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Tom Wacker at the helm of Trading Places flying a huge red spinnaker, temporally out in front of the pack in Division 2. Peter Beardsley sailed his planning Viper sloop Glory Days to first place in that division. MICHAEL MELLA
Bill Edwards fine-tuning Entropy’s jib while inching past Excalibur in a close-quarters duel off of Conkling Point. MICHAEL MELLA
Sure-footed foredeck crewmember fine-tuning the spinnaker sheet. MICHAEL MELLA
John Sommi, J-88 Cloud 9 skipper, managed a streamlined crew to a respectable third place in spinnaker Division 1. MICHAEL MELLA
Pat Mundus’s engineless wood double-ended ketch Tern, a 1952 Herreshoff design, custom built By O. Lie-Nielsen in Maine 47 years ago shows the near 70-yacht fleet a bit of old world charm. MICHAEL MELLA
From left, Purple Haze, Obsidian, EEYS, Team Tonic sporting a blue spinnaker and Simpatico fly by Shelter Island Heights. MICHAEL MELLA
