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Newport Bucket Regatta 2009 Day Two Update
Newport Bucket Regatta 2009 Awards
Newport Bucket Regatta 2009 Fleet Results - Sunday, July 19, 2009
Newport Bucket Regatta 2009 Day One Update
Newport Bucket Regatta 2009 Fleet Results - Saturday, July 18, 2009
photo by Cory Silken
J Class Hanuman under sail ...
photo by Cory Silken
Newport Bucket Regatta 2009 Day TWO Update
Summerwind wins day two of the newport bucket regatta!
Once again, the Bucket fleet was blessed with a crystalline summer day for race #2 of the Newport Bucket Regatta, with a 15 knot sea breeze that developed just in time to provide another day of great racing.
The recently reconstructed 100' Alden design schooner, SUMMERWIND was among the early starters and maintained her lead ahead of the 93' TAZA MAS, fully around the course to finish 7 minutes ahead, winning the day's race with TAZA MAS in second place. Both owners are long term yachtsmen, hailing from the Lone Star State of Texas! SEA DIAMOND, the lovely 1958 Rhodes Motorsailer recently refit in Newport, started fully two hours ahead of the fleet and sailed to third place on the 22 mile course, nine minutes later. In sum, this was great showcase of the the oldest and in many cases the most elegant of the proper yachts in the Bucket Regatta!
The competition among Les Gazelles des Mers (racing division) was a lot hotter and closer, to be sure! The Alden 72' Sloop, FEARLESS, slipped away from the fleet to win the division by three minutes over the new 125' Perini Navi Performance Sloop, P2, in second. Two minutes later, the W Class 76, WILD HORSES finished third, with SELENE, the Swan 80 in forth, by two seconds.
In their second engagement on the race course, the new Huisman J-Class Sloop, HANUMAN was able to best J-Class RANGER by a minute and 50 seconds. Without a doubt, these two yachts are destined to a great future within the re-emerging J-Class fleet!
In another Bucket first, the 156' Pendennis Shipyards, MITSEAAH, engineered to power at over twenty knots and sail with respectable performance, was challenged on day one in keeping up with the racing yachts on the upwind leg. Respecting the fact that the Bucket is also here to showcase the best attributes of each yacht while cultivating good racing, MITSEEAH was invited to start the race under full power, then execute a high speed 360 degree turn and roar off to the windward mark, where she re-converted to a sailing yacht, shut down the power and got into the race! We can only say that her start was a sight to behold! Her left-field handicap worked well too; she crossed the finish line in fifth position!
In the overall results, the Perini Navi, P2 was the winner of the 2009 Newport Bucket Regatta, followed by the 108' Ron Holland Ketch, AVALON, with TIMONEER, the 147' Dubois/Vitters Shipyard Ketch in Third.
At the end of the day, this edition passed the essential test with aplomb, the Race Committee had a great time!
Click for Full fleet results and additional awards.
Newport Bucket Regatta 2009 Day One Update
Timoneer Wins Day One!
From an oblique foggy start with a dulsutory 4 - 5 knot breeze leaving the start line invisible even from our Committee Boat, the 295' Huisman, ATHENA; day one of the Newport Bucket Regatta developed rapidly into a sparkling summer day with a 19 knot Sou'wester and ideal sailing conditions.
TIMONEER, the 147' DuBois/Vitters Ketch dominated the day. Driven by a cool headed group of long toothed pros, she she hit the angles and corners in perfect trim, to finish five minutes ahead of the fleet. The new Perini Navi Performance 125' Sloop, P2, also sailed a perfect race to finish in second.
The J Class yachts, RANGER and the new Huisman replica of ENDEAVOUR II, HANUMAN, started a minute apart, in the first contest between these designs since the 1938 Americas Cup, also off Newport! In an extremely close contest, HANUMAN was able to maintain her lead, however RANGER shaved off 22 seconds, leaving HANUMAN to finish third and RANGER 38 seconds behind in fourth.
The 108' Ron Holland Ketch, AVALON finished fifth, followed 13 seconds later by the Swan 100, VIRAGO in 6th, and the Swan 80, SELENE 36 seconds later in 7th.
In the overall results, among Les Gazelles des Mers (Racing Division), P2 finished first, HANUMAN second, with RANGER in third place. Among Les Grandes Dames des Mers (Cruising Division), TIMONEER is in first place, AVALON in second and TAZA MAS is in third place.
The full fleet results from this spectacular day of racing are found on the results page.
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