Storm Warning - Indicates winds 48 knots and above, no matter how high the winds are forecast for the area. However, if winds are associated with a tropical cyclone (hurricane), the STORM WARNING indicates winds within the range 48 - 63 knots are forecast.  NOTE... This Forecast will be updated as the Storm Track is more precisely determined in forecasts later this week.  Please stay informed and be prepared. 

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The House Governor and Club Manager are invoking the CPYC Storm Policy for approaching Hurricane Earl.  Please refer to House Rule XII in the CPYC Yearbook.  Earl is expected to come up the East Cost and be a factor in our weather forecast for Friday and Saturday.  Fleet Captains have been asked to contact fleet members to make necessary precautions to protect their boats during the storm.  

This past Saturday, while serving as assigned club staff in support of Race Committee and operating a club support boat, Matt Gamber accidentally fell overboard and was struck by the boat and its prop. Matt was involved in RC for regular Saturday Club Racing and was not involved in the Special Olympics event hosted by CPYC, as previously reported in local news reports.

Immediately following the incident the on-the-water emergency response was exceptional. The PRO cancelled racing in progress and Matt was quickly recovered from the water and received the immediate assistance he needed. Quick thinking, recognition and effective action by fellow club staff, Marshall Epstein, aboard another club support boat combined with a highly effective response by the Westport Marine Police. Club Manager Trey Lang also responded to the scene after hearing radio calls for emergency assistance. All of these efforts resulted in getting Matt emergency medical assistance and transfer to a waiting ambulance at Compo Basin Marina for the trip to Norwalk Hospital as quickly as possible and contributed greatly to this positive update.

After a few days in Norwalk Hospital we are happy to be able to report that Matt was released today to begin his recovery at home, The initial reports are that Matt should make good progress over the next few weeks and months toward what we all hope will be a full recovery.

CPYC hosted the Opti Green Fleet Regatta Thursday, August 12.  56 first year Opti sailors skillfully sailed in 16-17 knot gusts and 2 foot seas and later returned for ice cream and more fun at the club.

Also on the move this week were CPYC's Junior Big Boat team who took 2nd in the Black Rock Jr PHRF Regatta.

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In addition to this weekends festivities on the race course and in the blender room, several CPYC sailors are out and about competing in regional events.

• Vice Commodore John MacArthur's Smiles and Carl Sherter's Fat City are in Marblehead for the the J30 North American Championship. After Day 3, the final day of racing, Smiles hold on to 4th and Fat City drops to 7th. Sixteen boats competed in the regatta. For full results, click here.
  
• Three CPYC teams are competing against each other in Division 2 (9 boats) of the YRALIS Championship Regatta in Greenwich, CT. Bill Walker's Afterglow 1st; new member Norm Dean is in 4th with his Soverel 33, Wacko; Winter Frostbite member Andrew Scrivan 5th with Project Mayhem. For regatta results, click here.
• On Bluff Point this weekend, the weather is awesome and club racing is in full swing with racing for Atlantic, Star, Thistle, Lightning, Flying Scot, Vanguard 15 and PHRF boats. All fleets had participants on the line. The two Blender Olympics entries were the Lightning Class led by Dick and Kathy Thackaberry and the Thistle Class led by Blender Bob and a very entusiastic fleet. Each entry was voted first in the two categories awarded...everyone wins!
  

CPYC Junior Sailors continue to enjoy success.  Amoung a long list of victories, CPYC Juniors won the McIntyre Trophy for LI Sound Team Racing Championship... the win is a first for CPYC's Juniors.  Get a complete update on our "Juniors News and Events" page.

CPYC juniors continue their great racing record, as Robert Gordon won the36 boat  Blue Fleet division of the JSA Opti Open held Thursday, 8/5 at CPYC. Other CPYC juniors in the top 10 were Emery Wallace (Blue), Nina Reichhelm (6th White ), Everett Metchick (8th White) and Chase Latour (9th White). Nina got off to a 1-1,  but flipped and had to retire from the the last race. PRO Harrison Gill managed three divisions on the water (89 competitors). The efforts of our many volunteers have again distinguished the Cedar Point YC as a very unique and active sailing club. 

This year Junior Sailing is making volunteers, members, parents and children very proud.

The Entertainment Committee thinks so...

• Blender Olympics - 8/7
• Lobster / Clam dinner with Reggae band - 8/21

Two fabulous days of racing, Monday 7/26 -Tuesday 7/27.

- 225 junior sailors;
- 47 coaches;
- 30 volunteers on the water;
- 30 volunteers on land;
- 30 housing hosts;
- 66 420s;
- 89 Laser Radials;
- 12 Laser FullRigs;
- Great club staff.

THANKS TO ALL!

For results, click here.

Vice Commodore John MacArthur (pictured left) sailing in his J30 Smiles, placed 3rd (6 boats) at the NOOD Regatta in Marblehead, Mass on 7/23, 7/24 and 7/25. This was a warm up for John's team who are preparing for the J30 NAs which will also be held in Marblehead in a couple of weeks.

Other CPYC sailors in Marblehead were Ched Proctor, crew for Peter Galloway in 4th in Sonars (25 boats), Chris Johannessen crew for Bob Monro, 10th in Sonars and Steve Girling (photo right) was steering IHYC's prospective NYYC Invitational warm up Sonar with Jonathan Nye crewing.

The Star Class held a regional masters event as part of this regatta and Will Swiggart was 4th (11 boats).
 

Revelation dominated the J105 class at Larchmont Race Week and was awarded the Charles H. Vanderlaan Trophy for Yacht with the Best Record Over the Series. Tons of CPYCers aboard over the 2 weeks, including Alex, Sarah Hamm, Marc Jacobi, Bill Pierz and 2 CPYC Junior Sailing coaches -- McKenzie Wilson and Tom Gabbott.

Other big boat CPYC sailors were competing at NYYC Race Week, Newport, RI, in One Design racing. Phil and Wendy Lotz won the NYYC 42 Class. Dave and Marry Ellen Tortorello finished 4th in the J122 Class. Rick Lyall finished 4th in the J109 Class. All three of these competitors have moved on to Part II of NYYC Race Week, the Rolex US - IRC Nationals. At the end of competition on 7/24, Rick Lyall's Storm won on Division 5, Phil Lotz's Atethusa was 3rd in Division 3 and Dave Tortorello was 3rd in Division 4. To view complete IRC results, click here.

There are many success stories so far, both in silver earned by some and -- less visible, but just as important -- many of our less experienced sailors are gaining confidence and developing a love of racing.

Pixel pair Lindsey Doyle and Sarah Owen recently won Pixel Eastern Districts and then finished 2nd in fleet and 2nd Overall out of 52 Pixels at Larchmont Junior Race Week, while Connor Marion was 4th at Laser Radial Eastern Districts, then 2nd Overall in the 89 boat Radial fleet at Larchmont.  Laser Radial Charlotte Saxe has had a great season start, with 4th at Leiter Girls' Champs and 3rd in fleet at Larchmont.  Austen Schaefer and Jason Raymond were 2nd in 420 Eastern Districts and 4th in Larchmont's 420 yellow fleet, while Marek Zaleski and Nathan Gleason were  4th in 420 Districts and  4th in 420 green fleet at Larchmont. Schaefer/Raymond and Zaleski/Gleason finished 9th and13th overall in the 97 boat Larchmont 420 division.  Rounding out our recent top 10 finishes, were the teams of Mary Margaret Meehan/ Kelly Chang and Matt Raymond/Forrest Thomas, who were 6th and 8th, respectively, at 420 Districts.

Two of our Opti sailors have dominated their divisions, with Nina Reichhelm and Richie Gordon posting back to back wins in Opti White and Blue Fleets, respectively, at both the Pequot Opti Rumble and Larchmont Race Week. Everett Metchick sailed to a strong 5th place in his Opti division at Larchmont.  Opti sailors also with top 10 finishes were Emery Wallace, 7th and 10th at Pequot and Larchmont and Robert Gordon, 9th at Larchmont.

The CPYC Summer racing season is now in full swing with Atlantic, Star, Thistle, Lightning, Flying Scot, V15 and three PHRF Divisions, racing on Saturdays and Sundays through Labor Day out on Bluff Point. Some CPYC sailors are traveling to other venues around the Notheast. To mention a few: 

• Several active Thistle sailors did well in the Thistle Great Lakes Championships hosted by North Cape YC in Lasalle Michigan. Chris Pollak with daughters Jocelyn and Meghan were 2nd, Jay Lurie sailed with Dave Dellenbaugh for 3rd, Brad Thompson, Matt Kreuzkamp and Kristen Barnard were 7th and Brian Swingly with Sean Joyce was 15th. There were 60 boats in the fleet. For full results, click here.
• Commdoore Nelson Stephenson is racing in the Star Districts hosted by Cottage Park YC in Boston Harbor.
  
• Racing on the Sail Newport Coastal Regatta is Steve Girling and Mike Gavin in the Etchells 22 Class; Phil Lotz, sailing in the Swan 42 Class; Jamie Ewing, Carl Segen Megan Booth, Andrew Foster and Madeline Gill sailing in the V15 Nationals Class; Jeff  Beckwith and Ted Gillman sailing in the Laser Full Rig Class. To view results, click here.
  
• Rear Commodore Ann Wilbanks and George are sailing Revelation in the J105 Class at Larchmont Yacht Club. They are hot after the first weekend of race week. Click here for results.
  

NEWS FLASH - Final Race Results for the Newport to Bermuda Race are in.

• Gary Grant and Steve Fisk sailed Alibi, a J120, to a 2nd place finish in the Double Handed Division 15, scored under ORR. Gary did well to win over a sistership and long time rival Hewitt Gaynor.  Steve Fisk contibuted the "Fast and Faseter clip of ILMOSTRO featured to the right.
  
• Linc Schoenberger crewed aboard Lindy, a Peterson 38 from Niantic BayYC. The boat took 4th in the St David's Lighthouse Division 1, scored under ORR.
• Gordon Dailey crewed aboard Siren Song, a J133 from Larchmont YC. The boat finished 4th in the St David's Lighthouse Division 6, scored under ORR and IRC.
• Jamie Ewing crewed aboard Frolic, a Sabre 362 from IHYC. The boat finished 4th in the St David's Lighthouse Division 1, scored under ORR and IRC.

Great Scot! A flotilla of CPYC members sailed west, around the corner to Sprite Island YC for the Douglas Orr Invitational Regatta. Josh Goldman and crew Eva Burpee won the light air regatta, besting the 20 boat fleet that had participants from three different clubs. Melanie Dunham was 2nd and Hank Sykes was 3rd. Other CPYC Flying Scots sailing were Neil Farrow, Rob Cohen, Marvin Pozefsky and John Cooke.

Marv Pozefsky and Tammy, his daughter won the Jack Carpenter award for the boat crewed entirely by family members, not inlcuding husband / wife teams.

For complete results, click here.

CPYC hosted its first ever Etchells Regatta. The regatta was won in convincing fashion by Steve Girling sailing USA 1200, Lionheart. Girling sailed with Ched Proctor and Dave Lutian over the weekend of June 19/20. Girling and team had 5 results in the top 4 in this 5 race no discard regatta. Girling's consistency was the result of great boat speed and smart, conservative tactics that produced a 2,4,3,3 on the Saturday and a 4 in the only race on Sunday to lead the field by 2 points over Jay Mills and 7 points over Ethan Doyle. 

The CPYC Annual One Design Regatta, sponsored by Fairfield County Bank, now in its 9th year, has attracted competittors who race larger One Design Sailboats. Event Chair,  Jim Brigger has posted the entry list. To view it, Click here. For 2010, the regatta will have Farr 30s, Beneteau 36.7s, J105s, J80s and J30s. Each year a new class of boats seems to take over with the most entries from the farthest locations.

This year is no different...with the J80s and competitors hailing from around the country attending, on their way up the Northeast Coast throughout the summer, leading up to the J80 World Championships in Newport Rhode, Island, this Fall.

Members and guest are invited to take a spin out to the large race course and get a look at some tight action. Paul Iffland, PRO, promises non stop action from 11am on both days. He will be accompanied by Eric Passero, Tom Little, Laurie Iffland, Miriam Moscovici, Sharon Bernds, Rich Gold, Jeremi Jablonski and John Quinn. This RC team has been doing this regatta for many years and its always great fun for the competitiors and RC alike.

One of the competitors commented that the regatta and RC work were as good as they have seen anywhere. The dinner was sold out, the House band rocked for the party, the food was plentiful and grins were all over the point during a picture perfect weekend of sailboat racing at its best.

Final results are available in the regatta section of the CPYC website or by clicking here.