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Balance wins annual LYC July 4 Breakwater Race
Balance, captained by Richard Beebe, glides through Delaware Bay using its spinnaker. Beebe and his crew took top honors in the Lewes Yacht Club July 4 Breakwater Race. RON MACARTHUR PHOTOS
July 9, 2022
The Lewes Yacht Club has held a July 4 Delaware Breakwater Race for as long as anyone can remember.
This year, in spite of nearly no wind on Delaware Bay at the start of the race, conditions improved for the sailors competing in several divisions.
Overall, Richard Beebe and the crew of Balance took top honors, followed by Hattie Warwick-Smith and the crew of Iris, and Heath Gehrke and the crew of Delilah.
In the Sunfish division, David Miller was first, followed by Jacob Bolno, Connie Miller, Gift White Gaston, and Scott and Sav Gaston. In the Mobjacks, the team of Sarah Lester and Tony Ingram finished first, followed by the father-daughter team of Paynter and Erin Ingram.
Andy MacDonald was the first Hobie finisher.
The team of Sarah Lester and Tony Ingram finished first in the Mobjack race and were among the first overall finishers in the annual LYC July 4 race.
Iris, with Hattie Warwick-Smith at the helm, flies its red, white and blue spinnaker after rounding the Delaware Breakwater in the LYC July 4 race. She and her crew finished second.
The father-daughter team of Paynter and Erin Ingram sails near the Delaware Breakwater in the LYC July 4 race. They finished second in the Mobjack division.
The crew of Delilah works to raise the spinnaker as the boat enters the last leg of the LYC July 4 Breakwater Race. Captain Heath Gehrke and his crew finished third.
Father and son Scott and Sav Gaston compete in the Sunfish division in the LYC July 4 race.
Veteran Lewes Sunfish sailor Connie Miller lifts her centerboard after rounding the Delaware Breakwater during the LYC July 4 race.
