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Harry DiOrio’s red-hulled J-105 Bella out of Shelter Island Yacht Club, which placed sixth in the spinnaker division, attempting to pass Steve and Liam Kenny’s J-109 Gossip out of Breakwater Yacht Club, which placed second in the same division, as they race close-hauled west toward Nassau Point.
From left to right: Dough Davies’ Cal 32 Gypsy Moon of Port Jeff Yacht Club), George Martin’s C&C 35 Osprey out of Breakwater and Southampton Yacht Club, Kent Layton’s Catalina 27 Emerald Eyes of Southold Yacht Club minutes after rounding Jessup Neck. MICHAEL MELLA
From left to right, David Wilson’s J-111 Obsidian of Breakwater Yacht Club; Bill Coster’s Tartan 33 Silent Passage of Peconic Bay Sailing Association; John Sugrue and Rob Boguki’s Beneteau 36.7 Crocodile of Mount Sinai Sailing Association; Ken Wright’s C&C/115 Two Potato out of Breakwater Yacht Club); Lee Oldak’s Henderson 30 Purple Haze of Breakwater Yacht Club ); and Robert Harris’ Alerion Express 33 Callaloo of Menantic Yacht Club off in the distance, approaching the finish line. MICHAEL MELLA
From left to right: Bill Coster's Tartan 33 Silent Passage; Fred Endemann's Alerion Express Windsong; Montauk shark fisherman Frank Mundus' daughter Pat's classic wooden ketch Tern. MICHAEL MELLA
Under billowy white clouds and west, southwest winds in the 12-18 knots range, 70 sailboats raced in Whitebread XXVIII hosted by the Peconic Bay Sailing Association last Saturday. Yacht designs span decades, from Pat Mundus’s engine-less wood double-ended ketch Tern, a 1952 Herreshoff design, custom built By O. Lie-Nielsen in Maine 47 years ago, to the state-of-the art J boats, such as the J-70s and J-80s. This round Shelter Island final race of the season is humorously named after the venerable Whitbread round-the-world race, today known as the Volvo Ocean Race.
