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MURRAY’S TOGGERY SHOP 62 MAIN STREET | 800-368-3134 2 STRAIGHT WHARF | 508-325-9600 1-800-892-4982 2018 elcome to the 15th Nantucket Race Week and the 46th Opera House Cup Regatta brought to you by Nantucket WCommunity Sailing, the Nantucket Yacht Club and the Great Harbor Yacht Club. We are happy to have you with us for an unparalleled week of competitive sailing for all ages and abilities, complemented by a full schedule of awards ceremonies and social events. We look forward to sharing the beauty of Nantucket and her waters with you. Thank you for coming!

This program celebrates the winners and participants from last year’s Nantucket Race Week and the Opera House Cup Regatta and gives you everything you need to know about this year’s racing and social events. We are excited to welcome all sailors in the Nantucket community to join us for our inaugural Harbor Rendezvous on Sunday, August 12th. We are also pleased to welcome all our competitors, including young Opti and 420 racers; lasers, Hobies and kite boarders; the local one design ﬂeets; the IOD Celebrity Invitational guest tacticians and amateur teams; and the big boat regatta competitors ranging from Alerions and Wianno Seniors to schooners and majestic classic yachts. Don’t forget that you can go aboard and admire some of these beautiful classics up close, when they will be on display to the public for the 5th Classic Yacht Exhibition on Saturday, August 18th.

You will also learn about Nantucket Community Sailing, whose mission is to provide Nantucket youth with aﬀordable access to sailing with scholarships and free community outreach programs. Nantucket Race Week is the major fundraiser for NCS, and your participation in Nantucket Race Week helps NCS fund these initiatives. Whether you are a sponsor, a volunteer, a housing host, a racing participant or you shop for NRW merchandise – thank you!

We are pleased to welcome our new and returning sponsors of Nantucket Race Week and to welcome back Panerai as the title sponsor of the Opera House Cup for the 13th year. We’re also honored to welcome back our NRW Honorary Chair, Gary Jobson, and the amazing volunteers who make this week possible by doing everything from race management to support boats to housing to merchandise and social events. Lastly, we are proud to celebrate our tenth year of running Nantucket Race Week as a Clean Regatta, and look forward to receiving a Gold Level certiﬁcation for the 9th year from Sailors for the Sea.

Let the racing begin! Have a great week and thank you for supporting Nantucket Community Sailing.

Steve Siegler Wink Van Ogtrop NRW Co-Chair NRW Co-Chair

Nantucket Race Week 2018 1 Schedule of Events

# Saturday, August 11 1000 to 1130 NRW Registration Desk ~ Nantucket Yacht Club 1230 Day One ~ One Design Regatta ~ Rainbows, Marshall 15’s, Marshall 18’s,

1 Rhodes 19’s, Indians, Alerions and 12 ⁄2’s ~ Nantucket Harbor 1600 One Design Regatta Daily Awards Ceremony ~ Nantucket Yacht Club # Sunday, August 12 0900 to 1030 NRW Registration Desk ~ Nantucket Yacht Club 1000 Hobie Regatta ~ check in ~ Jetties Beach 1100 Kiteboard Regatta ~ check in ~ Bass Point 1230 International One Design (IOD) Regatta ~ Nantucket Sound 1400 Harbor Rendezvous for the Community ~ Nantucket Harbor 1630 IOD and Kiteboard Awards Ceremony ~ Nantucket Yacht Club

# Monday, August 13 0815 to 1000 NRW Registration Desk ~ Nantucket Yacht Club 1100 Day One ~ Youth Opti Regatta ~ Polpis Harbor 1100 Day One ~ Youth 420 Regatta ~ Nantucket Harbor 1100 Open Laser Regatta ~ Nantucket Harbor 1730 Hobie & Laser Regatta Dinner and Awards ~ NYC Sail Center** 1800 Family Cookout and Youth Daily Awards ~ Great Harbor Yacht Club** The Clean Harbor Award and Clean Regatta Award will be presented. BBQ fare, Casual Attire Photo by Karen Ryan # Tuesday, August 14 0830 to 1130 NRW Registration Desk ~ Nantucket Yacht Club 1000 Day Two ~ Youth Opti and Youth 420 Regattas ** Tickets required – Tickets to social 1230 Women’s Regatta ~ Nantucket Harbor 1600 Women’s Regatta Awards Ceremony ~ Nantucket Yacht Club events may be purchased online at 1630 Youth Awards Ceremony ~ Nantucket Yacht Club www.nantucketraceweek.org 1630 “A Plastic Ocean” Film ~ Whaling Museum NRW Skippers pick up your # Wednesday, August 15 Skipper’s’ Bag and purchase drink tickets 1000 to 1130 NRW Registration Desk ~ Nantucket Yacht Club at the NRW Registration Desk daily. 1230 Day Two ~ One Design Regatta For more information, 1600 One Design Regatta Daily Awards Ceremony ~ Nantucket Yacht Club www.nantucketraceweek.org 1700 Team Racing Regatta ~ Nantucket Harbor 1800 IOD Celebrity Invitational Opening Buffet ~ Great Harbor Yacht Club** www.operahousecup.org Let the races begin! Meet the sailors and celebrities for cocktails and [email protected] buffet dinner. Sport Jacket Attire

Nantucket Race Week 2018 2 Schedule of Events

# Thursday, August 16 Check out these great opportunities 0800 to 1000 NRW Registration Desk ~ Nantucket Yacht Club during Nantucket Race Week: 1100 Day One ~ IOD Celebrity Invitational ~ Nantucket Sound 1500 Recreational Big Boat Sail for Local Youth Program Participants Panerai Watch Viewings 1500 to 1700 OHC Registration ~ NRW Registration Desk ~ Nantucket Yacht Club at Great Harbor Yacht Club 1600 IOD Celebrity Invitational Daily Awards ~ Nantucket Yacht Club Thursday, August 16 and Friday, August 17 1830 NRW Regatta Dinner ~ Great Harbor Yacht Club** Celebrate the races and sailors under the tent. at Nantucket Yacht Club BBQ Fare, Casual Attire Saturday, August 18 and Sunday, August 19 # Friday, August 17 Sealegs Amphibious 0800 to 0930 NRW Registration Desk ~ Nantucket Yacht Club Boat Demonstration 1100 Day One ~ Nantucket Regatta ~ Nantucket Sound Children’s Beach 1100 Day Two ~ IOD Celebrity Invitational 1500 to 1700 OHC Registration ~ NRW Registration Desk ~ Nantucket Yacht Club Swarovski Optik Display 1630 IOD Celebrity Invitational Awards Ceremony ~ Nantucket Yacht Club Friday night at GHYC 1830 Sponsors and Sailors Picnic and Daily Awards ~ Great Harbor Yacht Club** Picnic Fare, Casual Attire. Water Bottles and Water Bottle Refilling Stations at NYC, GHYC, the Boat Basin & the Town Pier # Saturday, August 18 generously provided by 0800 to 0930 NRW Registration Desk ~ Nantucket Yacht Club Wannacomet Water Company 1100 Day Two ~ Nantucket Regatta 1230 Day Three ~ One Design Regatta 1500 to 1700 OHC Registration ~ NRW Registration Desk ~ Nantucket Yacht Club 1600 One Design Regatta and Team Racing Awards Ceremony ~ Nantucket Yacht Club 1630 Nantucket Regatta Awards Ceremony ~ Nantucket Yacht Club 1730 to 2000 Classic Yacht Exhibition ~ Nantucket Boat Basin** Don’t miss this rare opportunity to tour some of the most beautiful classic yachts in the world. Check in on the docks at Straight Wharf. Cocktails, nautical attire. Please wear boat shoes or plan to go barefoot while aboard. # Sunday, August 19 0940 Rainbow Fleet Parade ~ Brant Point 1100 NCS’s 46th Annual Opera House Cup Regatta for classic wooden boats 1800 – 2200 Opera House Cup Awards Party for competitors ~ Jetties Beach ** OHC competitors and crew gather under the tents at Jetties in celebration of this classic wooden boat race. Catered buffet dinner by Nantucket Native and Spanky’s Raw Bar. Enjoy cocktails while dancing under the stars to the music of Perfect Day. Awards ceremony commences at 7 PM. Note: the awards party is restricted to OHC competitors and sponsors at the Rear Admiral level & above. # Monday, August 20 Photo by Alice Breed 0800 Beach Clean Up ~ Jetties Beach

3 Nantucket Race Week 2018 NRW Racing Events 2018

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1. One Design Series: August 11, 15 & 18 – start 1230 2. IOD Regatta: August 12 – start 1230 On-the-Water Events 3. Hobie Regatta: August 12 – start 1000 To register, please visit our website www.nantucketraceweek.org and click “Events & Activities” or Kite Board Regatta: August 12 – start 1100 visit the NRW Registration Desk. Harbor Rendezvous: August 12 – start 1400 4. Optimist Regatta: August 13 – start 1100 Jury Room Will be located in the NYC Conference Room. August 14 – start 1000 5. 420 Regatta: August 13 – start 1100 Protest Desk August 14 – start 1000 Will be located in the NYC Ballroom. Laser Regatta: August 13 – start 1100 Launch Service Women’s Regatta: August 14 – start 1230 NYC Launch operates from 0800 until 1 hour past sunset. 6. NRW Team Racing: August 15 – start 1700 Except Saturday, August 18 to Saturday, August 19, when launch service will operate until 2300. 7. IOD Celebrity Invitational: August 16 & 17 – start 1100 Public Launch is available daily at Straight Wharf, 0700 - 2400, 8. Nantucket Regatta: August 17 & 18 – start 1100 $5 per person [email protected] 9. Rainbow Fleet Parade: August 19 – start 0940 (781) 635-7733. 10. Opera House Cup: August 19 – start 1100

Nantucket Race Week 2018 4 Photo by Alice Breed Organizing Authority Race Management Nantucket Race Week, LLC Justin Assad, Jon Beery, Sharon Bernd, Carolyn Cullen, Emma Hermanek, Seth Gottlieb, Emmy Kilvert, Eric Robbins, Hank Stuart, Emily Taylor, Hosts Juliet Thompson, Rebecca Vaughn, Geoﬀ Verney and Jim Walsh Nantucket Yacht Club Commodore Whitney Giﬀord Chief Judge Great Harbor Yacht Club Timothea Larr Commodore Ronald Zarrella Nantucket Community Sailing Jury President William Druckemiller Carol Barrow, Greg Kiely and Don Makowiecki

Honorary Chairman Cover GaryGary Jobson Jobson Photo by Terry Pommett

2018 Co-Chairs Photographers Steve Siegler, Wink Van Ogtrop Alice Breed, Charlie Howard, Peter Louderback, Karen Ryan, Terry Pommett and Cory Silken 2018 Vice-Chairs Dan MacKeigan, Carolyn Grant Zarrella Event and Volunteer Leads Sandy Adzick, Dave Anderson, Jharry Breed, Brian Carey, Maureen Crowley, Past Co-Chairs Carolyn & Woody Cullen, Anne Dewez, Penny Dey, Brad Fleming, John Beale, Pat Beilman, Ward Belcher, Diane Tipton Bradt, Bob Braunohler, Paul Gaucher, Seth Gottlieb, Chris Gould, Bill Grieder, Kerry Maloney, Steven Caulfield, Posie Constable, Robert Constable, Maureen Crowley, Linda McGrath, Wink Van Ogtrop, Steve Siegler, Wendy Sykes, Norwood Davis, Anne Dewez, Bill Druckemiller ,Brad Fleming, Cece Fowler, Traci Weaver, Carolyn Grant Zarrella and Judy Zurheide Peter Gevalt, Chuck Gifford, Whit Gifford, Linda Green, Charlie Gustin, Chris Magee, Linda McGrath, David Poor, West Riggs, Joe Ripp, Susan Shapiro, Geoff Verney, Susan Wayne and Alan Worden

Special Thanks for the support provided by the Nantucket Harbormaster, Nantucket Moorings, Nantucket Boat Basin and the USCG Station Brant Point

15th Annual

Photo by Alice Breed

5 Nantucket Race Week 2018 Nantucket Race Week 2018 6 NRW 2018 Individual Sponsors

THANK YOU to the individuals who have been exceptionally generous in their support of Nantucket Race Week. Their financial contributions directly benefit the youth sailing programs and scholarships offered by Nantucket Community Sailing.

Nantucket Community Sailing also salutes our Nantucket Race Week Co-Chairs, Steve Siegler and Wink Van Ogtrop, and our vice-chairs, Dan MacKeigan and Carolyn Grant Zarrella, for their dedicated eﬀorts in orchestrating the 15th annual Nantucket Race Week.

Photo by Alice Breed Congratulations to Wendy Sykes for being the 14th Annual Photo by Alice Breed Nantucket Race Week INDIVIDUAL SPONSORS (as of July 19, 2018) Volunteer Extraordinaire.

Secretary of the Navy ($10,000) Jim Bishop Sharon & Frank Lorenzo Lois & Bill Druckemiller Thomas Bowen Susan & Dennis Shapiro Linda & Ben McGrath Henry Brauer Liz & Geoff Verney Susan & Harry Rein Carolyn & Woody Cullen Ensign ($500) Pam & Scott Ulm Jim Cunningham Kathy & Dan Avoures Dr. John & Mary West Cece & Mack Fowler Samantha Barnes Kim & Rob Frisbie Louise & John Beale Admiral ($7,500) Heather Gregg Alice & Jharry Breed Letitia & Stephen Mead Stuart Hebb Anna & Erik Casperson Lisa Quattrocchi Jamie Hilton Gretchen & Gordon Cooney J. West Riggs David Houck Jean & Garth Grimmer Ron & Carolyn Grant Zarrella Carl Jelleme Deborah Hoadley Mary & Michael Johnson Andrea & Matthew Lustig Rear Admiral ($5,000) Benjamin Kinney Pauline & John Mendez Diane & David Bradt Trygve (Trig) Liljestrand Penny Dey Jane Schnitzer Bonnie & Peter McCausland Julie & Tom Steindler Toni & Martin McKerrow Ted Moore Julie & Brian Simmons Judithann & Richard Thayer Minou Palandjian Wink & Andrew Van Ogtrop Alex & Jephtha Tausig Valcic Penny Scheerer & John Schwanbeck Susan & Roger Vandenberg Cecy & Steve Siegler Crew (<$500) Traci & David Weaver Susan & Marty Wayne Anne & Patrick Dewez Betsy & Richard Werdiger Michael Herde Commodore ($2,500) Rick Nopper Sandy Adzick Captain ($1,500) Alex Peacock Patricia & Tom Anathan Maureen & Jeff Crowley David Ray Anonymous Kate & Kell Damsgaard Helmut Weymar Jenny & Michael Baldock Elliott & Barbara Gewirtz Judy Zurheide

7 Nantucket Race Week 2018 NRW Racing Results 2017 Kiteboard Regatta Hobie 16 Regatta Laser Regatta Team Racing Hydrofoil Class Surfboard Class, Twin Tip 1) Joe Lloyd 1) Eric Robbins Insuﬃcient Races 1) Mark Miedema Class ~ Male and Female 2) Gibbons Hellsapoppin 2) Neil Cocker 2) Austin Waclo Cancelled due to weather 3) Connor Wallace 3) Seth Gottlieb 3) Chris Lazinski

Photo By Jake Hoefler Photo by Karen Ryan

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Nantucket Race Week 2018 8 NRW Racing Results 2017 Youth Opti Regatta Youth 420 Regatta Opti Green Opti Championship 420 Championship 420 Green 1) Isabel Dickson 1) Cole Woodworth 1) Henry Hayden / Gigi Diserio 1) Meredith Broadus / Teddy Taylor 2) Wyatt Silverman 2) Lillian Vittone 2) James Taaﬀe / Henry Worden 2) Leslie Phillips / Sydney MacKeigan 3) Jackson Harrington 3) Thomas Whidden 3) Scott Yenor / Thibault Antonietti 3) Reed Van Ogtrop / Robby Cullen

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NRW Racing Results 2017 Women’s Regatta Red Division Blue Division 1) Courageous ~ Susan Wayne, Jenny Baldock and Diane Tipton Bradt 1) GHYC 3 ~ Traci Weaver, Sabine Griﬃn, Ashley Mason and Coach Connor 2) Wizard ~ Tara Vittone, Jenny Heath and Alice Woolverton 2) GHYC 2 ~ Valerie Stauﬀer, Sarah Newton, Alison Barlow and Coach Kevin 3) Rodeo ~ Linda Johnson, Kim Frisbee and Minou Palandjian 3) GHYC 6 ~ Julie Hensler, Susan Brownwood and Coach Clare

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Nantucket Race Week 2018 12 NRW Racing Results 2017 One Design Regatta Alerion Marshall Cat 18 12 ½’s 1) First Tracks ~ Brian Simmons 1) Tigger ~ Steve Caulfield 1) Huck ~ Henry Gewirtz 2) Osprey ~ Jeﬀ Crowley 2) Cleo ~ Steven Siegler 2) Little Hawk ~ Nathaniel Philbrick 3) Second Wind ~ Peter Thomas 3) Quicksilver ~ Dennis Shapiro 3) Revelry ~ Cece Fowler Indian Marshall Cat 15 IOD Regatta 1) Siasconset ~ Ian McNeice 1) Valor ~ Amo & Kathy Ross 1) Delta ~ Max Bent 2) Dionis ~ Bobby Constable 2) Golf ~ Peter McCausland 3) Medouie ~ Dawson Hodgson 2) Miss Claire - Garth Grimmer 3) Tango ~ Ridgie Sower 3) Cats Paw ~ George West Rhodes 19 NRW Best Performance in a 1) Pocomo ~ Peter Barrett Rainbow One Design Class 2) Raven ~ Tom Glover / Erik Caspersen 1) Jammin ~ Toby Smiles Henry Hayden and Gigi Diserio ~ 3) Wizard ~ Marc Feigen / Jenny Heath / Miller 2) Mistoﬀelees ~ Stephen Mead 420 Class Championship

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15 Nantucket Race Week 2018 Clean Regatta

antucket Race Week is proud to participate for the 10th year in the Sailor for the Sea’s Clean Regatta program. We are expecting to achieve Gold-level recognition for the 9th year. Some Nof our Clean Regatta actions include: • No discharge of treated or untreated sewage or black water in harbor areas or no-discharge zones around Nantucket. • No overboard discharge of trash or littering at shore facilities (e.g. rigging tape, paper, soda cans). • Follow Nantucket’s trash and recycling guidelines: Trash must be in clear plastic or biodegradable bags. All paper, glass, metal and plastic must be recycled and placed in separate containers. • Reduce waste by using reﬁllable water bottles and compostable paper products. • Use green cleaning and maintenance products, and copper/cuprous oxide-free bottom paint. • Reduce the impact of oils spills from motorized vessels by carrying at least one bilge sponge and fuel spill pad. • Participate in Nantucket’s Stop the Straw campaign. • Use of bicycles and public transportation. Photo by Alice Breed

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Nantucket Race Week 2018 16 Nantucket Clean Harbor Award Presented by Carlin Contracting Company NCS makes this award to heighten public awareness of the pressures on harbor water quality, the importance of restoring the quality of our harbor’s waters and to encourage stewardship of this resource. This award is presented to a person or organization that has engaged in activities that not only improve Nantucket harbor’s water quality, but also provides a model for action by other organizations and individuals. The 2017 award was presented to Dave Fronzuto, Town of Nantucket Emergency Management Coordinator. Dave was recognized for his work to rebuild the jetties at the mouth of Nantucket Harbor, which not only improves safety for mariners but also improves water quality Photo by Alice Breed within Nantucket Harbor due to the increased water ﬂow. The 2018 Clean Harbor award will be presented at the Family BBQ at Great Harbor Yacht Club on Monday, August 13 at approximately 7:00pm.

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23 Nantucket Race Week 2018 2018 IOD Celebrity Invitational

The Celebrity Invitational begins with an opening reception buffet dinner Dawn Riley Master of Ceremonies at the Great Harbor Yacht Club on August 15, with two days of racing and This will be the 5th year Dawn returns to the Invitational but this year more social events on August 16 and 17, 2018. Over the two days of racing her new role is as our Master of Ceremonies. After over 10 years as the in Nantucket Sound, seven races are scheduled. Each participating team MC, Tom Whidden is thrilled that Dawn will be taking the helm. will have a celebrity tactician on-board. Races will be sailed in a fleet format As CEO and captain of America True, Dawn was the first woman to manage and prizes will be awarded for daily and overall results. Opportunities abound for non-sailing spouses and significant others to explore and enjoy an America’s Cup sailing team. She raced on four America’s Cup and two the island: beaches, bicycling, water sports, shopping, museums, Whitbread (now Volvo Ocean Race) teams. She is a former president of the sightseeing and more. Woman’s Sports Foundation, served on the board of US Sailing, and is an adviser to several public service organizations. The International One Design was the first class to achieve ‘International Dawn has been in Oyster Bay New York at Oakcliff Sailing since the inception in 2010. There she is building Classic Yacht’ status with the International Sailing Federation. Inspired by American leaders through sailing. A nonprofit open to all, Oakcliff’s signature Acorn and Sapling programs the majestic 6-Metre class, Cornelius Shields commissioned Norwegian train athletes in inshore, offshore and high-performance sailing. Graduates receive training in all aspects naval architect Bjorn Aas to design a strict one-design class. In 1935, the of running a racing campaign from technical to finance to marketing and strategy. International One Design was born. 21-feet on the waterline, with long, graceful overhangs extending to 33-feet overall, and a powerful 45-foot Oakcliff is creating leaders inside and outside of the marine industry with graduates currently racing rig, the IOD resembles a scaled down version of a majestic J-Boat. With in the Volvo Ocean Race as Team Vestas 11th Hour Racing. As a US Sailing training center Oakcliff is fleets in Northeast Harbor, Marblehead, Nantucket, Long Island Sound, San training the next Olympic champions. Through a partnership with the NYYC’s America’s Cup team, Francisco, Nova Scotia, Bermuda, Scotland, Sweden and Norway, the IOD American Magic, Oakcliff graduates are being trained and will be granted an interview to join the class has a strong tradition of inter-fleet competition. The King Edward VII NYYC’s America’s Cup Team. Gold Cup leg of the Swedish Match tour is sailed in the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club's fleet of IODs. Eric Robbins Principal Race Officer 6th Year Formed in 1998, the Nantucket IOD Fleet is based on a unique concept. Eric started sailing Widgeons at age 9 at New Bedford Yacht Club, Rather than the traditional system of sailors owning their boats individually, graduating to Rhodes-19s and Junior Commodore. He sailed for UPenn the fleet is owned by an association consisting of fifteen syndicates, each in the 70s, then moved on to Lasers for which he organized and ran of which owns an undivided interest, or share equivalent to one fifteenth regattas for clubs in Atlanta, San Diego, and Connecticut. He served as of the entire fleet. The boats are identical in every way: hulls, standing and RC Chairman for six years and Rear Commodore at Cedar Point YC while running rigging, sails, supplied equipment, instruments (just a compass!), racing his J-30 before moving to Tampa in 2007. There, he races on a J- tuning, and even the bottom paint. Syndicates rotate boats on a weekly 42 and a J-105 when not serving as PRO, Judge or Umpire at regional basis. It is truly one-design racing at its purest. events. Eric has served as PRO for the US Youth Championships, the Venezuelan National Championships, and US Nationals for several classes. This is Eric’s eighth summer as the Professional Celebrity Tacticians generously donate their time and talent to support Race Officer at the Nantucket Yacht Club. He has been a US Sailing National Race Officer and Judge Nantucket Community Sailing. A blind auction prior to the event gives since 2007, and an Umpire since 2014. Eric has been racing Lasers for 35 years. amateur teams a chance to help determine tactician assignments. Bids are not required, but are nonetheless welcomed, encouraged, and importantly, Thank you to Sandy Adzick and Chris Gould, deductible as charitable contributions to NCS. Pairings are announced at the Wednesday evening reception. The bidding process is strictly co-chairs of The IOD Celebrity Invitational, confidential. If a crew chooses not to bid; the organizers will make a for all their hard work over the past several months. tactician assignment.

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Nantucket Race Week 2018 24 2018 IOD Celebrity Invitational Tacticians Ed Adams 1st year Charlie Enright 1st year Ed Adams is a professional sailor and coach from Newport, Growing up in the historic maritime hub of Bristol, RI where RI. He was an All-American Collegiate sailor at the his grandfather was a boat builder, Charlie knew from a University of Rhode Island. He was Rolex Yachtsman of the young age that he would have a passion for sailing. As a Year in 1987 and 1991 and US Olympic Athlete of the Year- youth Charlie attained many Narragansett Bay, New Sailing in 1987, 1991. He has won world or national England, national and North American championships, and championships in the Star, J/24, Snipe, Laser, Team racing and intercollegiate events. then went on to Brown University where he concentrated In offshore boats, he has won the Fastnet, Bermuda Race, Montego Bay, Chicago and Huron in Business Economics, captained the sailing team, and Macs, Miami-Baltimore, Trans Superior, IMS Worlds, Volvo Race and Commodores Cup. He became a 4x member of the All American team. After graduating, Charlie worked for was also Navigator with America’s Cup Team Young America. North Sails Rhode Island where he managed multiple sailing campaigns for 55 South As a coach, his teams have won Olympic Gold in the Star, World Championships in the Sailing Team and other private clients. J/70, Melges 20, Star, Etchells, Farr 40, TP52, NYYC Invitational and J/111 classes, as well Charlie has logged well over 100 thousand miles in offshore racing, as well as many as National Championships in the J/105 and Tartan Ten. impressive inshore racing results. He has won the Trans-Atlantic, Fastnet, Chicago Geoff Becker 1st year Mackinac, Bermuda, and C600 Races along with Key West, Block Island, IRC Nationals, Geoff has been teaching and coaching sailing for more than NYYC Annual Regattas. 25 years. For 16 of those years, his coaching centered on college As skipper of Team Alvimedica in the 2014-15 Volvo Ocean Race, Charlie led an sailing, and in that time his teams won four Collegiate National international team of eight sailors around the globe. He recently returned from Championships. After leaving collegiate coaching in 2009, completing the 2017-18 VOR as skipper aboard Vestas 11th Hour Racing. The VOR and Geoff's competition record includes World Championship titles rounding Cape Horn are certainly some of the big highlights in his sailing career. Beyond in the J/24, J/70 and International Lightning classes along with several North American and National Titles. Geoff is currently sailing, Charlie enjoys being a husband and father, and perfecting his cooking skills. a professional sailor and coach. Geoff Ewenson 1st Year Geoff is originally from Newport RI, and moved to Peter Commette 1st year Laser World Champion Peter Commette (and second in the Annapolis MD in 1997. He worked for Shore Sails in world in Lasers and the 470) grew up sailing on Barnegat Bay, Newport prior to beginning an Olympic campaign in the NJ, out of Mantoloking YC in Duckboats (3x World Champ), Finn Dinghy. After two second place finishes at the Olympic Sneakboxes and M-Scows and crewing on E-Scows for trials in 2004 and 2008 he decided to pursue sailing as a National Hall of Fame sailor, Runnie Colie. He sailed for Tufts career. He competes professionally on everything from J- University under the great Joe Duplin. With Duplin as coach, 24s to super yachts. He is typically a tactician or trimmer he won the 1976 Olympic Finn Trials, finishing 11th at the depending on the team he sails with, and has also focused more recently on navigating Olympics. After graduating, he became the head varsity sailing coach at the US Merchant for high end racing programs. He still sails with the Newport Shields fleet where he cut Marine Academy, Kings Point, before law school. His last Olympic effort was the 1980 “Non- his teeth as a youth. Olympics”. He began his admiralty and personal injury civil litigation career in South Florida and lives with his wife, Connie, in Ft. Lauderdale. This is his first appearance in the Celebrity Invitational, but certainly not his first time to Peter now races Snipes with his family, with high finishes in worlds competition with Connie the island. He is very much looking forward to the event and crossing tacks with all of you. and daughters Morgan and Sheehan. Since 2000, Peter has focused on building the Jonathan Farrar 3rd year Lauderdale Yacht Club Junior Sailing Program in multiple roles as Fleet Captain and Jonathan Farrar is a 12-year member of the U.S. Sailing Team, Commodore. It’s now recognized as one of the best in the country. He also was a founding racing all types of boats along with coaching Olympic sailors. Board member of the Lauderdale YC Sailing Foundation, which gives learn to sail grants to needy children all over South Florida for enrollment in various sailing clubs and organizations, Jonathan lives in Milton, MA, coaches the Northeastern and which partially sponsors South Florida sailors from any club to world events. University Sailing Team, and races IODs on Fishers Island, NY. Victor Diaz-de-Leon 1st Year He grew up racing Blue Jays in Niantic, CT, where he was a Victor was born and raised in Puerto La Cruz, a small town founding member of the first public high school sailing team. by the sea in Venezuela where he grew up playing in the He was a member of the U.S. Sailing Team from 1993-2004 ocean every day and was always sailing, fishing or primarily in 470s and Tornado catamarans, and also competed in the Flying Dutchman windsurfing. Victor started racing sailboats when he was 5 and IMCO Olympic trials regattas. In the 470, he was a coach and training partner at the years old on his father’s 30ft racer cruiser and 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia, and the 2004 absolutely loved the resulting adrenaline. He got his first Opti at age 7, and has been racing ever since. Victor Olympics in Athens, Greece. He is also a two-time U.S. Tornado National Champion. He relocated to the United Stated when he was 18 years old, won the Volvo Ocean Race Extreme 40 championships in 2006-2007. Jonathan was a attending St Mary’s College of Maryland where he was on the sailing team. After college, U.S. Paralympic coach for the Skud class from 2009 to 2012. Victor started sailing professionally and has had much success in the one-design classes. Jonathan is a four-time IOD World Champion, including most recently as skipper at the He has won the J/70 North Americans, South American’s and World Championships, as 2017 World Championships, as well as in 2015 right here at the Nantucket Yacht Club. well as the Etchells North Americans, Mid Winters, Jaguar Series and US Sailing Jonathan also finished 2nd at the 2016 World Championships in San Francisco. When Championship of Champions regatta. Apart from pro sailing, Victor is an avid Moth sailor, recently finishing in 5th place at the Moth World Championship held in Bermuda. Victor he's not on the water, Jonathan is usually found chasing his four and two year old lives in Miami with his wife Daniela, where he enjoys free diving and spear fishing. daughters, Maya and Celeste, and his Boykin Spaniel Slocum.

25 Nantucket Race Week 2018 2018 IOD Celebrity Invitational Tacticians

Andy Green 2nd Year Tom has victories in numerous boats and has been part of the teams aboard “Spookie”, It’s not too often that the Celebrity IOD event has as a Guest “Stark Raving Mad”, “Victory ‘83”, “Hanuman”, “Twizzle”, “Better Place”, “Decision”, “Dark Tactician whose sailing life involves commentating on Shadow”, “Samba Pa Ti” and recently won back to back Rolex Swan World Maxi class wins sailing as much as sailing itself. Andy has been a aboard “Freya”. He has an active Etchells program, and has been known to spend too professional sailor since 1996, including two stints as an much time chasing Marlin and other gamefish aboard his Rybovich sportfish in the Americas Cup helmsman (2000 and 2003) and Bermuda Bahamas. Gold Cup winner (in IODs, of course). Ten years of match Tom has two daughters; Sarah, (Yale ‘10) who won the US trials in the 470 for the 2012 racing should have prepared him for the team-building London Olympics and Marissa, (US Naval Academy ‘14), an All-American sailor at challenges of the Celebrity Regatta. With his career now Annapolis. devoted to TV and online commentating at major events, Andy follows in the footsteps Tom has sailed in five IOD Celebrity Invitationals, twice aboard Jeff Ecklund’s “Team Star” of past media figures in the Celebrity Regatta such as Chris Matthews and our own Gary finishing 2nd and 4th and in 2016 he sailed with Heather Gregg finishing 3rd. In 2017 Jobson. You may know Andy as the official TV host and MC for the 2017-18 Volvo Ocean he was fortunate to sail with Sandy Adzick, co chair of this fun & competitive Invitational. Race, the closest battle in round the world history. Moose McClintock 1st Year Luke Lawrence 1st Year Moose is a native Newporter, and has always lived on Luke Lawrence makes his debut this year as a Celebrity Aquidneck Island, so he gets to sail a lot! He grew up sailing Tactician, though he is a veteran of the event as a member out of Newport Yacht Club and racing on Narragansett Bay, of Heather Gregg’s crew in 2015, 2016 and the winning mostly crewing on dinghies and bigger boats until he went team in 2014. Hailing from southern Florida, Luke has to URI where he immersed himself in college sailing. After accumulated broad experience in every role, and in many college he worked at Shore Sails in Newport for 15 years types of boats. As a junior sailor he won national and and eventually transitioned into the sailcloth supply international regattas in the Laser and pursued Olympic business, working for Dimension Polyant. campaigns in both the Laser and Finn. Moose’s sailing career followed the path of Olympic trials (2nd Soling 1984 crewing) and Luke’s talent caught others’ attention for larger one-design and big boat racing. He has Admirals Cup (USA 1st in 1997). He has won multiple world, national and North American earned honors as tactician in both Etchells (NA’s 1st, 1st Worlds ’15)), J/24(1st Worlds’ championships as crew or skipper in the Ensign, Shields, J/22, J/24, Etchells and Swan 14), J/22(1st Worlds ’16) and Viper (NA’s). He’s been tactician for four Rolex nominees 42 classes, to name a few. He also became involved in the match race circuit with 5 wins (three male, one female) including 2015 Rolex Yachtsman of the Year, Steve Benjamin. in the Congressional Cup as well as multiple wins worldwide and being 2nd twice in the Luke has campaigned a Star boat for over five years, rising quickly to elite levels placing Match Race Worlds. This led to the opportunity to sail the America’s Cup on Young America 2nd in the North Americans in 2017. He has logged over 10,000 miles offshore, performing in 1995 (2nd in the defender trials) and America One in 2000 (2nd in the Louis Vuitton all roles aboard boats up to TP52’s, a MiniMaxi 72, and 56m Perini Navi “Rosehearty”. finals). As he puts it, “I come in 2nd a lot!” Currently, Moose races and coaches Etchells and J/70s, as well as his S2 7.9 locally. Suzy Leech 2nd Year Suzy Leech has spent her life on boats, including serving Dave Reed 1st Year on the bow of the Women’s Team in the 1995 America’s Cup. Dave Reed grew up sailing in Newport, Rhode Island, and Since then, she has sailed as helm, tactician and navigator is the editor of Sailing World where he now fulfills his two on boats from her J/70 to superyachts - with an Olympic passions – writing and racing – on a daily basis. His campaign and decades of match racing in between. She formative years in the International 420 led to success in a has won over 30 International regattas, in 15 separate wide variety of one-design classes and races. His coverage classes, and is a World Champion in three of them (Mumm of the sport for 25 years has taken him across the country 30s, Ynglings & One-Tons). and around the world to share with Sailing World’s readers Suzy grew up in Annapolis, MD, until the family sold their house, bought a boat, and the experiences of the Volvo Ocean Race, the America’s Cup, sailed for two years to the South Pacific. She later became an Aerospace Engineer and and countless regattas between. While racing a singlehanded skiff on Italy’s magical began her career developing data systems for NASA’s International Space Station. Lake Garda remains his most unforgettable sailing experience, it remains on par with Currently she develops mobile apps, database-driven websites, and provides post-race winning a 12-Meter North American Championship alongside Gary Jobson and Ted calibration and performance data analysis for racing yachts. Turner, and racing Rhodes 19s on Nantucket Harbor during Race Week. This is his fourth IOD Celebrity Pro-Am but first time as a celebrity tactician. He lives and sails in Newport Suzy pioneered On-Board Reporting (OBR) with remote expeditions for National Geographic, with his wife Dana and their three children. UNESCO and ESPN in 1995-1996. She has parlayed her experience in sailing to work both in front of, and behind, the camera – commentating, producing and filming on-board with Jud Smith 6th Year Gary Jobson and ESPN. Suzy now lives in Jamestown, RI with her husband and daughter. Jud Smith is the head of Doyle One Design. Born and raised in Marblehead, MA Jud learned to sail with his father, David Tom Lihan 6th year Smith. Among countless sailing accomplishments, Jud was Tom Lihan grew up in Fort Lauderdale and started sailing 2006 Rolex Yachtsman of the Year. He was the mainsail with a local club in Lasers. He attended the United States trimmer on Stars and Stripes during Dennis Conner's 1995 Merchant Marine Academy (Kings Point) where he was on America’s Cup campaign. Jud’s record includes many one- teams that won the Co-Ed dinghy Nationals, Team Racing design and handicapped fleet championships. He won the Nationals, and won the singlehandeds his senior year. With 2006 Rhodes 19 Nationals, 2015 J70 North Americans, and success post-graduation in the Laser and Finn classes (wins ten Etchells North Americans. He has also won seven world championships - two IOD in the Laser North Americans, Nationals, O’Day champs, Worlds, two Mumm/Farr 30 Worlds, one Etchells, one Sonar and the one Rolex Worlds in Championship of Champions, Finn NAs, Finn Midwinters) a Swan 44. In 2017 he sailed with Peter Duncan, winning the J70 World Championship he competed in the 1984 US Olympic Trials in the Finn. While starting a career and family in Porto Cervo, Italy. He was the winning tactician in the IOD Celebrity Invitational in he continued to sail various dinghies and “big boat” programs winning the 1995 US Pan each of the past two years. With over 30 years’ experience, Jud is regarded as one of the Am Trials in the Laser. finest one-design sailmakers in the world.

Nantucket Race Week 2018 26 IOD Celebrity Invitational Skippers and Crew Team ’71 Team Hot Ticket Skipper Ted Moore ~ New York YC Skipper Sandy Adzick ~ Nantucket YC Chris Gould Brad White Skip Beck Pete Sutch Thomas O’Brien Chip Carr Team Alpha Team Rascal Skipper Richard Werdiger ~ Great Harbor YC Skipper Henry Brauer ~ Eastern YC Will Christensen Karl Anderson Photo by Karen Ryan Shane Wells Ian Coleman Miles Cameron Steve Madeira Team Agers Team Reggae Shark Skipper Jim Cunningham ~ SFYC/NYYC Skipper Thomas Bowen ~ Annapolis YC Nic Judson Jacolyn Wetmore Dan MacKeigan Thomas Loutrel Skip Willauer Team Scoundrels Team “Amateur Hour” Skipper Jamie Hilton ~ New York YC Skipper Ben Kinney ~ New York YC Lexi Gahagan Mike Toppa Team Cape Cod Chris Greenman Skipper Heather Gregg ~ Stage Harbor YC Mike Obuchowski Team Thin Ice Skipper Stuart Hebb ~ New York YC Photo by Karen Ryan Team Euro Style Greg Tawaststjerna Skipper Trig Liljestrand ~Royal Swedish YC Philip Gow Philip Cox Shawn Burke Dan Faria Jeﬀ Feehan Team Wednesday Night Warriors Bob Hunte Skipper David Houck ~ Annapolis YC Stephanie Houck Team Golf Rob Floyd Skipper Peter McCausland ~Nantucket YC Andy Hughes Peter Ernst Kyle Dufur Team Bishop Max Petrushonis Skipper Jim Bishop, Jr ~ American YC Robert Constable Elliott Wislar 2017Photo by IOD Karen Ryan Celebrity Invitational Results 2017 IOD Celebrity Invitational Results Past Winners 1) Richard Werdiger, Skipper, Will Christensen, Miles Cameron and John Edenbach ~ Jud Smith, Tactician Year Celebrity Tactician Skipper 2) Ted Moore, Skipper, Chris Gould, Skip Beck and Thomas O’Brien ~ Mark Reynolds, Tactician 2017 Jud Smith Richard Werdiger 3) Phil Lotz, Skipper, Wendy Lotz, Dave MacMillian and Lara Dallman-Weiss ~ Mike Marshall, Tactician 2016 Jud Smith Ted Moore 2015 Jahn Tihansky Tony Parker 2014 Robbie Doyle Heather Gregg 2013 Jon Wright John Dane III 2012 Robbie Doyle Heather Gregg 2011 Sally Barkow John Dane III 2010 Dave Ullman Jim Bishop 2009 Brad Read Jim Bishop 2008 Chris Snow Dan MacKeigan 2007 Brad Read Jim Bishop 2006 Geoﬀ Moore Peter McCausland Photo by Karen Ryan 2005 Chris Larson David Poor

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29 Nantucket Race Week 2018 2017 Nantucket Regatta Results

CRF A1 SPINNAKER CRF- B2 NON-SPIN SCHOONER NON SPIN 1) Mustang ~ Harvey Jones 1) Tilly XV ~ Siegfried Rittler 1) Juno ~ Scott DiBiaso 2) Blackfish ~ Ron Zarrella 2) Fancy ~ Geoﬀrey Verney 2) Eros ~ Buzz Goodall 3) Marilee ~ George Pilgrim 3) Revonoc ~ Richard Herbert 2) Brilliant ~ Nicholas Alley PHRF 1 SPINNAKER Giﬀord Bowl CRF A2 NON-SPIN 1) Clio ~ Nick Aswad Best Performance Overall 1) Columbia ~ Kevin Hegarty 2) Oriole ~ Thomas Quinn 1) Columbia ~ Kevin Hegarty 2) Weatherly ~ Deborah Hoadley 3) Prima ~ Connor Aswad 2) American Eagle ~ Susan Wayne 3) Valiant ~ Gary Gregory PHRF 2 NON-SPIN 1) Ruse ~ William Marsh Reiner-Halsted Trophy CRF B1 SPINNAKER 2) Lagertha ~ Kurt kalverer II Best Performance of a 1) Siren ~ Peter Cassidy 3) Race Horse ~ JP Cody Nantucket Crewed Boat 2) Sonny ~ Dr. J. Craig Venter SCHOONER SPIN 1) Sonny ~ Dr. J. Craig Venter 3) Santana ~ Wendy Schmidt Eleonora ~ Brendan McCoy 2) Santana ~ Wendy Schmidt

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Nantucket Race Week 2018 30 2017 Nantucket Regatta Panerai Results

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Nantucket Race Week 2018 32 Classic Yacht Exhibition

he ﬁfth annual Classic Yacht Exhibition will be held in the Nantucket Boat Basin on Saturday, August 18th Tfrom 5:30pm to 8:00pm. The yachts in the Classic Yacht Exhibition participate by invitation only, since the event is intended to recognize some of the ﬁnest and most interesting yachts that compete in the Opera House Cup. This will be a very special opportunity for guests to go aboard and see the beautiful classic yachts up close. Participants will receive a booklet describing each of the yachts on display, and each yacht owner will receive a commemorative plaque. The yachts will be on display at the end of the Straight Wharf dock. We ask our guests to follow any rules the owners have for boarding their yachts – i.e. no shoes, no food or drink, and a limited number of visitors at a time. Dean Miller from Fusion of Flavor will be providing hors d’oeuvres and Photo by Alice Breed cocktails for the yacht owners and our guests. Tickets are $35 per person and may be purchased on the docks. Thank you to the boat captains and the Nantucket Boat Basin for making this event possible.

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33 Nantucket Race Week 2018 Photos by Terry Pommett

Nantucket Race Week 2018 34 46th Annual Opera House Cup Presented by Panerai OHC Race Committee Race Management and Support Bill Druckemiller (Chair), Diana Brown, Buzz Goodall, Tommy Arena, Peter Barrett, John Beale, Sharon Bernd, David & Diane Bradt, Eric Holch, Alfie Sanford and Geoff Verney Bill Burnham, Neil Cocker, Bobby & Posie Constable, Matt Dwyer, Tom Glover, Garth & Jean Grimmer, Emma Hermaneck, Charlie Howard, Marshall Kilvert, Panerai Committee Chair Chris Lufkin, Ian McNeice, Nick Miller, Gabriele Pedone, Eric Robbins, Susan Wayne Chris Shannon, Hank Stuart, Campbell Sutton, Chip Thayer, Juliet Thompson, Josh Trout, Jim Walsh, Susan Wayne, Scott White, Chris Wick, Judy Zurheide Principal Race Officer and NCS, NYC and GHYC instructors Hank Stuart OHC Heritage Committee Prentice Claflin, Amanda Cross, Lindsey Cross, Michael Gaillard, Eugene Chief Judge Grimaldi, Barbara Kranichfeld, Gene Mahon, Jennifer Nelson, Timothea Larr Eric Nordby, Sue Maffei Plowden, Terry Pommett, Mary Walsh, Liam Walsh, Alanna Walsh Luca and David White Jury Carol Barrow, Greg Kiely and Don Makowiecki OHC 46th Awards Party Kerry Maloney (chair), Francine Balling, Kat Culhane, Perfect Day, OHC Committee Boat Brad Fleming, Bill Grieder, Bobby King, Tim McDonald, Sandbar LLC, SORCERER II ~ Starting Vessel Patti Santos, Spanky and Dylan Wallace 95’ Frers ocean research yacht, built 1998 The Sorcerer II global research expedition, 2004-2005, was an extensive Classic Yacht Exhibition voyage of discovery led by Dr. J. Craig Venter, inspired in part by the Darwin Francine Balling, Tom Darling, Christina Martin, and Challenger expeditions to evaluate marine and terrestrial biodiversity. Dean Miller, Michelle Roberts, Alfie Sanford and Geoff Verney Sorcerer II explored microbial biodiversity around the globe using a “whole Founders environment” genomics approach, leading to the discovery of tens of Gwen Gaillard* Chick Walsh* thousands of new genes and microbes. *deceased

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35 Nantucket Race Week 2018 Photo by Charlie Howard Photo by Charlie Howard

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Nantucket Race Week 2018 36 Photo by Cory Silken / Panerai Photo by Cory Silken / Panerai

Photo by Cory Silken / Panerai Photo by Charlie Howard

Photo by Charlie Howard Photo by Charlie Howard

37 Nantucket Race Week 2018 Past Winners 1973 1988 2003

MARINER AMERICAN EAGLE FORTUNE 1974 1989 2004

PIERA FORTUNE INTREPID 1975 1990 2005

CHOICE HARBINGER ZINGARA 1976 1991 2006

ESCAPADE VALIANT OWL 1977 1992 2007

ELSKE VALIANT BLACK WATCH 1978 1993 2008

MARINER HERITAGE ELSKA 1979 1994 2009

GLEAM BAMBINO KATHLEEN 1980 1995 2010

ESCAPADE HIGH COTTON TOTEM 1981 1996 2011

FORTUNE PIERA EQUUS 1982 1997 2012

BANZAI BRILLIANT QUEST 1983 1999 2013

WHITEHAWK NAIAD VALIANT 1984 2000 2014

LEGEND HERITAGE SUMURUN 1985 2001 2015

GLEAM HERITAGE FOGGY 1986 2001 2016

BRILLIANT WEATHERLY BLACKWATCH 1987 2002 2016

GLEAM VALIANT GALAVANT 2017 2017

NIRVANA VALIANT

Nantucket Race Week 2018 38 Photo by Terry Pommett RESULTS 45th Annual Opera House Cup Regatta presented by Panerai – August 20, 2017

Registered: 65 OHC CLASS AWARDS: Pos Boat Boat Started: 64 12 METRE CLASS 1 Nirvana David Ray Finished: 62 1) Valiant ~ Gary Gregory 2 Siren Peter Cassidy Course: B, 20.3 NM 2) Weatherly ~ Deb Hoadley 3 Valiant Gary Gregory 4 Gentian Ben Sperry Winds: 280, 10 -15 knots 3) Intrepid ~ Michael Patterson 5 Weatherly (US 17) Deborah Hoadley Principal Race Officer: Charlie Cooper 6 Intrepid Michael Patterson Judge: Timothea Larr ALERION CLASS 7 Bapple Bruce Failing Committee Boat: Sorcerer II 1) Bapple ~ Bruce Failing 8 American Eagle Elliot Gewirtz 2) First Tracks ~ Brian Simmons and Tom Darling 9 Sonny Dr J Craig Venter OVERALL OHC WINNER: 3) Fortuna ~ Bill Liddle 10 First Tracks Brian Simmons & Tom Darling OHC CRUISING DIVISION 11 Fortuna Bill Liddle 12 Columbia Jephtha Tausig Nirvana ~ David Ray SCHOONER CLASS 13 Marilee George Pilgrim Homeport: Newport 1) Brilliant ~ Nicholas Alley 14 Cheerful Timothy Fulham Designed by: John G Alden 2) Eleonora ~ Brendan McCoy 15 Santana Wendy Schmidt Built: 1950 3) Eros ~ Buzz Goodall 16 Blackfish Ron Zarrella LOA: 65' 17 Tilly XV Siggi Rittler 18 Nefertiti Sears Wullschleger PANERAI CLASS AWARDS: OHC DAY RACING DIVISION: 19 Magic Oliver La Farge Thomas Giovine Valiant ~ Gary Gregory 20 Myth PANERAI BEST PERFORMANCE WINNER 21 Revonoc Richard Herbert Homeport: Marblehead Siren ~ Peter Cassidy 22 Serendipity Harry Rein Designed by: Olin Stephens 23 Black Watch Kyle Durfur Built: 1970 24 Una Rick Nopper VINTAGE GRAND CLASSIC LOA: 64.25’ 25 Weatherly (60999) John Duerden 1) Nirvana ~ David Ray 26 Fortune John Taft FIRST TO FINISH 2) Marilee ~ George Pilgrim 27 Uncle Benny Samuel Lawrence 3) Black Watch ~ Kyle Durfur 28 Sentebale Sabine Leonhard Griffin Eleonora ~ Brendan McCoy 29 Angelita Croll/Skelsey 30 Courageous Casey Fasciano GWEN GAILLARD VINTAGE CORINTHIAN YACHT 31 Pleione Bruce Dyson SPIRIT OF THE RACE AWARD 1) Siren ~ Peter Cassidy 32 Mah Jong Alex Goldhill Defiance ~ Chris and Natasha Vallett 2) Gentian ~ Ben Sperry 33 Scheherazade Marshall Pagon 3) Sonny ~ Craig Venter 34 Owl Sven Holch ROBERT H. TIEDEMANN AWARD 35 Mustang Harvey Jones 36 Aegir Elith Larsen For Best Maintained or Restored Yacht VINTAGE DAY RACER Piera ~ Ira Conn 37 Zingara Chris Magee 1) Cheerful ~ Tim Fulham 38 Wild Horses Donald Tofias PERFORMANCE AWARDS 2) Tilly XV ~ Joerg Moessnang and Sigi Rittler 39 Mermaid Brooke S Parish 3) Uncle Benny ~ Samuel Lawrence 40 Luna Alessandro Pagani Blackfish ~ Ron Zarrella 41 Abigail Jesse Terry Santana ~ Wendy Schmidt 42 Phebe Nathaniel Philbrick Lynx ~ Alexander Peacock GRAND PRIX YACHT 43 Starry Night Alfred Sanford 1) Valiant ~ Gary Gregory 44 Brillant Nicholas Alley PERSISTENCE TROPHY 2) Weatherly ~ Deb Hoadley 45 Galavant John Tagiuri Eileen Marie ~ Peter Houston & Mike McManus 3) Intrepid ~ Michael Patterson 46 Ticonderoga Scott Frantz 47 Piera Ira Conn SPECIAL SCHOONER AWARD 48 Race Horse(W 37) Donald Tofias GRAND PRIX DAY RACER 49 Defiance Chris Vallett Tree of Life ~ Paul Morse 1) Bapple ~ Bruce Failing 50 Fancy Geoffrey Verney 2) First Tracks ~ Brian Simmons and Tom Darling 51 Eleonora Brendan McCoy OHC SPONSORSHIP TROPHY 3) Fortuna ~ Bill Liddle 52 Race Horse (46) JP Cody Anonymous ~ $10,000 53 Regalia Grady Durham 54 Odyssey Alfred Van Liew / David Brodsky CLASSIC YACHT OWNERS ASSOCIATION’S 55 40 Winks Kevin Cooke “BEST IN FLEET” AWARD 56 Gyre Chris Kennedy, Jr. Ticonderoga ~ Scott Frantz 57 Eros Buzz Goodall 58 Summer Wind Dana Brackett SPARKMAN & STEPHEN’S BEST CORRECTED 59 Reveler Karl Anderson TIME FOR the NANTUCKET REGATTA and 60 Eileen Marie Peter Houston & Mike Mcmanus 61 Lynx Alexander Peacock OPERA HOUSE CUP 62 Juno Scott DiBiaso COLUMBIA ~ Kevin Hegarty and Jephtha Tausig 62 Tree of Life Paul Morse 62 China Clipper Richard Davies 62 Second Wind Peter Thomas

Nantucket Community Sailing thanks our hosts, sponsors, friends, Nantucket business supporters, donors, staﬀ, vendors and volunteers Hosts Honorary Chair NRW Co-Chairs NRW Vice-Chairs NCS Board Chair Nantucket Yacht Club Gary Jobson Steve Siegler Dan MacKeigen Bill Druckemiller Great Harbor Yacht ClubWink Van Ogtrop Carolyn Grant Zarrella ƚŚ dŚĂŶŬǇŽƵĨŽƌƐƉŽŶƐŽƌŝŶŐƚŚĞKƉĞƌĂ,ŽƵƐĞƵƉĨŽƌƚŚĞϭϭ13thǇĞĂƌ

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Thank you to our generous supporters, volunteers and friends:

NIODFA Coﬃn Trustees Something Natural Stephen Creese Chris Westerlund Jim Downey Spanky Perfect Day Celebrity Tacticians Community Fdn Nantucket The Oyster Farmers JP3 Productions West Riggs Z Blok Nantucket Native Bobby King Maureen Crowley Nantucket Clothing Co. Nantucket Moorings Steamship Authority The Schooners Cape Cod Five Waypoint Marine Service Hyline The Wianno Srs Blue Hills Bank US Coast Guard Sturgis Boatworks Sorcerer II Nantucket Golf Club Marine Home Center NRW Individual Sponsors Studio Milano Zero Main reMain Nantucket OHC Friends of the Cup Sean Lee Cranberry Transportation Sheila Lucey NRW & OHC Support Boats The Shepcats Team One Newport Sailors for the Sea NRW Housing Hosts Classic Yacht Owners Assn Karen Ryan Photography Susan Wayne NRW Volunteers Team Choice Terry Pommett Photography Peter McEachern NCS Board and Advisors Quaker Marine Supply Nantucket Bake Shop Eric Robbins NCS Staﬀ

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