BASHING IT! - the Groton Long Point Yacht Club!

Class A Reports
by Jay Washburn
UP AND COMERS!
GLP NEWS Page 8
Half the fun of A-boat sailing
in GLP is getting to know and
trying to keep track of the many
families that are part of this storied
fleet. Just take the
Sandpiper, last weekʼs winner
of the weekly Point Race. On
board was skipper Woody
Bergendahl, whose parents
Peter and Linda, owned the
boat in the late 1970ʼs. Woody
was joined by his daughter Elia
and niece Ali Thomas, as well
as the McDonnell family, who
bought the boat from Peter and
Linda in the 1980ʼs…and then
sold the Sandpiper back to the
Bergendahl family in the late
1990ʼs. And thatʼs just one
boat.
Eight boats crossed the
starting line on Saturday in a
light and spotty breeze.
Cormorant, skippered by Laura
Grondin with Matt Ray and
Dave Burkard on board, rounded
the can at Horseshoe Reef
first. On the way to a leeward
mark off Main Beach,
Sandpiper took the lead.
Cormorant recaptured the lead
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on the way out to
Seaflower, but lost
the advantage on
the way to Intrepid Rock to
Sandpiper and Swallow, sailed
by Frank Murphy, Jr.
Sandpiper held on to its
advantage as it rounded the
leeward mark on the way to the
finish line. As the race progressed
and the wind
decreased, it was a challenge
for each skipper to continue forward
on the race course, so
much so that the Race
Committee shortened the
course for the final four finishers
at the leeward mark. The
order of finish was: Sandpiper,
Swallow, Cormorant, Pelican,
Sanderling, Petrel, and
Skimmer. Darcie Watsonʼs
Duck did not finish.
Another highlight of race day
was the after-the-race party
graciously hosted by the
McAleerʼs. It was learned at
this party that one of the A-
boats, which has been inactive
for several years (Widgeon),
was most-recently purchased
by Rev. Connie
Young. The fleet
looks forward to having
the Widgeon back
out at the starting
line.
The A-fleet completes
the 2013 racing
season on
Sunday with Point
Races scheduled for
2 p.m. in front of Main
Beach.
We didnʼt realize it but the ladies posed in height order. From left
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