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Summer in Rockport – Season wrapup

The summer in Rockport, Massachusetts is a very short season. The Rockport 2.4 meter fleet makes the most of it.

 

Sailing by the most photographed building in New England

This year our fledgling fleet grew to 9 boats by adding Steve Gilbert to our ranks. This combined with the clinics and borrowed boats got a total of 6 new sailors on the water. In general, the new sailors love the boat and the competition.

The fleet gets started in Labor day

The fleet got just over 20 days on the water with sailing both weekend days and holiday series. The highlight of the season however was our third Sandy Bay Invitational. Seventeen boats participated in 3 days of glorious sailing in near ideal conditions. The sailors ranged in age from 17 to age 85. We look forward to running the event again next year. Rudy Trejo, Chuck Allen and Charlie Rosenfield show the locals how its done.

I local fleet sailing Colin Smith was awarded boat of the year. Rick Noonan closed out the season by winning all three races in the Labor Day. In addition to sailing in Rockport, Colin found time to sail in the Clagett in Newport, Rhode Island and the 2.4 meter worlds in Kiel, Germany.

Colin Smith rounds ahead of the fleet on his way to winning for the season

Next season we are excited to continue our sailing at Sandy Bay Yacht Club and are excited at the prospect of expanding the fleet.

In the meantime, we plan for the annual migration to our winter home in Port Charlotte FL.  Ten days of racing in a wonderfully warm location starts in January.

Matt Koblenzar wins 2024 US Sailing Disabled Singlehanded championship

July 28, 2024 – Chicago

During the Independence Cup at the Judd Goldman Adaptive Sailing Foundation,  US Sailing hosted the US Disabled Sailing Championship in three different classes.

The single-handed championship was held in the 2.4 meter class, the double handed in the Independenced 20 and the triple handed in the Sonar.

Long time 2.4 meter sailor Matt Koblenzar won the championship convincingly with Zak Kordik in second and Sarah Gilbert in third.

Betsy Allison, Matt Koblenzar, Peter Goldman and Mike Holmes with the US Sailing Singlehanded trophy

The double-handed championship was won by Chris Murphy and Luke Spink while the team of Paul Callahan, Keith Burnham and Jen Edney won in the sonar class.

Congrats to all of the winners.

 

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