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Hello Sailboat Race Fans,

Congratulations goes to ECSC’s Rich and Denise Fox on their Catalina 22 SeDepecher, for winning the 2018 Governor’s Cup Regatta! He and his “band of brother C-22’s” had the largest fleet and traveled great distances from the surrounding areas to participate in this renowned regatta. For the first time ever, we combined the Governor’s Cup with the ECSC Lobster Fest! We had 23 boats and crews that had a fabulous feast with friends and socialites that evening of the first day. Winds over the weekend were light but tolerable, and racing was an exciting series of 6 races.

Awards by fleets are as follows:

Bl/Wh – 1^st Conrad, 2^nd Miller, 3^rd Merriman

Catalina 22 -1^st Fox, 2^nd Emrich, 3^rd Duitch

Green – 1^st Myers, 2^nd Hubbard

J24 – 1^st Cameron, 2^nd Graef, 3^rd Douglas

Red – 1^st Chapman, 2^nd Leeman, 3^rd Goff

Thanks to all the participants, volunteers and lobsters who made this possible! Let’s do it again next year!

The Summer Wednesday’s Series and Super Sunday’s concluded with a bang. No collisions though just a little thunder. We had 11 races and 34 different boats on Wednesdays!! 10 races and only 13 different boats on Sunday’s.

Awards by qualified fleet winners:

Wednesday Summer Series

Bl/Wh – 1^st Chapman, 2^nd Conrad, 3^rd Miller

Green – 1^st Lauer, 2^nd Truax, 3^rd Endris

Red – 1^st Hickok, 2^nd Kohne, 3^rd Cameron

Super Sunday’s:

Bl/Wh – 1^st Fox

Red – 1^st Hickok, 2^nd Goff

The J24 Championship for the year between ISC and ECSC concluded with the KeelOver Regatta at ISC on 9/29&30. It started in tough light twisting air and ISC’s boat Chaos had a 2 point lead on the closest rival ECSC boat. Then on Sunday’s last race, last tack, last breeze to the finish, the skipper and crew of Spontaneous Combustion were able to bring home the bacon = bring back to the club the beer and trophies, Good Job!

Next up the invitation only Club Championship on 10/6. Then our final regatta for the year on 10/13&14 open and free for all members! The “Fast Start Last” Hornback Regatta and Chili Cookoff. Make sure your boat is PHRF registered. Awards to the top 5 boats. This regatta is named in honor of the first ECSC Commodore, Ned Hornback 1931-2018!

Respectfully,

Bob Hickok and John George, ECSC racing committee

Calling all Racers, crew members, and want to be racers/crew members

Reminder – The 2018 ECSC Governor’s Cup Regatta has been combined with our famed ECSC Lobster Fest. So why not do both! Go to Regatta Network at this link and register NOW! – https://www.regattanetwork.com/clubmgmt/applet_registration_form.php?regatta_id=17385

Online Governor’s Cup registration closes on Friday, September 7th, 2018 (optional mail in registration at club website) – Your $50 entry gets you racing Saturday and Sunday with awards and prizes for all, continental breakfast both days, specially designed regatta tech shirt, and one LOBSTER or STEAK dinner (Saturday). Note: Additional dinners for family, or friends can be purchased for $20.00.

We currently have 6 Catalina 22’s and one J24 registered, and a reminder to everyone, the largest fleet takes the cup!

Bob Hickok and John George – Race Committee

The Racing Committee is pleased to announce the combination of the LOBSTER Fest and GOVERNOR’S CUP REGATTA 9/15-16/2018!!! This will be a fantastic reward for the first day of racing on Saturday September 15^th with the selection of your choice: LOBSTER or STEAK! You can’t ask for a better combination. Be sure to get registered for the regatta and fest on US Sailings’ www.regattanetwork.com – 2018 Governor’s Cup Regatta and Lobster Fest by the deadline of 9/7/2018 so you don’t miss the chance for a tasty LOBSTER and a chance to win the GOVERNOR’S CUP!

2018 Spring Series Winners

Blue/White:

• 1^st Conrad – Seaward 26
• 2^nd Chapman – Ranger 22
• 3^rd Miller – S2 7.9

Green2:

• 1^st Endris – Flying Scott
• 2^nd Lauer- MC Scow

Red:

• 1^st Graef – J24
• 2^nd Douglas -J24
• 3^rd Kohne –J22

Congratulations again, to Spring Series Winners, if you didn’t get your award flag we handed out and announced during the Beach Party please check with your crew or see me.

ECSC Regatta day and beach party had great wind 10 knots + and great competition, five races total and four fleets of racers. Great to see my son out racing on his NACRA 5.8 and Dennis Robertson on his new Hobie 20! Good job Racers!

Blue/White:

• 1^st Conrad – Seaward 26
• 2^nd Chapman – Ranger 22
• 3^rd Merriman – Hunter 240
• 4^th Brickley – S2 7.3

Green1:

• 1^st Hickok, B – Hobie 20
• 2^nd Hickok, K – NACRA 5.8
• 3^rd Robertson – Hobie 20

Green2:

• 1^st Goff, G – Laser

Red:

• 1^st Cameron – J24
• 2^nd Schulze -J24
• 3^rd Wishart –J24

Sunday Series has been going well, with racing on the 4^th Sunday of the month. Plenty of good eats after racing with the last one being Sausage Fest! Only two more Super Sundays left with plenty of time to score and win!

Bob Hickok and John George – Race Committee