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Fred and Nan Endemann’s eye-catching yacht Windsong setting their sights on the Nassau Point buoy. MICHAEL MELLA
Skipper Fred Endemann on Windsong’s foredeck after setting up a whisker pole to sail “wing and wing.” MICHAEL MELLA
Broad-reaching toward the South Race buoy, Mahlon and Kim Russell’s Sea Breeze, left, Tom Samuels and Nancy Steelman’s Kiwi and Michael and Tracy Gutkowski’s Aphrodite all show good sail trim as they accelerate in a puff. MICHAEL MELLA
Bill and Barbara Archer’s Optimist, left, besting Mahlon and Kim Russell’s Sea Breeze a few minutes after an exciting downwind start. MICHAEL MELLA
Entropy’s ace jib trimmer Rick Suter keeping an eye to windward as his and Michael’s skipper Mark Rickabaugh maneuvers to beat Windsong to the first mark. MICHAEL MELLA
The first race of the Peconic Bay Sailing Association’s season, the Ray Krogman Memorial — named in honor of a founding father of the PBSA — was held on June 4.
A delightful mixture of sun and clouds greeted the fleet with east-northeast winds ranging from 8 to 12 knots, as they circumnavigated Robin’s Island. Photographed by E-33 Entropy’s mainsail trimmer, Michael Mella, it turned out to be a picture perfect day.
As the three divisions found their sea legs, it was Cruise A with five Alerion Express 28’s sparing with Entropy, that turned out to be nail-biting photo-finish contest. The final analysis: Windsong placed first on corrected time by 10.5 seconds, while Entropy gleaned line honors, getting the gun by almost 5:30 minutes ahead of Windsong.
