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Hobie Summer Winds Regatta lives up to its name
Small-craft advisory forces cancellation of second day of racing
Tyler and Lynn Myers, left, regatta organizers, present awards to Hobie 16 class winners Grace and Mark Modderman of Long Branch, N.J. SUBMITTED PHOTOS
September 1, 2019
Lewes Yacht Club’s summer regattas have experienced fog and no wind. Now, the Aug. 24-25 Hobie Summer Winds Regatta lived up to its name with Sunday’s racing cancelled because of too much wind.
Winners of the Hobie 16 class were Mark and Grace Modderman of Long Branch, N.J., who won all four races on the first day of the regatta. Bill Kast of Nazareth, Pa., won the Hobie 17 class and Dan Flanigan of Rehoboth Beach won the Hobie Wave class.
Local finishers in the Wave class included Hattie Warwick-Smith of Lewes, fourth place; William Burke of Milton, fifth place; and Ike Beam of Milton, seventh place.
Tyler and Lynn Myers, left, regatta organizers, present awards to Hobie 16 class winners Grace and Mark Modderman of Long Branch, N.J. SUBMITTED PHOTOS
Tyler Myers, right, regatta organizer, with Hobie 17 class winner Bill Kast of Nazareth, Pa.
Hobie Wave-class winner, Dan Flanigan of Rehoboth Beach, center, is presented with an award by Lynn Myers, left, and Elizabeth Burrowes.
The youngest sailors in the regatta are (l-r) Ike Beam of Milton, Grant Cummins of Washington, D.C., and William Burke of Milton. Not pictured is Trizton Willey of Milton.
Hobies gather at the starting line for one of four races on the only day of racing.
