{"id":81929,"date":"2025-06-01T21:02:44","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T01:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/?p=81929"},"modified":"2025-06-02T16:46:15","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T20:46:15","slug":"winners-prevail-under-pressure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/regatta-series\/winners-prevail-under-pressure\/","title":{"rendered":"Winners Prevail Under Pressure"},"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=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/HHSWRS2025_Detroit-17648-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"J\/120 race\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/HHSWRS2025_Detroit-17648-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/HHSWRS2025_Detroit-17648-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/HHSWRS2025_Detroit-17648-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/HHSWRS2025_Detroit-17648-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/HHSWRS2025_Detroit-17648.jpg 1620w\" \/>                <\/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\"><i>Hot Ticket<\/i> lead the J\/120 race on Sunday before going on to win the regatta after a weekend-long battle.<\/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><a href=\"https:\/\/yachtscoring.com\/event_results_cumulative\/16897\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FINAL RESULTS<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brothers Mike and Bob Kirkman and the crew of the <strong>J\/120<\/strong> <em>Hot Ticket<\/em> are used to pressure. In fact, they\u2019re better under pressure, says Bob Kirkman, and today\u2019s outcome in Detroit\u2019s ultra-competitive one-design keelboat class stands as a perfect example. After two days of battling for the overall class lead against their rivals on Charlie Welsh\u2019s <em>Funtech<\/em>, Mike Kirkman drove the team to a runaway race win in the first of the day and then sealed the title in the next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<style>.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }<\/style><div class='embed-container'><iframe src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/\/c0Y8fB9-JsM' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe knew they were going to be covering us and just used boatspeed, jumped out and got ahead in the first race to lead all the way around that one,\u201d says Bob Kirkman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Hot Ticket<\/em>\u2019s third in the second race to <em>Funtech<\/em> fifth was enough to guarantee the win by 3 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe gave up a lot of points to cover them in that race, but that\u2019s what it\u2019s all about. Racing in this class is always tough and the <em>Funtech<\/em> team is a great rival. Like last year, it came down to the last day, which is how we like it.\u201d<\/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=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/HHSWRS2025_Detroit-16952-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"J\/111 Diablo\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/HHSWRS2025_Detroit-16952-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/HHSWRS2025_Detroit-16952-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/HHSWRS2025_Detroit-16952-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/HHSWRS2025_Detroit-16952-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/HHSWRS2025_Detroit-16952.jpg 1620w\" \/>                <\/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\">J\/111 class winners <i>Diablo<\/i> sealed their title on the last day.<\/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>A similar battle had been playing out in the <strong>J\/111<\/strong> fleet as well between Brad Kimmel and Steve Young\u2019s <em>Diablo<\/em> and Kevin and Seth Young\u2019s <em>Black Seal<\/em>, and while the two teams were mere boatlengths apart for the first two legs of the day\u2019s first race, a mechanical failure with a forestay fitting on <em>Black Seal<\/em> on the third leg had them scrambling to keep the mast upright. They were able to reconnect the forestay and finish the race, but it came with a cost of 6 points. <em>Diablo<\/em> won the final race to win the series with five wins over nine races.<\/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\/2025\/06\/HHSWRS2025_Detroit-17375-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"J\/35 Great Lakes Champion\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/HHSWRS2025_Detroit-17375-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/HHSWRS2025_Detroit-17375-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/HHSWRS2025_Detroit-17375-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/HHSWRS2025_Detroit-17375-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/HHSWRS2025_Detroit-17375.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\"><i>Mr. Bill&#8217;s Wild Ride<\/i>, J\/35 Great Lakes Champion.<\/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>Meanwhile, William Widner and his talented crew on the <strong>J\/35<\/strong> <em>Mr. Bill\u2019s Wild Ride<\/em> sailed to its fifth consecutive race win to earn the class\u2019s Great Lakes Championship title. The growing J\/35 fleet, of which Widner is a longstanding member, produced incredibly close racing behind Widner with second through fourth places boats only separated by 5 points after seven races.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chris Benedict\u2019s <em>Shape<\/em> solidified its <strong>Santana 35<\/strong> class North American Championship title after trading race wins with Andrew Morlan\u2019s <em>Avatar<\/em>. After seven races there were only 2 points between these friendly rivals in the classic 35-footer.<\/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\/2025\/06\/HHSWRS2025_Detroit-18503-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"Dan Cheresh\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/HHSWRS2025_Detroit-18503-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/HHSWRS2025_Detroit-18503-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/HHSWRS2025_Detroit-18503-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/HHSWRS2025_Detroit-18503-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/HHSWRS2025_Detroit-18503.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\">Dan Cheresh leads the S2 7.9 fleet at the Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series in Detroit.<\/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>While the final races of the offshore circle were ultimately abandoned as the wind died later in the afternoon, the regatta\u2019s smaller one-design classes reached their maximums with Dan Cheresh\u2019s team on the <strong>S2 7.9<\/strong> <em>Extreme 2<\/em> easily winning the series by an 8-point margin over John Spierling\u2019s <em>Rebel<\/em>. Extreme 2 won seven of eight races.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In similar fashion, Peter McClennan\u2019s <em>Gamecock<\/em> team closed out the series with a 10-point win in the <strong>Melges 24<\/strong> fleet. McClennan, of Newport, Rhode Island, sails about 200 days a year, and has been the top team on this year\u2019s Melges 24 winter racing circuit, but the fast-learning helmsman continues to refine his technique it the boat and this weekend picked up a few key pointers from his all-star tactician Jeremy Wilmot.<\/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\/2025\/06\/HHSWRS2025_Detroit-19139-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"Melges 24\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/HHSWRS2025_Detroit-19139-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/HHSWRS2025_Detroit-19139-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/HHSWRS2025_Detroit-19139-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/HHSWRS2025_Detroit-19139-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/HHSWRS2025_Detroit-19139.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 McClennen&#8217;s <i>Gamecock<\/i>, Melges 24 class winner in Detroit.<\/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>\u201cHe\u2019s the best at moding,\u201d McClennen says. \u201cAnd this week he changed a few things I\u2019m used to. I always drive seated, but he forced me to stand up downwind so I can see better, which was true. In the big breeze yesterday, we were pushing it really hard downwind and hit like 18 knots. The cool thing about this venue was the waves. A lot of the other places where we race the Melges 24, the water\u2019s generally flat. So, I hadn\u2019t sailed the 24 in waves like that in a more of a year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>Cal 25<\/strong>s, which raced Saturday and Sunday only, were a small but mighty fleet that was no match for the expertise of the father\/son team of Paul and Ross Nuechterlein\u2019s <em>Never Alone<\/em>. With Paul on the bow and Ross on the helm, they got around the racecourse fast and clean, winning all but the final race. Their class win put them in the running for the regatta\u2019s overall title and a berth at the Caribbean Championship, and at the end of the day, the team earned the berth for the championship in the BVI in October.<\/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=\"541\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/HHSWRS2025_Detroit-18757-1024x692.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"Cal 25 class and Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series Detroit overall winner\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/HHSWRS2025_Detroit-18757-1024x692.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/HHSWRS2025_Detroit-18757-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/HHSWRS2025_Detroit-18757-768x519.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/HHSWRS2025_Detroit-18757-1536x1039.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/HHSWRS2025_Detroit-18757.jpg 1597w\" \/>                <\/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\">Cal 25 class and Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series Detroit overall winner, <i>Never Alone<\/i>.<\/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>Paul, who bought the Cal 25 to race with his friends and his son, says there\u2019s not much to making the Cal 25 go fast other than new racing sails, and a simple tactical approach to every race: \u201cIf you can make it to the weather mark in only two tacks, do it,\u201d he says. \u201cYou don\u2019t want to take these boats. What it takes are some good sails and good people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nuechterlein\u2019s tactician and friend, Ron Sherry, says the team invested in the prep for the regatta, participating in provided morning weather briefings, improved their jib-sheeting technique and put race electronics on the boat. \u201cWe put it all together and it really worked well,\u201d he says. \u201cThe sails from Quantum especially made a big difference.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On winning the Caribbean championship berth, the team were excited and looking forward to it. \u201cI\u2019ve been to the Caribbean three times and they were the best times of my life,&#8221; Nuechterlein says, \u201cso I\u2019m looking forward to going down there and having a little fun.\u201d<\/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=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/HHSWRS2025_Detroit-20535-1024x696.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"Smoke Show\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/HHSWRS2025_Detroit-20535-1024x696.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/HHSWRS2025_Detroit-20535-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/HHSWRS2025_Detroit-20535-768x522.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/HHSWRS2025_Detroit-20535-1536x1043.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/HHSWRS2025_Detroit-20535.jpg 1590w\" \/>                <\/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\">ORC A winner <i>Smoke Show<\/i> approaches the finish on Sunday off Bayview YC.<\/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>After a wild and windy distance race on Saturday the regatta\u2019s ORC and PHRF fleets set off on a kinder and gentler long course that had a balance of upwind and downwind legs. Jake Thomas\u2019 JPK 10.80, <em>Smoke Show<\/em>, Saturday\u2019s <strong>ORC A<\/strong> race winner was plenty fast in the moderate wind as well and won today\u2019s race by nearly 2 minutes over its much larger competition\u2014Tim LaRiviere\u2019s Italia 14.98 <em>Eagle One<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re one of the smallest boats, and certainly the shortest mast of our fleet, so it was all about just getting free and getting clear air,\u201d says Smoke Show tactician Andy Camarada. \u201cThe nice thing with the long courses is that we can get separation and sail our own race which we were able to do again today.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While winds in today\u2019s race average only 10 knots, Camarada says the boat was plenty quick, but not nearly as exciting as Saturday\u2019s blistering distance race. \u201cIt\u2019s crazy how much sail area this boat can carry. We just keep piling more sail area on it and the boat just goes faster. The boat is stable at speed, has a lot of power, and we have a great team to manage it.\u201d<\/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=\"602\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/HHSWRS2025_Detroit-16283-1024x770.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"Go Train\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/HHSWRS2025_Detroit-16283-1024x770.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/HHSWRS2025_Detroit-16283-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/HHSWRS2025_Detroit-16283-768x578.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/HHSWRS2025_Detroit-16283.jpg 1436w\" \/>                <\/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\">William Parkolab\u2019s Kirby 25 <i>Go Train<\/i>, top ORC C team.<\/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>Chuck Storms\u2019 Italia 9.8 won its second distance race to win <strong>ORC Class B<\/strong> and William Parkolab\u2019s Kirby 25 <em>Go Train<\/em> was the top ORC C team with a win yesterday and a second today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the PHRF fleets, clear air off the start was the key as well and that\u2019s how Jim Weyand\u2019s turbo 1D35 got away to its second distance race win. Same for Harald Kolter\u2019s Hobie 33 <em>Das Boot<\/em>, which won the windy one and posted a second in today\u2019s race to win <strong>PHRF Class B<\/strong>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWin the start and extend, and we do well at that,\u201d Kolter says. \u201cOur approach was to get the windward end at the start and be the first boat to tack. It\u2019s better for us to go for clear air and let everyone else play. With this boat we need to sail our own angles because it doesn\u2019t sail upwind like other boats\u2014I need to foot more.<\/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=\"548\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/HHSWRS2025_Detroit-16015-1024x702.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"Hobie 33\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/HHSWRS2025_Detroit-16015-1024x702.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/HHSWRS2025_Detroit-16015-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/HHSWRS2025_Detroit-16015-768x527.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/HHSWRS2025_Detroit-16015-1536x1053.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/HHSWRS2025_Detroit-16015.jpg 1575w\" \/>                <\/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\">Harald Kolter\u2019s Hobie 33 <i>Das Boot<\/i>. PHRF A winner.<\/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>\u201cToday I felt comfortable with where we were and we sailed our own boat for a clean race, and yesterday was all I bargained for. It was the windiest day I\u2019ve ever sailed in this boat. Before I didn\u2019t have much confidence sailing this boat in that much wind, but now I do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brian Geraghty\u2019s C&amp;C35 MKI <em>Siochail<\/em> won today\u2019s race to win in the tiebreaker with Alan Tecmire\u2019s <em>Tec<\/em> <em>Offensive<\/em> in <strong>PHRF Class C<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The regatta\u2019s Youth Keelboat Invitational series also came down to a tiebreaker after a second day of racing on the Detroit River, this time using the Ultimate 20\u2019s spinnakers. The racing was fast and furious again, and after 15 races, it was Macatawa Bay YC\u2019s juniors with the win.<\/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=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/HHSWRS2025_Detroit-16484-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"C&amp;C35 MKI\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/HHSWRS2025_Detroit-16484-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/HHSWRS2025_Detroit-16484-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/HHSWRS2025_Detroit-16484-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/HHSWRS2025_Detroit-16484-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sailingworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/HHSWRS2025_Detroit-16484.jpg 1620w\" \/>                <\/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 Geraghty\u2019s C&#038;C35 MKI <i>Siochail<\/i><\/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><br>\u201cWe really focused on learning about the boat ahead of time, reading up on it online,\u201d says the team\u2019s skipper Lucas Nykamp. \u201cWe studied the currents and the waterway, and just wanted to go out and put it all on the line.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nykamp and his teammate Cameron Bert race VX One sportboats at their home club, and experience with the high-performance asymmetric spinnaker boat contributed to their win. \u201cHaving the asymmetric sailing experience really helped out,\u201d says Nykamp. \u201cThe racing on the river was tricky and fast paced. 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