28 Photos
Pronto!, left, working her way up to leeward of Purple Haze, with foredeck crew furling the headsail after launching her chute. MICHAEL MELLA
Purple Haze skipper Lee Oldak and crew focused on what could have been a collision with a port-tack boat. MICHAEL MELLA
Starboard tack Odyssey, left, forcing right-of-way on the all women BYC’s port tack J-70, helmed by Sarah Alford. MICHAEL MELLA
Pronto!, Odyssey and Gary Krogman’s Relentless jockey at the start line in light air. Gary went on to win the Non-Spinnaker Division 3. MICHAEL MELLA
Purple Haze, far left, Odyssey, Pronto! Obsidian racing toward South Ferry. MICHAEL MELLA
Fourth place Division 1 Obsidian, left, works in vain to catch up with second place Red Sky. MICHAEL MELLA
Division 2 Bully!, left, showing good form as she works her way to leeward of Division 1 Purple Haze. MICHAEL MELLA
Alerion 33 skipper Jim Merrell, who also races a Rocket dinghy year-round on Sundays, at the wheel while Jim Vos tends to the mainsheet winch. MICHAEL MELLA
Big Boat edges out Red Sky by mere seconds after racing for 15 nautical miles to win first place in PHRF Spinnaker Division 1. MICHAEL MELLA
After leading halfway through the race, Richard Bockman’s Gale Force finished second in Division 2. MICHAEL MELLA
Relentless skipper, PBSA’s Gary Krogman, giving a glance at the photographer as he crosses the finish line first in non-spinnaker Division 3. MICHAEL MELLA
Gale Force, and Boogie Van on opposite tacks 100 feet from rounding red-nun 18 in Little Peconic Bay. MICHAEL MELLA
Gale Force skipper Richard Bockman, left, takes his turn on the foredeck, keeping a watchful eye on port-tack Starlight, as Big Boat moves ahead under a brilliant red and white spinnaker. MICHAEL MELLA
Odyssey, Ray Pepi’s double wheel; double rudder First 36 flying her spinnaker in a breeze. MICHAEL MELLA
Odyssey’s Ray Pepi steers a perfect new course as his crew jibes the spinnaker. MICHAEL MELLA
Sarah Alford at the helm of this “All Women” BYC J-70; perfectly trimmed close-hauled as they head for the weather mark. MICHAEL MELLA
Red Sky, left, out in front of Obsidian; a duel between two J-111’s.
#67: Skipper Sarah Alford, focused on the jib’s telltales, heading her J-70 up in a puff. MICHAEL MELLA
Boogie Van’s Jody Locascio rounding red-nun 18, poised to set her chute on her way to a victory in Division 2. MICHAEL MELLA
Pronto!, left, Ranger and Purple Haze in close-quarter combat out on Little Peconic Bay. MICHAEL MELLA
First place Division 2 Boogie Van, skippered by Jody Locascio, drops her chute in preparation for the upwind start as light rain falls. MICHAEL MELLA
Gale Force, a new J-9, beating to the weather mark off in the distance. MICHAEL MELLA
Minutes before the start, a prone crewmember seemingly praying for a good race! MICHAEL MELLA
A Praying crewmember now with his first mate! MICHAEL MELLA
Sails yet to be hoisted, Gregory Thrope relaxes at the wheel of his Hanse 348 Winsome as his son looks on from under the protection of the dodger. MICHAEL MELLA
Big Boat skipper Bud Rodgers, who won Division I, focusing on his watch seconds before the start. MICHAEL MELLA
Gale Force skipper Richard Bockman, left, takes his turn on the foredeck, keeping a watchful eye on port-tack Starlight. MICHAEL MELLA
The venerable Bill Tripp designed Hinckley Bermuda 40 passing classic 1928 Starling Burgess designed Atlantic class Starlight on opposite tacks. MICHAEL MELLA
