Hale said the Salona 380 performs best in running or reaching conditions and acknowledged the boat did not have much directional stability negotiating steep seas. We were going off intuition and trying to cover our competitors,” Hale said. We knew those boats would out-perform us upwind in heavy air, so we didn’t want to let them get away. “We were having trouble with our weather downloads, so we tried to stay in touch with the Navy 44s. Hale felt his team did the best it could during the 120-nautical mile inshore portion of the race and said the real test came after crossing the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel. That was our goal for this race, to push the boat and find ways to get that extra one percent,” said Hale, who had four crew members return for this year’s race.įriday’s starters had a slow trip down the bay in minimal breeze despite sailing downwind most of the way. “We did the numbers afterward and realized we needed to be one percent faster. The Eastport Yacht Club entry had placed fourth in class on corrected time in the 2021 Annapolis-to-Newport Race and Hale was determined to improve upon that. “This race kind of threw everything at us then we had some champagne sailing coming into Newport.”Ĭookie Monster, a Salona 380, was among the 30 boats in five classes that started Friday, albeit five hours later than scheduled due to extremely light winds on the Chesapeake Bay. We had a big park-up north of Delaware Bay,” Berget said. We saw everything from heavy air and huge waves to totally becalmed. Rikki captured line honors for the entire 60-boat fleet, finishing Tuesday at 6:42 a.m. Rikki, a Reichel-Pugh 42 skippered by Boston resident Bruce Chafee, posted the fastest elapsed time among the three classes (ORC 1, ORC 2, ORC 3) that started Saturday. Carter received the City of Newport Trophy as navigator of the boat with the best corrected time. Skadi’s corrected time of 3 days, 18 hours 42 minutes and 23 seconds surpassed that posted by ORC 1 winner Rikki (3:20:18:54).īerget and the Skadi crew were presented with the Blue Water Bowl for best overall performance.
Sam Carter served as navigator aboard Skadi, which wound up with the best corrected time among the Saturday starters. When we called for a sail change at 3 a.m., they were up and on it. I thought the boat really handled well and the crew was top-notch. “Once the rough stuff subsided, we really put the hammer down. They were pleased to determine the J/120 was structurally sound and most of the crew was too.
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Skadi endured the rough patch much the same way and when it was over Berget along with watch captain Chris Allen did a thorough assessment. “We knew things were going to get hairy out in the ocean and my goal from the get-go was to not break the boat and crew during the first day offshore then get back into race mode thereafter,” Berget said.
Berget echoed the sentiments of Hale when discussing the strategy out in the ocean. At one point we thought we might need to retire,” said Stephen Hale, who skippered Cookie Monster to victory in ORC 4.īerget and Team Skadi made their Annapolis-to-Newport Race debut in 2021, finishing fourth overall in ORC 3 and winning the J/120 sub-class. Four members of the crew were seasick, two of which were really bad. “We were just trying to survive the heavy air and big waves. Sea sickness was rampant throughout the fleet that elected to go offshore and not even the most experienced ocean racer was immune. This was a serious test of seamanship that required determination, toughness and willpower. We had to hang on for dear life and find a way to get through that rough stretch in one piece,” said Todd Berget, skipper of ORC 3 winner Skadi. “Those first 24 hours in the ocean were extreme and really, really difficult.
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