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An Interview with Peter Gibbons-Neff, part two

By Joe Cooper

An Interview with Peter Gibbons-Neff, part two

Photo by Manon le Geun In part one of this interview, I with spoke Peter about finding The Mini World and the broken rudder episode.  In this second part we discuss some of the background of U.S. Patriot Sailing and the work they are doing in that community.   Coop: Back to the beginning, as it were. You found a Mini, bought it, and set the Mini Transat as a goal. PGN: Yup. Coop: So, how did…

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Antigua and Barbuda Hamptons Challenge Regatta is back!

By Chris Szepessy

Antigua and Barbuda Hamptons Challenge Regatta is back!

Save the date and register now for this years’ Antigua Barbuda Hamptons Challenge Regatta which once again features the biggest amateur sailing prize on the East Coast! Held on Saturday, August 10, the Antigua Barbuda Hamptons Challenge Regatta will be a single handicapped race using ratings provided by PHRF of Eastern Long Island.   This regatta and awards party is sponsored by the Antigua & Barbuda Ministry of Tourism as a way to bring the sun, fun…

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TYC Cal Brouwer Memorial Shorthanded Challenge is June 29

By Chris Szepessy

TYC Cal Brouwer Memorial Shorthanded Challenge is June 29

Our friends at Thames Yacht Club in New London, CT are hosting the first ever Cal Brouwer Memorial Shorthanded Challenge on Saturday, June 29. Honoring Calvin K. Brouwer, who managed sailboat races on Long Island Sound, Fishers Island Sound and the Thames River for more than half a century, this inaugural event is exclusively for shorthanded racers.   Classes may include Single- and Double-handed, Spinnaker and Non-Spinnaker depending on entries. The course of approximately 15 to 25 miles…

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An Interview with Peter Gibbons-Neff

By Joe Cooper

An Interview with Peter Gibbons-Neff

Photos by Manon le Geun Regular readers will know that Peter Gibbons-Neff recently arrived back in Annapolis after completing the 2023 Mini Transat. Finishing the race after losing a day to repair a broken rudder, his placing was not what we had all hoped for, but in such races merely finishing is a massive feat on its own. I spoke with Peter via Zoom in early January.   Coop: Peter, welcome back mate. Sorry about the placing….

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Whitebread 30

By Chris Szepessy

Whitebread 30

By Tom McKeon October 7, 2023 was the 30th Anniversary of the Peconic Bay Sailing Association’s Whitebread Race. The race had all the hype and anticipation of a Super Bowl, and it certainly didn’t disappoint. Taking place on Long Island’s Peconic Bays, the race’s name is a play on the significantly more arduous Whitbread Round the World Race. The wrath of Hurricane Ian played havoc with Whitebread 29 last October. Fog, Southeast winds from 18-30 knots, current…

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College Sailing Goes Offshore – 1928 to 2024

By Tom Darling

College Sailing Goes Offshore – 1928 to 2024

Keelboat racing was the original form of intercollegiate sailing. From the McMillan Cup, first sailed in 1928 and formalized in 1930 as a quasi-national championship for college big boat crews, sprung a small number of spinoff events like the Kennedy Cup. Focused on the larger offshore keelboat fleets of the service academies, this form of intercollegiate big boat sailing was mega one-design competition. In the 1970s, that offshore schedule expanded with events like the Corinthians, rebranded in…

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2023 Moosehead Awards Presented the “Winners”

By Chris Szepessy

2023 Moosehead Awards Presented the “Winners”

Submitted by Boris Badenov As a fly on the wall attending the recent 82nd annual Moosehead Awards Luncheon, it admittedly has been quite a while since my wife, Natasha and I laughed so much. As almost everyone in our region knows, the mission of the Mooseheads is to poke fun – in a good-natured way – at the foibles and fumbles of Race Committees. Poking fun is one way to put it … but “roasting” is probably more like it. To start, host…

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42nd Annual ACS Regatta a Rousing Success

By Chris Szepessy

42nd Annual ACS Regatta a Rousing Success

By Michael Denicola The Mount Sinai Sailing Association in Mount Sinai, NY sponsored its 42nd Annual American Cancer Society Regatta on Saturday, September 16. We are very proud that our event is the second longest continuous running charity regatta in the United States. During that time, we have raised over half a million dollars for the American Cancer Society. We’d like to offer special thanks to two of our sister clubs for their support of this event. Thanks to…

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Andy Graff Wins J/88 North Americans

By Chris Szepessy

Andy Graff Wins J/88 North Americans

By Buttons Padin The weather was the story over the first days of the four-day J/88 North American Championship, hosted by Larchmont Yacht Club in Larchmont, NY September 28 – October 1. With the opening day getting in four races in high teen/low 20s wind conditions, with the 4-6-foot sea state compounded by multiple days of easterly winds, Andy Graff (Chicago Corinthian Yacht Club) and his chilly, damp crew came ashore with a hold on the leaderboard…

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Liebel & New Wave Team Claim North American and Summer IC37 Season Championship

By Chris Szepessy

Liebel & New Wave Team Claim North American and Summer IC37 Season Championship

By Stuart Steuli, New York Yacht Club Director of Communications Photos by Stuart Streuli and Julia Boron, NYYC   Successfully managing the extraordinarily shifty and variable winds that dominated the IC37 North American Championship required a crew that was both mentally and physically agile. This was particularly true for the final two races of the regatta, with thirteen Corinthian teams sailing inside Narragansett Bay in a very shifty and very puffy westerly. No lead was safe and…

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