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Young sailors take over Delaware Bay

Aug. 11 Lewes Yacht Club Junior Regatta offers racing in six fleets
Spinnakers from racing C420 sailboats add color to Delaware Bay during the Lewes Yacht Club Junior Regatta. RON MACARTHUR PHOTOS
Ron MacArthur
August 11, 2021

More than 80 young sailors from 10 clubs around the Mid-Atlantic area competed in the Aug. 11 Chesapeake Yacht Racing Association Lewes Yacht Club Junior Regatta in C420s, Lasers, Optimist green, and Optimist red, white and blue. Sailors spread out across the Delaware Bay along Lewes Beach for four hours of racing.

More than 50 local volunteers served on the race committee. Principal race officers included Michelle Bland (420s and Lasers), Kathy O’Hanlon (Optimist red, white and blue fleets) and Don Bland (Optimist green fleet.)

Top three finishers were:

Club 420: 1. Skylor Sweet and Ava Arepally, North East River Yacht Club/Tred Avon Yacht Club; 2. Will Harding and Ava Farley, Severn Sailing Association; 3. Michael Yost and Isabella Hillman, Miles River Yacht Club.

Laser Radial: 1. Henry Ciszewski, Fishing Bay Yacht Club; 2. Willem De Simone, Severn; 3. Jack Grace, Severn.

Optimist green: 1. Morgan Rosenthal, Annapolis Yacht Club; 2. Sophia Buckler, Severn; 3. Sofia Cole, Severn.

Optimist blue: 1. Robert Herzog, Severn; 2. Bryce Herfel, Baltimore County Sailing Center; 3. Robert Carey, Miles River/Tred Avon.

Optimist white: 1. Daniel Skutch Tyson, Severn; 2. Thomas Wood, Severn; 3. Dylan Cook, Severn.

Optimist red: 1. Marcus Kozlowski, Baltimore County.

Optimist overall winners: 1. Robert Herzog; 2. Daniel Skutch Tyson; 3. Marcus Kozlowski.

Lewes Yacht Club sailors competing included William Burke and Will DiPaolo and Bailey Fletcher and Riley Stazzone in C420; Ben O’Neill in Laser; and Henry and Grant Cummins and Andrew Burke in Optimist.

 

The C420 fleet starts the second race of the day on the west side of Roosevelt Inlet.
After rounding the mark and catching a southern breeze, C420 sailors raise their spinnakers.
Skylor Sweet and Ava Arepally (7289), North East River Yacht Club/Tred Avon Yacht Club, lead the way during a race in C420 competition. The pair took top honors in the fleet.
C420 sailors vie for position after rounding a mark in the second race of the day. The team of Michael Yost and Isabella Hillman (7791), Miles River Yacht Club, finished third in the fleet.
Will Harding and Ava Farley (4719), Severn Sailing Association, finished second in C420 competition.
Laser sailor Jack Grace takes a break between races. He ended up finishing in third place.
Laser Radial sailors gather around the committee boat before the start of another race.
Robert Herzog, Severn Sailing Association, is the top Optimist sailor in the fleet, winning the blue class and finishing first overall.
Optimist red, white and blue fleet sailors jockey for position at the starting line with the race committee boat in the background.
Daniel Skutch Tyson, Severn Sailing Association, sails to a first-place finish in Optimist white competition. He was also second overall among Optimist sailors.
Lewes Yacht Club sailor Henry Cummins gets some mast adjustments from coach Tyler Myers between Optimist races.
Sofia Cole (16237), Severn Sailing Association, crosses the finish line during Optimist green competition. She finished third in the fleet.
Optimist sailors tie up to their coach’s boat between races.
Optimist green fleet sailors prepare for the start of another race.
Sailboats crowd Lewes Beach Aug. 11 in front of Lewes Yacht Club as an afternoon of racing is about to get underway.
A capsized C420 sailor has no trouble getting his boat righted during practice the day before racing.
Optimist green fleet winners are (l-r) Sophia Buckler, Severn Sailing Association, second; Morgan Rosenthal, Annapolis Yacht Club, first; and Sofia Cole, Severn, third.
Severn Sailing Association team members take top honors in the Optimist white fleet. The winners are (l-r) Thomas Wood, second; Daniel Skutch Tyson, first; and Dylan Cook, third.
Winners in the Optimist blue fleet are (l-r) Bryce Herfel, Baltimore County Sailing Center, second; Robert Herzog, Severn Sailing Association, first; and Miles River/Tred Avon, third (not shown).
Optimist fleet overall winners are (l-r) Daniel Skutch Tyson, Severn Sailing Association, second; Robert Herzog, Servern, first; and Marcus Kozlowski, Baltimore County Sailing Club, third.
Winners in the Laser fleet are (l-r) Willem De Simone, Severn Sailing Association, second; Henry Ciszewski, Fishing Bay Yacht Club, first; and Jack Grace, Severn, third.
Winners of the C420 competition are (l-r) Ava Farley and Will Harding, Severn Sailing Association, second; Ava Arepally and Skylor Sweet, North East River Yacht Club/Tred Avon Yacht Club, first; and Michael Yost and Isabella Hillman, Miles River Yacht Club, third.

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