Wild Wild Western Districts

 There's no cowboys or indians on this range, just some down home              sailors lookin' to get a few races in!                            

  Western Districts. The first chance for any sailor to qualify for JSA Champs. The same regatta also happens for the Eastern District. Norwalk and Noroton split up the boat classes between the two clubs. On the other hand, for Western Districts all boats are sailed out of Sea Cliff Yacht Club, New York. 

 The expression Wild Wild West should mean, lots of action right? WRONG! Western Districts saw anything but action this year. Past years have also been very light, I mean very light, to the point of calling races for the day due to lack of wind. The Long Island Sound is notorious for this type of weather, but this regatta especially is notorious for sunshine and no breeze. The small ripples of one or two puffs may fool the Race Committee, but the sailors know, its just false hope. 

  Kyle Riviezzo, 18, from Head of the Bay Club has experienced his fair share of Western Districts. This regatta did not surprise the wise young man. "I can remember a lot of districts being like this, the best regatta to get a tan at." True statement! 

  This year's Western Districts saw a nice NW breeze, looking as though it would keep. It wasn't too long before the breeze died and the first race was at a standstill. The race which seemed like forever had many finishers receive TLE's (Time Limit Expired). The boats that did finish 20 minutes after the first boat crossed the line were scored for the day. All the rest drifted slowly through time. The wind picked up again for a little. This time moving a bit more towards the West. Another race was started for the 420s, and quickly abandoned due to, you guessed it, no wind!

So here are the results of the one and only raced scored. I guess you really could say there's no other one quite like it!  

Sea Cliff Yacht Club 

Western Districts 2009 7/8

 

Laser Class Series Summary 

Pl Sail Crew From 1 T 

1 539 Daniel Delbello & > AYC 1 1 

2 21 William Gleysteen & > LYC 2 2 

3 442 Jamie Beres & > BPYC 3 3 

4 583 Zachary Kyritsis & > SEAW 4 4 

5 533 Carter Kramer & > AYC 5 5 

6 ESP Nikolas Betzios & > SCLF 7\TLE 7T 

7 483 Peter Stoll & > LYC 7\TLE 7T 

8 597 Jack Hodkinson & > SIYC 7\TLE 7T 

9 488 Connor Coughlin & > HUGU 7\TLE 7T 

10 397 Peter Tresana & > CYC 7\TLE 7T 

11 558 Dylan Bush & > SEAW 7\TLE 7T 

12 498 Christophe Sager & > SCLF 7\TLE 7T 

 

 

Radial Class Series Summary 

Pl Sail Crew From 1 Tot 

1 508 Connor Needham & > SIYC 1 1 

2 504 Ryan Schmitz & > PWYC 2 2 

3 551 John King & > SIYC 3 3 

4 598 Andrew King & > SIYC 4 4 

5 552 Sebastian Frugone & > SIYC 5 5 

6 393 Jacques Lane & > SIYC 6 6 

7 600 Robert Zagaja & > CYC 7 7 

8 42 Colin Kennedy & > PWYC 8 8 

9 422 William Florio & > AYC 9 9 

10 179 Collin McFaul & > OCYC 11\TLE 11T 

11 465 Niko Snow & > HHYC 11\TLE 11T 

12 557 Emma Davis & > SIYC 11\TLE 11T 

13 221 Brendan Rogers & > SCLF 11\TLE 11T 

14 274 John Haley & > SCLF 11\TLE 11T 

15 23 Andrew Goldberg & > SCLF 11\TLE 11T 

16 119 Micaela Dussel & > SCLF 11\TLE 11T 

17 45 Elizabeth Duffy & > SCLF 11\TLE 11T 

18 178 Robert Wands & > PWYC 11\TLE 11T 

19 549 Matias Pribor & > SIYC 11\TLE 11T 

20 606 Chris Lane & > SIYC 11\TLE 11T 

21 602 Meredith Krim & > MBYC 11\TLE 11T 

22 135 Emily Browning & > MBYC 11\TLE 11T 

23 584 Ray Vogel & > HUGU 11\TLE 11T 

24 170 Anne Wachowicz & > DYS 11\TLE 11T 

25 172 Charlotte Martin & > DYS 11\TLE 11T 

26 595 Blake Cottam & > HUGU 11\TLE 11T 

27 585 Lilyana Ohlenschlaeger & > CYC 11\TLE 11T 

28 150 Stephen Smith & > CSH 11\TLE 11T 

29 399 Graham Miller & > CSH 11\TLE 11T 

30 165 Jane Lubliner & > BPYC 11\TLE 11T 

31 215 Taylor Brimberg & > BPYC 11\TLE 11T 

32 10 Sarah Stubbs & > AYC 11\TLE 11T 

33 113 Chris Leich & > SCLF 11\TLE 11T 

34 190 Merritt Cullman & > AYC 11\TLE 11T 

35 1 Aaron Alexander & > AYC 11\TLE 11T 

36 535 Matthew Scarpa & > LYC 37\DNF 37 

 

 

C420 Class Series Summary 

Pl Sail # Crew From 1 Tot 

1 4560 Andrew Schlegel & laura lubben LYC 1 1 

2 5471 Robert Simkins & Patrick Gathman CYC 2 2 

3 4590 Hope Wilson & Emma Brinkman AYC 3 3 

4 3340 Kristina Jakobson & Rosario Gallagher AYC 4 4 

5 5954 Fiona Walsh & Wilson Hunt AYC 5 5 

6 5792 Nick Lobley & Ben Lobley MBYC 6 6 

7 4802 Lou Magarelli & Neil McMillan LYC 7 7 

8 3372 Christian Houston-Fl & Amanda Cordisco SIYC 8 8 

9 5702 Kristin Hanley & Nina Vascotto SEAW 9 9 

10 3198 Jenny Perlman & Cassidy Griffiths CYC 10 10 

11 4668 William Werblow & Elizabeth Chapey LYC 12\TLE 12T 

12 5871 Rebecca Quirke & Liz Philip AYC 12\TLE 12T 

13 1020 Graham Pough & Alexandra Liggins LYC 12\TLE 12T 

14 4588 Mara Porter & Caroline Clarke LYC 12\TLE 12T 

15 3724 Callum Melrose & Matthew Bialo LYC 12\TLE 12T 

16 4963 Holly Constants & Elizabeth Eastman SEAW 12\TLE 12T 

17 13724 Benjamin Kaplan & Ian Brown LYC 12\TLE 12T 

18 3363 Tate Higgins & Lucy Hadley LYC 12\TLE 12T 

19 4458 Stephen Clarke & Lucy Schlegel LYC 12\TLE 12T 

20 5018 Kyle Riviezzo & Kayla McLaughli HBC 12\TLE 12T 

21 2587 Max Mendez & Spencer Mendez HBC 12\TLE 12T 

22 11 Jacqueline Ciriello & Jamie Brown HBC 12\TLE 12T 

23 5084 Harry Ehrlich & Sam Ehrlich SCLF 12\TLE 12T 

24 3953 Tara O'Reilly & Mackensie Wall CYC 12\TLE 12T 

25 4705 Brent Bomkamp & Kristen Bomkamp CYC 12\TLE 12T 

26 4126 Rebecca Anderson & Julia Johnson CYC 12\TLE 12T 

27 2167 Catryn Silbersack & Colleen Stack MBYC 12\TLE 12T 

28 5060 Katie Sudol & Nicholas Robert SIYC 12\TLE 12T 

29 5719 Clara Robertson & Mary Robertson AYC 12\TLE 12T 

30 3393 John LaBossier & Nick Philip AYC 12\TLE 12T 

31 129 Patricia Hoban & Thomas Jo Hoban MBYC 12\TLE 12T 

32 449 Peter Duncan & Charles Bocklet AYC 12\TLE 12T 

33 5886 Ryan Davidson & Christophe Warner AYC 12\TLE 12T 

34 0 Alison Brett & Alex Martin AYC 12\TLE 12T 

 Pixel Class Series Summary 

Pl Sail Crew From 1 T 

1 161 Timothy Voorham & Daniel Philip AYC 1 1 

2 27 Sophia Mitropoulo & Kistina Weston DYS 2 2 

3 176 Andries Feder & John Haines CSH 3 3 

4 87 Emily Fung & Kylie Zahringer AYC 4 4 

5 142 Jacqueline Lefkowitz & Alexandra Boylan HBC 5 5 

6 55 Jack Fullerton & Finn Mundinger AYC 6 6 

7 114 Haley Shea & Emily Quirke AYC 7 7 

8 122 Vidar MinKovsky & Alex Snow HHYC 8 8 

9 41 Miranda/Ni van Dijk/S & Nicholas/ Schlegel/v LYC 9 9 

10 158 Taegan Blackwell & Aisling Quirke AYC 10 10 

11 173 John Clements & William Henfling HBC 11 11 

12 42 Joseph P./ Hadley IV/ & Richard/Jo Pace/Hadl LYC 12 12 

13 164 Kyle Steffen, Melanie Gedney & Maeve McKinney OBC 13 13 

14 38 Amelie/Ma de Cirfonta & Madeline/ Gallagher/ LYC 14 14 

15 187 Benjamin Israeli & Julia Vascotto SEAW 15 15 

16 128 Nicholas Healy & Maleah Black HBC 16 16 

17 165 Kate Schole & Liam Hanley OBC 17 17 

18 123 Ashleen Sullivan & Margot McCann HHYC 18 18 

19 145 Clare Mcintee & Kelsey Brown MBYC 19 19 

20 64 Margaret Dowd & Owen Zimmerma LYC 21\TLE 21 

 

 

BJ Class Series Summary 

Pl Sail Crew From 1 T 

1 6856 Thomas Flannagin & Frankie Lomuscio DYS 1 1 

2 6851 Matt Goodman & Tirenan O'Rourke SCLF 2 2 

3 7005 Maxwell Lomuscio & Jordan Reina DYS 3 3 

4 7117 Alexandra Betzios & Emary Parisi SCLF 4 4 

5 6712 Dianna Weston & Kristin Panaro DYS 5 5 

6 5166 Robin Bartley & Julia Bartley DYS 7\TLE 7T 

7 989 Caroline Cozzens & Elizabeth Cozzens MBYC 7\TLE 7T 

8 6091 Alexandra LaGrassa & Noelle Stiefel DYS 7\TLE 7T 

 

So even though it was one of those days on the LI Sound we all dislike, everyone definitely made it work, and a special thanks to the RC for getting one race off so people could have a chance to qualify.

Congrats to all those on their way to Champs! For a closer look at results go to the JSA website.