Sailing/Racing News 

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CYC Members Top Race Week Field

In addition to hosting the 119th Marblehead Race Week this past week, the Corinthian Yacht Club was distinguished by its sailors who won four of the 10 classes, an outstanding showing in a field of close to 200 boats and more top five finishes than any other club represented. Two CYC members not only won their Race Week classes, but also brought home two championships as a result. Martha Martini won the Town Class New England Championship and Steven Berenson won the first ever Alerion Express 28 Class Championship. In the Etchells class, CYC members took four of the top five finishes including Wade Edwards and Justin Mueller, 1st Place; Greg Hefler, 3rd Place; Mark Luckes, 4th Place; and Stephen Gaynor, 5th Place. In the Rhodes 19 Class, Kim and Christina Pandapas finished 2nd, Bill and Renee Heffernan finished 3rd; and Jim Raisides finished 4th.  And, Bob Lyons finished 3rd in the IOD fleet. Congratulations to all! Marblehead Race Week is part of the Sailing World National Offshore One-Design Regattas.  For complete regatta results and reports, visit http://www.sailingworld.com/nood_regatta.jsp

Junior Race Week Wrap Up

With over 300 sailors registered for the 2008 Marblehead Junior Race Week, the harbor was crammed with Optimists, 420s, and Lasers last week.  This year marked the first time that the Corinthian had its very own junior sailors competing in the Opti Green Fleet.  The CYC junior fleet faired amazingly well, placing 5 sailors in the top 10 of the 2 Green Fleet lines.  In fact, out of the 8 junior sailors representing the CYC in MJRW, Jenn Casey and Maxx Trotsky both received awards for finishing in the top 5 in their fleets.  Ryan Callori and Ally Bisegna also did incredibly well, ending up in 6th and 7th place, respectively while Grace Lavoie and Will Fitzpatrick finished in the top half of their fleets.  Also participating for the CYC were George Goetz and Jake Pechet. Congratulations are in order to all of our Advanced Opti sailors!  On the heels of this success, the CYC is planning on sending several junior sailors to the Mass Bay Championships being held at Sandy Bay Yacht Club in August.  This Junior Olympic festival is a major regional regatta and one in which we hope our kids will continue to compete at a high level.  This will be the 3rd regatta of the summer for the sailors in our Advanced Opti class. All in all, almost 30 junior sailors who began their yachting career at the CYC were competing in this year’s Junior Race Week.  It’s great to see them continue to pursue the sport of sailing and we can be proud with the results that they have posted on the racecourse.  Meanwhile, with almost 120 kids enrolled this summer, the Corinthian’s program continues to teach and nuture what we hope to be the top-notch junior sailors of the future. Corinthian Junior Race Week Results Opti Blue Fleet  34 Boats 7th Clark Uhl PYC (3- 1st place finishes) 17th Matt Adam PYC 18th Thornton Uhl PYC 19th Maggie Savage PYC 33rd Tanner Lane PYC   Opti Green "Cheerios" 29 boats 5th Maxx Trotsky CYC 9th  Buck Tompkins PYC 10th  Grace Lavoie CYC 12th  David Zymba PYC 13th  Jack McDonald PYC 14th  Cashel Rice CYC/PYC 17th  Harry McDonald PYC 20th  Will Tentindo PYC 21st Nicholas Pandapas PYC 29th  James Sullivan PYC 29th  George Goetz CYC Opti Green "Fruit Loops" 29 boats 3rd Jennifer Casey CYC 6th Ryan Callori CYC 7th Ally Bisegna CYC 16th Nate George PYC 18th Will Fitzpatrick CYC 24th Josh George PYC 29th Jake Pechet CYC Laser Radial 28th Ben Rotner 29th Ryan Ford 420 Green 20 boats total 1st Place Brian Felsenthal/Jake Fisher 13th Nathaniel Torto/Aidan Kennedy 420 Champ 61 boats total 16th Jonathan Braese/Tyler Gelineau