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Roton Point Sailing Association
Let's go sailing! Moon & Tides | This Week's Sailing Calendar | Boating | Junior Sailing | Racing Friday Night | Regatta | Special Events | Social Events We have a Waterfront!It sometime seems, to some of us members who have been here a long, long time, that new members don't seem to even recognize that we are a waterfront property on Long Island Sound! Duh! What do we need to do - USE this wonderful facility we have. Swim more, paddle more, row more, sail more. It is the mandate of Roton Point Sailing Association to help all members get going on all these great waterfront activities. 2009 is a Brand New YearWe have all sorts of data on the website about last year went, but basically, who cares! Our full attention is focused on how 2009 is going to go, and there is no reason why this should not be one of our best seasons ever. So if you are interested in any aspect of water activities, come down to the sailing beach and there will be people there sharing your passion, and ready and able to help you get going. Golden Anniversary Regatta this yearThe 50th Annual Golden Anniversary Fall Regatta will be sailed on September 19/20 2009. We MUST make this a big event, and what better way will there be than for so many Roton Pointers who used to race to come back for one last time. To that end, we'll have a Masters Open Class, for the older folks, with separate trophies. If you are a Roton Pointer who knows how to sail a catamaran, no matter how rusty your skills may be, or how weak your desire may be, PLEASE consider entering this historic event. To show you that planning has already started, click here for the 2009 Notice of Race, and here for the ad to go into every issue of Catsailor next year. 49th Annual Fall Regatta a Big Success25 catamarans, plus C-Class cat PL3 and 3 trimarans participated in the 49th Annual Fall Regatta over the weekend of September 20/21, 2008. Boats were divided into five fleets, being the Cruising class (4 boats), the A-Class (9 boats), Formula 18 (6 boats), Formula 20 (3 boats) and the Open class (7 boats). Despite some shifty winds, 7 races were sailed by the beach cats, and a long-distance race on Saturday by the "cruising fleet."
Click here to see more pictures of the sailing. The Norwalk Hour gave us a write-up; click here to read. Sorry about the miss-spelling of Tony DiMauro's name. Also, winners of Formula 18 were Janus and Nora Zellemer, Rick & Alex were second. As usual, the traditional Saturday evening cocktail party and barbecue dinner were well attended.
"Slicers" Kevin, Marty & Dan Here we have an "OOPS!" - in the Open class the Hobie 18 #12 of John Pullan was inadvertently given Hobie 16 Portsmouth numbers, instead of Hobie 18. The correction changes third place to the Hobie 21 sailed by Peter Guiliano and crew Cynthia Anderson. John has graciously given his trophy back, which is in the mail to Peter. Click here for corrected regatta results. Thanks go to all the Roton Point volunteers who worked hard to make the event an outstanding success. Byrnes win Class and Overall in Stamford Denmark Friendship RaceAmong over 100 entrants, there were four multihulls in Class M of the Stamford Denmark Friendship race held on Sunday September 7th. The wind blew throughout the race, with some heavy gusts, on an absolutely beautiful day. John (crew) and Greg (skipper) Byrne sailed Hobie 21 Nell faultlessly, to overtake all of the monohulls that had started up to 40 minutes earlier. In fact, the Race Committee were totally unprepared when Nell crossed the finish line; they gave her a gun but forgot to record her finish time! In addition to the class trophy, Nell also won the "Best Elapsed Time" trophy. Pax Gifford and Mike Smith, sailing Alan Keyworth's Hobie 21 Prosail, took second, while Pat Harris & crew sailing trimaran Gypsy Heart came third. Trimaran Zoom from Northport Yacht Club came fourth. Thanks to Chip Romans and Tom Failla who manned the support boat Impatient Lady, which did no towing as both Roton Point boats sailed to and back from the race.
97th Hambone was great success
2008 Hambone Winners - Margie Neaderland (wearing cap) with the broom for a "clean sweep." John and Barbara Byrne and all the crew who somehow managed to fit onto John's Hobie 21 and take the hambone. This year's Hambone Race was held on its traditional date of Friday July 4th. Mike and Jennifer Smith took over the organization of the race from Ron and Nancy Borge, who had done it for the past several years. The number of boats entering the race was down from past years, but those who did participate enjoyed the usual throwing of water balloons and squirting of super soakers, and of course the post-race raffle. Jennifer carved the 24 lb ham, of which very little was left by the time the race ended! Results (in order of finishing – not that it matters!) were as follows: Kayaks: Margie Neaderland, Ellen Steese, Curtis Bloom, and (all in the club’s sit-on kayak) Curry Bloom, Reilly Bloom, and Kyle Gifford Optis: Sail # 13058 Laser: Julie Blumenfeld Catamarans: Team US6 (Allan Keyworth and crew), Russ Barna and crew, Team Blackjack (Foster Kaali-Nagi and crew), John Burnap and crew. Sunfish: Hal Thormahlen, Larry Warble, John Pullan and crew Jodi The hambone, awarded for last place, went to the fully loaded Hobie 21 sailed by John Byrne and extensive crew. As John said after the race “The secret to success is getting a really bad start!”
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