Lloyd Leonard ran the races.  He was assisted by Jacob Donkersloot, Will Phillippe, and Natalie Rehberger.

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No racing.   No RC.  Ugly weather.

Report from PRO Laura Albert:

Conditions for the third fall series were better than forecast. The rain mostly held off and the wind mostly held on with winds from the N-NE around 6-8mph. Four Lightnings and four Albacores started together and finished pretty close together for four races. Chris Goethert did a great job with the flags and recording the starts and finishes. Kaitlyn Lucey and Lars Rathjen managed to thread the needle and set a course that worked well in the shifty conditions. Race committee polled the racers about another race after the fourth race and the consensus was to head back to the docks to help Barney Harris drink the beer in his van. Barney and Spot helped RC get the racing skiffs in and out of the water. Many thanks to the volunteers who made racing possible!

Results:

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Tim Dickson, Dana Schuster, Nate Miller, and AE ran the races.  Here is Tim’s report:

The turnout was thin but the Albacore’s were mighty.  We had five Albacores and no other classes for the day.  I queried whether the area by the power plant would suit for the smaller group, but even though we were at high tide in a full moon with the last vestiges of the Nor’easter, it was thought the water might still be too thin.  So we elected concierge service for the Albacores.  If they wanted to go we’d go: you paid your money, you get your racing!

Forecast held pretty true but we had enough of a Northerly angle to set up windward/leewards with a decent distance, which is what the group had wanted.  The Nor’easter held on with some pretty gusty conditions; several gusts in the high twenties.  The rain was off and on but fairly merciful… We got used to not saying “I think it blew through” after the fifth or sixth wave of wind and rain.

We had three capsizes, and AE and Nate were on the scene right away in each case, getting a workout.  For one boat, one was enough and retired, and we kept an eye on them as they headed home.  For the other, one wasn’t enough, so they capsized again!  That did the job and they went home.

AE and Nate and Dana were splendid.  Kept in constant contact and chugged over to help capsized boats right away.  We set the marks at a true north/south with a pretty square start and finish line, but the ravaging current and wind caused some pin travel which was fixed between starts.  Nice to have a one-design regatta without other classes testing their patience!  Dana did flag and scribe duty nearly flawlessly, and I think our Albacore fleet was happy.   After three races some were ready to go home, and the radar with buckets of rain on the screen suggested we call it a day.  All were in by three or so without any issues.

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Our regatta took place over the weekend with 30 boats registered—  18 of them Albacores. Saturday was very light and shifty but we had two races the came in for beer (or near-beer) and lots of pizza.  Sunday’s winds started out much stronger with 4 long races.  Competition was tough both days with one Sunday finish having three Lightnings finish 2 seconds apart!

Pictures, courtesy of Mike Braaten

Thanks to all who helped make it a successful regatta!!

Official Results:

2026 Presidents Cup – Albacore

2026 Presidents Cup – Flying Scot

2026 Presidents Cup – Inland-20

2026 Presidents Cup – Lightning

Stew Harris stepped up to PRO and Aiden Molesky, Dan Miller, and Reed Wescott stepped up to help him.    Here is Stew’s report:

That was a seriously fluky day but we got one race off with some pressure that diminished mid race.  A 90-degree shift to the east  as we began the sequence for albacores left us with a reaching drag race.  I preferred to get that first race off instead of further delay to reset.

Not my best work but the pressure continued to fall at noon  (1-4 at airport) and just did not support race 2.

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Below are the final cumulative results for the 2026 Spring Sunday Series.

Albacore-SS  21 races; 10 are dropped; Lucey, Miller, and Scardaville  did RC and get RDG.

Inland-20-SS 13 races; 6 are dropped; Albert and Harris did RC and get RDG

Lightning-SS 17 races; 8 are dropped; Alsalam (via Hutton) did RC and gets RDG.

Note that other people also did RC on days when no races were completed (e.g. Molesky) or no boats in their fleet were racing (e.g. Astrove and Pedersen).

The details of the scoring are specified here.    A boat’s worst races (half rounded down) are dropped.  Boat’s on RC during races in their fleet, get the average for up to four of those races after the worst races are dropped.

Kaitlyn Lucey, Tyler Philips, Lilly Anderson, and Eliza Pearce ran the races.  Laura Albert submitted the check-ins and race results.  From the DNFs, it appears it was a very light wind day.

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No races were held. Aidan Molesky and a helper were there to run the line boat but no one signed up to run the mark boat. And only three sailors came to race: one Albacores (Goethert) and two Lightnings (Astrove and Pedersen). Many of the Albacores were on the Eastern Shore for an invitational regatta.