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This win makes it Canfield’s fifth in his Congressional Cup career, and qualifies him for the World Match Racing Tour Finals in Shenzen China.

Stars+Stripes Team Wins 56th Congressional Cup

By: JORDAN B. DARLING

LONG BEACH— Taylor Canfield’s USA Team, Stars+Stripes, have won the 56th Congressional Cup at Long Beach Yacht Club, making this Canfield’s fifth Congressional Cup victory. “It’s incredible, but it feels just like every other win,” said Canfield in a Sept. 19 press release. “Fantastic! And to win with the Stars+Stripes Team again: I’m on top of the world.” Mike Buckley, CEO of Stars+Stripes, was racing with Canfield, plus Mac Agnese, Leo Boucher, Victor Diaz De Leon, George Peet, and Erik Shampain. In the semi-final round, Canfield took on Eric Monnin, Capvis Swiss Match Race Team, who had advanced to the semi-finals for this first time in his eight years at the Congressional Cup. Monnin won his initial match against Canfield but was turned back in the next three matches, including one black-flagged match. Monnin then beat Chris Poole of the USA in the best-of-three series in the petite finals and captured his first podium win. Finally, Canfield was up against Johnie Berntsson of Berntsson Sailing Team Sweden in the finals. The lightest day of the series with patchy southerly breezes coming to about seven knots. Stars+Stripes swept the series with three wins in a row. Berntsson took home the second-place trophy for the fourth time in 15 years. “It was great to come and beat an incredible field of sailors, including some great up-and-coming young guys,” said Canfield. “But at 32, I think I’ve got a few more years left in me.” The top eight teams in the Congressional Cup will qualify for the World Match Racing Tour Finals in Shenzhen, China, Dec. 15-19. The event will have a $200,000 prize purse. The World Match Racing Tour was founded in 2000 and promotes match racing worldwide. When the tour was established, the Congressional Cup was in its 45th year and became one of the flagship events for the championship. For complete results, visit the Congressional Cup website at https://www.matchracingresults.com/2021/congressional-cup//.

2021 Ullman B Lido 14 Racing Clinic and Regatta

By: JORDAN B. DARLING

CORONA DEL MAR— The Balboa Yacht Club is hosting a two-part event with a clinic and a regatta on Oct. 17. This event is open to all Lido 14 Class Association members who have not sailed in a Lido 14 One Design regatta as an “A” sailor. Only those entities that have participated in the clinic component of this event can compete in the regatta. Participants will meet up at the Balboa Yacht Club Flag Deck for the clinic which will start at 10 a.m., on the water activities will be held in Newport Harbor near BYC. The schedule for the day will be based on the input of the participants to balance the clinic events, on and off the water, versus the racing events. There are three races scheduled for the regatta portion of the event, the event will use a low point scoring system and the first-place boat will be awarded the Ullman B perpetual trophy. The event is estimated to run until 4 p.m. To register for this event, complete the entry form found on the BYC website at www.balboayachtclub.com the entry fee is $5. For more information contact Ullman B Regatta Chairman Denise Ogier at (858) 3545541 or daogier@gmail.com.

The Lloyd Phoenix Trophy is on display in the Robert Crown Center at the United States Naval Academy.

Seattle Skipper Wins U.S. Offshore Championship

By: JORDAN B. DARLING

ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND— Skipper Steve Travis from the Corinthian Yacht Club in Seattle, Washington came out on top at the 2021 U.S. Offshore Championship held in Annapolis, Maryland Sept. 24-26. There were eight teams from all over the county competing for the Lloyd Phoenix Trophy over the three-day event. The regatta kicked off with a buoy race and a distance race that had second-place Bob Fleck in the lead following by thirdplace Ensign Don Poirier from the Navy Offshore Sailing Team and Travis. Racing was interrupted on the second day due to a lack of wind but the breeze kicked back up for the last day allowing for two distance races. Travis and his crew took the lead in the final race of the day overtaking Poirier and the US Navy Sailing Team midway through to secure an overall win. “We had a decent start, and thought we had a good shift, and it turned out to be not such a great shift,” said Travis in an article from Scuttlebutt. “We rounded the mark in third, and the boat in front of us [Navy] took their kite down and put a jib up, which ended up being not the right thing to do. And then the lead boat jibed away, and when they came back were behind us. From there, it was just a reach to the weather mark. Then it was shifty, inside the harbor with 30-degree shifts…it was stressful to hang on… but we did it.” The Notice of Race required teams to have raced together in a minimum of five races and added a U.S. Naval Academy Midshipman to each team. The U.S. Offshore Sailing Championship is a biennial event with the winner walking away with the Lloyd Phoenix Trophy named for a US Naval Academy graduate who served in the Civil War.

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Navy Yacht Club in Long Beach Hosts Annual Navy Day Regatta Oct. 23

ƒThe Navy Yacht Club Long Beach will host the annual Navy Day Regatta on Oct. 23, 2021. There will be two races, a short out-and-back “sprint” race, and a random leg race in the Long Beach harbor area finishing off the Navy Yacht Club Long Beach dock in Alamitos Bay. Some temporary berthing will be available after the race. Prizes, refreshments, and a no-host bar will be available at NYCLB. There will also be a trophy presentation for the Long Beach Harbor High Points Series sponsored by NYCLB, Seal Beach Yacht Club, Shoreline Yacht Club, and Little Ships Fleet Yacht Club. The entry fee is $15 before Oct. 10 and $20 after that date. The Notice of Race and entry form is available on the NYCLB website at nyclb.org.

2021 Goblin Optimist Regatta Oct. 16 & 17

ƒThe Santa Barbara Yacht Club will host the Goblin Optimist Regatta on Oct. 16 and 17 out of Santa Barbara Harbor. The regatta is open to the Optimist Championship Fleet Red, Blue, White, and Green Fleet class competitors. The Green fleet will sail in or near Santa Barbara, and the Championship Fleet will sail on an ocean course. The low-point scoring system of Appendix A will apply, except that a boat’s series score shall be the total of all her race scores when fewer than six races have been sailed. Trophies will be awarded to the top finishers in each class at the end of the regatta. There is a $70 entry fee per boat. The fee will include a lunch snack-pack each day, post-race pizza at SBYC on Saturday, a post-race snack on Sunday, and a regatta shirt. A $15 late fee for entries received after Oct. 9 and registration will close at 10 a.m. on Oct. 16. Competitors can register for the event online at https://sbyc. org/goblin-optimist-regatta.

2021 Fall Regatta Oct. 16

ƒVentura Yacht Club will host their 2021 Fall Regatta for monohull sailboats on Oct. 16. The race is ruled by the Racing Rules of Sailing. It is open to owners of monohull sailboats who are members of the United States Yacht Racing Union recognized yacht or sailing clubs and, as appropriate, possess a current one-design certificate or valid PHRF certificate. There is a $30 entry fee before Oct. 9 and a $40 fee after. Registration will officially close on Oct. 16 at 9 a.m. The first race will start at 11:30 a.m., approximately one-half mile south of the Ventura whistle buoy. For more information, see http://www. venturayachtclub.org/.

Ladies Day Regatta Oct. 17

ƒAlamitos Bay Yacht Club will host the Ladies Day Regatta in Alamitos Bay on Oct. 17. The regatta is ruled by the Racing Rules of Sailing and is open to boats of the Naples Sabot class (Ladies A, Ladies B, Men’s, and Mixed C Divisions). The regatta is also available to members in good standing of US Sailing Association affiliated yacht clubs of Sailing Organizations. There are four races scheduled that day, and the first warning signal will be at 11:57 a.m. There is a $35 entry fee, and eligible boats may enter online until 4 p.m. on Oct. 15 and may enter in person until 9:30 a.m. the morning of the regatta. For more information, see https://www.regattanetwork.com/ event/23149#_docs.