RECENT NEWS
/ UPCOMING EVENTS
2004
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AUGUST
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11th - BRYC JBBS SAILORS win 3rd place aboard Moondance in the BeachPoint Regatta.
Congratulations to Jesse Gaylord and the BRYC kids sailing on Moondance in the
Beachpoint Race and takling 3rd in division and 7/22 overall. This is an annual
end of the year, 60-75 mile overnight distance race held last night for junior
sailors from clubs all over LIS that went from Mamroneck NY, to Stratford Shoal,
and back. There is no electronic navigation permitted, and only the kids can
physically sail the boat. Its tough competition. These are the top big boat
junior sailors from all over LIS. It started at 4pm and finished at 2am this
morning, and the kids arrived back at BRYC at 5:30 am this morning. The race
was delayed for one hour as we sat out on the boat at the start line and got
pounded by severe thunder storms with heavy rain and 30 knots winds. 2 boats
were actually directly hit and withdrew from the race (no injuries). After the
start we had very light winds for the first hour and beat to the first mark
of of Glen Cove, The winds eventually built and held at 15-20 knots South for
most of the race and we then had a 30 mile spinnaker reach down to Point no
Point, Stratfordm averaging about 7.5 knots. Then 3 miles over to Stratford
Shoal light house, and a close reach back to Beachpoint for the next 30 miles.
Most of the J105's and the NY40 were ahead of us at the dwonwind leg, but we
mowed them down on the trip back upwind. You should have seen the kids hiking
out on the rail at 2am 1 mile from the finish, after 9 hours of grueling sailing,
still trying to squeeze a little more speed. Wonderful!. After the finish, a
30 mile motor back to BRYC. Great going Crew, and thanks to Chris Gill of Windcheck
magazine (former BRYC Jr Sailor, world famous yachtsman, and current F.PREP
sailing coach) for coming along. Full results on www.beachpointclub.org Crew:
included Allison Madia - skipper - helm Jason Brown - Navigator - mast Annie
Smola - helm / jib Harry Penkoff - pit Scott Brown - pit Tim Thornton - Main
Kerry Morrison - Main / Jib Kerry Mchugh - Main / jib Nick Crowley - Bow Keith
Madia - Bow Chris Gil - Sr Advisor Jesse Gaylord - Sr Advisor Cliff Crowley
- Sr Advisor Divison 1 = 1st Braveheart J120 Noroton YC, 2nd Bahhanal J120 Larchmont
YC, 3rd Moondance Swan 391 Black Rock YC. The JBBS crew had just particpated
in the Dorade Regatta (a similar experience with 3 short buoy races) the day
before aboard Man Of War.
BRYC SWIM TEAM DOES IT AGAIN! Black Rock wins the divisional swim meet, held at Patterson CC today beating Patterson, Stamford YC, Belle Haven YC, Aspetuck CC and Bailiwick CC. Great job kids and coaches!-
JUNE
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Moondance and Galadriel particpate in the 2004 Newport - Bermuda Race. John
Santa's Galadriel took 3rd place in division, A host of Black Rockers helped
crew on these and other boats. John Santa, Cliff Crowley, PC Rob Panish, PC
Rick Oricchio and son Daniel, PC Will Waldron, VC Ralph Sheppard, Jim Ireland,
NickNoyes, and Dick Butler. See www.bermudarace.com
We have a new bookkeeper! Marguerite
Valia is contactable Monday- Friday 0800-1400 on extension No. 10
John Santa's 'Galadriel' again wins their division in the Around Block Island Race. www.stormtrysail.org
Thanks to member Bob Hartman for
capturing the beautiful rainbow that covered our club last summer.
2003
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Nov 28 - Three BRYC boats participated in the Wild Turkey Regatta which was
held in heavy fog and winds of 10-12knots. A little red boat was first in corected
time. Line honors and 2nd place went to Ralph Sheppard's Mandalay, followed
by Rick Oricchio's Rocket Science, then Rick Smola's Arabian. An awards ceremony
was held at FYC immediately following the race.
Nov 07 - Larchmont YC hosted the 58th annual awards
dinner for the Storm Trysail Club where BRYC was awarded 2nd place in the Team
Competition for the 2003 Block Island Race. 1st
place went to the Storm Trysail Club, and 3rd to the NewYork Yacht Club Pictured
below and accepting the award are BRYC team members IPC John Santa - Galadriel
(1st place), Commodore Cliff Crowley - Moondance (2nd place) , and Past Commodre
Rick Oricchio - Rocket Science (3rd place). 2nd from right and presenting the
award is STC Race Chairman Ray Redniss.
Sep 15 - Cross Sound Race - Div. 1 winner Lincoln Collins, Magic Hat. Divison 2 + Donahue trophy wnner Devin Santa, Terrapin Flyer. NonSpin + Lever trophy winner Silver Heels, Oliver Bartine. Also, Magic Hat recently competed in the NOOD Regatta at Larchmont, finshing 13th in a fleet of 35 J-105's.
Sep 13 - Joan Bechtold and Barbara Franzen win the Ladies Member/Member Tennis Tourney. Photos on the Tennis page.
Aug 31 - The team of Galadriel, Moondance,
and Rocket Science once again represented Black Rock in the Vineyard Race. Results
: Galdriel 2/8 in division and 2/26 in fleet. Moondance 5/8 in division and
9/26 in fleet. Rocket Science 6/6 in division and 26/26 in fleet.
Aug 23 - Dave Sperry and Ray Leone defeat Dick McCarthy, Bill Mallin, and Mike
Voucas to win the Men's
Member/Member tennis tournament.
Aug 04 - John Santa's 'Galadriel' and Cliff Crowley's 'Moondance' competed in the week long 2003 Swan American Regatta in Newport last week. 50 boats, ranging in size from 36 to 80 feet, from the US and Europe competed, and in a strong showing Galadriel took 6/20 in spinnaker division and 20/37 overall. Moondance took 12/20 in spinnaker division and 27/37 overall. Below is a shot of the Moondance crew at Harbor Court, and also a photo of their loyal wives with a tortured, worrisome look on their faces as they wait on the rocks of Castle Hill to sight a mast on the horizon that will signal the safe return of their men from the sea. http://204.17.74.26/swan03/
Snack Bar - You may purchase chit books at the accounting office during normal business hours. Chit books will be sold in $20.00 denominations. Your account will be charged $24.20 which will include tax and gratuity. Any unused coupons you may have from prior years are no longer valid and will not be accepted. You may turn in last year's chit books for credit. The coupons are numbered and easily identifiable. Anyone trying to use last year's coupons at the snack bar will be subject to disciplinary action by the Board. yt
July 14 - REar Commodore Ralph Sheppard
serves as Navigator aboard 'Ralphie', a vintage Cal 40, and places 4th in the
2003 Transpac Race (California-Hawaii)
July 08 . Galadriel takes 3rd in the Marblehead/Halifax Race. Moondance places
3rd and Rocket Science places 4th representing BRYC in the 72nd annual Riverside
YC Stratford Shoal Race
MAY 24 - BRYC earns 2nd place in the team competition for the Block Island Race. (Beating New York Yacht Club, Riverside, Stamford, and others!) A division and fleet win by Galadriel, a second place by Moondance, and 3rd place by Rocket Science earned the placing. Galadriel also won trophies for best performance by a vintage yacht, and best corrected time in the PHRF division. Full details at www.stormtrysail.org
May 17 - BRYC 77th Commisioning was held under sunny skies. A special 49+1 year membership recognition was presented to Mrs. Janice Corwin.
MAR 03 - Congratulations to BRYC Junior
Robbie Kane, who crewed for Steve Benjamin of North Sails in the Larchmont
YC IC Frostbite Dinghy series. Robbie and Steve took third for the series among
the crowd of highly competitive
international crews.
DEC 02 - The sun never
sets on the BRYC Empire! In the photo below our burgee flys proudly off of Emma
Richard's 'PINDAR" while recently rounding the Cape of Good Hope, South
Africa. Emma is a competitor in the AROUND ALONE race. Thanks to member Mike
Voucas for arranging this event. Mike sailed with Emma on a practice race from
Newport to N.Y. prior to the start of the Around Alone race this past September.
Read more about it by clicking here
Nov 02
A new slate of Officers and Board members were voted in for the 2003 season.
Annual sailing awards were
presented and in a special presentation, Vice Commodore Crowley presented a
YRALIS Moosehead Award 3rd Class to
Race Committee Chair BobMchugh for R/C adventures
held at the June 2002 BRYC/FYC Regatta. There must be a moose shortage because
we actually received a Boar's head which by mandate must be displayed with the
citation in a prominent place in our club for 1 year. Our last Moosehead was
awarded in 1988. Congratulations Bob! (you can open your eyes now)
Below -- : Shore Captain Billings displays the Moose/Boarhead
to the membership.
2002 Awards:
COMMODORE SAMUELSON SPIRIT OF YACHTING Kurt Schlicting
CORINTHIAN Dan Lent
WALLACE R. POWELL PARENT/CHILD Jeff Morrison and Family
CHESTER H. CHATFIELD MEMORIAL Jim Brewster
PAST COMMODORE JOHN BARTON INTERCLUB Cliff Crowley
RALPH B. SPERRY RACE COMMITTEE Fred Leslie + Alan Goldbecker
JODY LOCKE Laura Collins
COMMODORE'S PRIZE John Santa + Daniel Orrichio
Sep 02
Cliff Crowley and Moondance win the 2002 YACHT RACING ASSOCIATION OF LONG ISLAND
SOUND WINDIGO TROPHY for overall results.
Sep 16 - BRYC Cross
Sound Race, Man of War wins Div One and the Donahue Trophy. BrouHaHa wins Division
Two. Tenacious wins Div Three and the Lever Trophy
Sep 15 -Rick Oricchio
and 'Rocket Science' win the PequotYC Falkner Island Race
Sep 15 - Gerry Giambalvo, Rick Smola, Dick Cooke and Jim Lubeck race their C+C's
at Stamford YC ii the 'C+C Worlds' regatta which is open to any C+C yacht anywhere
in the world. Congrats to Gerry (Sugar Magnolia) and Rick (Arabian) who sailed
their C+C 30's to division wins.
Sep 01 - John Santa's 'Galadriel' wins her division in the Vineyard Race and also finishes 3rd for the Northern Ocean Racing Trophy. Cliff Crowley's 'Moondance' takes 2nd place in division in the Vineyard Race.
Aug 10. Congratulations
to Dan Orichio and Robbie Kane. 2002 JSALIS 420 Champions!
Aug 10, 2002 Raft Up
Whisper, Mimi, Kindred Spirit, Mandalay, Moondance,Rocket Science, Cassiopea,
Sugar Magnolia, Partnership
Aug 11
BRYC Mascot 'ROCKY' is returned unharmed after a late
night kidnapping
PORT JEFF JUNIOR SAILAWAY
About 12 boats, 20 adults, and 65 kids had a lovely race in a 10kt Southwesterly
over to Port Jeff on Saturday. The wind held long enough to finish the race,
then we all rafted together for swimming, beachcombing, and general merriment
inside Conscience Bay. The weather was beautiful and at night lots of shooting
stars were spotted, and lots of swinging + diving off the spin pole.
B RYC Juniors help sail Moondance to 4th place in the ALIR. Click here to read about it.
July 15
Swim Accross the Sound Regatta - Tom Gill's Tenacious takes1st place
in non-spinnaker division, and the all female crew of Magic Hat with skipper
Laura Collins takes second.
Men's Member Guest Tennis Tourney. Jim Brewster and Chuck Davis defeat Bill and Brian Mallin for the 2002 Championship. see the photos on the 'Tennis' page
July 12
-We have a sister club - check her our at www.blackrockyachtclub.com
July 09
- Cliff Crowley's Swan 391 Moondance' representing BRYC wins 1st in Division
and 1st in Fleet in the 48 mile 71st Annual Riverside YC Stratford Shoal Race
www.riversideyc.org
June 18
John Santa, skippering his Swan 46 'Galadriel' and representing BRYC takes first
place in division in the 2002 Newport-Bermuda Race. The record setting race
saw violent conditions crossing the Gulfstream with a dismasting ad 3 ocean
maxi boats experiencing 'man overboard' situations. (all recovered). Even with
equipment breakdowns Roy Disney's 'Pyewacket' shattered Boomerang's longstanding
record by almost 4 hours. Congratulations to John, Devin and Beth Santa, and
wife Irene who faithfully manages shoreside support and logistics for Team Galadriel
while painfully quelling her desire to go to sea. Way to go!
June 07
IDEAL 18 NEWS Six BRYC Ideal 18 sailors team raced Pequot Yacht Club and won
3 of the 4 races to win the event. The team from BRYC was: Terry Nelson/Lisa
Thornton, Rob Stephan/Nick Noyes, Dan Lent/ Kevin Westberg.
May 26
-Commissioning Ceremony. John Ogletree provided the bagpiping while members
Frasinelli and
Meyer were awarded 'Gold Status'for 50 years of continuous membership. An annual
ladies sailing award dedicated
in the memory of Jody Locke will be established.
May 25.
- BRYC is represented by 3 yachts in the 57th Annual Storm Trysail Club Block
Island Race,. Swan 46 Galadriel (Santa - 2nd in division), Swan 391 Moondance
(Crowley - 3rd in Division) J-120 Rocket Science (Oricchio - 5th in division)
and are awarded 3rd place in the overall team competition.. Accepting on behalf
of the club are Juniors Matt Conover, Allison Madia, and Stephanie Voucas who
crewed aboard 'Moondance'. The record setting race was held on Memorial Day
weekend and was marred by the loss overboard and death of a sailor Jamie Boekel
aboard 'Blue Yankee'on Friday night 3 miles south of Fairfield Beach. www.stormtrysail.org
2001
July
John Santa and crew of Galadriel accept 1st Place Div II trophy for the 2001
Swan American Regatta hosted
by the New York Yacht Club in Newport.
May 27
BRYC celebrated its 75th Annual Commissioning Ceremony under sunny skies (finally).
The USCG attended with a 41' patrol boat at our pier and offered onboard tours,
while bagpipes played in the background. For more photos of the event, click
here.
