North American Championship to Wrap-Up Newport 12mR Season
NEWPORT, RI: September 12, 2022, Submitted by 12 Metre Yacht Club Newport Station
On Friday, September 16 the 12 Metre Yacht Club Newport Station will host the first day of the 12 Metre North American Championship in the waters of Narragansett Bay and Rhode Island Sound. Seven iconic boats from the Vintage Onawa (US-6) to the sleek Challenge XII (KA-10) will race over three days in two divisions to lay claim to this coveted trophy. Past winner, Columbia (US-16), skippered by Kevin Hegarty will try again to out-sail those in the Traditional division for the 2022 title. The Ida Lewis Yacht Club will serve as the Organizing Authority with a veteran race committee, including Principal Race Officer, Peter Gerard. Five or six races are planned to constitute the regatta.
On Sunday, September 18, the fleet will parade in Newport Harbor beginning at 10:00 AM which will kick off in front of spectators at the Newport Boat Show. Following racing on Sunday, the fleet will dock at Fort Adams where they will be welcomed by kids from the Boys & Girls Clubs of Rhode Island. The 12 Metre Yacht Club Newport Station formed a partnership with the Boys & Girls Clubs earlier in the year and this is the second event this summer the yacht club will host for the kids.
RESULTS
For more information contact Peggy Hersam, 12MYC Executive Director at 203-807-1066
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EDITOR’S NOTE: Earlier this season in non-12mR-rated – CRF and PHRF handicap scored regattas….
Three Americas fleet 12mRs competing at Newport’s 43rd Annual Classic Yacht Regatta won line honors and podium positions among other classic yachts racing with CRF certificates. Both Weatherly (US-17) and Intrepid (US-22) took line honors and first place (on corrected time) in the Classic and Modern Classic divisions respectively. Onawa (US-6) took second place (on corrected time) in a fleet of 14 Vintage yachts of all description. Onawa (US-6) also claimed the Opera House Cup and at the Safe Harbor Regatta, Weatherly (US-17) took first place in the PHRF Performance Cruising Division.
ABOUT THE AMERICAS 12 METRE FLEET:
Although centered in Newport, RI, the Americas fleet extends over two continents with yachts located in other US states and the Caribbean.
ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL 12 METRE ASSOCIATION (ITMA):
The 112 year-old International 12 Metre Class encompasses a living history of racing yacht design by the world’s foremost naval architects including Olin Stephens, Clinton Crane, William Fife III, Johan Anker, Alfred Mylne, Charles E. Nicholson, Philip Rhodes, Ben Lexcen and more who pushed their designs to the very limits of innovation. The resulting boats represented the pinnacle of yacht development from 1907-1987 for the highest levels of international sailing competition– the Olympic Games (1908-1920) and the America’s Cup (1958-1987). To learn more, visit 12mRClass.com
