{"id":3240,"date":"2022-06-21T01:12:40","date_gmt":"2022-06-21T01:12:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/?p=3240"},"modified":"2022-08-01T20:54:06","modified_gmt":"2022-08-01T20:54:06","slug":"claire-harrington-nyyc-commodore-on-the-annual-regatta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/21\/claire-harrington-nyyc-commodore-on-the-annual-regatta\/","title":{"rendered":"Claire Harrington, NYYC Rear Commodore on the Annual Regatta"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Join us as we interview New York yacht Club Rear Commodore Claire Harrington on the process and results of a historical annual regatta held on the East Coast for over a century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photo \u00a9 Dan Nerney<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\n<\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Press Release: <br><strong>Bella Mente Racing Posts Impressive Victories\u00a0at NYYC Annual Regatta\u00a0<\/strong>NEWPORT, R.I. <br>(June 15, 2022) \u2013\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/bellamenteracing.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bella Mente Racing<\/a>\u2019s positive feelings about racing in the\u00a0<a class=\"\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/nyyc.org\/168th-annual-regatta\" target=\"_blank\">New York Yacht Club\u2019s 168th Annual Regatta<\/a>\u00a0(June 10 -12) off Newport, R.I. translated into the team\u2019s victory over five other ORC A class competitors in both Friday\u2019s Around the Island Race and the weekend\u2019s separately scored series of six around-the-buoys races.<br><br>\u201c<em>The Around the Island Race was a lot of fun, as tricky, changeable conditions really meant that no lead was safe<\/em>,\u201d said Mike \u201cMoose\u201d Sanderson, who in the absence of owner\/driver Hap Fauth served as\u00a0<em>Bella Mente<\/em>\u2019s skipper over the event\u2019s three racing days, \u201c<em>but we started well, managed to pass\u00a0Proteus\u00a0(a Maxi 72 as is\u00a0Bella Mente) and then it was a matter of keeping it simple and trying to (avoid) the \u2018land mines\u2019 ahead!<\/em>\u201d\u00a0 The land mines were the slower boats in some of the 13 other classes that started ahead of ORC A.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sailsporttalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/AR-Bella-3_Daniel-Forster.jpg?resize=1024%2C653&ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3249\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sailsporttalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/AR-Bella-3_Daniel-Forster.jpg?resize=1024%2C653&ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sailsporttalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/AR-Bella-3_Daniel-Forster.jpg?resize=300%2C191&ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sailsporttalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/AR-Bella-3_Daniel-Forster.jpg?resize=768%2C489&ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sailsporttalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/AR-Bella-3_Daniel-Forster.jpg?w=1500&ssl=1 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption>Close racing in the ORC A Class at the recently concluded New York Yacht Club Annual Regatta. (Credit: \u00a9Daniel Forster)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Bella Mente Racing\u2019s tactician Terry Hutchinson, both the Around the Island Race and the Annual Regatta series were very hard-fought, but for different reasons. \u201cFor the Around the\u00a0island Race, Belle Mente had to\u00a0contend with not only our competition (which included long-time rival\u00a0<em>Vesper<\/em>, an IRC 72) but also two transition zones (major wind shifts) and lots of bogeys (other boats) on the racecourse to navigate\u00a0through,\u201d he said. \u201cSaturday\/Sunday racing was equally as good.\u00a0<em>Bella Mente<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Proteus<\/em>, and\u00a0<em>Vesper\u00a0<\/em>each won races, and while\u00a0<em>Bella Mente<\/em>\u00a0came out on top it was an incredibly tight event.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Indeed, as stellar as\u00a0<em>Bella Mente<\/em>\u2019s performance was in the weekend\u2019s primarily moderate breezes, there was no real turning point when the team felt assured of overall victory. \u201c<em>The last race was short, so when we led Vesper\u00a0around the first lap after a lot of exciting boat-on-boat action, it was looking more likely we\u2019d win,\u201d<\/em> said Sanderson, <em>\u201chowever, it\u2019s never over in this class, which makes it exciting all the way to the end.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"504\" height=\"378\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sailsporttalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/AR-Bella-2.jpg?resize=504%2C378&ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3247\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sailsporttalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/AR-Bella-2.jpg?w=504&ssl=1 504w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sailsporttalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/AR-Bella-2.jpg?resize=300%2C225&ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Victorious Bella Mente Racing Team<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sanderson and Hutchinson both noted that training sessions leading up to this event were critical in the continual development of\u00a0<em>Bella Mente<\/em>\u00a0and its equipment. As part of that, Coach James Lyne analyzed the boat\u2019s sail set-up, maneuvers and weight placement. During training and racing, he photographs and records the performance of the boat from an aero and hydro standpoint. <em>\u201cWe were really happy with the new rig and sails,\u201d<\/em> said Sanderson, <em>\u201cbut somehow we need to find some rating optimization without slowing the boat down, so we have some fun challenges ahead!\u201d<\/em>\u00a0Sanderson added that for the Annual Regatta, Bella Mente Racing knew that <em>Bella Mente<\/em>\u00a0would be most closely matched with\u00a0<em>Vesper\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em>Proteus.\u00a0<\/em>In the end, the three finished, respectively, in first, second and third with only one point separating each position. <em>\u201cThe fact that we all ended up so close on points was no surprise,\u201d <\/em>he said, <em>\u201cbut\u00a0Vesper\u00a0beat up on us pretty hard at the previous regatta in the Caribbean, so it was nice to be at least in the hunt. We are under no illusion, though; we still have a lot of work to do if we want to be in the mix for the Maxi World Championships later this year.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0Meanwhile, next up for\u00a0<em>Bella Mente<\/em>\u00a0is the July 13-16 New York Yacht Club Race Week at Newport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>More About NYYC Annual Regatta<\/strong><br>The New York Yacht Club\u2019s Annual Regatta was first sailed on the Hudson River on July 16 and 18, 1846. A similar competition the previous year was called a Trial of Speed. With a few exceptions for world wars and other global crises, the event has been held every year since. For most of its existence, the Annual Regatta was raced on waters close to New York City. Since 1988, however, the event has been sailed out of the Harbour Court clubhouse in Newport, R.I., and has settled into the current three-day format.<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join us as we interview New York yacht Club Rear Commodore Claire Harrington on the process and results of a historical annual regatta held on the East Coast for over a century. Press Release: Bella Mente Racing Posts Impressive Victories\u00a0at NYYC Annual Regatta\u00a0NEWPORT, R.I. (June 15, 2022) \u2013\u00a0Bella Mente Racing\u2019s positive feelings about racing in the\u00a0New York Yacht Club\u2019s 168th Annual Regatta\u00a0(June 10 -12) off Newport, R.I. translated into the team\u2019s victory over five other ORC A class competitors in both Friday\u2019s Around the Island Race and the weekend\u2019s separately scored series of six around-the-buoys races. \u201cThe Around the Island… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3249,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[524,142,523,526,525,143,53,119,184],"class_list":["post-3240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-york-yacht-club","tag-hap-fauth","tag-karen-lile","tag-mike-moose-sanderson","tag-newport","tag-orc-a-class","tag-rick-tittle","tag-sail-sport-talk","tag-sailing-community","tag-terry-hutchinson"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sailsporttalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/AR-Bella-3_Daniel-Forster.jpg?fit=1500%2C956&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3240"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3240\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3288,"href":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3240\/revisions\/3288"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sailsporttalk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}