21 Photos
From left, Daniel Montero’s Holiday, Barry Browning’s Tricky, former Breakwater commodore Bud Rogers’s Big Boat and Harry DiOrio’s Pronto beam reaching with their spinnakers flying in Noyack Bay, heading for the South Ferry. MICHAEL MELLA
Steve Kenny’s Gossip rules the bay! The J-109 was awarded first place in Division 1 and second place in the three combined divisions. All smiles are de rigueur which translates: “the formula to win!” Yes, the boat I was shooting from made a quick turn after this 1/2000 of a second exposure! MICHAEL MELLA
Lightning fast, with a hull that jumps up on a plane with ease, close-hauled while redhead Venetia Satow trims the jib, Shaun Stewart on the mainsheet and skipper Peter Beardsley driving. Glory Days, a Viper 640, was awarded both first in Division 1 and first with all three division combined. They took home GOLD! MICHAEL MELLA
Sparring with a multi-ton ferry is not for the faint of heart! MICHAEL MELLA
Peter Beardsley’s Glory Days doing what she is known for up and down the East Coast: winning! MICHAEL MELLA
From left, Big Boat, Obsidian, Holiday and Gossip all enjoying leisurely spinnaker runs a mile east of Sag Harbor. MICHAEL MELLA
Jackie Rambo at the helm of her cat-rigged, gaff-head sail Herreshoff America while David Berridge takes a look at sail trim as they prepare for their 11:55 start time. MICHAEL MELLA
Terry Bannon’s exquisite Beneteau 54 Haiku Ni, after just securing “Club Class” third place. MICHAEL MELLA
Sinéad FitzGibbon at the tiller of Breakwater’s “all women” J-70, is sorting it out with two much larger J-109s before the start in Noyack Bay. MICHAEL MELLA
Andrew Baris at the wheel of his Sabre 402 Impulse staying clear of overall winner Peter Beardsley on his Viper 640 Glory Days. Size takes a bow to the fastest boat in this year’s fleet! MICHAEL MELLA
From left, Daniel Montero’s sixth place J-109 Holiday, Steve Kenny’s second place Gossip and Barry Browning’s eighth place X-Yachts XP 33 Tricky all fine tuning their spinnakers after rounding the weather mark. MICHAEL MELLA
From left, the “all women” J-70, with Joan Butler perched on the rail and Sinéad FitzGibbon at the helm checking sail trim, briefly leading Gossip. MICHAEL MELLA
Peter Beardsley exhibits a sense of humor when it comes to his spinnaker logo designs! Here Venetia Satow has taken over the tiller while Peter, standing, fine-tunes the spinnaker. Off their stern is a J-9, Inda’s Way. MICHAEL MELLA
With multiple divisions in this year’s pursuit regatta, oftentimes yachts engaged each other going in opposite directions. From left, Obsidian, Tricky and Red Sky broad-reaching west flying spinnakers along the south shore of Shelter Island, while Richard Bockman’s Gale Force is close-hauled, heading east. MICHAEL MELLA
Foreground, Sinéad FitzGibbon’s “all women” J-70 forcing right-of-way with determination and a smile on her face. MICHAEL MELLA
Bud Rogers’s J-109 Big Boat momentarily outpacing David Wilson’s J-111 Obsidian. MICHAEL MELLA
A wood classic: 1928 Starling Burgess designed Atlantic Class Starlight. MICHAEL MELLA
Second place in the newly added “Club Class,” James Merrell at the wheel of his Alerion 33 Beautiful Necessity with sole crew, Derrick Galen. MICHAEL MELLA
Barry Browning’s Tricky, on port, and David Wilson’s Obsidian and John Pearson’s Red Sky about to tack over. MICHAEL MELLA
“Club Class” winner Beth Van der Eems at the wheel of her Alerion Express 38 Osprey moments after crossing the finish line. MICHAEL MELLA
High fives aboard Breakwater’s “all women” J-70 as she crosses the finish line! MICHAEL MELLA
