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