(Greenport, New York)- The Greenport Ocean Race is held every year in
the fall as the final offshore event for Long Island Sound racers on the
eastern end of Long Island. It's hosted by the Chinese YC and the Old
Cove YC.This year's event was about as "epic" an event as many have recalled, with winds blowing 15-30 knots for basically four straight days. When the racing started on Saturday, the PRO on the RC wisely decided to shorten course and keep the fleet inside Long Island Sound instead of sending them into 15 foot crashing waves not the far offshore from the infamous "Race"- that body of water with 4-6 knot currents against 15-30 kt winds is no picnic!
Reveling in the heavy going were the J/105s. Again, Mike LaChance and the crew of DARK'N'STORMY (appropriately named, I might add) led the sweep of PHRF 3 with the other J/105s. Second was Tim O'Brien on the J/105 ROPEBURN and third was the J/105 ALLIANCE sailed by Steve Guyer. As a result, the oval Brooklyn Ocean Challenge Cup was awarded to Team DARN'N'STORMY for the fourth year in a row!
In PHRF 2, Jason Richter's much-traveled J/35 PALADIN finished second and just behind in third was Jim Vos' J/109 SKOOT and fourth was Steve Kenny's GOSSIP. In PHRF 1, the J/111 BRAVO sailed by Sedgiwck Ward finished just out of the money in fifth. For more Greenport Ocean Race sailing results
