the Measurement Committee. Skipper and crew may be required to weigh in after the competition of sailing.
BOW NUMBERS, RULES, AND SAILING INSTRUCTIONS:
Sailing instructions may be given out during registration hours.
Bow numbers are required for each yacht. All interclub dinghies shall have the same sail number as bow number. (If two yachts have the same "bow\sail" numbers, the yacht whose hull's number which matches that "sail\bow" number shall display that number.) In addition, the bow number must be of contrasting color to the hull. Life jackets shall be worn at all times.
INFORMATION: For regatta information and housing, please call Pedro Lorson (516) 944-3964.