New York Yacht Club Race Week at Newport presented by Rolex

NEWPORT, R.I. (July 21, 2002) -- For the 93 teams competing at the New York Yacht Club Race Week at Newport presented by Rolex, today was the perfect ending to a perfect regatta: bright sunshine and 12-15 knot winds on calm seas. Today's final race capped off three days of competition and seven races in the series for each of 10 one-design classes -- Mumm 30, J/35, J/120, J/105, J/80 and Melges, Farr 40, J/44, 1D35 and Farr 395. Rolex timepieces were also the perfect prize for two skippers turning in outstanding overall performances: Glen Darden of Fort Worth, Texas, skippering the J/105 Hoss, and Jim Richardson of Newport, R.I., skippering the Farr 40 Barking Mad.

In the Farr 395 competition, Craig Albrecht of Glen Head, N.Y. attributed his dominance in the relatively new one-design class to preparation. "It's basically spending more time in the boat and having good people onboard," said Albrecht. In today's final race, Albrecht and his seven-person crew aboard Avalanche went out to sail their own race and do as well as possible. "We felt we had an advantage upwind and a bit more speed. The breeze was consistent, but with 10-degree oscillations. We expected the usual, which is the breeze going right, but when we looked at the Farr 40s ahead of us they were going better on the left, so we just went with the shifts and sailed with what we had." Albrecht won six of his seven races to post 6.5 points and secure more than an 11-point lead over the rest of the fleet.

With a unique and successful split-week format, Race Week has proven popular with many of the sailors here this week. For its first four days, the nine-day regatta hosted 66 entries divided into nine IMS and PHRF classes, with some PHRF entrants opting to be dual-scored for AMERICAP II. A distance race, hosting 54 entries, was held between segments.

For more information and full results, visit the NYYC web site.

Final Farr 395 Results