Hello Sea Sprite Sailors!

On a super nice day today, Bob Rude and I are excited to send you the sign up link for the fun sail/race around Hog Island to be held on Saturday, September 9th.

This year we are lucky to have BYC provide a starting boat and the sign up can easily be done via the attached link. Please note, there is no cost associated to sign up, just make sure you are a member of the Sea Sprite association. There is only less than one week to go for the fun race around Hog Island.

Please take a moment to sign up via the link here.

On this link, you will also see the SI’s and NOR’s and who has signed up thus far.

We have had a fantastic sailing season with all the Sea Sprites this far and this will be another super fun event. Rumor has it we may be in for a special, very special food treat after the race, possibly bringing back some former tradition from previous Hog Island races!!!

Please let me or Bob Rude know if you have any questions.

Looking forward seeing you out on the water and at the gathering at the BYC after the sailing. Everyone is welcome, skippers, crew, family and friends.

Have a fantastic weekend.

Dom & Bob

SEA SPRITE ANNUAL REGATTA

Our own Sea Sprite Association Commodore Dom Messerli ran the tables and finished first at the Annual Sea Sprite Regatta on July 22, with finishes of 2/2 in two races.  Bristol Yacht Club, in Bristol RI, graciously hosted the event, supplying the race committee pro and staff as well as the RC boat.

Bob Rude finished second with Max and Mary Sherman finishing third.  The Shermans also won the trophy for the best new skipper(s) finish.

Dave Guinther , Race Committee PRO, had his hands full laying out courses for the fleet of eight boats.  Light air and shifty winds swinging from northwest to southwest meant that his able RC crew of Dave Legrand, Bob Yayalian, Roger Carney, and Flip  Meyerson were kept on their toes moving marks  and start lines.  Two races were finally able to be run with great windward-leeward-windward courses.  Thanks, gents.

Great courses provided for close racing throughout the day.  Lots of tacking on the upwind legs and jibing on the downwind legs kept skippers and crew on their toes.  It meant you had to be tactically savvy to prevent getting pushed to the back of the fleet.

Exhausted skippers and crews convened at the Bristol Yacht Club for a festive pizza and beer party, courtesy of the national Sea Sprite Association, after a long day of racing.

The next big event for the Sea Sprite fleet will be the annual Race Around Hog Island, scheduled for Saturday, September 9.  The Association invites all Sea Sprite Owners to attend this highly anticipated yearly event.   Or, come out in your own boat and watch the action.

Our fleet and the Sea Sprite Association continues to grow.  We now have the largest class for the Wednesday night Millard Series.  Grab a boat and become part of this growing one-design class.  Contact Dom Messerli (Dom.Messerli@me.com) or Bob Rude (Rrude1@me.com) for more information.  Or, go online to SeaSpriteAssociation.com.

Story And Pictures courtesy of Bob Rude