{"id":78654,"date":"2024-07-26T20:36:19","date_gmt":"2024-07-27T00:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/?p=78654"},"modified":"2024-07-28T16:19:53","modified_gmt":"2024-07-28T20:19:53","slug":"regatta-series-in-marblehead-starts-with-a-twist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/regatta-series\/regatta-series-in-marblehead-starts-with-a-twist\/","title":{"rendered":"Regatta Series In Marblehead Starts With a Twist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n        <section class=\"hydra-container\">\n\n\t\t\t                <div class=\"hydra-canvas\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"556\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/07262024_SWRS_Marblehead-2668-1024x712.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series Marblehead 2024\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/07262024_SWRS_Marblehead-2668-1024x712.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/07262024_SWRS_Marblehead-2668-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/07262024_SWRS_Marblehead-2668-768x534.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/07262024_SWRS_Marblehead-2668-1536x1067.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/07262024_SWRS_Marblehead-2668.jpg 1554w\" \/>                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n            <figcaption class=\"caption margin_top_xs full border_1 hydra-figcaption\">\n                <span class=\"hydra-image-caption\">Brian Keane&#8217;s <i>Savasana<\/i> at the Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series Marblehead 2024.<\/span>\n                <span class=\"article_image_credit italic margin_right_xs\">Walter Cooper<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t            <\/figcaption>\n        <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/yachtscoring.com\/event_results_cumulative.cfm?eID=16263\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PRELIMINARY RESULTS<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sailingworldphotography.photoshelter.com\/index\/G0000WQX7NM56kx8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FRIDAY PHOTO GALLERY<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Brian Keane and his team on the <strong>J\/70<\/strong> team <em>Savasana<\/em> have always been quick in Marblehead. As a local, Keane knows the waters well and his has been a perennial top team at the Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series at Marblehead Race Week, but this weekend, a last-minute addition of local wizard and National Sailing Hall of Famer Jud Smith certainly got the team off to a good start on a day that left most competitors wondering where wind would come from\u2014or if it would come at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thus was the opening day of the final stop of the national regatta series, which ushered sailors out to Marblehead Channel in a fresh northerly that would eventually fight with an afternoon sea breeze that did eventually come.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was especially challenging for the J\/70 fleet, contesting its New England Championship. The location of their race circle on the \u201cBrimbles Line\u201d had them sailing with and through the Town Class and 28-boat Rhodes 19 fleet. Short courses, lots of traffic, dramatically shifty winds and a day-long tide switch threw all sorts of challenges at the fleet. Savasana put up a 6-2-1 to lead the fleet after three races, but they lead by only a single point over second and third-placed teams, Dave Franzel\u2019s Spring and Jim Raisides and Charlie Pendelton\u2019s Bad Hombres (top Corinthian), respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n        <section class=\"hydra-container\">\n\n\t\t\t                <div class=\"hydra-canvas\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"520\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/07262024_SWRS_Marblehead-2199-1024x665.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series in Marblehead\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/07262024_SWRS_Marblehead-2199-1024x665.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/07262024_SWRS_Marblehead-2199-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/07262024_SWRS_Marblehead-2199-768x498.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/07262024_SWRS_Marblehead-2199-1536x997.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/07262024_SWRS_Marblehead-2199.jpg 1664w\" \/>                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n            <figcaption class=\"caption margin_top_xs full border_1 hydra-figcaption\">\n                <span class=\"hydra-image-caption\">Jim Gabriel, at the helm of his Rhodes 19 <i>Eve<\/i>, rounds the mark at the Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series in Marblehead. <\/span>\n                <span class=\"article_image_credit italic margin_right_xs\">Walter Cooper<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t            <\/figcaption>\n        <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n<p>Adam Roberts and Alden Reid, on <em>Ripcord<\/em>, made seemingly easy work of the conditions in the 28-boat <strong>Rhodes 19<\/strong> fleet, the largest fleet of the regatta. The duo put up a 1-2 to start the series with an 8-point lead over Stephen Uhl and Kathleen Lane on <em>Woodstock<\/em>. The top-five are tight, however, with past regatta winner Matt Hooks winning the second race to claw back points from his 14th in the first race of the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rex Antrim\u2019s Albatross leads the 13-boat <strong>Town Class<\/strong> fleet with a 3-1 and has 3 points to spare over past winners Berit and Karen Solstad\u2019s Lille Venn. The sisters won the first race, but found themselves batting in mid-fleet in the next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The regatta\u2019s \u201cOutside Line,\u201d which features the IODs, Etchells and J\/105 classes found itself smack in the middle of the two winds fighting each other, and the second race of the day turned inside out when the wind switched 180-degrees. The race committee let it play out. Ron Zarella\u2019s team on the <strong>Etchells<\/strong> <em>Bob<\/em> managed a 3-3-1 to end the day with a 5-point margin over Robert Hitchock\u2019s team on <em>Chemical Monkey<\/em> (9-1-2).<\/p>\n\n\n\n        <section class=\"hydra-container\">\n\n\t\t\t                <div class=\"hydra-canvas\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/07262024_SWRS_Marblehead-1380-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"race in Marblehead\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/07262024_SWRS_Marblehead-1380-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/07262024_SWRS_Marblehead-1380-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/07262024_SWRS_Marblehead-1380-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/07262024_SWRS_Marblehead-1380-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/07262024_SWRS_Marblehead-1380.jpg 1621w\" \/>                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n            <figcaption class=\"caption margin_top_xs full border_1 hydra-figcaption\">\n                <span class=\"hydra-image-caption\">IOD champion Bill Widnall leads off the start of the day&#8217;s final race in Marblehead.<\/span>\n                <span class=\"article_image_credit italic margin_right_xs\">Walter Cooper<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t            <\/figcaption>\n        <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n<p>The <strong>IOD<\/strong>s, which are sailing for a new perpetual trophy named after fleet stalwart Bill Widnall, are making the local legend work hard to get his name on the trophy\u2019s first plaque. Greg Mancusi-Ungaro\u2019s Viking went 3-1-2 to Widnall\u2019s 1-4-3 scoreline, but last year\u2019s overall winner\u2014Carolyn Corbet\u2019s Elektra\u2014is tied with Widnall at 8 points apiece.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Charlie Garrard\u2019s Merlin leads the <strong>J\/105<\/strong> fleet with two race wins and a third, while Chris and Marek Zaleski, and Jacob Bradt atop the <strong>Viper 640<\/strong> fleet with a 1-2-5 and a 5-point lead over Peter and Rachel Beardsley. The Viper 640 fleet, with 19 entries, is contesting its New England Championship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n        <section class=\"hydra-container\">\n\n\t\t\t                <div class=\"hydra-canvas\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/07262024_SWRS_Marblehead-0476-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"Peter and Rachel Beardsley\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/07262024_SWRS_Marblehead-0476-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/07262024_SWRS_Marblehead-0476-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/07262024_SWRS_Marblehead-0476-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/07262024_SWRS_Marblehead-0476-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/07262024_SWRS_Marblehead-0476.jpg 1621w\" \/>                <\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n            <figcaption class=\"caption margin_top_xs full border_1 hydra-figcaption\">\n                <span class=\"hydra-image-caption\">Peter and Rachel Beardsley&#8217;s <i>Glory Days<\/i> makes the most of a tricky day at the Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series at Marblehead Race Week.\t<\/span>\n                <span class=\"article_image_credit italic margin_right_xs\">Walter Cooper<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t            <\/figcaption>\n        <\/section>\n\t\t\n\n\n<p>Saturday\u2019s racing will welcome a 27-boat Lightning fleet that has assembled for its Atlantic Coast Championship, as well as the 19 sailors of the ILCA fleet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2024 edition of the Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series at Marblehead Race Week got off to a mind-bending start, but races are the 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